He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands (2025)
A Cradelsong for SATB Choir & Piano
Text: Traditional
Duration: 5 minutes
Premiere: Sunday, June 22, 2025, Green Lake Festival Chorus, conductor John Hughes, Wisconsin
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands is often performed with joy and energy, but this arrangement reimagines it as a quiet lullaby—rooted in the resilience of the enslaved. Framed as a tender prayer from parent to child, it offers an intimate meditation on divine care, whispered rather than proclaimed. Adapted from my original version for mezzo-soprano and piano, the piece invites reflection through stillness and quiet strength.