Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Written during the events of 2020, Dan's exquisite setting of Paul Wigmore's text (SATB choir, piano, and optional string quartet) invokes Light... Joy... Love... Peace... and Hope. Published by The Music of Dan Forrest, and distributed by Beckenhorst Press.
Composer Website: danforrest.com/music-catalog/light-beyond-shadow
Purchase: beckenhorstpress.com/light-beyond-shadow-digital-download

Audio Recording: Beckenhorst Singers and Orchestra; Dan Forrest, piano; Craig Courtney, conductor. June 2021.

Video produced by Dan Forrest and Philip Eoute.

Text:
Light beyond shadow,
Joy beyond tears,
Love that is greater when darkest our fears;
deeper the Peace when the storm is around,
nearer the Hope to the lost who is found.

Light of the world, ever shining, shining!
Hope in our pain and our dying.
in our darkness, there is Light,
in our crying, there is Love,
in the noise of life imparting
Peace
that passes understanding.

Light beyond shadow,
Joy beyond tears,
Love that is greater when darkest our fears;
deeper the Peace when the storm is around,
nearer the Hope to the lost who is found.

-Paul Wigmore (alt.), 1925-2014. Copyright Hope Publishing; used by permission.