Crux Fidelis for Equal Voices

Crux Fidelis for Equal Voices

A succinct setting of the Good Friday hymn "Crux Fidelis". This may be sung in conjunction with the actual chant as a refrain,

Faithful Cross the Saints rely on,     

   Noble tree beyond compare!     

   Never was there such a scion,   

   Never leaf or flower so rare.     

   Sweet the timber, sweet the iron, 

   Sweet the burden that they bear! 

Note: If sung with the chant "Pange Lingua Gloriosi", Crux Fidelis is sung through without "Dulce lignum" and "germine" for the third voice ends with a whole note F.