by Scot Crandal
dedicated to The Rev. Joseph Wallace-Williams, Rector, The St. John's Choir, and Fred Beal, Organist, for the Feast of St. John the Baptist, June 22, 2025 at The Episcopal Parish of St. John the Baptist, Portland, Oregon
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Scot Crandal's setting of the Te Deum using the English translation from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Composed for the Feast of St. John the Baptist and premiered on June 22, 2025, at The Episcopal Parish of St. John the Baptist, Portland, Oregon.
Scot Crandal • Composer & Conductor
Fred Beal • Organist
Kari Burgess • Soprano
Lindsey Rae Johnson • Mezzo-soprano
Brandon Michael • Tenor
Dan Gibbs • Baritone
Sopranos
Kari Burgess, Miki Charlton, Saori DeBruyn, Elsie Edge, Terri Kuechle, Maryan Ramey, Erin Walker
Altos
Jeanette Abraham, Kimberly Beck, Karen Crandal, Ann FitzMaurice, Sadie Gregg, Lindsey Rae Johnson, Allison Knotts, Donna Maebori, Trudy Sargent
Tenors
Doug Bom, Dale Boss, Michael Hunter-Bernstein, Brandon Michael, Rochelle Wandzura, Ruthanne Williams Roussel, Aaron Lange, Steve Sargent
Basses
Rod Evenson, Dan Gibbs, Bob Mensel, Pat O’Callaghan, Stacey Murdock, Les Rink, Kurt Smidt-Jernstrom
June 22, 2025
Te Deum Laudamus
(We Praise Thee, O God)
Setting by Scot Crandal
Choir
We praise thee, O God, we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry,
“Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.”
Soloists
The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee.
The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee; The Father of an in infinite Majesty;
Thine honourable, true and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
Choir
Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
Soloists
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Choir
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints in glory everlasting.
with Congregation
O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever.
Choir
Day by day we magnify thee;
And we worship thy Name ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in thee.
Choir (Fugue)
O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.
(English translation from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer)
Te Deum Laudamus is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to a date before AD 500, but perhaps with antecedents that place it much earlier. It is central to the Ambrosian hymnal, which spread throughout the Latin Church with other parts of the Ambrosian Rite of Milan in the 6th to 8th centuries. It is sometimes known as the Ambrosian Hymn, although authorship by Saint Ambrose is unlikely. This well-known translation is from the Book of Common Prayer.
The hymn follows the outline of the Apostles' Creed, mixing a poetic vision of the heavenly liturgy with its declaration of faith. Calling on the name of God immediately, the hymn proceeds to name all those who praise and venerate God, from the hierarchy of heavenly creatures to those Christian faithful already in heaven to the Church spread throughout the world.
The hymn then returns to its credal formula, naming Christ and recalling his birth, suffering and death, his resurrection and glorification. At this point the hymn turns to the subjects claiming the praise, both the universal Church and the singer in particular, asking for mercy on past sins, protection from future sin, and the hoped-for reunification with the elect.
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