Jesus Christ the Appletree - Virtual Choir - Metropolitan United
A quartet of lead singers from The Metropolitan Choir present Elizabeth Poston's Jesus Christ the Appletree. Conducted by Dr. Patricia Wright. Originally used in worship on Sunday, January 24, 2021. Composed by Elizabeth Poston Conductor: Dr. Patricia Wright, Minister of Music Produced by Charles Davidson Elizabeth Poston was a composer, arranger, pianist and arts administrator - this was her most famous work. Some consider this song an allusion to both the apple tree in the Song of Solomon, interpreted as a metaphor representing Jesus, and to his description of his life as a tree of life in Luke and elsewhere in the New and Old Testaments. Apple trees were commonly grown in England and there was an old English tradition of wassailing or wishing health to apple trees on Christmas Eve. (Wiki)
A quartet of lead singers from The Metropolitan Choir present Elizabeth Poston's Jesus Christ the Appletree. Conducted by Dr. Patricia Wright. Originally used in worship on Sunday, January 24, 2021. Composed by Elizabeth Poston Conductor: Dr. Patricia Wright, Minister of Music Produced by Charles Davidson Elizabeth Poston was a composer, arranger, pianist and arts administrator - this was her most famous work. Some consider this song an allusion to both the apple tree in the Song of Solomon, interpreted as a metaphor representing Jesus, and to his description of his life as a tree of life in Luke and elsewhere in the New and Old Testaments. Apple trees were commonly grown in England and there was an old English tradition of wassailing or wishing health to apple trees on Christmas Eve. (Wiki)