*Twelve Hymns* for Recorder Trio.

01. On Jordan~~~~~s Bank the Baptist Cried
02. Sing, my Tongue
03. I Praised the Earth, in Beauty Seen
04. O What their Joy and their Glory Must Be
05. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
06. The Day thou Gavest
07. Light~~~~~s Abode, Celestial Salem
08. Immortal Love, Forever Full
09. Hail to the Brightness
10. O Sion, Haste
11. Immortal, Invisible
12. Ye Holy Angels Bright

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The Recorder Magazine Autumn/Fall 2019

Sheet Music Reviews

Lance Eccles - Twelve Hymns - TTB

Orpheus Music OMP270

Before retiring from his day job as a senior lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, the Australian arranger of these hymns, Lance Eccles taught and wrote about several languages, and also wrote a grammatical commentary on the Syriac version of the Gospel of Mark.

This is a straightforward collection of hymns, each of which is one page in length. The titles are:

*On the Jordan Bank the Baptist Cried

*Sing, my Tongue (Pange lingua)

*I Praised the Earth in Beauty Seen

*O What Their Joy and their Glory Must Be

*When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

*The Day thou Gavest

*Light's Abode, Celestial Salem (Regent's Square)

*Immortal Love, Forever Full

*Hail to the Brightness

*O Sion, Haste

*Immortal, Invisible

*Ye Holy Angels Bright (Darwall's 148)

Several of these hymn tunes will be familiar to groups who regularly play in churches, though sometimes paired with a different text than what is given here.

Each part has interesting moments, making this more appropriate fora an intermediate group. This would be perfect for moments in a church service that need a shorter piece of music.

It is nice to have good arrangements for low recorders as an option.

Review written by Valerie E. Hess

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_Score 12 pp. Parts 12 pp._