This edition was prepared by Barry Johnston — free to download, print, rehearse and perform.
Berkeley
Staff Notation • Sacred, Set pieces
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · Barry Johnston
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Berkeley by Jacob Kimball — Lyrics
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
"Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
"To be exalted thus:"
"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
"For he was slain for us."
Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine;
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About Berkeley
Jacob Kimball's setting of Come, let us join our cheerful songs is a SATB anthem rooted in the traditions of American sacred music. The text, a hymn of praise, describes the heavenly host joining with earthly voices to laud the Lamb who was slain. Kimball's music captures the exultant, unified spirit of this worship, with the SATB choir embodying the multitude of voices united in song. The English text moves from the description of angelic worship to the fervent response of the faithful, culminating in a comprehensive call for all creation to bless the name of the one on the throne. This piece offers a powerful and inclusive musical expression of adoration.
