A Service of Easter Readings and Music

Choir	Funeral Sentences	Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Bidding Prayer
Reading	Exodus 12 vv 1 - 6 & 18 - 28
Choir	Cast thy burden upon the Lord	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Reading	Isaiah 40 vv 3 - 11
Choir	Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn	J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Reading	John 19 vv 16 - 24
Hymn 143	He is risen, he is risen!
Reading	John 19 vv 28 - 42
Choir	Tollite hostias	Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Hymn 602	Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky
Reading	Luke 24 vv 1 - 12
Hymn 141	Love's redeeming work is done
Choir	Ave verum corpus	William Byrd (1543-1623)
Reading	Luke 24 vv 13 - 35
Choir	Christus factus est	Felice Anerio (ca. 1560-1614)
Reading	Romans 6 vv 9 - 16
Choir	Now glad of heart be ev'ry one!	16th Century German Carol
Reading	1 Corinthians 15 vv 1 - 27a
Choir	Ave verum corpus	W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Final Prayers
Hymn 137	Alleluia! Alleluia!

Hymns are from Hymns Ancient & Modern Revised

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