Thursday, March 11, 2010

O Speak To Me

There is a song that the men of Moody Chorale sing in our concerts called O Speak To Me which was a Chopin piece that Dick Anthony put words to. In the words of our director, Gerald Edmonds, "You're not going to get any better with words, and you're not going to get any better with music..." This is good stuff!
Here are the words:
  O speak to me from heav'n above, 
  Fill Thou my soul,
  That I may know Thy love,
  Thy wondrous love,
  Hush my heart to hear Thy faintest whisper.
  Speak dear Lord, speak dear Lord.


  O may my will  be lost in Thine
  My yielded heart to Thee I now resign
  Speak Lord I pray
  Let the flood-tide of Thy glory
  Like a mighty sea sweep o're me
  While I worship and adore Thy name,
  Precious Holy name
  Thru eternal years the same.


  O speak to me from calvary
  Where Thou, O Christ, 
  Didst shed Thy blood for me, in agony
  Speak of Thy undying mercy to me
  There out poured, precious Lord
  O melt my heart, 
  With Calv'ry love
  Burn out the dross with fire from above
  
  Speak Lord I pray,
  Speak from Calv'ry I implore Thee
  Keep that vision e'er before me
  While I worship and adore Thy name!
  Thy matchless name,
  Precious Holy name
  Thru eternal years the same.

6 comments:

  1. I previously had information on this song which I now cannot locate. The information was that some women wrote the words to this song and it is set to a Chopin piece. Dick Anthony did a beautiful arrangemeent of this song with his 16 Singing Men on an LP album (Vol 1-Songs That Touch The Heart).
    Can anyone fill in the blanks: What is the mane of the woman who wrote the words?, what is the name of the Chopin piece?

    Thanks,

    Burl Becker, Littleton, CO

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  2. The name of the person who wrote the song's lyrics is: Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen

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  3. Update: The Chopin piece is: Lento ma non troppo in E. Op. 10 No. 3

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  4. Learned this song at Prairie Bible Institute in the 70's. Wish I could find an accompaniment track for it, or the sheet music of this arrangement.

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  5. Anonymous,
    when the Moody Chorale sang O Speak to Me the pianist played a Chopin piece as the accompaniment. I don't think he had any sheet music for the arrangement. You could get the recording of this sung by the Moody Chorale if you call (312) 329-4080 and ask to order the most recent cd: O Come Let Us Worship. You can also go to the website www.moody.edu and look up information on the Chorale and their recordings.

    I hope this information is helpful!

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  6. Anne-Marie -
    Thank you so much.

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