This dawn service of Choral Eucharist marks the beginning of a day of celebration of the feast of Easter on Easter Sunday, 4th April 2021. It has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes.
This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir.
Setting: Communion Service in F – Harold Darke
Anthem: This joyful Eastertide – arr. Philip Ledger
Organ Voluntary: Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 625 – Johann Sebastian Bach
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It marks the beginning of a day of celebration of the feast of Easter. It starts with an echo of the darkness and despair of Good Friday but quickly moves to an affirmation of the strength of God's love.