A New Jerusalem Arise--Kyle Pederson & Gustavus Adolphus College

Performance by Gustavus Adolphus College choirs and orchestra, conducted by Dr. Brandon Dean
Music and text by Kyle Pederson
Full score available at beckenhorstpre...
Text (inspired by Isaiah 65: 17-19, Isaiah 43:19, Revelation 21: 1-27 ):
No more sickness,
No more crying;
Your mourning will turn to dancing.
I will make a pathway in the wilderness
and a river in the dry land.
No more hatred, no indifference,
Unfairness will yield to justice;
I will make a passage to a free land;
All colors there are blessings.
I will wipe all your tears from your eyes.
Only kindness, only goodness,
All people will live compassion;
Hand in hand they love and work together,
Walking in the Spirit.
After fire, after flood, after rain…
Through the dark, through the doubt, through the pain…
I’m making all things new.
A new Jerusalem arise
A new creation come alive
Into the dawning after dark…arise!

[@oleradiodudea.m.4735]

I grieve for the loss of the glorious LCA church of my youth.

[@davidchisholm7190]

As a cellist I love this. Beautiful voices. Thank you for posting.

[@davidchisholm7190]

Wow. Why is this not a huge hit on the internet?

[@kylepedersonmusic3711]

Ha...thanks, David! I just posted it today...so I still need to get word out. Such a powerful performance...glad it resonated with you!

[@margueritesamuel]

Kyle! This is so powerfully beautiful! I love your text and your depiction through music! So moving! The whole time I was shouting, “Yes!!!”