FOUR MEDITATIONS OF MECHTHILD OF MAGDEBURG

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Listen: I. A GREETING, PRAISE AND PRAYER

Listen: II. WILLINGLY

Listen: III. AH, DEAR DIVINE LORD

Listen: IV. I CANNOT DANCE, LORD

Performed By: Central Choir, Mark Sedio, conductor

Movements:
I. A Greeting, Praise and Prayer II. Willingly III. Ah, Dear Divine Love IV. I Cannot Dance, Lord

Instrumentation:
SATB chorus, organ, handbells

Text: Mechthild of Magdeburg

Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

Commissioned By:
Commissioned by Elizabeth Shelver for the Choir of Central Lutheran Church Charles A. Parsons and Mark Sedio, conductors, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Premiere:
April 27, 2008 by the Central Choir of Central Lutheran Church, Mark Sedio, conductor, at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN

Available From:
Libby Larsen Publishing

Composer's Notes:

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Score Errata:
page 6 (I/m26): Basses should be one octave higher.
page 9 (I/m39, m41, m47, m49): replace all A's with G's.
Mvt. III: pulse as indicated is quarter note.
page 14 (III/m27): the meter should be 9/4 as it is in the previous measure and in the following two measures.
page 9 (IV/m39): the first alto note should be a B, spelling a B major triad. So the sequence would be: D major (sop), B major (alto), Eb major (tenor), G major (bass).
page 7 (III/m15): tenor, D natural should be E natural.
pave 7 (III/m16): soprano, C# should be D natural.