Commissioned by the arishioners and choirs of Grace Church in thanksgiving for the dedicated and faithful ministry of the Reverend Donald S. McPhail, uon his retirement as the beloved ninth Rector of Grace Eiscoal Church, Charleston, South Carolina. May 21, 2006 O Wondrous Tye! O Vision Fair for SATB choir and organ The Gosel of St. Luke Latin 10th cent; tr. Laurence Housman & Latin 15th cent; tr. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861, after John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Org. Ped. 6 Andante mysterioso q = c. 100 (soft strings) 8' and coulers Tenor or Baritone solo m Je - sus took with him Pet- er, James and John, and went u in - to a moun-tain to ray. melody by William Kna (1698-1768) lainsong melody Aeterne Rex altissime arranged by Paul Halley iù f And as he Paul Halley 2006 Back Alley Music (ASCAP) Administered by Pelagos Incororated All Rights Reserved Photocoying of this coyrighted material is ILLEGAL
2 12 Più mosso SA 17 rayed he was trans - fig - ured be - fore them, iù f like the sun, f and like the sun, and his face shone iù intenso TB and his face shone his gar - ments and his gar - ments f
3 21 rall. A temo q = c. 108 ff 26 white as the light, white as the white as the light, white as the as the light! light! ff light! rall. A temo q = c. 112 Descant (Soranos) f Melody (ATB) O won f solo reed ff f gt. - drous tye! O vi - sion
4 31 36 of glo - - - - ry, which fair of glo - ry that the Church may share, which Christ u - on the moun - tain shows, where Christ u - on the moun - tain shows, where
40 S. A. T. 44 bright bright bright bright glows! m - er than the sun B. he molto dim. - er than the sun he glows! - er than the sun - er than the sun he glows! oco rall. q = c. 108 m m glows! sw. he molto dim. e dim. al niente glows! m esressivo With Mo - ses 5
6 51 (Altos) 58 64 and E - li - jah nigh the_in - car - nate Lord holds con - verse high; TB m esressivo from the cloud, the Ho - ly One bears re - cord to the on SA - ly Son. from the cloud a voice from hea - ven and
69 7 76 SA Tenor or Baritone solo This is my Son, my be - lov - ed Son, my be - lov - ed iù f iù f this is my Son, molto rit. Slower and freely q = c. 78 Son. O Light of Light, Love giv - en 81 birth; Je - sus, Re -deem-er of the earth: more bright than day your
8 85 face did show, your rai- ment whit - er than the snow. cresc. 89 92 Soranos only vi Je 1 O won - - drous tye! O Tenors O Light of Light, Love giv - en birth; - - sion fair of glo - - ry Altos - sus Re - deem - er of the earth: sw. Basses more bright than day your
9 95 that the Church may share, which 98 face did show, TB Altos your rai - ment whit - er than the snow. Christ u - on the moun - - tain through ur - er lives show May all who seek to raise a - right through ur - er lives show
10 101 shows, where bright - - er than the forth your light. To you the King of glo - ry now 104 forth your light. To you the King of glo - ry now sun he glows! And all faith - ful hearts a - dor - ing bow. m all faith - ful hearts a - dor - ing bow. a - dor - ing bow.
11 S. 107 Gently and sweetly q = c. 100 A. faith - ful hearts are raised on high by this great vi - sion's mys - ter - T. B. 114 120 faith faith faith - ful hearts raised on high by this great vi - sion's mys - ter - - ful hearts raised on high by this great vi - sion's mys - ter - - ful hearts raised on high by this great vi-sion's mys - ter - y; for which in joy - ful strains we raise the voice of y; for which in joy - ful strains we raise the voice of y; for which in joy - ful strains we raise the voice of y; for which in joy - ful strains we raise the voice of rall. iù rayer, the hymn of raise, of iù rayer, the hymn, the hymn of raise, of iù rayer, the hymn, the hymn of raise, of rayer, the hymn, the hymn of raise, of iù raise. raise. raise. raise. dolce With
12 127 130 Più mosso q = c. 108 Shin shin Shin Shin - - - ing, shin - - - - ing face and bright ar - - - - ing, shin - - - - - - ing, shin - - - sw. gt. ing, Je - - - sus, ray, Christ deigns to man - - i - ing, Je - - - sus, ing, Je - - - sus,
133 Je - - - sus, what glo - - - 13 136 fest to - day what glo - - ry Je - - - sus, what glo - - - Je - - - sus, what glo - - - gt. ry theirs who shall be theirs a - bove who ry theirs who ry theirs who
14 139 oco rit. joy in er - - - fect 143 joy in God with er - fect love. joy in er - - fect joy in er - - fect rall. Descant (Soranos) love, er - fect love. Melody (ATB) ff legato A temo q = c. 112 ff legato love 5 O Fa - - ther, f ff
15 146 149 with thee, the Son, and with the_e - ter - - nal Son, and Ho Ho - - ly Si - - rit, ev - - er - - ly Si - - rit, ev - - er
16 152 155 One, vouch - safe to bring us One, vouch - safe to bring us by thy grace to see thy by thy grace to see thy
17 158 161 glo glo - - ry face to face, - - ry face to face, SA fff TB molto rit. face tenuto to tenuto
18 164 A temo face. gt. sw. fff 5 3 1 2 1 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 gt. 5 4 3 1 2