New Haven Chorale performs SILVER RAIN Arranged by Peter Amidon 

New Haven Chorale performs SILVER RAIN, Arranged by Peter Amidon
Peter Robinson, Sound Engineer
The Silver Rain, with text by Alice Henderson and Peter Amidon, and arranged by Peter Amidon, is a wonderful non-sectarian music offering for a heartfelt celebration of Thanksgiving. We have so much that divides us right now, and much of that division has been intensified as a result of the political climate and the many societal changes during this time of COVID. The New Haven Chorale hopes that the lovely message and music of The Silver Rain can help us all refocus on what we share in common and how much we have to be thankful for in our lives, despite the many challenges we face.
The Silver Rain
(Verse 1 Lyrics by Alice Henderson; Verse 2 lyrics by Peter Amidon)
The silver rain, the shining sun,
and fields where scarlet poppies run,
and all the ripples of the wheat,
are in the bread that I do eat.
For when I sit at every meal,
and thankful heart I always feel
that I am eating rain and sun,
and fields where scarlet poppies run.
The fields below, the skies above
Enfold us in God’s arms of love.
The clouds of mist, the endless sea,
Become a part of you and me.
The precious atmosphere that girths
the narrow vault twixt heav’n and earth
for this we offer prayers and laud:
The life-sustaining breath of God.