Voicing: SATB and keyboard
with Fairest Lord Jesus
Words and music by Theodore Baker and Theodore Dubois, additional text and music by anonymous German hymn, 1677 and Joseph A. Seiss Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842 / arr. William David Young
William David Young blends one of the church's most beautiful chorales -- "Adoramus Te" from Dubois' The Seven Last Words of Christ -- with the timeless hymn "Fairest Lord Jesus." The simplicity and purity of the chorale adds to the simple English text with minimal embellishment. Then Young moves us through a memorable, flowing 12/8 treatment of the hymn. The whole has the universal appeal of Bach. Here is a choral gem not to be missed.