This arrangement of the familiar hymn was done by assignment for the September 25, 2010 LDS General Relief Society meeting and broadcast.

Arranging by assignment is always an interesting challenge. When you have a set of criteria you have to meet, it forces you to think outside your own little box, and that's a good thing. The parameters for this arrangement were these: it had to be feminine (since it's for women's voices, that was easy); it had to celebrate (again, easy just because of the nature of the hymn); it had to be simple enough to not require extensive practice (a matter of opinion!); it had to... dance? (oh... dear...); and I had about two weeks (yikes!!!).

I let the flutes do the dancing. :) If you choose to perform this arrangement, you'll find that there's no doing without them. And yes, that tempo marking at the top is correct. It's really that fast. Note that it's scored in cut time. If you find yourself conducting it in 4, you're taking it slower than it's intended to go. Have your singers stagger ther breathing and it will be easier.

The master score for this song is a 12-page monster, so I've provided extracted flute, voice and piano parts. The accompaniment track is performed at the suggested tempo. In the broadcast it was performed somewhat slower.