This collection of beautiful worship music is carefully crafted with
harmonies and textures from neoclassical composers like Aaron Copland,
Paul Hindemith, and Igor Stravinsky. Thematic development, sequences,
subtle key changes, and counterpoint combine to create fresh settings of
familiar hymns.
William Phemister, professor and chair of piano studies at Wheaton
College, has received acclaim for his artistry around the world. He is a
graduate of the Juilliard School and the Peabody Conservatory from which
he holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree as a student of Leon
Fleisher. In addition, he studied in Paris at the École Normale de
Musique with a Fulbright grant and has won several other prestigious
awards.
Titles: All Who Would Valiant Be * Be Still, My Soul * Children of the
Heavenly Father * Come Down, O Love Divine * Holy, Holy, Holy * I Am
Not Skilled to Understand * Jesus Loves Me * Lead On, O King Eternal
* Like a River Glorious * We've a Story to Tell to the Nations.