A house of prayer: choir & piano edition

This is a very accessible work written for St Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church and Kurt Ala-Kantti Director of Music, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Church and the 90th Anniversary of the Parish. The text from Isaiah 56:7, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all people” returns throughout the piece as a refrain, and this refrain lends itself well to congregational participation when used in a church service (reproducible refrain available inside the score). Originally for choir with piano, the string quartet version was later commissioned by Harmonia Choir of Ottawa, directed by Kurt Ala-Kantti.