Nearer, My God, to Thee - 800 musicians from 55 countries combine to create a stunning virtual video

NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE - Worldwide Virtual Choir and Orchestra ►CHOIR & ORCHESTRA SHEET MUSIC: https://bit.ly/SP-NearerMyGodOrchestra ►STREAM/DOWNLOAD/GET CD - Original a cappella recording by BYU Vocal Point - https://byurecords.lnk.to/VP-LeadThou... ►SUBSCRIBE & Click the BELL to receive future video notifications. ►TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO RECORD THIS ARRANGEMENT, please send an email to [email protected]

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BYU VOCAL POINT 2019–20:
Jason Bromley, Alex Brown, Yaphet Bustos, Carson Trautman, Jonathan Meyers, Josh Dalley, Cabe John, Zac Love, James Thorup; Artistic Director: McKay Crockett

VIDEO CREDITS
Producers/directors: Ben Fales, James Stevens
3-D modeling and CGI: Justin Hemsley
Editor: Nick Spinder

AUDIO CREDITS
Producer: James L Stevens
Editing and mixing: James L Stevens, David Stillman
Mastering: Troy Sales


NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE (lyrics)
Music by Sarah Adams, Lowell Mason, James L Stevens
Original Latin lyrics and arrangement by James L Stevens

In articulo mortis (At the moment of death)
Caelitus mihi vires (My strength is from heaven)
Deo adjuvante non timendum (God helping, nothing should be feared)
In perpetuum (For ever)
Dirige nos domine (Direct us, O Lord)
Ad augusta per angusta (To high places by narrow roads)
Sic itur ad astra (Such is the path to the stars)
Excelsior (Ever upward)

Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me.

There let the way appear,
Steps unto heav’n;
All that thou sendest me,
In mercy giv’n;

Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!

Though like the wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone,

Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!

Or if, on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly!



SPECIAL THANKS: McKay Crockett, Cody Phillips, and especially to the 800 musicians from 55 countries* who participated in this worldwide collaboration! We couldn’t have done this without you!

*55 Countries/territories represented in this video:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
England
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Nigeria
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
The Netherlands
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Venezuela