(FROM SPIRITUALS AND SWEDISH CHORALE
Sing New Song Series
Voicing: SATB
Composer: Dominick Argento
Juxtaposing the solemn and somber devotion expressed in the 17th-century Swedish chorale-hymns and the more unrestrained, joyful worship manifest in 19th-century spirituals, the extremely different music and origins, text and intention: rendering praise to the glory of God are remarkably similar.