SATB div. unaccompanied
6’00”
your hand in mine
“This piece sets the Latin text of the seventh of the Last Words of Christ and an English poem by Brian Newhouse together; connecting sacred and secular reflections on death, both Christ's and our own. Part of the Lee Nelson Choral Series
“At the first light,
at our first breath,
soft hands find us,
catch and hold us.
All our lives,
when our wounds are washed,
when darkness grows
over our days,
touch makes us rise.
At the last light,
this journey done,
place your hand in mine,
here is mine in yours.
All I ask is this
touch of love.”