Costello has a proven track record with festive arrangements of beloved tunes, and this setting of LAUDA ANIMA is no exception. An extended introduction (with optional cuts) is followed by four stanzas with short interludes between stanzas 2-3 and 3-4. Verse three ("Alleluia cannot always be our song") is set for a cappella voices. The final verse is unison with descant, ending with a fanfare reminiscent of the introduction and a four part "Alleluia, Amen!" Can be used as a congregation hymn or as choir anthem.
Instrumental Parts include: Trumpets I & 2 in B-flat and C, Horn in F (substitute for Trombone 1), Trombone 1 & 2, Timpani