Tag: Arrangement

We Three Kings

This is an arrangement of the setting by J. H. Hopkins (1820-91).

SATB

c. 5’15”

Performed by Avon Chamber Choir, directed by Esther Bersweden, 2026

We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star:

O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.

Born a king on Bethlehem plain,
Gold I bring, to crown him again –
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign:

O star of wonder…

Frankincense to offer have I;
Incense owns a Deity nigh:
Prayer and praising, all men raising,
Worship him, God most high:

O star of wonder…

Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb:

O star of wonder…

Glorious now, behold him arise,
King, and God, and sacrifice!
Heav’n sings alleluya,
Alleluya the earth replies:

O star of wonder…

J. H. Hopkins (1820-91)


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This Joyful Eastertide

This is an arrangement of the setting by Charles Wood (1866-1926).

SATB, splits up to SSAATTB

c. 4’05”

Commissioned by Joe Cryan and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, for the 2025 Easter morning service, broadcast on BBC 1

Performed by the Choir at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, directed by Joe Cryan, 2025. Broadcast on BBC 1 as part of the Easter morning service.

This joyful Eastertide,
Away with sin and sorrow!
My Love, the Crucified,
Hath sprung to life this morrow.

Had Christ, that once was slain,
Ne’er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now hath Christ arisen.

My flesh in hope shall rest,
And for a season slumber:
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number.

Had Christ…

Death’s flood hath lost his chill,
Since Jesus cross’d the river:
Lover of souls from ill
My passing soul deliver.

Had Christ…

G. R. Woodward (1848-1934)

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Interlude on Aus der Tiefe (Heinlein)

Organ

c. 4’40”

Performed by Sarah MacDonald in Ely Cathedral, 2025

By Arrangement

Published in 2024 by Encore Publications, this anthology of organ music contains Esther’s Interlude on Aus der Tiefe (Heinlein).

By Arrangement

God So Loved the World

This is an arrangement of the setting by John Stainer (1840-1901).

SATB

c. 5’30”

Commissioned by Joe Cryan and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, for performance alongside Stainer’s Crucifixion

Performed by the Choir at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, directed by Joe Cryan, 2024

God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whoso believeth in Him,
should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 3:16-17

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God be in my Head

This is an arrangement of the setting by Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941).

This is the version for SATB. If you would like to see the version for SSAA, please click here.

SATB

c. 2′

Performed by Avon Chamber Choir, directed by Esther Bersweden, 2025

God be in my head,
And in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes,
And in my looking;
God be in my mouth,
And in my speaking;
God be in my heart,
And in my thinking;
God be at mine end,
And at my departing.

Richard Pynson’s Horae, 1514

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God be in my Head

This is an arrangement of the setting by Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941).

This is the version for SSAA. If you would like to see the version for SATB, please click here.

SSAA

c. 2′

Commissioned by the Music Department at Redmaids’ High School, Bristol

Performed by the Redmaids’ High School Chamber Choir, directed by Stephanie Harrison, 2021

God be in my head,
And in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes,
And in my looking;
God be in my mouth,
And in my speaking;
God be in my heart,
And in my thinking;
God be at mine end,
And at my departing.

Richard Pynson’s Horae, 1514

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