The familiar African-American spiritual does indeed fit into eight bells! Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? Were you …
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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN) – Eight handbells
Few hymns have had a more enduring effect on the Church than the Crucifixion remembrance, O Sacred Head, Now Wounded. O sacred head, now wounded with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, your only crown. O sacred head, what glory and blessing you have known! Yet, though despised and gory, I …
Now the Green Blade Riseth – Eight handbells
This arrangement is dual-purpose – it can be played for Christmas or Easter! So… if you already have our eight-bell version of “Sing We Now of Christmas”, you don’t need to buy it again! Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, Wheat that in the dark earth many years has lain; Love lives …
O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus (EBENEZER/TON-Y-BOTEL) – Eight handbells
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus is sung to the hymn tune EBENEZER, which means “stone of help.” Jesus is the Rock of Ages, and our Eternal Rescuer; He is the One to whom we must turn for salvation. O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free, rolling as a mighty …
Songwriting
The following is from a series of articles I wrote for Living Water, the choir I directed at Valley Church (Cupertino, CA) from 1987-2003, and at First Presbyterian Church (Mountain View, CA) from 2003-2011. While Living Water is no longer in action, the ideas I had the opportunity to present are just as valid now …
In the Garden – TTBB ensemble
Preview: Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Church Calendar: Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Easter In the Garden is an early twentieth-century Gospel song by C. Austin Miles. It’s about those solitary times when we find the Savior waiting for us in a peaceful place, and spend time rejoicing in His presence. This …
At Calvary – TTBB ensemble
Preview: Price: $ US Church Calendar: Holy Week, Good Friday, Easter Sometimes the pressure’s off, and sometimes it’s on… we were planning a Gospel Music Night at Valley Church, and two weeks before the date I was asked to assemble a men’s quartet. Then came the minor difficulty of choosing repertoire. We ended up singing …
Power in the Blood – TTBB ensemble
Preview: Church Calendar: Holy Week, Easter Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US In March 1988, Les Nederveld, our baritone, and I were talking about the upcoming Easter service at De Anza College’s Flint Center. Les thought it would be great to for the quartet to sing there, and decided to ask our …
The Graceful Lily
The Graceful Lily Dedicated to Susie Lancaster I Corinthians 15:20 Preview: (Just a note: This MP3 is a men’s ensemble voicing of the original unison score – because those were the voices I could record…) Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Church Calendar: Holy Week, Good Friday, Easter This song was motivated by …
And the Blood Flowed
And the Blood Flowed Dedicated to Victoria Gong Ephesians 1:7 The Lord was beaten, whipped, and cursed for many, His back received the scourging meant for us, And through His hands and feet were driven nails that should have transfixed us upon the cross. And the blood flowed from the Life-Giver, A torrent scarcely to …
