Easter Vigil

[John Ainslie]

I've tried many versions over the years. My current favourite is Chris O'Hara's from Resurrexit. I like it enough to have written an extra two verses for it, so that it covers more of the biblical text: those in the congregation caught napping will have got the hang of it by verse three and still have the refrains in two verses to sing. This joyful setting also makes it sound more like the victorious song that it is, and contrasts well with chant-based psalm settings elsewhere in the vigil.

[docmattc]

My current favourite is Chris O'Hara's from Resurrexit. I like it enough to have written an extra two verses for it, so that it covers more of the biblical text

I've used this too, but substituting the tetragrammaton for something else.