{"product_id":"the-valley-of-vision","title":"The Valley of Vision","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Song\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eSATB divisi and Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eMusic by Lane Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eWords from an old Puritan Prayer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eLevel: Advanced\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eDuration: ~7:00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eIn setting this prayer, I endeavored to express musically the theme of paradox described in the text: That our most profound insights emerge from our difficulties and trials (our \"valleys\"), and that, it is in our valleys that we can find and reach our greatest heights. Here are just a few examples of how the music expresses this theme of paradox:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eLines do the opposite musically of what the text is expressing (e.g., Sop on an ascending line singing \"the way down\" followed by the Bass on a descending line singing \"is the way up.\" (e.g., mm. 62-66)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eA number of contrary and mirrored figures in the voices and accompaniment, including where the alto and tenor voices continue in contrary motion until they cross each other. (e.g., mm. 70-73; mm. 86-92)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eThe high point or peak of the piece falls on the word \"valley\" (e.g., m. 108)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eThe smooth, more consonant music material, first heard in the \"Thou has brought me to the valley\" section, is contrasted by the more contrapuntal and somewhat dissonant \"Let me learn by paradox\" section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eThe contrast of sections mentioned, along with growing into and reaching ever higher climaxes is an attempt to echo the prayer's implied invitation for us to learn and grow from our valleys and peaks. To view our trials as sacred spaces, where we may cultivate a deeper vision of life's purpose. Surely, the Lord's glory is to be found in our valleys and in the sublime joy that comes as we continue to seek and find ever more of the Lord's light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eSuitable for University and advanced Church, Community, or High School choirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eLORD, HIGH AND HOLY, MEEK AND LOWLY, \u003cbr\u003eThou hast brought me to the valley of vision,\u003cbr\u003ewhere I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; \u003cbr\u003ehemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eLet me learn by paradox\u003cbr\u003ethat the way down is the way up,\u003cbr\u003ethat to be low is to be high,\u003cbr\u003ethat the broken heart is the healed heart, \u003cbr\u003ethat the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, \u003cbr\u003ethat the repenting soul is the victorious soul, \u003cbr\u003ethat to have nothing is to possess all,\u003cbr\u003ethat to bear the cross is to wear the crown, \u003cbr\u003ethat to give is to receive,\u003cbr\u003ethat the valley is the place of vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eLord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, \u003cbr\u003eand the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eLet me find thy light in my darkness,\u003cbr\u003ethy life in my death,\u003cbr\u003ethy joy in my sorrow, \u003cbr\u003ethy grace in my sin,\u003cbr\u003ethy riches in my poverty,\u003cbr\u003ethy glory in my valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-base\"\u003eBennett, Arthur, editor.\u003cbr\u003eThe Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions. 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