His gift of music, in particular his piano in "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" is so incredible, it sounds as if HE is an orchestra all by himself. Just exquisite.
I never knew of Rich Mullins until i stumbled accross the movie, Ragamuffin....after watching that movie, i started checking out Rich Mullins...Gotta say, one of the biggest blessings in my life....His music as well as( i think) his heart is beautiful.Sure has helped me in my walk with Jesus!!!Can't wait to meet him in heaven...him and Paul( Saul)... What an awesome afternoon( or whatever) that will be.... I am certain that he is singing for the King of Kings now...Love you, Rich Mullins... See you very soon!!!🙏💞
Right! This is a fugue which means intense concentration is required even by professional pianists - I’m so surprised he’s doing both vocals and keys for it!
@@smaragdinepearl5439 I just saw where he took it from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in C minor. So incredible! He was so talented, he has become such an inspiration to me as a pianist and music ed major!
My piano teacher asked me to find a "stretch" piece. Something I want to learn to play that I can learn little by little and be really challenged by. I picked this. It will be a process, but I have been listening to Rich Mullins since 1991. It will be worth the work.
Altho' Rich started composing at age four, the intro. to "Sing Your Praise" is taken from Bach's Fugue No. 2 in C minor. The story supposedly goes that he had to play it for a college piano course, and he "just kept going".
This is from Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier (Book 1) - prelude and fugue in C minor. It’s the fugue, which require a lot of concentration because of all the polyphony and duration (by professional pianists!). His adaptation is amazing and I can’t believe he is singing alongside it, and playing at that level of energy - so much stamina is required too. Such a talented man, bless him for using what God has given him to bless us and sing His praises!
I love this song when it was performed by Amy Grant with Michael W Smith on the piano. I first heard them perform it in concert in the mid eighties and found the whole concert on TH-cam. She also had her soon to be husband at the time, Gary Chapman, performing with her. Three eventual major names of Gospel music performing together and including the hit song by Rich Mullins.
@tori2dles Amy Grant's producer got a copy of this LP, and after hearing "Praise to the Lord," he knew that would be a great song for her upcoming "Age to Age" album. He secured the rights to it, signed Rich to a songwriting contract, and the rest is history.
the first contemporary Christian musician I've heard. It was in September of 1992. He's changed my whole picture of contemporary Christian music. In fact, the vector of my life has changed. Thank God and Keith Morris!
A gift from God. But taken from this world so easily. The announcement of his death still feels like yesterday and I remember trying to rationalize in my then 13-year-old brain why he was gone. A real loss. Thanks for posting this.
Yeah it is a huge loss to us left on earth. But rich insisted on setting out driving in the dark pouring rain when he didn’t have to. He was asked several times not to go but rather stay one more night and go fresh on the next morning when it was daylight and the rain wasn’t lashing down. He was very strong willed and wouldn’t listen to anyone but himself and God. So he died that night … about 20 minutes after he set off. That annoys me for some reason…. Because it feels as if he didn’t care about his own value. And look what we all lost as a result. We lost all the new songs he would’ve written and sang. I’ve never even met Rich and I blooming miss him!!!
@tori2dles I don't think he wrote it for a class of any sort. It was originally performed by the band Zion, which was the touring band for Zion Ministries. Rich was a member of this band after leaving Cincinnati Bible College in the very early 80s, and wrote most of the music for them during his time there. One of the band members at the time had a relative who ran a small recording studio, and they were able to cut an 8-song LP which had "Praise to the Lord" on it.
Its that the pianist rich Mullins as himself the myth the legend man of all I love him but I miss him in his faithful ❤ oh Lord please give him the glory but in a different time of the song
@Spoelstral Probably don't have this all right, but I seem to recall that he didn't get a very good grade on the composition (maybe even flunked it). So he took it to Amy Grant. She recorded it on what really was her first breakthrough album "Age to Age" (1982). SYPTTL was one of the two songs on the album that hit the top of the Billboard charts for Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) that year. Amy's album was the first Christian album to ever go platinum (1985).
