King of Love My Shepherd Is, The (Turner)
Irish hymn tune transcribed by Jess Langston Turner; arr. Forrest
Subtitle: St. Columbia: Irish Hymn Tune
General Info
Year: 2004
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Choir
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00; (digital) - $90.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The King of Love, My Shepherd Is is a an old Irish hymn tune with a lovely text by Henry W. Baker(1821-1877). The Text paraphrases Psalm 23. The King of Love, My Shepherd Is has found some recent fame as a result of being sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. This particular arrangement was originally conceived for choir by Dan Forrest, a prominent choral composer and one of my former composition professors. It is my hope that this beautiful piece of choral music will continue to impact audiences in its wind ensemble incarnation.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
- Minnesota: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Alief ISD Honor Band (Houston, Texas) (Damon Archer, conductor) - 28 January 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Agua Nocturna (2010)
- And Can It Be (2009)
- Black Bolt! (2012)
- Blues for a Squirrel in the Rain (2019)
- Bock Fanfares (2013)
- Burning Music (2011)
- Chamber Concerto No. 1 (2012)
- Concertino Caboclo (2012)
- Dancefares (2016)
- Deep Calls to Deep (2016)
- The Exultant Heart (2016)
- Ford's Machine (2011)
- The Grand Processional of Our Reptilian Overlords (2019)
- He Who Would Valiant Be (2010)
- Heavy Weather (2012)
- I Know Moonrise (2019)
- If I Am to Leave... See: Symphony No. 1
- In Light, Accessible... (2015)
- The King of Love, My Shepherd Is (2004)
- Last Dances of Prospero (2009)
- Light Beyond Shadow (as arranger) (2020/2022)
- Like a River Glorious (2008)
- Lullaby for Leaving (2021)
- Lullaby from "Memorial to Silent Voices" (2011)
- Lux Veritas,
- Moonstruck Possum Trot (2013)
- The Mountain Whippoorwill (2011)
- Noche Triste (2013)
- Nocturne Under a Red Moon (2013)
- Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt (2017)
- Nuclear Family (2014)
- Oh, What a Morning! (2013)
- Paens for Brass Quintet (2009)
- Reanimations (2014)
- Red Rover (2019)
- Rumpelstilzchen (2010)
- The Seventh Degree of Freedom
- Symphony No. 1 (2019)
- Through the Looking Glass (2008)
- Urban Etudes for Double String Quartet and Brass Quintet (2009)
- You'll Come Matilda (Endlessly Waltzing) (2015)
Resources
- Jess Langston Turner website Accessed 3 September 2017
- Turner, J. (2004). The King of love, My Shepherd Is : (St. Columbia) [score]. Carl Fischer: New York.
- Zembower, Christian. "The King of Love My Shepherd Is." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 431-444. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.