Quiet Peace, by Philip Le Bas (for SSABar choir and piano)

A video score of an original setting of a poem by Amy Carmichael (1867-1951), in the form of a prayer, composed by Philip Le Bas for a church choir (SSABar) and piano.

(For the SATB and piano version see    • Quiet Peace (for SATB Choir and Piano...  )
(For the SSA and piano version see    • Quiet Peace (for SSA Choir and Piano,...  )

The piano here provides a constantly flowing ritornello throughout the verses, while the voices weave around it in a gentle wave of prayerful reflection. The poet feels an interior "quiet peace" while all around her there are storms and disquiet, because she knows that her Lord hears her voice. The setting is deliberately simple and undemanding, and it should be sung quietly, meditatively and without rushing.

The composer's wife, Rev Canon Anne Le Bas, speaks about the poet in the following way, helping to put the words of the poem in perspective: "Amy Carmichael worked as a Christian missionary in India in the early twentieth century, among the poorest of the poor. She often felt despair, just as we may do when we see the devastation of war, still, again, tearing lives apart in our world. She wrote of her despair, but also of her trust that God heard her. That was what gave her the peace she needed, that gave her strength to go on."

Practice parts can be found at:
Full choir -    • Quiet Peace, by Philip Le Bas (sopran...  
Soprano 1 -    • Quiet Peace, by Philip Le Bas (sopran...  
Soprano 2 -    • Quiet Peace, by Philip Le Bas (sopran...  
Alto -    • Quiet Peace, by Philip Le Bas (alto p...  
Baritone -    • Quiet Peace, by Philip Le Bas (barito...  

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