God Has Gone Up ........................... Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
God is gone up with a triumphant shout: The Lord with sounding trumpets’ melodies: Sing praise, sing praise, Sing praises out, sing praises out, Unto our King sing praise seraphic-wise!
Lift up your heads, ye lasting doors, they sing, And let the King of Glory enter in.
Methinks I see Heaven’s sparkling courtiers fly In flakes of Glory down, Him to attend And hear heart-cramping notes of melody Surround His chariot as it did ascend, Mixing their music, making every string more to enravish as they this tune sing.
(Poem by Edward Taylor, 1642—1729)
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor .
. J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
“Sanctus” from Requiem ................. Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts! Heaven and earth are full of your glory: Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Variations sur un vieux Noël, Op 20 ......... Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Greater Love Has No Man
. John Ireland (1879-1962)
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. Love is strong as death.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, That we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.
Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation; That ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies, a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, Which is your reasonable service.
Plymouth Suite Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
1. Allegro risoluto
2. Lantana
3. Chanty
Lift High the Cross Sidney Nicholson (1875-1947) arr. Todd Wilson
(Congregation please stand and join in singing)
(Refrain) Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim ‘Til all the world adore his sacred name.
1. Come, let us follow where our Captain trod, Our King victorious, Christ the Son of God. [Refrain]
2. Led on their way by this triumphant sign, The hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. (Refrain)
3. Each newborn servant of the Crucified Bears on their brow the seal of Him who died: [Refrain]
4. (CHOIR ONLY) O Lord once lifted on the glorious tree As Thou hast promised, draw the world to Thee [Refrain]
5. So shall our song of triumph ever be: Praise to the crucified for victory [Refrain]
Featuring the Peachtree Chancel Choir, Mary Hoffman, director Steven Wooddell, Peachtree Senior Organist
