Christ Is the Heavenly Food
2-Part - Sheet Music

2-part choir, organ

SKU: C5.5066

Composed by Roger Petrich. Text: Rt. Rev. Timothy Rees. Useful Communion motet. Communion. General. Octavo. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.5066).

This useful, two-part anthem by Roger Petrich is a setting of a 20th century Communion text by the Rt. Rev. Timothy Rees (1874-1939), who was an Anglican bishop in Wales. The text is contemporary in thought, but solidly Eucharistic. Verse 1 reads: "Christ is the heav'nly food that gives to ev'ry famished soul new life and strength, new joy and hope, and faith to make them whole." Mr. Petrich sets this text for men and women, using a sparse, yet effective organ accompaniment that both punctuates the choral material and alternates with it. Four stanzas of the hymn text are set, both canonically and as two-part homophony, using unison singing for emphasis. The music is melodic and the ranges for all singers are very manageable (middle C# to D# 4th line; an octave lower for the men).