Steal away (Feel the Spirit) - John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra

'Steal away'
From from the album ‘Feel the Spirit’ - Songs and Spirituals
Arranger John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Mezzo-Soprano Melanie Marshall
Piano Wayne Marshall
Double Bass Malcolm Creese
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra
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LYRICS:
Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus.
Oh steal away, steal away home,
I ain’t got long to stay here.
My Lord, he calls me,
He calls me by the thunder :
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain’t got long to stay here.
Steal away, &c.
Green trees are bendin’,
Poor sinner stands a-tremblin’:
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain’t got long to stay here.
Steal away, &c.
Feel the Spirit
Strong, stirring spirituals and tuneful, jazz-flavoured settings of Shakespeare’s timeless lyrics are the mouth-watering ingredients of the Cambridge Singers’ album Feel the Spirit. John Rutter has written vivid arrangements of seven well-loved American spirituals for choir, with soloist Melanie Marshall and the BBC Concert Orchestra joining together with the Cambridge Singers for this world première recording.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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This gorgeous song is going to be played at my husband's funeral.

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My funeral too.

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Beautiful!