Give us this day

London Chamber Choir Vasari Singers perform the beautiful and moving anthem Give us this day, composed by Ward Swingle. This stunning music is set to the powerful words of Tony Vincent Isaacs and speaks of the beauty and fragility of Earth and nature.

1- Scudding clouds of crimson flush
Skim the azure evening sky
Boding well the morrows dawn
To a cloudless glowing morn
Dragonfly Give
Neon’s treasure
Strafes the pool in summer’s hush.

Give us this day
That we may see
The beauty before our eyes
Give us this day
That we may cherish
The earth before it dies.

2- Curfew closing on the light
Pungent wood smoke curling by
Autumn leaching summer cold
Breathing out in red and gold
Flocking high o’er tall oak
Storks migrating full in flight

Give us this day
That we may see
The beauty before our eyes
Give us this day
That we may cherish
The earth before it dies.

3- All along the trestle bough
In candescent to the touch
Icy chandeliers ablaze
To the suns retreating rays
In the clutch, omnipresent
Of the north wind’s bitter vow.

Give us this day
That we may see
The beauty before our eyes
Give us this day
That we may cherish
The earth before it dies.

4- Morning creeps upon the day
Stars pay homage to the sun
Tumult in the swelling bud
Ripening with verdant blood
Surging through winter’s damage
Weaving tendrils on its way.

Give us this day
That we may see
The beauty before our eyes
Give us this day
That we may cherish
The earth before it dies.