An incandescent setting of versicles and responses for Evensong. The music is haunting in its simplicity supporting and illuminating the text to great effect. The second set includes an account of The Lords Prayer in a moving unison setting that should inspire any church choir.

In the series: Hymns for a Changing World.This hymn has as its title (and opening line of each verse) the very short but beautiful prayer shared by the new Bishop of Salford with his clergy and parishioners. The sound sample (final verse) is sung by the Parish Priest and Congregation of St Joseph's RC Church Darwen LancashireVerse 1:Stay with us Lord on our journey Close at the dawn of each day.Share in our hopes share in our dreams Help us to find our way.Be with us Lord in our gladness Strengthened with you at our side Safe in your hands safe in your love Safe with you truth asguide......Final Verse:Stay with us Lord on our journey Close when your peace is in sight.Fill us with joy welcome us home Home to eternal light.Lead us O Lord to your Kingdom Strengthened with you at our side Safe in your hands safe in your love Safe with your truth as guide.

“Lord Is It I?” is one of the most dramatic moments in the best-selling Holy Week cantata Song of the Shadows. It mournfully recounts the events of the Last Supper and the fear each disciple harbors as theyask “Lord is it I?” We are reminded that Jesus was betrayed not only for thirty pieces of silver but also by Peter's denial. And we are compelled to question our own hearts – Lord is it I? Achingly beautiful and filled with emotion that will make a lasting impression.

A Treasury of Piano Solos for Communion-Jim Lucas has created a new collection of piano solos appropriate for those intimate moments during the Lord's Supper. Like his earlier books Come Share the Lord includes both hymns and praise songs that can be used in anyworship style. Titles include: Come Share the Lord • What Wondrous Love Is This • Were You There? • Beneath the Cross of Jesus • and six others.

The Four Hymns are in similar vein to the Five Mystical Songs (1911) although on a smaller and more intimate scale. Together with the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis these form a succession of works displaying a strong mystical, meditative content.The first of the hymns, 'Lord! come away!', employs vigorous Purcellian recitative in a setting of a Palm Sunday text from Bishop Jeremy Taylor's Golden Grove (17th century). 'Who is this fair one?' (Isaac Watts, 1674-1748) is a dialogue for the tenor and viola about divine love. As described by Christopher Palmer, 'Come Love, come Lord' (Richard Crashaw, c1613-49) 'breathes that spirit of mystical remoteness later to inform A Pastoral Symphony?. The final 'Evening Hymn' is a radiant setting of a translation from pre-4th century Greek by Robert Bridges, notable for its contrapuntal expertise over a bell-like basso ostinato.Four Hymns is also available in the version for tenor, viola and piano (979-0-060-02852-6), and the score (978-0-85162-908-7) serves as the vocal score for use with the orchestral version. However, the solo viola part of the orchestral version is incompatible with that for the piano version.Suitable for advanced standard performers. / Partie De Violon Alto Solo

Albert Hay Malotte's setting of The Lord's Prayer has been arranged for Voice and Guitar. Albert H. Malotte (1895-1964) was an American composer pianist and educator. Although hewrote the scores for several popular Disney films he is best remembered for his 1935 setting of The Lord’s Prayer which has been recorded by John Charles Thomas Doris Day Gracie Fields Elvis Presley SusanBoyle and many many others. It is often said to draw inspiration from Schubert’s Ave Maria as the melody is very similar but there is little evidence that the composer intended it that way. It remains very popular foruse at weddings and in church services especially in the United States.

Brass handbells Score & Parts-The text of this majestic anthem is based on Isaiah 40 and Psalm 121. The text begins “The Lord is the everlasting God the Creator of the ends of the earth God does not faint or grow weary.” After this statement aslower calmer section ensues with children's voices singing “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength and soar.” The five octave of bells ring throughout. Brass ensemble consists of 2 trumpets 2trombones and tuba.

Maurice Greene (1696-1755) was one of the leading musicians and composers in 18th century England. He was Organist at St Paul’s Cathedral and the Chapel Royal Professor of Music at Cambridge University and Master of the King’s Musick and is considered to be one of the finest Georgian composers with many of his works still performed today. The anthem O Praise The Lord is taken from Praise the Lord O My Soul. It takes its text from Psalm 103 and has been edited for solo or unison Voice with Piano accompaniment by Edgar Stanley Roper.

Paperback-Russell Pascoe's Two Spirituals - Steal Away/My Lord What A Morning! for CCBar unaccompanied. This title features the celebrated spirituals 'Steal Away' and 'My Lord What A Morning!'. With their repeating choruses and verses the arrangements are quick to learn yet effective concert items with healthy amounts of contrast and pleasing dramatic effect and sensitive treatment of the text.

Lord Jesus Christ! for High Voice and Piano comes from Samuel Barber’s 1954 one movement work: Prayers Of Kierkegaard. The text comes from the prayers and sermons of Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard who inspired and excited Barber him. The work is notable in that the composer has successfully conjoined aspects of medieval music into his usual blend of succulent Romantic sounds and twentieth-century musical tendencies. Lord Jesus Christ! is a somewhat more tranquil than the sincerity of the rest of the suite.

Kevin Mayhew Sacred Song Series present this beautiful edition of O For The Wings Of A Dove/ O Rest In The Lord by Felix Mendelssohn.Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer pianist organistand conductor of the early Romantic period. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era. O Rest In The Lord is taken from his popular oratorio ‘Elijah’ which has been frequently performed particularlyin English-speaking countries ever since its premiere. Mendelssohn also wrote many smaller-scale sacred works for unaccompanied choir and for choir with Organ. Amongst the most famous is ‘Hear My Prayer’ whose secondhalf contains O for the Wings of a Dove which has became extremely popular as a separate item.

O Rest In The Lord is a delightful aria in the key of C from the oratorio Elijah. Felix Mendelssohn based this work on Psalm 38 which he has set to music for Voice and Piano.

I Waited For The Lord is a beautiful duet for two Sopranos with Piano Accompaniment from Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise. This is an expressive and emotive duet which serves as a wonderful recital piece.