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Ode To Joy (Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee) is the triumphant orchestra and choir finale from Beethoven's towering 9th Symphony. For the Christian wedding, there can hardly be a better, more joyous and uplifting wedding processional or recessional; perhaps as a recessional it is best fitted. Our arrangement features full orchestra, with emphasis on the soaring string lines that propel the majestic arrangement from start to finish.
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Ode to Joy (Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee) Lyrics:
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
Op’ning to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
Drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day!
All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
Earth and heav’n reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee,
Center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flow’ry meadow, flashing sea,
Singing bird and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in Thee.
Thou art giving and forgiving,
Ever blessing, ever blest,
Wellspring of the joy of living,
Ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,
All who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other,
Lift us to the joy divine.
Mortals, join the happy chorus,
Which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o’er us,
Brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward,
Victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward
In the triumph song of life.
credits
from
Wedding Music Samples Album,
released May 1, 2011
Ode To Joy (Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee) from Beethoven's 9th Symphony is a sample of a full length recording of this song offered on the Wedding Music Project website, arranged and produced by Steve Millikan
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