This song by Roc O’Connor is especially appropriate for Palm Sunday and Holy Week. It is based on the Jesus prayer and passages from Philippians and Acts.
It has a fair range and is quite slow which makes it more challenge. It is meant to speed up and slow down and that can lead to dreadful trouble in the assembly so maybe just stay in tempo. I thought the refrain would work best with the harmonies in place, but some of the solo versions below are excellent.
The text is at Cantus Mundi.
The sheet music can be purchased at OCP.
My backing leaves in most of the harmony in the refrain.
The original…
… is improved on by these wonderful arrangements.
I am searching for the manuscript score of O’Connor’s “Jesus The Lord” (orig. 1981) with the string and possibly brass parts. Unfortunately, the publisher (OCP) lists it as “out of stock.” Would you possibly have any leads where I could purchase this item? TYVM
G’day Mark
It’s all rather odd. There are the various downloadable versions at OCP:
https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/6934/jesus-the-lord
… but the physical octavo is out of stock even though the preview shows a digital version exists. If none of the downloadable versions are suitable you should contact OCP directly. They may have a downloadable version of the octavo.
good luck
Geoff