This joyful Eastertide - Charles Wood (arr.), John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
16. 'This joyful Eastertide'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Arranger Charles Wood
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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This joyful Eastertide
As a composer, Charles Wood is remembered chiefly for his beautifully-crafted church music; he also had a gift for choral arranging, of which This joyful Eastertide is a simple but well-loved example.
LYRICS:
This joyful Eastertide,
Away with sin and sorrow!
My Love, the Crucified,
Hath sprung to life this morrow.
Had Christ, that once was slain,
Ne’er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now hath Christ arisen.
My flesh in hope shall rest,
And for a season slumber;
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number.
Death’s flood hath lost his chill,
Since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver. (G. R. Woodward)
Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella church music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.
“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music – a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces – the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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