The Twelve - William Walton
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- Choir: Te Deum
- Piece: The Twelve
- Composer: William Walton
- Conductor: Matthew Christopher Shepard
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The Twelve - William Walton
Matthew Christopher Shepard, conductor
Kurt Knecht, organ
Sarah Reed, mezzo soprano
Victoria Olson, soprano
Soprano: Maggie Hire, Victoria Olson, Sarah Reed, Sydney Seratte, Sarah Shel... moreThe Twelve - William Walton
Matthew Christopher Shepard, conductor
Kurt Knecht, organ
Sarah Reed, mezzo soprano
Victoria Olson, soprano
Soprano: Maggie Hire, Victoria Olson, Sarah Reed, Sydney Seratte, Sarah Sheldon
Alto: Hannah Draper Burnett, Joanna Ehlers, Josepha Haden, Katie Kendle, Nanette Kraus, Ann Lewis
Tenor: Tom Assel, Mark Ball, Jacob Bleything, Nico Caruso, Daniel Hansen, Josh Maize
Bass: Kyle Chamberlin, Andrew Cunard, Jon Duncan, Paul Eltschinger, Nick Gillock, Josh Markley
Without arms or charm of culture,
Persons of no importance,
From an unimportant Province,
They did as the Spirit bid,
Went forth into a joyless world
Of swords and rhetoric
To bring it joy.
When they heard the Word, some demurred, some were shocked, some mocked. But many were stirred, and the Word spread. Dead souls were quickened to life; the sick were healed by the Truth revealed; released into peace from the gin of old sin, men forgot themselves in the glory of the story told by the Twelve.
Then the Dark Lord, adored by this world, perceived the threat of the Light to his might. From his throne he spoke to his own. The loud crowd, the sedate engines of state were moved by his will to kill. It was done. One by one they were caught, tortured and slain.
O Lord, my God,
Though I forsake Thee,
Forsake me not,
But guide me as I walk
Through the Valley of Mistrust,
And let the cry of my disbelieving absence
Come unto Thee,
Thou who declared unto Moses,
I SHALL BE THERE.
Children play about the ancestral graves: the dead no longer walk.
Excellent still in their splendor are the antique statues: but can do neither good nor evil.
Beautiful still are the starry heavens: but our Fate is not written there.
Holy still is Speech, but there is no sacred tongue: the Truth may be told in al... less