Text writer Michael Joncas states that this piece "seeks to tie together Noah's transforming experience surviving the Great Flood, Jesus' transforming experience during forty days of desert-dwelling, and our transforming experience by giving ourselves to the disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that mark the Christian Lent." Featuring a new hymn tune, PREVAIL, by OCP composer Scot Crandal, this intricate-sounding setting is nevertheless scored modestly: two-part choir, descant, keyboard and/or guitar, and a solo instrument part in C. An accessible piece that can be quickly prepared by most ensembles, the third and final verse may be sung with the descant and the basses doubling the melody for a full, balanced texture.
CHORAL SERIES: The Michael Joncas Hymnary Choral Series
INSTRUMENTATION: Keyboard, Guitar, and Solo Instrument in C
