Opus 837
Rise Up, My Love (2009)
for Voice, Flugelhorn (Trumpet), Organ
Text from the Bible: Song of Songs 2:10b–12; 13b
Duration: 3 min.
Dedication: for Greg and Lisa, and the Cleary family
Commission: Commissioned by the St. Theresa Parish Choir, West Roxbury, Massachusetts; Richard Bunbury, organist and director
Publisher: SMP Press
Performance materials available from the publisher.
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear upon the earth. The time of singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Song of Songs 2:10b–12; 13b