and the swallow
Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)
Text source: Psalm 84
Reflects on Psalm 84
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 3:00
Language: English
Epiphany
Presentation (February 2)
10 recommended works by women composers for Presentation (February 2).
Year A
ReadingsNunc Dimittis
Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980)
Reflects on Luke 2:22-40
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
from Magnificat and Nunc dimittis commissioned for St. Paul's Burlingame, July 2022 Wells Residency
Nunc Dimittis
Zanaida Stewart Robles (b. 1979)
Reflects on Luke 2:22-40
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: piano & organ
Duration: 6:32
Language: English
Commissioned 2005 All Saints Pasadena
Song of Simeon
Jane Marshall (1924–2019)
Reflects on Luke 2:22-40
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
Year B
Readingsand the swallow
Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)
Text source: Psalm 84
Reflects on Psalm 84
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 3:00
Language: English
Carol of the Crib
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (b. 1971)
Words by Timothy Dudley-Smith
Reflects on Luke 2:22-40
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 4:30
Language: English
Nunc Dimittis
Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
Text source: Luke 2: 29
Reflects on Luke 2: 29
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
Nunc Dimittis
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Text source: Luke 2:29-32
Reflects on Luke 2:22-40
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 2:42
Language: English
MOV edition includes Gloria by Sarah MacDonald
Nunc Dimittis
Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968)
Text source: Luke 1:46-55
Reflects on Luke 2:22-40
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SS or SATB · Solos: Solo
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 3:40
Language: English
The manger throne
Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)
Words by William Chatterton Dix
Reflects on Luke 2:22-40
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 4:00
Language: English
EasySelah
Any year
Hymn of the Trees
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Words by Jessica Duchen
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English