Love Will Rise Again - Mark A. Miller - Harmonium Choral Society

Open Hearts - June 2022
Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack
Harmonium Choral Society
Our Lady of Sorrows, South Orange, NJ
Mark Miller, piano; Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, harmonium; Kris Lamb, recorder; Marcus Johnson, percussion
Solo: Adam Aguanno

World premiere commission performance

Mark Andrew Miller (‪@markismusic67‬) has been composer-in-residence for Harmonium since 1998. He serves as assistant professor of church music at Drew Theological School and is a lecturer in the practice of sacred music at Yale University. He also is the minister of music at Christ Church in Summit. Since 1999, Mark has led music for United Methodists and others around the country, including directing music for the 2008 General Conference. His choral anthems are best sellers for Abingdon Press and Choristers Guild, and his hymns are widely published. Mark received his bachelor of arts in music from Yale University and his master of music in organ performance from Juilliard. Harmonium has premiered many of his works including Before Too Long    • Before Too Long - Mark A. Miller - Ha...   (1999); The Quality of Mercy (2004); Song of the Open Road    • Song of the Open Road - Mark A. Mille...   (2008/rev. 2018); Come, O Come, Emmanuel    • "Come, O Come, Emmanuel" by Mark A. M...   (2013); the violin, cello, clarinet, and piano orchestration of I Believe    • I Believe - Mark A. Miller - Harmoniu...   (2014); and The Children of All Others    • The Children of All Others - Mark A. ...   (2019). Love Will Rise Again will be published by Walton Music shortly. Mark explains:
When Kris Lamb commissioned me to write a piece in memory of her brother, she shared that her brother was a part of, and supporter of, the LGBTQ community, and asked that the piece celebrate the values of respect and inclusion her brother stood for and hoped the music could be both accessible and inspirational. I began work on the composition in 2021 and the words ‘I won’t give up on you, don’t give up on me’ kept coming back to me. In the midst of the pandemic, I realized I was singing this song as much for me as writing it down for others. I needed to be reminded that we will make it through these recent painful and traumatic years. We will sing through the loss and overcome fear and hatred together, and that although it might seem vanquished for a time, love will rise again.

Program notes: http://www.harmonium.org/program-notes
Video/audio production: https://www.showfocused.llc/

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