This concertato on a new hymn with text and tune by Michael Costello was written for the Sacred Music Program of Lenoir-Rhyne University. There are three stanzas, with full introduction and interlude before the final stanza (unison with descant). During stanza two, the tune LAUDA ANIMA is interpolated (instrumentally) between the hymn phrases. Congregation part included in choral score. Instrumental parts include: Oboe, Trumpet in Bb and C, Strings.
