See as they strip the robe - Liversidge, Mark

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"First performed at the end of a Good Friday service of words and music in 2013. Performed by the choir a cappella at the end of the service before leaving in silence. Requires four parts and a male and a female solo."

⌛ Period → Contemporary

◈ Genre / Form Sacred laments

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SA

◆ Difficulty

Advanced

↕ Range G2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 56

Texture mixed texture

Parts 2

Instruments SA

Pages 3

CPDL # 31438

Editor Mark Liversidge

Posted 2014-03-08

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

MusicXML Part

G2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

See, as they strip the robe from off his back And spread his arms and nail them to the cross, The dark nails pierce him and the sky turns black, And love is firmly fastened onto loss. But here a pure change happens. On this tree Loss becomes gain, death opens into birth. Here wounding heals and fastening makes free Earth breathes in heaven, heaven roots in earth. And here we see the length, the breadth, the height Where love and hatred meet and love stays true Where sin meets grace and darkness turns to light We see what love can bear and be and do, And here our saviour calls us to his side His love is free, his arms are open wide.