Anthem 3 - O Give Thanks unto the Lord

Welcome to Anthem 3 in my attempt to write a new choir anthem every week for a year. I’m Kevin Mulryne and I hope you will enjoy listening to my progress throughout 2024. Please do visit the website Anthem52.com, follow along on x.com - @realanthem52 and send me a message to show@anthem52.com.

This week’s anthem has been much easier to write - that doesn’t mean it’s any more successful of course - you’ll have to see what you think.

Here are the words I ended up setting:

O give thanks unto the Lord and call upon his Name:

tell the people what things he hath done.

O let your songs be of him and praise him:

and let your talking be of all his works.

Well, what do you think? Let me know on X.com @realanthem52, as a comment in the show notes for this week at anthem52.com or via email show@anthem52.com

I’ve had a bit of fun putting another progress counter on the front page of the website Anthem52.com this week. You can now check in with how I’m getting on by seeing at a glance little thumbnails of the anthems which have been completed. Guess how many thumbnails there are so far.

I don’t know if I will always opt for contrasting anthems each week but I have a feeling next week might be a bit darker than this week. Relentlessly cheerful is great but maybe needs some contrast.

My first mystery guest might make it onto the episode next week so stay tuned for that. One thing is for sure, she will know a lot more about composing anthems than me.

I hope you will join me next week for a new episode - and a new anthem - only 49 to go - but until then the question remains - will I make it to Anthem 52?