On my Knees in Tears I Pray to Thee
Step into a soundscape where prayer becomes music and sorrow transforms into beauty. A deeply emotional work that blends fragility and strength through human voices in harmony.
Year
2016
Duration
4’02
Category
Choral
Commissioned by
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Premiered by
Vox Angeli Vivace
Instrumentation
SATB, Piano
Live recording
Studio recording
Digital realization
PROGRAm note
This piece is a mournful prayer sung to God as one faces trials. Deeply deceived by everything life can bring, and hopelessness for anything that could save him/her, the song depicts a desperate person kneeling in a cathedral, in tears, and begging for God’s mercy.
Score Information
& Technical Specifications
Full score available upon request
Parts available upon request
Performance materials upon request
Difficulty
Intermediate
Available transpositions
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Langage
English
Performance considerations
None.
Lyrics
When Your Will is darkened by my trials,
On my knees in tears I pray to Thee o Lord!
My dearest friend I need Thy Grace and Mercy,
On my knees in tears I pray to Thee o Lord!
My life is vain, my dreams are fading,
My soul is blind, my heart is fool.
My hope is broken, my strength decreasing,
Lord, here is my prayer, hold my faith each day!
When Your Will is darkened by my trials,
On my knees in tears I pray to Thee o Lord!
My Saviour, my Everything, my Love,
On my knees in tears I pray to Thee o Lord!
— Yona C. Rasolonjatovo