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
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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