Fanfare and Hymn for Easter Day

 

 

 

[Short improvised fanfare – Roger Brown]

1 Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

2 Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O Death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Dying once He all doth save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O Grave? Alleluia!

3 Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

4 Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
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Improvisation and Hymn for Holy Week

 

[Short choral prelude improvisation by Roger Brown]

1 There is a green hill far away,
without a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified,
who died to save us all.

2 We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear;
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.

3 He died that we might be forgiv’n,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heav’n,
saved by his precious blood.

4 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heav’n, and let us in.

5 O dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do.

Hymn for Palm Sunday – AHB 250 All glory laud and honour

 All glory, laud, and honour
to you, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.

1.You are the King of Israel
and David’s royal Son,
now in the Lord’s name coming,
the King and Blessed One.

All glory….

2 The company of angels
is praising you on high;
and we with all creation
in chorus make reply.

All glory….

3. The people of the Hebrews
with palms before you went;
our praise and prayer and anthems
before you we present.

All glory….

4 To you before your passion
they sang their hymns of praise;
to you, now high exalted,
our melody we raise.

All glory….

5.As you received their praises,
accept the prayers we bring,
for you delight in goodness,
O good and gracious King!

All glory….