There's a kind of musicality that can't be reduced to technique or explained in words, and I think it is ultimately the only kind of musicality that counts. Little drops of it are in everything that deserves to be called music, but Rich was soaked in it.
Never heard anyone play piano or sing a real song to the Lord Jesus the way he did. And everyone says Rich death is such a loss. ____ well, Yeah it is a huge loss to us left on earth. But rich insisted on setting out driving in the dark pouring rain when he didn’t have to. He was asked several times by ppl that cared about him, not to go, but rather stay one more night and go fresh next morning when in daylight and the rain wasn’t lashing down. But Mullins was very strong willed and wouldn’t listen to anyone but himself, and sometimes God. So he died that night … about 20 minutes after he set off. In his car or truck. That annoys me for some reason…. Because it feels as if he didn’t care about his own value. And look what we all lost as a result. We lost all the new songs he would’ve written and sang, we lost a man of God that wasn’t a Pharisee!! That could relate to ordinary unsaved people and reach their hearts of stone because Gods Holy Spirit was at work in Rich, to reach the lost and hurting for Jesus The Christ. I’ve never even met Richard Mullins and I flipping miss him!!! Dang it Rich… for once couldn’t you have not been so head strong and determined to have it your own way. The woman at the house where he’s spent the last ten day, practically begged him to not go. Saying please, it’s late ⏰ it’s stormy ⛈ outside, can’t you just go in the morning….. - but no joy. And 💥 bam he’s gone, left us all here without his unique ways of reaching peoples hearts with his songs and his take on God. And nobody has ever come close to replacing Rich Mullins. Todays preachers are all blab and grab TV billionaires … Hillsong and Houston, devils paradise. Wolves in designer clothing. It’s sickening. I hate this world. I can’t wait to leave it. I spend my life practically alone. No one knows how I feel each day. I’ve nobody to share life with, None but Jesus through His Holy Spirit.
Like most people, I'm sure, the Amy Grant version was what I was most familiar with. While I loved her version, the intro was modified to have a more "pop" feel to it, which, frankly, was probably the right call. However, I absolutely love Mullin's version which is truer to Bach's Fugue.
the first contemporary Christian musician I've heard. It was in Russia, Siberia, Tomsk city in September of 1992. He's changed my whole picture of contemporary Christian music. In fact, the vector of my life has changed. Thank God and Keith Morris!
Five months before going to be with the Lord.
This song 🎶 resonates with my soul🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I was so very devastated at his death -being so……. ANYWAY HE IS NOW WITH OUR SAVIOR 💯😇
This is what I imagine heaven sounds like…❤
Rich and Keith in heaven singing their praises to the Lord 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
His gift of music, in particular his piano in "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" is so incredible, it sounds as if HE is an orchestra all by himself. Just exquisite.
I didn't know that Amy Grant, sang his music. I use to listen to her, years ago, in high school, and I had no ideal that she was singing his music.
Rich should of been a star, and singer, himself, without Any Grant,singing his music, at all.
From the beginning. I know he ended up being one, but saying, a lot sooner
I never knew of Rich Mullins until i stumbled accross the movie, Ragamuffin....after watching that movie, i started checking out Rich Mullins...Gotta say, one of the biggest blessings in my life....His music as well as( i think) his heart is beautiful.Sure has helped me in my walk with Jesus!!!Can't wait to meet him in heaven...him and Paul( Saul)... What an awesome afternoon( or whatever) that will be.... I am certain that he is singing for the King of Kings now...Love you, Rich Mullins... See you very soon!!!🙏💞
Rich Mullins is a boss!! I knew he wrote his songs, but had no idea he could play and sing like that. Very few people can play that style and sing.
God gave him that gift and he put it to use. Imagine if we all did the same....
Right! This is a fugue which means intense concentration is required even by professional pianists - I’m so surprised he’s doing both vocals and keys for it!
@@smaragdinepearl5439 I just saw where he took it from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in C minor. So incredible! He was so talented, he has become such an inspiration to me as a pianist and music ed major!
