…Come let us sing for joy, Joy to the Lord…
Sing for Joy is Richard Phillips' setting of his own adaptation of Psalm 95. It was composed as the first movement of a 3-movement finale for the Salvation Army's national school of music in 1995. The remaining two movements were provided by other composers. Beginning with a softly spoken rhythmic pattern, it develops into a statement of the main theme with punchy rhythms and full harmonies. A softer and slower middle section is followed by a passage in unison, repeated with an upper part for a few sopranos, and then a bridge passage takes us back to the main theme, first in B major and then in triumphant C major as the chorus proclaims "Sing joy to the Lord."
