The Beat Goes On with BAFFA and artists of Women Sharing Art

Women Sharing Art Inc. is proud to have been asked to participate in the creation of this video by the Long Island Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts (BAFFA).  This video is one in a series by BAFFA, called the Beat Goes On, to celebrate the BAFFA Chorus, Orchestra and Art Gallery who cannot perform during this difficult time.  Please enjoy “For the Beauty of the Earth” composed by John Rutter with words from a poem by Folliot Sandford Pierpoint.  The BAFFA Chorus is conducted by Martha Campanile.

For the beauty of the earth,

For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies,

Over and around us lies

 

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

 

For the beauty of each hour

Of the day and of the night,

Hill and vale, and tree and flower,

Sun and moon, and stars of light,

Sun and moon, and stars of light

 

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

 

For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child,

Friends on earth, and friends above,

For all gentle thoughts and mild,

For all gentle thoughts and mild

 

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

 

For each perfect gift of thine

To our race so freely given

Graces human and divine

Flow’rs of earth and buds of heaven

Flow’rs of earth and buds of heaven

 

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our joyful hymn, our joyful hymn of praise

This our joyful hymn of praise