My piano teacher asked me to find a "stretch" piece. Something I want to learn to play that I can learn little by little and be really challenged by. I picked this. It will be a process, but I have been listening to Rich Mullins since 1991. It will be worth the work.
How's it going with the song?
Altho' Rich started composing at age four, the intro. to "Sing Your Praise" is taken from Bach's Fugue No. 2 in C minor. The story supposedly goes that he had to play it for a college piano course, and he "just kept going".
This is from Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier (Book 1) - prelude and fugue in C minor. It’s the fugue, which require a lot of concentration because of all the polyphony and duration (by professional pianists!). His adaptation is amazing and I can’t believe he is singing alongside it, and playing at that level of energy - so much stamina is required too. Such a talented man, bless him for using what God has given him to bless us and sing His praises!
Thanks for sharing that!
Also wanted to add that the lyrics are mostly inspired from Psalm 113
@@andrewgehrigthanks for sharing, I didn’t know that! :) what an awesome combination
A great poet to the
glory of GOD..
Our GOD is an awesome God..
Would love to play like this musician.Thx God
for his music..
his piano playing is stunning! what a treasure he was.
I get goose bumps watching such a superb performance, such a great song, and performed so well, what an awesome composition!
I listened to this song endlessly in my youth. It's a song that stays in your soul!
My favorite song of Mullins is Awesome God, followed by this one and performed by Amy Grant, who made it a big hit.
Wow....brings back some great memories. Rich left us way too early....what a blessing he was.
flat on my back in bed after surgery, dancing in my heart and praising God for His goodness.
Genius composition! We cannot possibly give enough praise to our Lord. He is worthy. Amen and amen.
How grateful I am to have lived during his lifetime!
I love this song when it was performed by Amy Grant with Michael W Smith on the piano. I first heard them perform it in concert in the mid eighties and found the whole concert on TH-cam. She also had her soon to be husband at the time, Gary Chapman, performing with her. Three eventual major names of Gospel music performing together and including the hit song by Rich Mullins.
A really wonderful musician! None of the singers which re-record his songs can sing half as good as he used to.
(John Lutz) ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS!!!!!
It's been so long since I heard this song. And it was studio-mastered then. For me, this was refreshment of the Spirit.
This is one of my favorite, love to watch him play, such a beautiful soul . I love the way he loved Jesus .
@tori2dles Amy Grant's producer got a copy of this LP, and after hearing "Praise to the Lord," he knew that would be a great song for her upcoming "Age to Age" album. He secured the rights to it, signed Rich to a songwriting contract, and the rest is history.
He was such a talented and gifted keyboard player.
the first contemporary Christian musician I've heard. It was in September of 1992. He's changed my whole picture of contemporary Christian music. In fact, the vector of my life has changed. Thank God and Keith Morris!
A gift from God. But taken from this world so easily. The announcement of his death still feels like yesterday and I remember trying to rationalize in my then 13-year-old brain why he was gone. A real loss. Thanks for posting this.
Yeah it is a huge loss to us left on earth. But rich insisted on setting out driving in the dark pouring rain when he didn’t have to. He was asked several times not to go but rather stay one more night and go fresh on the next morning when it was daylight and the rain wasn’t lashing down. He was very strong willed and wouldn’t listen to anyone but himself and God. So he died that night … about 20 minutes after he set off. That annoys me for some reason…. Because it feels as if he didn’t care about his own value. And look what we all lost as a result. We lost all the new songs he would’ve written and sang. I’ve never even met Rich and I blooming miss him!!!
Lovely man wonderful god given talent I miss him
amazing talent.....gone too soon
Nice!!!
Love this song! Rich mullins🙌🙏
Never forget how many hours he spent practicing to be able to play like that.
Wonderful.
You got to love this
Wow!!!
You're awesome Richie.
@tori2dles I don't think he wrote it for a class of any sort. It was originally performed by the band Zion, which was the touring band for Zion Ministries. Rich was a member of this band after leaving Cincinnati Bible College in the very early 80s, and wrote most of the music for them during his time there. One of the band members at the time had a relative who ran a small recording studio, and they were able to cut an 8-song LP which had "Praise to the Lord" on it.
