Prayer to a Guardian Angel
COMPOSER’S NOTE
In 2012 I was very pleased to be asked by Decca Records to write a whole album on the theme of angels. The resulting album – Angel – recorded with the Choir of New College Oxford and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, went straight in at Number One in the UK classical charts.
Countless people believe they have a guardian angel and the church observes The Feast of the Guardian Angels on 2nd October each year. Prayer to a Guardian Angel, with text by my brother Andrew, was the first piece on the album and reflects the emotions and thoughts of a human soul as it prays to a guardian angel for comfort and healing.
I was then thrilled to be approached by the amazing Voces8 choir to produce a choral & cello version which featured on their No.1-selling album Lux.
Another version for SSAATTBarB and harp is also available.
DURATION
3 minutes
VERSIONS AVAILABLE
- SSAATTBarB & Cello OR Harp
- Soprano, Strings & Harp
YEAR OF COMPOSITION
2013
PUBLISHER
Novello
SHEET MUSIC
Available from
JW Pepper
Music Room
Music Shop Europe
Orchestral parts available on hire
Email: hire@wisemusic.com
Tel: +44 (0)1284 596 004
Come in the night
Silent and still,
Angel of light
show the truth of love’s will.
Dark is my soul
And fearful my mind:
Help me the purest
and gentlest way find.
Come in the dawn
When all is lost,
Angel of comfort
Take hold of my hand.
Lift me, enfold me,
Help me to see
That all of your treasures
give power to break free.
Come in the noon
Of bright sunlit days;
Angel of joy
Give me right words to say.
Inspire my heart
with truth from above;
Renew my life in the healing
of perfect love.
Words: Andrew Hawes (1954 – )
