"Nearer, My God, To Thee"(내 주를 가까이 하게 함은) - Arranged for Flute and Piano by Hansol Choi
"Nearer, My God, To Thee" - Arranged for Flute and Piano by Hansol Choi Performed at NYPC May of 2020. . . Arrangement: Hansol Choi [ IG: 1solchoi ] Flute: Rosa Jang [ IG: @rosajangmusic ] Piano: Jungeun Kim [ IG: @jungkimnyiaa ] . . Hello Everyone! I hope you are well safe and healthy. I have had the privilege of still serving at church during this pandemic through recording Sunday services for our congregation (with all of the standard social distancing and protective measures in place of course). This weekend though, I've had an even greater pleasure of writing an arrangement of a beloved Hymn called "Nearer, My God, To Thee" by Sarah Flower Adams. This was again commissioned by @rosajangmusic with my mentor James Ra for our "Special Praise" section of our worship order. . . Dr. Rosa Jang and our wonderful pianist Jungeun Kim played it so beautifully. Without saying too much more... I've spent this past week while writing this learning of loved ones and parents of my dearest friends passing. We mourn with you. We pray with you. You are not alone. We love you. Hang in there friends. Hang in there NY. . . Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song shall be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! . . Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Darkness be over me, my rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! . . There let the way appear steps unto heav'n; All that Thou sendest me in mercy giv'n; Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! . . Then with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise, Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! . . Or if on joyful wing, cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upwards I fly, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! . . All Rights Reserved to Hansol Choi, 2020
