Hymn: Thine is the Glory
The text of this French hymn “A toi la glorie” was written by Edmond Louis Burdy and published in Chants Evangeliques (1885). It was translated into English by Richard Birch Hole (1923) for the first edition of Cantate Domino. (1924). The tune JUDAS MACCABEUS, named after an oratorio composed by George Frederick Handel, was originally associated with Handel’s oratorio Joshua. As was customary, Handel “stole” the tune from Joshua to be used in a chorus for Judas Maccabeus. The tune was first published in Thomas Butts’ Harmonia Sacra (1760) as the setting for Charles Wesley’s “Christ the Lord is Risen Today!”
Hymn: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
John of Damascus, who also penned “The Day of Resurrection,” wrote this hymn in the middle of the eighth century. Originally, it was used right after Easter. The ode was originally from an Old Testament canticle “The Song of Moses” from Exodus 15.
Hymn: More Love to Thee, O Christ
According to LindaJo McKim, This hymn by Elizabeth Payson Prentiss was written at a time of personal sorrow. She wrote most of the hymn at one sitting in 1856. It was not until thirteen years later that she added a final stanza to the hymn at the urging of her husband, Dr. George L. Prentiss. The hymn was printed in a leaflet and distributed to friends. MORE LOVE TO THEE was composed by William Howard Doane in 1870 after he saw the printed text.
Response: Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna!
Brian Wren wrote the text to this Easter piece in September 1984. Wren was inspired by the Easter text “Christ is Risen, Raise Your Voices.” The tune HYMN TO JOY is taken from a tune in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, “Choral.” Edward Hodges adopted it for use as a hymn.
8:30 Offertory: I Danced in the Morning
LindaJo McKim writes, “This hymn was written by Syndey carter and has become his most famous song. It uses an American Shaker melody which is often sung to ‘’Tis a Gift to Be Simple.’ Carter adapted it and harmonized it for this text. SIMPLE GIFTS is a Shaker tune deriving from the Shaker movement, which originated during an English revival in 1747. The name “Shaker” came from the shaking that occurred during the stress of the spiritual exaltation the members experienced in their meetings. Aaron Copland famously set the tune in his “Appalachian Spring” orchestral suite.
10:55 Anthem: If Ye Love Me
Philip Wilby was born in Pontefract, England in 1949. Wilby is well known for his compositions for brass band; many of his pieces are based on his Christian beliefs. “If Ye Love Me” is based on John 14:15-18: “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
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