Purifoy - "Emmanuel, We Sing to Thee" (St. John's Methodist - Kansas City, MO)

INTROIT "Emmanuel, to Thee We Sing"
(music by John Purifoy, 2023)
Chancel Choir; David Soxman,narrator;
Dale Morehouse, conductor and pianist
St. John's Methodist - Kansas City, MO
December 8, 2024
Paul Gerhardt (1607 - 1676) was a German theologian, Lutheran minister, and hymnodist. Knoxville’s John Purifoy warm Advent selection sets Gerhardt’s text in which the prophetic Word becomes song that includes long flowing phrases and a graceful modulation that ultimately leads to the quiet close.