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We come from different places,
You and I,
on different paths we journey;
let me walk beside you for a while –
DF1022 let me listen
let me listen.
So briefly do our lonely paths converge,
Yours and mine,
along this human journey;
let me listen
l e t m e l is t e n
text by what hollow loss to never hear your song –
Charles Anthony Silvestri
let me listen.
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Let me listen,
let me listen as you tell your story:
Your triumphs and your tears,
Your trials and your fears.
Your story never has been mine to tell –
so let me listen.

And if a silence is your choice to keep,
then I will keep it with you;
let me listen SATB as long as we walk together,
An expression of allyship You and I,
with BIPOC brothers and I will listen.
sisters, written for Staley Too long you’ve waited, too long,
High School, Missouri. to share your journey, your song –
so let me listen.

– Charles Anthony Silvestri, 2022

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Pater Noster – SATB
Significant 16-minute setting of The Lord’s Prayer
for community or symphonic choirs with orchestra.
Pater Noster
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Stunning new setting performed by ACDA National
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