This Boswell/Papa hymn has become an epic statement of eternal hope for our church family. The previous generation proclaimed “When We All Get to Heaven,” and the next generation has added this new outcry with the same melodic vigor and, now a deeper understanding of the temporary, earthly life. The stanzas point to James 1:11-12, and the refrain lifts our eyes to our beautiful hope in heaven. This arrangement will give your pianist noticeable artistry, yet the setting is simple enough to keep the melody clear and reasonably for the congregation to know how and when to enter. Your church will love this hymn! Includes a full score, a piano score, and idiomatically-written instrumental parts for Flute 1, 2, Clarinet in B-flat, Trumpet in B-flat, Horn in F, Trombone, Tuba, Violin 1, 2, Viola, Cello, and Snare.
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Real Responses from Congregations
Molly plays for the church my mother-in-law attends. The congregation becomes like a big choir with her arrangements. I’ve enjoyed the music when we’ve visited!
The beautiful accompaniment and the unison congregation could be used both congregationally and chorally (as we did)… For small to medium-sized choirs on low attendance Sundays these could be effective choral pieces or as a way to develop choir and orchestra when (as is our case) some choir members are also instrumentalists. We used three pieces as part of our Easter celebration. All were very well received. We were able to include our developing orchestra with all of it. So, thank you!
We love using these arrangements at Valley Community Baptist Church in our worship setting, regardless if we are using just piano and organ on a particular Sunday, or our full orchestra with choir and congregation. As the organist, the conductors score offers a great organ score option as an asset for churches using organ with these settings without revamping the piano score, making it quite easy… Thank you, Molly!
Molly’s congregational accompaniments add a freshness to treasured hymns of the past that enables a cross-generational congregation to join together in passionate worship of a great God.
