Randall Thompson: Alleluia

(Coro Universitario UNET
Rubén Rivas, conductor)
Location: Church of Santa Maria del Pi, Barcelona, ES

At the risk of oversimplification, Eugene Peterson, in his soul-opening book, "Answering God", writes that the beautiful and terrifically human language of the psalms evolve from two elemental monosyllables we all learn early on as children: "Help" and "Thanks".
The Thompson Alleluia (or rather 54 Alleluias, according to one of my basses) is one I enjoy teaching to my choirs. It is an overwhelming song of "Thanks" to the Creator.