| Product Number | 8931* |
|---|---|
| Composer/Arranger | Dunphy, Melissa |
| Voicing & Instruments | SATB Chorus unaccompanied |
| Difficulty | Medium |
| Text Language | English |
| Topics (Sacred) | Commitment/Discipleship, Stewardship |
| Popular Choral Searches | Female Composer |
| Liturgical Year | General |
| Scripture | Matthew 19:21-30 |
| Publisher | E. C. Schirmer Music Company |
| Recording Credits | The Singers, under the direction of Matthew Culloton, Minneapolis, MN. Recording Engineer: David Trembley, Soundmaster Productions. |
Commissioned by St. Peter’s Choir, St. Louis, Missouri, David Sinden, Conductor, this anthem uses as its central text one of the Gospel’s best-known, yet least commonly sung, verses: “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.” The music is expressive, beginning slowly in a homophonic texture and then branching out as the text is reflected. The ending returns to the opening material.