Warren Lee: The Lord’s Prayer (SATB, piano)

Warren Lee’s The Lord’s Prayer is a contemplative yet dramatic setting of the familiar Christian prayer, combining expressive choral writing with a richly articulated piano accompaniment. Written for mixed choir (SATB) and piano, the work opens with a quasi-recitative based on Mark 11:24, creating an almost distant, heavenly introduction before the choir enters with Our Father.

Lee shapes the prayer through contrasting polyphonic and homophonic textures, dynamic shifts, and a deliberate interplay between harmonic dissonance and consonance. The darker passages surrounding evil and temptation gradually give way to the increasingly assertive declaration of the kingdom, the power and the glory, culminating in a broad, powerful climax before the music returns to a quieter, prayerful atmosphere for the final Amen.

A compelling choice for mixed choirs looking for a contemporary setting of a timeless sacred text, with strong dramatic architecture and an expressive, substantial piano part.