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Psalm 50 is the Psalm for the 11th Sunday after Trinity. In the liturgical calendar published by the Lutheran Missal Project we find that the Old Testament reading is from Genesis 4 – the story of Cain and Able. It is amazing how these two reading pair together, call out to one another and illustrate the point of what God desires from us and what he intends to give to us in return.

This choral piece is written for an SATB choir to be sung acapella. I hope that you find it edifying.

It is interesting that this hymn, LSB 621, is placed in the “Lord’s Supper” section of the hymnal rather than the “Christmas” or “Advent” sections. As one of the oldest hymns that we have retained, coming from the Liturgy of St. James, it most definitely gives testimony to the Church’s steadfast witness to the true presence of our Lord in the eucharist. It also retells the story of the coming of Christ, of the angelic proclamation of his birth, of the vanguard of angels that bore witness on that day in Bethlehem, and that attend to the great King of heaven who has made his home among us. What a glorious hymn, and worthy of a glorious arrangement. I hope you enjoy this piece for two voices, cello and piano and that it lifts your soul to heaven as we are united with heaven each Lord’s Day and each time the eucharist is presented in the Mass.

I created this website because a friend asked if I could make my music more readily accessible. I used to post songs to Facebook that I had uploaded to SoundCloud. I have since deleted facebook and left the platform – for many reasons – and I agree with my friend that SoundCloud isn’t all that friendly. I don’t like having to create an account on a streaming platform in order to listen to someone else’s music. It seems like more of a barrier than an enabler of content sharing.

So, I have created this website where I intend to move the music that I previously posted on SoundCloud. I have already discovered that this site does not like the file sizes associated with high definition audio files, so I have had to render them as MP3s. I will also have the ability to add more content here than SoundCloud could accommodate, like blog posts, back stories, and reflections on topics related to the music I am composing. I hope you enjoy my music and find the content of this site engaging.

Cheers,

David