Music for Holy Week: Palm Sunday

 Stabat Mater, by Giaochono Rossini (1792-1868)
Sung here by the London Symphony Choir and Orchestra
Follow the lyrics here.

TUESDAY
​"God So Loved the World" from John Stainer's oratorio, The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer. 
​Sung here by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.

MONDAY
The Woman with the Alabaster Box is Arvo Pärt's beautiful musical interpretation of the anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany, as described in the Gospel reading for today.  It is sung here by The Sixteen, directed by Harry Christophers.