Let’s have a hymn!
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee–sung here by Hymns of Grace–comes from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Tag: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
‘Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee’
If this doesn’t stir your soul, better check and see if you can fog a mirror.
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee–all it takes is music by Beethoven, a couple thousand people singing it with all they’ve got, a full orchestra, and the acoustics of the Royal Albert Hall. Turn up the volume!
‘Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee’
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, music by Beethoven (9th Symphony), sung by the Mennonite Hour Singers, background sets by God, Creator of heaven and earth: yeah, uh-huh, it’s all here by merest accident.
Listen. Look. Love.
‘Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee’
The sun is out this morning. It’s been wet and grey so long, we hardly know what to think when we see sunshine. All in all, a perfect opportunity to praise and thank Him who made the sun and hung it in the heavens.
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee: music by Beethoven, sung by the Libera Boys Choir at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
‘Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee’ (at the Royal Albert Hall)
I have to go to the nursing home this morning; but first, a hymn.
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, music by Beethoven, sung by a multitude at the Royal Albert Hall, inspiration by the Holy Spirit–someday I would like to hear what this hymn sounds like when sung by a million of the saints in heaven. Wouldn’t you?
Hooray and Hallelujah, We’ve Got Heat!
If this doesn’t deserve a chorus of Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, I don’t know what does (music by Beethoven, lyrics by the Holy Spirit). We went out grocery-shopping this morning, and when we came back, the heat was on.
Just in time, too–temps are expected to sink back down into the 20’s for the weekend.
Thank all of you for your prayers and good wishes! I think I’ll go out into the cold now just so I can enjoy coming back inside again.
‘Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee’
Before plunging into today’s dreary news in a fallen world, let’s turn up the volume, way up, and boldly–defiantly, one might even say–proclaim the sovereign lordship of Almighty God.
From the Royal Albert Hall, music composed by Beethoven, sung by hundreds all at once, with a full orchestra–Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee.
Crank it way up.
By Request, ‘I Then Shall Live’
Even as the hymn, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee borrows its music from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, so does I Then Shall Live, by the Gaither Vocal Band, take its melody from Finlandia by Sibelius.
I guess it’s all right, God having given Sibelius the beautiful music in the first place.
P.S.–The hymn shop is open to one and all, so don’t be shy. If there’s a hymn you’d like to see posted on this blog, just let me know.
Sing This One as Loud as You Can!
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee: the melody is borrowed from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, but who cares? We need more hymns like this!
I don’t know what you’ll think of it, but this version brought me to tears. Maybe I’m turning into an old softy. Nah… If this hymn doesn’t stir your soul, you’re ready for an autopsy.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands!