Unbounded Love
Arranger/Composer: Ralph Hultgren
Item Code: BMB008
Publisher: Brolga Music
Unbounded Love is a simple fantasia on the hymn tune, ‘Blaenwern.’ This setting seeks to draw out the substance of the text and the narrative it possesses. The words tell of a love that was the “joy of heaven”, that “to earth come down”; it’s what Christians describe as the incarnation. That essence of God, manifest on earth in the person of Jesus Christ - to be with humanity and bear with it in adversity and trial, and to lift up it up in choruses of praise - is the core of the hymn’s message. ‘Blaenwern’ was composed by William Rowlands during the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905. The text is the hymn “Love Divine, all loves excelling”, by Charles Wesley, written sometime before 1747. The title of this setting emanates from the second half of the first verse where Wesley speaks of “Jesus” who is “all compassion”, and that He is “pure, unbounded love”. The fantasia opens reverently, concluding on a note of triumph - “Till we cast our crowns before Thee, lost in wonder love and praise” - before ebbing away into contemplative reverence once more.
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Grade Level: 4
Copyright: 2022
Publisher: Brolga Music
Series: Opus Brass Band Series
Category: Brass Band
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Sample PDFs
- Unbounded Love - 1st Baritone BC.pdf
- Unbounded Love - 1st Trombone BC.pdf
- Unbounded Love - 2nd Baritone BC.pdf
- Unbounded Love - 2nd Trombone BC.pdf
- Unbounded Love - Euphonium BC.pdf
- Unbounded Love - F Horn 1 (Solo Horn).pdf
- Unbounded Love - F Horn 2 (1st Horn).pdf
- Unbounded Love - F Horn 3 (2nd Horn).pdf
- Unbounded Love - SAMPLE SCORE.pdf
- Unbounded Love - Tuba 1 (Eb Bass).pdf
- Unbounded Love - Tuba 2 (Bb Bass).pdf