I'm doing both parts of "He shall feed his flock/Come unto him" from
MESSIAH for the Thanksgiving-themed solo in the church where I sing. The
minister seemed to think that was ideal for expressing the right
sentiment.
I had planned to do "All good gifts" from GODSPELL, but just couldn't get
my act together to transpose it down - I'm a contralto, and the original
key was intended for the tenor who sang it in the show. Except perhaps for
the ending, which gets a bit "pop", I think the entire song works quite
well sung purely legit, and you won't find a more appropriate Thanksgiving
text, IMO.
Some other possibilities:
John Ireland: A Thanksgiving (the same text was set by Britten as the
"Spring Song" in A CEREMONY OF CAROLS)
Sir George Elvey: "Come, ye thankful people, come"
J.S. Bach: "Gott, mein Herz dir Dank zusendet" (BWV 521)
Karen Mercedes
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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Hillaire Belloc's flawed but insightful essay on Islam:
http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/HERESY4.TXT
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsyl., 1759
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