{"id":55247,"date":"2017-05-22T05:14:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T05:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55247"},"modified":"2017-05-22T05:14:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T05:14:06","slug":"sunday-surprise-william-byrd-and-arvo-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55247","title":{"rendered":"Sunday surprise, William Byrd and Arvo P\u00e4rt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; for lovers of choral music ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FIF7UTBJJyQ?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>I am reminded of the <strong>Navaho Night Chant<\/strong>, which <a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=15188\">I have quoted here before<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In beauty may I walk.<br \/>\nAll day long may I walk.<br \/>\nThrough the returning seasons may I walk.<br \/>\nOn the trail marked with pollen may I walk.<br \/>\nWith grasshoppers about my feet may I walk.<br \/>\nWith dew about my feet may I walk.<br \/>\nWith beauty may I walk.<br \/>\nWith beauty before me, may I walk.<br \/>\nWith beauty behind me, may I walk.<br \/>\nWith beauty above me, may I walk.<br \/>\nWith beauty below me, may I walk.<br \/>\nWith beauty all around me, may I walk.<br \/>\nIn old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.<br \/>\nIn old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.<br \/>\nIt is finished in beauty.<br \/>\nIt is finished in beauty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>by the words of Arvo P\u00e4rt&#8217;s piece:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,<br \/>\nChrist in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,<br \/>\nChrist on my right, Christ on my left,<br \/>\nChrist when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,<br \/>\nChrist in me, Christ when I arise,<br \/>\nChrist in the heart of every man who thinks of me,<br \/>\nChrist in the mouth of every one who speaks of me,<br \/>\nChrist in every eye that sees me,<br \/>\nChrist in every ear that hears me,<br \/>\nChrist with me.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-xGEYz1y0jQ?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; for lovers of choral music ] . ** I am reminded of the Navaho Night Chant, which I have quoted here before: In beauty may I walk. All day long may I walk. Through the returning seasons may I walk. On the trail marked with pollen may I walk. With [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788,526,497,480,1409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty","category-charles-cameron","category-christianity","category-music","category-navaho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55247"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55255,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55247\/revisions\/55255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}