The Spirit of the Lord Philip Stopford

Although this is not the world premier performance of Philip Stopford's marvelous composition, "The Spirit of the Lord", this is the first performance conducted by the composer himself. On November 18, 2012, Archdiocese of Philadelphia held an Archdiocesan Choral Festival and Blessing/Convocation for all the parish choirs and musicians in the Archdiocese. There were over 200 singers from all around Philadelphia, including me and many members from the choir at my parish, The Church of St. Andrew in Newtown. It was fantastic, but especially wonderful as the Archdiocese hired a guest conductor - Philip Stopford, who is a very successful and important contemporary composer of sacred Christian music. Here we are singing his marvelous composition "The Spirit of the Lord".

[@DeborahCecatiello]

Sounds amazing. Looks like we're singing for ourselves--works for me!