Friday FIVE: May 16 - Songs that Tell the Story
Update: 2025-05-16
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What if the gospel story could be told not by listing its events, but through the songs that have accompanied them? In this week’s episode, I reflect on James Montgomery’s 19th-century hymn Songs of Praise the Angels Sang, which creatively traces redemptive history from creation to resurrection to eternity through the lens of music.
Here’s a link to the Coventry Singers’ recording: https://youtu.be/Snu0LzeYfjY
Here’s a recording of David R. Erb’s setting also mentioned in this post: https://youtu.be/24ATk3sinf8
The Friday FIVE is a weekly five-minute podcast series from Musically Speaking that features five minutes of music commentary, examples, and recommendations from Jarrod Richey.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jarrodrichey.substack.com
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