Gracias por el aporte 😃👍
AMEN!!! WOW!!!!!
Its that the pianist rich Mullins as himself the myth the legend man of all I love him but I miss him in his faithful ❤ oh Lord please give him the glory but in a different time of the song
Dang genius
Awesome
When will I find a piano tutorial for this? It just seems impossible to play!
Wow this is a great song this like your happy praise song just like to be Any Grant song so amazing praise song.
Mind blown by that intro.
Probably b/c it’s Bach. 💁🏻♂️
I've heard this song so many times and never connected it to Fugue No. 2 In C Minor
@Spoelstral
Probably don't have this all right, but I seem to recall that he didn't get a very good grade on the composition (maybe even flunked it). So he took it to Amy Grant. She recorded it on what really was her first breakthrough album "Age to Age" (1982). SYPTTL was one of the two songs on the album that hit the top of the Billboard charts for Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) that year. Amy's album was the first Christian album to ever go platinum (1985).
Amy Grant recorded this as well. I always loved the intro.
I heard she cut the bridge and the verse after it though.
There's a kind of musicality that can't be reduced to technique or explained in words, and I think it is ultimately the only kind of musicality that counts. Little drops of it are in everything that deserves to be called music, but Rich was soaked in it.
You are right. Check out the Rich Mullins and Zion video Sing Your Praise to the Lord 1982 that I just posted!
Is it possible to be played in a 4 octaves keyboard?
Never heard anyone play piano or sing a real song to the Lord Jesus the way he did. And everyone says Rich death is such a loss. ____ well, Yeah it is a huge loss to us left on earth. But rich insisted on setting out driving in the dark pouring rain when he didn’t have to. He was asked several times by ppl that cared about him, not to go, but rather stay one more night and go fresh next morning when in daylight and the rain wasn’t lashing down. But Mullins was very strong willed and wouldn’t listen to anyone but himself, and sometimes God. So he died that night … about 20 minutes after he set off. In his car or truck. That annoys me for some reason…. Because it feels as if he didn’t care about his own value. And look what we all lost as a result. We lost all the new songs he would’ve written and sang, we lost a man of God that wasn’t a Pharisee!! That could relate to ordinary unsaved people and reach their hearts of stone because Gods Holy Spirit was at work in Rich, to reach the lost and hurting for Jesus The Christ. I’ve never even met Richard Mullins and I flipping miss him!!! Dang it Rich… for once couldn’t you have not been so head strong and determined to have it your own way. The woman at the house where he’s spent the last ten day, practically begged him to not go. Saying please, it’s late ⏰ it’s stormy ⛈ outside, can’t you just go in the morning….. - but no joy. And 💥 bam he’s gone, left us all here without his unique ways of reaching peoples hearts with his songs and his take on God. And nobody has ever come close to replacing Rich Mullins. Todays preachers are all blab and grab TV billionaires … Hillsong and Houston, devils paradise. Wolves in designer clothing. It’s sickening. I hate this world. I can’t wait to leave it. I spend my life practically alone. No one knows how I feel each day. I’ve nobody to share life with, None but Jesus through His Holy Spirit.
Wow ‼️ ❤❤❤❤
This was recorded a year before died...truly tragic.
This was in April 1997 and Rich died in Sept 1997.
♥♥♥
Like most people, I'm sure, the Amy Grant version was what I was most familiar with. While I loved her version, the intro was modified to have a more "pop" feel to it, which, frankly, was probably the right call. However, I absolutely love Mullin's version which is truer to Bach's Fugue.
hes just like "this is an easy song, let me show off" cuz it really looks like hes not trying
Found this from fefe
Nope not this tune but I prefer the next piece it's better than the Rich piano tune
Very good...but, this piano must be tuned!!!
I slowed it down to 0.5 speed to study the piece, and found out that it wasn't his playing that was wrong, it was the piano xD
the first contemporary Christian musician I've heard. It was in Russia, Siberia, Tomsk city in September of 1992. He's changed my whole picture of contemporary Christian music. In fact, the vector of my life has changed. Thank God and Keith Morris!