"The last words of David"


Hey, just in case you're interested, here's another Randall Thompson the Milwaukie A Cappella Choir did.


The last words of David were to counsel his descendents, the kings he expected to rule after him forever. They are lofty words full of idealism and written in the style of the greatest of all psalmists. He spoke them directly through the spirit of the Lord and in the manner of a prophet. "Now these be the last words of David. ... The God of Israel said, ... He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." (See 2 Samuel 23.)   I chose the Tabernacle choir, not because I think the Milwalkie choir could even come close to their performance, but because the dynamics in this piece are so important.  

And again you will have to turn off the choir at the bottom to hear the Choir at the top. 

I hope you enjoy it.