Now the heavens start to whisper
Now the heavens start to whisper. Mary Louise Bringle* (1953- ).
Bringle’s Advent/Christmas Hymn was commissioned by GIA Publications, Inc., with a request she write an Advent text ‘with a Celtic flavor.’ It is included in Bringle’s hymn collection In Wind and Wonder (Chicago, 2006) set to the Welsh melody SUO GAN, arranged by Nicholas Palmer (1963- ). The tune’s name is Welsh for ‘lullaby’ and the original Welsh words are a lullaby text. It is set to JEFFERSON in Celebrating Grace Hymnal (Macon, Georgia, 2010), and the Presbyterian hymnal Glory To God (Louisville, Kentucky, 2013).
Bringle often begins her hymn writing process by researching, reading and looking for the point of inspiration...
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