Many years ago, an Adventist friend of ours, Ed MacMakin, was doing a slide presentation of nature photographs on the theme of Psalm 23, the Shepherd’s Psalm. He asked us to help with the music, and these recordings were the result.
In most cases, real instruments were used, but occasionally a synthesized sound was included where suitable instruments were not available.
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- The Lord’s My Shepherd — This hymn is from the old Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal, a German melody [Scottish Smallpipe, Synthesized Sounds].
- The Lord’s My Shepherd — Same tune as #1, but more of a country-style arrangement [Octave Mandolin, Mandolin, Synthesized Sounds].
- Tender Shepherd— This version comes from one of our own songbooks, Song in the Night. It is a combination of a Nova Scotian melody with a paraphrase of Psalm 23 by Isaac Watts [Vocals (Frank & Rebecca), Guitar, Synthesized Sounds].
- Psalm 23 — Also taken from Song in the Night (although I can’t remember where we originally found it), this is an 18th century arrangment by John Valentine (c. 1785). Beautiful harmonization! [Lutes, Recorders, Dulcian, Synthesized Sounds].
- Divine Shepherd — Once again from Song in the Night, this is an American cowboy melody matched with a poetical paraphrase by Joseph Addison(1672-1720) [Vocals (Frank & Rebecca), Lute, Synthesized Sounds].
- Divine Shepherd — This is the same tune as #5 above, but instrumental only [Shuttle Pipe, Guitar, Synthesized Sounds].
- The Lord’s My Shepherd — This tune is known as the Brother James melody. It is a fairly popular arrangement of Psalm 23, found in many Protestant hymn books [Recorders, Dulcian, Chalumeaux, Synthesized Sounds].
- The Lord’s My Shepherd — This is another common arrangement of Psalm 23, the tune is called Crimon, the words are from the Scottish Psalter [Harmonica (Ed), Lute, Synthesized Sounds].
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