Celtic Psalms, volumes 1 and 2, promises to be a long-standing resource for meditation and worship. By pairing the wisdom of the psalms with timeless melodies, delicate harmonies, and instrumentation, these arrangements bring to mind the Celtic landscapes of Ireland and Scotland with sincerity, integrity, and tenderness. Set in a traditional/folk style that easily lends them to inspiring and meaningful worship, these psalms offer a much needed healing balm for today's world.

This is the recording for volume 2.

Kiran Young Wimberly is an American Presbyterian minister who lived in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for over six years. While serving in congregational and ecumenical ministry in Northern Ireland, Kiran pursued her keen interest in Irish and Scottish traditional song and its connection to spiritual life.

Contains: The Lord's My Shepherd, Psalm 23 (The Parting Glass) &bull, You Have Turned My Sorrow, Psalm 30 (Green Grows the Laurel) &bull, Hear My Cry, O God, Psalm 61 (Caislé,an an Ó,ir) &bull, How Lovely, Psalm 84 (Carrickfergus) &bull, Love Is Lord of All, Psalm 86 (My Lagan Love) &bull, O Give Thanks, Psalm 107 (The Meeting of the Waters) &bull, From the Depths, Psalms 130, 131 (The Quiet Land of Erin) &bull, You Have Searched Me, Psalm 139 (The Banks of Claudy) &bull, Come, Spirit, Come, Psalm 144 (The King's Shilling) &bull, Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow, Psalm 147 (Mo Ghile Mear).

SKU: PE.EP73264

ISBN 9790577016849. 190 x 272mm inches. English. Traditional; VOCES8; Emily Dickens.

This 5 minute arrangement by Emily Dickens for VOCES8 draws together a pair of stunningly emotive melodic lines from the Scottish and Irish folk traditions: My Lagan Love and She Moved Through the Fair. The lower voices create a drone on which the tenor and upper voices explore the beautifully simple and instantly recognisable harmonies of these folk songs.

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