Gloria in excelsis Deo, from the Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Notes
TO FOLLOW

Duration
TO FOLLOW

Forces required
SATB soloists or chorus, organ

Text
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Glory to God in the highest

God Created Us - Chris Williams

Notes
An anthem for weddings, commissioned by All Saints Church Peterborough with funds from the National Lottery, distributed by the Arts Council of England.

Text
God created us in his own image; in the image of God he created us; male and female he created us. The love of man and woman is made holy in the sacrament of Christian marriage, and becomes the mirror of the everlasting love of God, alleluia.

Duration
TO FOLLOW

Forces Required
EITHER Soprano and Organ (or Piano)
OR Solo Soprano and Choir with Organ (or Piano)

Text

Words from Genesis 1, 27 and from the Preface for Marriage
Music by Chris Williams

The heavens are telling - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Notes
From the end of Part One of Haydn's Oratorio The Creation, this chorus celebrates God's creation of the world.

Duration
TO FOLLOW

Forces required:
Organ and Choir

Text

The Heavens are telling the glory of God,
The wonder of his work displays the firmament.

Today that is coming speaks it the day,
The night that is gone to following night.
The Heavens are telling the glory of God,
The wonder of his work displays the firmament.

In all the lands resounds the word,
Never unperceived, ever understood.
The Heavens are telling the glory of God,
The wonder of his work displays the firmament.

Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Notes
Bach’s famous anthem from his Cantata 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, is a favourite anthem at Weddings.

Duration
TO FOLLOW

Forces required:
EITHER Organ and Soprano
OR Organ and Trumpet
OR Organ and Choir

Text

Words by Martin Jahn (1661), translated by Robert Bridges (1844 - 1930)

Jesu, joy of man's desiring,
Holy wisdom, Love most bright,
Drawn by thee, our souls aspiring,
soar to uncreated light.
Word of God our flesh that fashioned
with the fire of life impassioned.
Striving still to Truth unknown,
soaring, dying round thy throne.

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