The editors have selected a richly varied collection of sacred pieces for this period of the Church's year, always bearing in mind practical considerations and liturgical needs. Pieces are presented in order according to the Church's calendar, moving from Ash Wednesday and Lent, through Passiontide and Palm Sunday, to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Eve, and Easter itself. The best of the standard repertoire is included alongside fine, less familiar, works. Ranging widely from the sixteenth century to the present day, this is a complete and practical collection for church choirs of all sizes and levels of ability. Contents Lent Prose Byrd: Civitas sancti tui (Bow thine ear, O Lord) Farrant/Hilton: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake Loosemore: The Litany (BCP) Marshall: The Litany Morales: Peccantem me quotidie Morley: Agnus Dei Rawsthorne: Like as the hart Walton: Drop, drop, slow tears Wesley: Wash me throughly PASSIONTIDE Anerio: Christus factus est Bairstow: The Lamentation Bairstow/Gibbons: Jesu, grant me this I pray Chilcott: God so loved the world Hand: Ecce quomodo moritur justus Lassus: Adoramus te, Christe Stainer: God so loved the world PALM SUNDAY Bullard: The Feast of Palms Gesius: Hosianna dem Sohne Davids Hutchings: Hosanna to the Son of David Ives: Ride on Malcolm: Ingrediente Domino Victoria: Pueri Hebraeorum MAUNDY THURSDAY arr. Barnard: In the heart where love is abiding Bruckner: (a) Pange lingua (b) Of the glorious Body telling de Severac: Tantum ergo Peeters: Ave verum corpus Shephard: A new commandment Shephard: Sing, my tongue GOOD FRIDAY Bull: In the departure of the Lord arr. Chilcott: Were you there? Croce: O vos omnes arr. Scott: O mortal man John IV of Portugal: Crux Fidelis Morley: Eheu, sustulerunt Sanders: The Reproaches Victoria: Popule meus EASTER Easter Alleluias (a) Antiphon with psalm tone (b) Plainchant Anerio: Alleluia. Christus surrexit Bairstow: Psalm 114 arr. Carter: Joy is come! Elgar: Light of the World Harris: Most glorious Lord of life arr. Ledger: This joyful Eastertide arr. Lindley: Now the green blade riseth Rutter: Christ the Lord is risen again! Scheidt: Surrexit Christus hodie Scott: Easter Anthems arr. Scott: I saw water (Vidi aquam) Shephard: The Easter Song of Praise Stanford: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Walford Davies, ed. Dakers: O sons and daughters Whitlock: He is risen     Pages: 234Language: EnglishPublisher: Oxford University Press