Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)

Surrexit Christus hodie

Surrexit Christus hodie. Alleluia!
Humano pro solamine. Alleluia! 
In hoc Paschali gaudio. Alleluia! 
Benedicamus Domino. Alleluia! 
Mortem qui passus pridie. Alleuia! 
Miserrimo pro homine. Alleuia! 
Laudetur sancta Trinitas. Alleluia!
Deo dicamus gratias. Alleluia!

Christ is risen today Alleluia! 
For the comfort of all people. Alleluia! 
Rejoice in this Easter Day. Alleluia! 
Let us give thanks to God. Alleluia! 
He suffered death the day before. Alleluia! 
He suffered for us all. Alleluia! 
Praise the Holy Trinity. Alleluia! 
Give thanks to God. Alleluia!

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

The Lord is my shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. 
He feedeth me in pastures green, 
yea, he leadeth me beside still waters. 
The Lord restoreth my soul; 
he leadeth me in paths of righteousness to praise his holy Name. 
Yea, though I walk through death's dark shadowed valley, yet I will fear no evil, 
for thou dost shelter me: thy rod and staff they comfort me. 
Thou shalt prepare a table for me before the face of all my foes, 
thou hast annointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. 
Thy goodness and thy mercy hall ever follow me; 
Yea, I shall dwell for ever in the house of the Lord: yea, I shall dwell there for evermore. 

Gott ist mein Hirt, mir wird nichts mangeln.
Er lagert mich auf grüne Weide,
er leitet mich an stillen Bächen.
Er labt mein schmachtendes Gemüt,
Er führt mich auf gerechtem Steige zu seines Namens Ruhm.
Und wall' ich auch im Todesschattentale, so wall' ich ohne Furcht,
denn Du beschützest mich, Dein Stab und Deine Stütze sind mir immerdar mein Trost.
Du richtest mir ein Freudenmahl im Angesicht der Feinde zu,
Du salbst mein Haupt mit Öle und schenkst mir volle Becher ein.
Mir folget Treu und Seligkeit in diesem Leben nach,
einst Ruh' ich ewg'e Zeit dort in des Ew'gen Reich.

Martin Shaw

Fanfare for Christmas Day

Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Sheppard (16th C)

Christ our Paschal Lamb

Christ our Paschal Lamb is offered up for us once for all,
when he bare our sins on his body upon the cross. 
For he is the very Lamb of God 
that takes away the sins of the world: 
Therefore let us keep a joyful and holy feast with the Lord. 

Christ rising again

Christ rising again ...

Howard Skempton (b.1947)

Adam lay ybounden

Adam lay ybounden, 
Bounden in a bond;  
Four thousand winter 
Thought he not too long.

And all was for an apple,
An apple that he took,
As clerkes finden written 
In their book.

Ne had the apple taken been 
The apple taken been;  
Ne had never our lady 
A-been heavene queen.

Blessed be the time 
That apple taken was, 
Therefore we moun singen 
Deo gratias!

Paul Spicer

Pied Beauty

Glory be to God for dappled things - 
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; 
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; 
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; 
Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough; 
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim. 

All things counter, original, spare, strange; 
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) 
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; 
He fathers forth whose beauty is past change: 
Praise him. 

John Stainer (1840-1901)

God so loved the world

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

How beautiful upon the mountains

How beautiful upon the mountains 
are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, 
that publisheth peace; 
that bringeth good tidings of good, 
that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

I saw the Lord

I saw the Lord, sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, 
and his train filled the temple. 
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; 
with twain he covered his face, 
and with twain he covered his feet, 
and with twain he did fly. 
And one cried unto another, 
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts: 
the whole earth is full of his glory. 
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, 
and the house was filled with smoke. 

O Trinity! O Unity! 
Be present as we sorship Thee, 
And with the songs that angels sing 
Unite the hymns of praise we bring. 
Amen. 

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

And I saw another angel

And I saw another angel, ascending from the east,
having the seal of the living God; 
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, saying, 
Hurt not the earth neither the sea, nor the trees, 
till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 
And lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, 
of all nations and kindreds and people, and tongues, 
stood before the throne and before the Lamb, 
clothed with white robes, and palms were in their hands; 
And cried with a loud voice, saying, 
Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne, 
and unto the Lamb. Amen. 
Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, 
and honour, and power, and might 
be unto our God for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

Beati quorum via

Beati quorum via integra est: 
qui ambulant in lege Domini

Coelos ascendit hodie 
Jesus Christus Rex Gloriae: 
Sedet ad Patris dexteram, 
Gubernat coelum et terram. 
Iam finem habent omnia 
Patris Davidis carmina. 
Iam Dominus cum Domino 
Sedet in Dei solio: 
In hoc triumpho maximo 
Benedicamus Domino. 
Laudetur Sancta Trinitas, 
Deo dicamus gratias, 
Alleluia. Amen.

Justorum Animae

Justorum Animae in manu Dei sunt, 
et non tanget illos tormentum. 
Visi sunt omnium insipientae mori;  
illi autem sunt in pace. 

Lighten our darkness

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; 
and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; 
for the love of thy only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen.

O for a closer walk with God

O for a closer walk with God, 
A calm and heavenly frame; 
A light to shine upon the road 
That leads me to the Lamb! 

Return, O holy dove, return, 
Sweet messenger of rest; 
I hate the sins that made thee mourn, 
And drove thee from my breast. 

So shall my walk be close with God, 
Calm and serene my frame; 
So purer light shall mark the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 

The Lord is my Shepherd

The Lord is my Shepherd, 
therefore can I lack nothing
He shall feed me in a green pasture, 
and shall lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. 
He shall convert my soul, 
and shall bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for His Name's sake. 
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 
I will fear no evil: 
for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me. 
Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me: 
Thou annointest my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. 
But Thy loving kindness and Thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, 
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

Ye choirs of new Jerusalem

Ye choirs of new Jerusalem, 
Your sweetest notes employ, 
The Paschal victory to hymn 
In strains of holy joy. 

For Judah's Lion bursts his chains, 
Crushing the serpent's head; 
And cries aloud through death's domains 
To wake the imprisoned dead. 

Devouring depths of hell their prey 
At his command restore; 
His ransomed hosts pursue their way 
Where Jesus goes before. 

Triumphant in his glory now 
To him all power is given; 
To him in one communion bow 
All saints in earth and Heaven. 

While we, His soldiers, praise our King, 
His mercy we implore, 
Within his palace bright to bring 
And keep us evermore. 

All glory to the Father be, 
All glory to the Son, 
All glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee, 
While endless ages run. 

Alleluia! Amen.

H C Stewart

On this day earth shall ring
With the songs children sing 
To the Son, Christ the King. 
Born on earth to save us, 
Him the Father gave us, 
Ideo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 

His the doom, ours the mirth 
When he came down to earth, 
Bethlehem saw His birth, 
Ox and ass beside Him, 
From the cold would hide Him.
Ideo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 

God's bright star, o'er His head, 
Wise men three to Him led, 
Kneel they low by His bed, 
Lay their gifts before Him. 
Praise Him and adore Him. 
Ideo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 

On this day angels sing, 
With their song earth shall ring 
Praising Christ, Heaven's King. 
Born on earth to save us, 
Peace and love he gave us. 
Ideo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Hodie Christus natus est

Hodie Christus natus est. Noe, Noe.
Hodie salvator apparuit. Alleluia.
Hodie in terra canunt angeli. 
Laetantur archangeli. Noe, Noe. 
Hodie exultant justi dicentes: 
Gloria in excelsis Deo. Alleluia, Noe, Noe.

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