'SNOWDON' (PORTABLE MARIMBA, UKULELE, THUNDERSTORM)

Helen Mort poetry, Flora Curzon violin, Bill Carslake piano; an arrangement of the original which is for 12 baroque instruments, film and live poetry. Based on an exploratory expedition taken by Helen and Bill in Greenland 2016.
Photograph by Helen Spenceley

The Singing Glacier. Helen Mort, Flora Curzon, Bill Carslake. Arrangement for voice, violin, piano.

Introit 			'Twelve gates to the city’ (Alison)
Words of welcome	 
Scripture reading 	Luke 19.28-48 (Winnie, Luke 19.41; Aimee, Luke 24.36-49)
The Lord’s Prayer 			(Ewan)
Psalm 48			(Penelope, Jane, Peter, Jamie, Bill)
Poem			'In no strange land' (Edward)
Psalm 48			(cont.)
Poem 			'The Waste Land'  	(Peter)
Psalm 48			(cont.)
Carol 			'Psalm of Sion' (Katharine and Mike)
Closing prayer 	(FR)

'Psalm of Sion'
O mother dear, Jerusalem,
Jehovah’s throne on high,
O sacred city, queen, and wife
Of Christ eternally!

O comely queen, in glory clad,
In honour and degree;
All fair thou art, exceeding bright,
No spot there is in thee.

Thy part, thy shape, thy stately grace,
Thy favour fair in deed,
Thy pleasant hue and countenance,
All others doth exceed.

O mother dear, Jerusalem,
The comfort of us all,
How sweet thou art and delicate;
No thing shall thee befall!

William Prid (fl.1585) after Augustine of Hippo (354-430)


Psalm 48
 Great is the Lord and /highly to be/ praised 
* in the city of our God, even up/on his/ holy /hill. 
2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the/ whole/ earth; 
* upon the north side lieth the city of the great King: God is well known in her palaces /as a /sure /refuge. 
3 For lo, the /kings of the /earth 
* were gathered, and /gone /by to/gether. 
4 They marvelled to /see such /things; 
* they were astonished, and /suddenly/cast/ down. 
5 Fear came there upon/ them; and/ sorrow, 
* as upon a/ woman/ in her/ travail. 
           6 Thou dost break the/ ships of the/ sea 
           * through the/ east-/ wind. 
7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city/ of our/ God; 
* God upholdeth the/ same/ for-/ever. 
 8 We wait for thy loving-/kindness, O/ God, 
* in the/ midst/ of thy/ temple. 
9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the/ world’s/ end; 
* thy right hand is/ full/ of/ righteousness. 
10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of/ Judah be/ glad, 
* be/cause of/ thy/ judgments. 
11 Walk about Sion, and go/ round a/bout her; 
* and/ tell the/ towers there/of. 
12 Mark well her bulwarks, con/sider her/ palaces, 
* that ye may tell/ them that/ come/ after. 
2nd 13 For this God is our God for/ ever and/ ever: 
* he shall be our/ guide/ unto/ death. 
14 Glory be to the Father, and/ tó the/ Són, 
* and/ to the/ Hó-/ly/ Ghóst; 
15 As it was in the beginning, † is now, and éver/ sháll be, 
* world without/ énd./ A-/men. 

'Twelve Gates'
Three gates in the east, three gates in the west
Three gates in the north, three gates in the south
That makes twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Walk right in, you're welcome to the city
Step right up, welcome to the city
Walk right through those gates to the city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Who are those children all dressed in red
Twelve gates to the city
Must be the children that Moses sent
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Rich and the poor, welcome to the city
Young and the old, welcome to the city
Weak and the strong, welcome to the city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Episode 14

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The Singing Glacier. Helen Mort, Flora Curzon, Bill Carslake. Arrangement for voice, violin, piano.

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