Comments on: My Song In The Night http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/ Making A Joyful Noise Thu, 24 May 2012 15:46:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mormon Soprano http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-14837 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:37:51 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-14837 Barry, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

]]> By: Barry Wood http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-14832 Wed, 09 May 2012 02:17:37 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-14832 Your comments are very well put, and are consistent with the text of “My Song in the Night.” Unfortunately, the Tabernacle Choir recording is a missed opportunity. I find it completely devoid of the power, passion and depth that are found in the text. The Tabernacle Choir’s performance is totally divorced from any nighttime struggles. The song is about crying unto the Lord “in the desert” and “in affliction,” but the Tabernacle Choir singers are all smiles when they sing those lines.

Not only is the musical performance blase and lacking in stress or conviction, but the video misses the boat as well. We see cute little girls taking a neighbor cookies, a handicapped black guy getting wheeled around by an elderly gentleman, etc. Very sweet, but those are utterly different subjects. This song is about the inward battle against Nothing in the video brings the Savior into the transaction other than the mention of his name in the text of the Song. One hopes that maybe something will develop with the apparently depressed homeless guy, but somehow in the change of a frame he magically appears in the concert hall in a white shirt and tie. It’s not convincing.

An excellent, moving rendition of the piece, by Concordia College Choir, is on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqg3_4AOfqs. Normally I’m a great fan of the Tabernacle Choir, but it’s like they were all on Valium when they recorded this piece. Thank God the Concordia College leader and singers were more clear on the concept.

]]> By: O Jesus my Savior, my song in the night « The Arrow Is Flown http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-13962 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:38:22 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-13962 [...] this hymn, and about hymns in general, have been shared by another web logger, Mormon Soprano, at her blog site. Share this:PrintEmailLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

]]> By: O Jesus my Savior, my song in the night | The Arrow Is Flown http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-11174 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:52:46 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-11174 [...] this hymn, and about hymns in general, have been shared by another web logger, Mormon Soprano, at her blog site. 1 Comment – Leave a comment! « Previous PostNext Post » One Response to O Jesus [...]

]]> By: Mormon Soprano http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-4571 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:17:34 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-4571 Judy, you may contact the official choir site and ask if it is in print.

]]> By: Judy http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-4568 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:36:01 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-4568 Does anyone know where I might get copies of Dr. Mack Wilberg’s arrangement of My Song In The Night?

]]> By: O Jesus my Savior, my song in the night http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-4282 Wed, 05 May 2010 01:29:45 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-4282 [...] Worthwhile thoughts about this hymn, and about hymns in general, have been shared by another web logger, Mormon Soprano, at her blog site. [...]

]]> By: Looking for music http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-4182 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:49:53 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-4182 I’ve been looking for this. It’s an amazing song and the video adds to the beautiful feeling. I love it! Thanks for sharing it!

]]> By: MoSop http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-3794 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:15:02 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-3794 FarFromFL – Thank you so much for sharing your personal story. I am grateful this post could be uplifting to you. We appreciate your service and sacrifice more than you can know. Stay strong and faithful, and keep singing! I will be honored to have you as one of my subscribers.
- God Bless, MoSop

]]> By: Farfromfl http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-3793 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:14:16 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-3793 Mormon Soprano,

I’d like to thank you for posting this song, and for your words. I’m a soldier in Iraq. This song has deep meaning for me. I’ve always worked the late shift while deployed, usually getting off at 2 or 3 in the morning. It’s at that time that I come home to recover from my days. My room is a refuge, where I can read my scriptures, listen to the hymns, and commune with God. It’s also the time when I miss my family, and my home the most. I actually walked away from the rooms where my company stays, to a remote area of our base, by a lake, and sang, a few weeks ago, in the middle of the night. I sang O Holy Night, and If You Could Hie to Kolob. I find there are times when the feelings in our hearts simply can’t be expressed without raising our voice in a way that I don’t have an opportunity to do here. I dearly miss my time in the choirs of my youth, when I could fully express my emotions in song. I’m grateful for your page. I’ll probably be a regular reader for the rest of my time here.

Thank you,

Farfromfl

]]> By: O Jesus my Savior, my song in the night « The Arrow Has Flown http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-3242 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:23:07 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-3242 [...] Worthwhile thoughts about this hymn, and about hymns in general, have been shared by another web logger, Mormon Soprano, at her blog site. [...]

]]> By: Brenda Barry http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-3023 Sun, 17 May 2009 18:02:22 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-3023 Thank you for this message today. Marion G Romney said that we could develop charity best by lifting others. This song and accompanying video showed that.

]]> By: My Song In The Night: Video « MORMON SOPRANO http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-3018 Sat, 16 May 2009 21:41:50 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-3018 [...] You may read more about this hymn in a previous post, linked HERE. [...]

]]> By: Bob Manley http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-185 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:46:44 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-185 Postscript from the Moravian Bass,
Sure enough, the Choir gets to sing “My Song in the Night” well before it is available from Oxford University Music Press–they tell my Mack’s arrangement will be available in April, 2009.

]]> By: Bob Manley http://mormonsoprano.com/2008/04/26/my-song-in-the-night/#comment-184 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:58:41 +0000 http://mormonsoprano.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-184 Dear Mormonsoprano,
Heard the Mack W. version this morning on MTC #4103, and started digging. Your site is great! I’ve forwarded the link to a cousin in Provo, because she is a singer, and It (your site) is so rich.
It is easy to find the Paul Christiansen version–sheetmusicplus or Belwin/Alfred music. Mack seems to perform his arrangements with the MTC well before he publishes at Oxford Univ. Press (O Light of life, Let Peace then still the Strife, examples–I’m going to check with the Choir Office re: My Song….)
I think our interest in this piece is similiar–the connection to scripture is very important to me–My Song… would seem appropriate to sing at a Hospice bedside.
Thanks for a great “page”.

Bob Manley, Moravian Bass I in North Carolina.

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