God Is Gone Up... With a VERY Triumphant Shout

May 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM

Singing is my main passion along side violin. Not just any singing, but mainly choral music, complete with psalms, hymns, anthems, responses... you name it, I love it! I have literally come back from a choir rehearsal right this second and I've got to writing this (short) blog now! Two services are coming up in a cathedral near me that I'm singing at, and we were running over the repertoire for them, when I noticed one of the pieces was 'God Is Gone Up,' words written by Edward Taylor and the music by Gerald Finzi. (This was the best recording I could find, and although it isn't in a traditional cathedral choir setting, it is still good).

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The last time I sang this must have been when I was about 11 or 12 and a chorister at the local cathedral! The strange thing is, although I've not seen or heard this piece for at least 4 years, I recognised it instantly when I had a sneaky look at the music, and my heart skipped a beat I was so happy! Isn't it strange how even though some of these pieces of music are seemingly filed away in the back of one's mind, it pops up again as though it was just yesterday you last played or sung it as soon as you're reminded of it? That's the beauty of music - once you know a piece, you know it for ever.

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