'Hymn Creations' new album from Michael R. Hicks

Thousands of LDS teenagers hear and sing his vocal arrangements every summer at Especially for Youth camps, but on this new album, composer and arranger Michael R. Hicks lets the instruments do the work.Hymn Creations runs the gamut of styles, featuring big celebratory arrangements like "Rejoice the Lord is King," and more contemplative performances like "I Need Thee Every Hour."  In this interview Mike talks about his personal—and sometimes surprising—connection to the hymns he's chosen, about doing his best writing away from the piano, and why he thinks hymns are to music what the scriptures are to literature.That's this week on The Cricket and Seagull.PlaylistCome Ye Children of the LordHow Gentle God's CommandsCome Thou FountJesus the Very Thought of TheeAmazing GraceDearest Children God is Near YouGreen HillWe Thank TheeCome Follow MeRejoice the Lord is KingI Need Thee Every HourI Know that My Redeemer LIves