Blessed Be You by Edward Thompson

Written and Developed during the Choral Chameleon Summer Institute for Composers and Conductors in Brooklyn, NY, June 2017.

World Premiere Performed by Choral Chameleon Ensemble at St Paul's Episcopal Church, Carroll St, Brooklyn, conducted by Matthew Oltman.

Soprano Soloist - Liz Hanna

Text by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Blessed be you, O matter, barren soil, stubborn rock:
you who yield only to violence;
you who force us to work if we would eat.
Blessed by you, perilous matter, violent sea, untameable passion;
you, who unless we fetter you, will devour us.

You who, by constantly shattering our mental categories,
force us to go even further and further in our pursuit of the truth.
Blessed be you, universal matter, unmeasurable time,
triple abyss of stars and atoms and generations;
you who by overflowing and dissolving our narrow standards of measurement
reveal to us the dimensions of God.

Performed by:
Erika Lloyd
Liz Hanna
Katelyn Miles
Liz Geisewite
Jonathan May
Emily Crowe
Brooke Slemmer
Suzanne Schwing
Bill Heigen
Alex Canovas
Matthew Krob
Evan Crawford
Scott Brown
Ronnie Romano
Brian Rosen
Vince Peterson
David Moon

Filmed by Patrick Schechter at www.vhsultra.com

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