Rachmaninoff's piano concertos (especially his 2nd and 3rd) are something quite extraordinary. I've been in love with them since my teen years. The melody from his Concerto No. 2 (Second Movement) is so lyrical that it feels like it needs to be sung and not just played.
When looking for a song or scriptural passage to fit this angelic music, I found the hymn "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" based on Luke 2. When the angels appear to the shepherds to announce the birth of Christ, they couldn't just tell them, they had to sing the glorious news. I picture those fields in Bethlehem filled with their voices:
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
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