Opus 835

That They May Rest (2009)

for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied

Text from the Bible: Revelation 14:13

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Duration: 3 min.

Dedication: for the Back Cantata Vespers Choir of St. James Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon and Nancy LeRoi Nickel, director of music / Commissioned by Lawrence R. Jordan in memory of his father, Kenneth L. Jordan (1928-2006)

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Performance materials available from the publisher.

That They May Rest (2009) was commissioned by Lawrence R. Jordan in memory of his father, Kenneth L. Jordan (1928–2006) for the Bach Cantata Vespers Choir of St. James Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon who premiered the work under the direction of Nancy LeRoi Nickel.

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying: “Write these words: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. That they may rest from their labor, and their works will follow them.” (Revelation 14:13)