A new SATB choral setting of Christina Rossetti's poem "Long Barren."  For free sheet music go to the composer's web site at www.johnschimmingermusic.com. 

Thou who didst hang upon a barren tree,
My God, for me;
Though I till now be barren, now at length
Lord, give me strength
To bring forth fruit to Thee.

Thou who didst bear for me the crown of thorn,
Spitting and scorn;
Though I till now have put forth thorns, yet now
Strengthen me Thou
That better fruit be borne.

Thou Rose of Sharon, Cedar of broad roots,
Vine of sweet fruits,
Thou Lily of the vale with fadeless leaf,
Of thousands Chief,
Feed Thou my feeble shoots.

Long Barren

An arrangement of the well-known Christmas carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter' by pianist/composer Paul Vasile (www.paulvasile.com).

The piece is part of an ongoing set of arrangements and improvisations on traditional holiday tunes.

For more information, contact the composer at paul@paulvasile.com

In the Bleak Midwinter

music improvised/performed by Jenece Gerber

Original Instructions

John Schimminger writes music for the Church and for other individual and small group performers. He is Hymnist/Composer-in-Residence at St John's-Grace Episcopal Church in Buffalo, New York. His works have been sung or otherwise performed at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, St. John's-Grace Episcopal Church, University Presbyterian Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church and St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, all in the Buffalo, New York, area, as well as at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and the First Ballyeaston Presbyterian Church in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland. Several of his hymn tunes are included in the Darcey Press publication "In Melody and Songs: Hymns from the Psalm Versions of Isaac Watts." For free downloadable sheet music for the pieces on this site or others, visit his web site at www.johnschimmingermusic.com.

Long Barren

John Schimminger

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