Channel: BYU Vocal Point

Category: Music

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Description: Join the PREMIERE of the virtual choir and orchestra performance of this piece TOMORROW from 9-10 a.m. Mountain Time: youtu.be/o1trWhBvZTs ►SUBSCRIBE & click the "bell" for future video notifications! ►STREAM/DOWNLOAD/GET CD: byurecords.lnk.to/MusicVideoHitsVol1ID or byurecords.lnk.to/VP-LeadThouMeOnID ►FREE SHEET MUSIC: bit.ly/2lcfx3K. ►Click SHOW MORE to CONNECT with BYU Vocal Point! Get the original BYU Vocal Point version of this song on the hymns and inspirational songs album 'Lead Thou Me On': ►LISTEN: byurecords.lnk.to/VP-LeadThouMeOnID ►Get the CD: byumusicstore.com/lead-thou-me-on-hymns-and-inspiration-cd-byu-vocal-point Other BYU Vocal Point CDs and SHEET MUSIC can be purchased at BYUMusicStore.com. Nearer, My God, to Thee: BYU Vocal Point's best-selling song on iTunes performed here with the BYU Men's Chorus. James Stevens's arrangement of this Christian hymn creates a feeling that is less about peace and more about the struggles in life that bring us closer to God. Download other songs on iTunes from BYU Vocal Point at bit.ly/byuvpitunes and other songs from BYU Men's Chorus at bit.ly/byumcitunes Be sure to SUBSCRIBE! and follow BYU Vocal Point on: Facebook: facebook.com/BYUVocalPoint Twitter/Instagram/Vine: @BYUVocalPoint Snapchat: byuvocalpoint Follow BYU Men's Chorus on: Facebook: facebook.com/BYUMensChorus Twitter/Instagram: @BYUMensChorus YouTube: youtube.com/user/BYUMensChorus For information about booking BYU Vocal Point for a performance or concert, please contact BYU Performing Arts Management at 801-422-3576. SONG CREDITS Solo by James Stevens Produced by McKay Crockett and James Stevens Song by Sarah Adams and Lowell Mason Arrangement by James Stevens Mixed by James Stevens Mastered by Troy Sales Choir session engineered by Jeff Carter © BYU Records 2014 VIDEO CREDITS Director/DP: Brett Belingheri Chief Lighting Technician: Pam Davis Camera Operators: Brian Wilcox, with Brett Belingheri and Daniel Kellis 1st Assistant Camera: Jordan Kendall Key Grip/Crane Operator: Ron Nix Best Boy Grip: Al Williams Dolly Grip: Quen Wilson Company Grips: Steve Madsen, David Thorpe, Landon Nix, and Emerson Nix Hair and Makeup: Mikayla Ellison Editors: Brett Belingheri and Cody Phillips Writers: Brett Belingheri, Cody Phillips, and Daniel Kellis Producers: McKay Crockett and Bridget Benton Executive Producer: Ben Fales (BYU Records) © BYU Records 2014 Special thanks: -Rosalind Hall, director of the BYU Men's Chorus, for her support of this project -Paul Duerden and the Covey Center for the Arts for helping this vision come to fruition. Visit coveycenter.org for more information. -Julie Walker at Brigham Young University Communications for facilitating the assistance of our amazing camera crew For show dates, check out our BYU Vocal Point's schedule at byuvocalpoint.com and BYU Men's Chorus's schedule at byumenschorus.com. SHEET MUSIC: acasongs.com/uploads/5/2/0... LATIN TEXT: In articulo mortis Caelitus mihi vires Deo adjuvante non timendum In perpetuum Dirige nos domine Ad augusta per angusta Sic itur ad astra Excelsior ENGLISH TRANSLATION: At the moment of death My strength is from heaven God helping, nothing should be feared For ever Direct us, O Lord To high places by narrow roads Such is the path to the stars Ever upward