Leland Spindler, Director

Hosanna!

Combined Choirs

Earlene Rentz (b.1956)

Hosanna, hosanna!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord
Hosanna to the Son of David,
Blessed be his name,
Hosanna in the highest!

Da Pacem Domine

Lux Men's Chorus

Brett D. Epperson (b. 1989)

Da pacem domine in diebus nostris
Quia non est alius
Qui pugnet pro nobis
Nisi tu deus noster.

Give peace in our time, O Lord
because there is no one else
who fights for us
but you, our God.

Amazing Grace

Lux Women's Chorus

John Newton (1725-1807)
arr. Michael Hanawalt

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secure
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

He earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God who brought me here below
Will be forever mine

In That Darkest Night

Lux Singers

Johnny C. Leavitt (b. 1990)

He knew me in that darkest night.

He came without the city wall,
Unto the place Gethsemane,
Then taking three, he asked of them:
"Pray, tarry here, and watch with me."

Withdrawn from there about stone's cast,
He fell upon his face, and cried:
"Oh Abba, Father, take this cup,
Still not my will be done, but thine."

Crucifixion

Lux Singers

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1979)

My Lord, my Lord,
They crucified my Lord
And he never said a mumblin' word.
Not a word, my Lord, not a word.
They nailed him to a tree,
And he never said a mumblin' word.
They pierced him in the side,
He bowed his head and died.
And he never said a mumblin' word.
My Lord, my Lord!

O Love

Lux Singers

Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979)

O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thy ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.

O Joy that seeks me through the pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.

Phoenix Processional

Dan Locklair (b. 1949)

Seth Bott, organ

4. Rex tremendae

Combined Choirs

From Requiem in D minor, K 626
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

  Rex tremendae majestatis,
qui salvandos salvas gratis,
salva me, fons pietatis.

King of awesome majesty,
who grants salvation to those that are to be saved,
save me, o fount of Piety.

2. Dies Irae

Combined Choirs

From Requiem in D minor, K 626
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Dies irae, dies illa
solvet saeclum in favilla,
teste David cum Sibylla.

Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus?

A day of wrath; that day,
it will dissolve the world into glowing ashes,
as attested by David together with the Sibyl.

What trembling will there be,
when the Judge shall come
to examine everything in strict justice.

And Can It Be?

Lux Women's Chorus

Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

 And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, should die for me?

He left His Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace;
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race;
’Tis mercy all, immense and free;
For, O my God, it found out me.

No condemnation now I dread,
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach the eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, should die for me?

How Great Thou Art

Lux Men's Chorus

Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989)
arr. Dan Forrest

 O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the work Thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee:
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee:
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then shall I bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!

He is Risen

Combined Choirs

Joachim Neander (1650-1680)
arr. Zane Harker

He is risen, he is risen!
He hath opened heaven's gate:
We are free from sin's dark prison,
Risen to a holier state;
And a brighter Easter beam
On our longing eyes shall stream.

Come, with high and holy hymning,
Chant our Lord's triumphant lay;
Not one darksome cloud is dimming
Yonder glorious morning ray,

Woman, why weepest thou?
Because they have taken away my Lord.
Whom seekest thou?
He is not here. 
Oh, tell me where thou hast laid Him,
And I will take Him away.

Go to my brethren and say,
I ascend unto my Father, and to my God,
And to your God.
The Lord is risen today!

He is risen, he is risen!
Tell it out with joyful voice.
He has burst his three days' prison;
Let the whole wide earth rejoice:
Death is conquered, man is free,
Christ has won the victory.

Redeemer (after I Know That My Redeemer Lives)

Lux Chamber Orchestra

Lewis D. Edwards (1856-1921)
arr. Paul Cardall, Steven Sharp Nelson

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Combined Choirs

Rowland H. Prichard (1811-1887)
arr. Mack Wilberg

Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heav’n, to earth come down.
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter ev'ry trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
Into ev’ry troubled breast!
Let us all in thee inherit;
Let us find thy promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty, to deliver,
Let us all thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.

Finish, then, thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav’n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,

Lost in wonder, love and praise.