Easter Week

Geoff Allan’s Easter Week for SATB voices sets words by Rev. Charles Kingsley, focusing on the theme of resurrection and rebirth. The music opens with the interplay of the four vocal parts, creating a sense of awakening and growth that mirrors the text. Allan captures the joyful spirit of Easter, depicting the natural world bursting into life after winter, with fields, gardens, and woodlands singing with renewed energy. The anthem then calls upon humanity to use their God-given gifts, their 'craft' and 'reason', to offer their own tribute, just as the birds build and sing. This is a vibrant and uplifting sacred anthem, suitable for Easter celebrations, where the SATB voices blend to express the universal rejoicing of the season.