From the glories of the repertoire, the editors have selected a richly varied collection of sacred pieces for this period of the Church's year, always bearing in mind practical considerations and liturgical needs. Pieces are presented in order according to the Church's calendar, moving from Ash Wednesday and Lent, through Passiontide and Palm Sunday, to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Eve, and Easter itself. The best of the standard repertoire is included alongside fine, less familiar, works, Ranging widely from the sixteenth century to the present day, this is a complete and practical collection for church choirs of all sizes and levels of ability.

Composer Title Suitable for 
ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT 
 Lent Prose Lent 
Byrd Civitas sancti tui (Bow thine ear, O Lord) Lent 
Farrant/Hilton Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake Lent 
Loosemore The Litany (BCP) Lent 
Marshall The Litany Lent 
Morales Peccantem me quotidie Lent 
Morley Agnus Dei Lent 
Rawsthorne Like as the hart Lent 
Walton Drop, drop, slow tears Good Friday; Lent 
Wesley Wash me throughly Lent 
PASSIONTIDE 
Anerio Christus factus est Good Friday 
Bairstow The Lamentation Maundy Thursday;
 Good Friday 
Bairstow/Gibbons Jesu, grant me this I pray Lent;
 Good Friday 
Chilcott God so loved the world Good Friday 
Hand Ecce quomodo moritur justus Good Friday 
Lassus Adoramus te, Christe Good Friday 
Stainer God so loved the world Good Friday 
PALM SUNDAY 
Bullard The Feast of Palms Palm Sunday 
Gesius Hosianna dem Sohne Davids Palm Sunday 
Hutchings Hosanna to the Son of David Palm Sunday 
Ives Ride on Palm Sunday 
Malcolm Ingrediente Domino Palm Sunday 
Victoria Pueri Hebraeorum Palm Sunday 
MAUNDY THURSDAY 
arr. Barnard In the heaart where love is abiding Maundy Thursday 
Bruckner
 
(a) Pange lingua 

(b) Of the glorious Body telling Maundy Thursday;

 Corpus Christi de Severac Tantum ergo Maundy Thursday; 
 
Corpus Christi; Holy Communion anthems 
Peeters Ave verum corpus Maundy Thursday; Corpus Christi; 
 Holy Communion anthems 
Shephard A new commandment Maundy Thursday 
Shephard Sing, my tongue Maundy Thursday 
GOOD FRIDAY 
Bull In the departure of the Lord Good Friday 
arr. Chilcott Were you there? Good Friday 
Croce O vos omnes Good Friday 
arr. Scott O mortal man Good Friday 
John IV of Portugal Crux Fidelis Good Friday 
Morley Eheu, sustulerunt Good Friday 
Sanders The Reproaches Good Friday 
Victoria Popule meus Good Friday 
EASTER 
Anerio Alleluia. Christus surrexit Easter 
Bairstow Psalm 114 Easter 
arr. Carter Joy is come! Easter 
Elgar Light of the World Easter 
Harris Most glorious Lord of life Easter 
arr. Ledger This joyful Eastertide Easter 
arr. Lindley Now the green blade riseth Easter 
Rutter Christ the Lord is risen again! Easter 
Scheidt Surrexit Christus hodie Easter 
Scott Easter Anthems Easter 
arr. Scott I saw water (Vidi aquam) Easter 
Shephard The Easter Song of Praise Easter 
Stanford Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Easter 
Walford Davies, ed. Dakers O sons and daughters Easter 
Whitlock He is risen Easter