The Resurrection
02:40 duration|Composed in 2025|Difficulty: Easy|First performed: April 2025
I wrote The Resurrection for David Newsholme and the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, commissioned for the Easter Sunday Eucharist broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2025.
This year, Sunday Worship is marking the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, with each broadcast pairing major feast days with a phrase from the Creed. On Easter Day, the chosen phrase was:
“On the third day he rose again, in accordance with the scriptures.”
The piece responds directly to this line, starting in a reflective and peaceful way, before bursting into a joyful celebration of the Resurrection.
The Resurrection – sung by the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral
Text
On the third day he rose again, in accordance with the scriptures.
Nicene Creed