"Glory - Magnificent Structure" from Sumptuous Planet - The Crossing / David Shapiro

The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
Sumptuous Planet: A Secular Mass
music by David Shapiro
words by Richard Dawkins
commissioned by The Crossing
3. Glory - Magnificent Structure
”Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility.”
Gloria repleta est natura
Magnifica campages est natura. Possumus
intelligere autem, licet imperfecte. Et haec quidem
oportet replere sensu humilitatis hominem
cogitantem sua mente.
- Richard Dawkins, from The God Delusion (Mariner Books, 2008), used by kind permission of the author. Latin translation by Theodore Cheek.
recording by Paul Vazquez
video by Four/Ten Media
Recorded July 7, 2022 at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

[@RichardASalisbury1]

Beautiful music!

[@zacflasch2960]

long live that Badd9 chord at the end #RingRing

[@randybungo2941]

Wow! We don’t need no stinking instruments! It’s a shame no one was in church to hear this . Thanks I respect the work that went into this beautiful art .do angels in heaven sing any better?

[@antoniaezac4653]

Brilliant! I hope we're going to get the other parts. Or is there a recording in the making/already made?

[@TheCrossingChoir]

Full album comes out Friday 11/10 on New Focus Recording - will be streaming everywhere, download on Bandcamp, and physical CDs on our website!

[@dimitrigerman8376]

This rips