Church Music Site - Harvest anthems

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A range of classic anthems for harvest festivals

Edward Bairstow

I Will Greatly Rejoice - SATB and organ from this underrated 20th century composer

Joseph Barnby

Harvest-Tide Thanksgiving - SATB and organ
O Lord How Manifold - classic rumbustious Victorian harvest SATB anthem (second-hand copies available)

Edward Elgar

Fear Not O Land - Edwardian SATB anthem

John Goss

Fear Not O Land - Victorian SATB anthem

Maurice Greene

Thou Visitest the Earth - lyrical 18th century SATB anthem (optional tenor/baritone solos)

Herbert Howells

Lord, by Whose Breath All Souls and Seeds are Living - SATB - technically a hymn, but being Howells works well as a simple anthem

Thomas Ions

Harvest-Home - SATB and piano

Philip Lane

Four Seasonal Anthems - two part or unison treble voices with piano or organ: Harvest Song (also includes pieces for Lent, Ascension and general use)

William Lloyd Webber

Unite to Praise Thy Maker's Name - SATB and organ

John Maunder

A Harvest Hymn of Praise - SATB and organ anthem from this Victorian stalwart
Sing to the Lord of Harvest - SATB anthem from this Victorian stalwart
Song of Thanksgiving - STB soli and SATB choir in a harvest cantata

David Peninger

Sing to the Lord of Harvest - SATB and keyboard, suitable for inexperienced choirs

George Rathbone

Every Good Gift - SATB and organ

John Rutter

Look at the World - unison or SATB with keyboard simple anthem for harvest

Desmond Ratcliffe

God's Seasons - if you are fancying something more substantial, a harvest service for reader, narrator, SATB choir and organ

Martin Shaw

O Christ who Holds the Open Gate - SATB and organ, words by John Masefield
O Lord How Manifold - a more modern take on the traditional words in a singable unison anthem

John Stainer

Ye Shall Dwell in the Land - straightforward Victorian SATB

Charles Villiers Stanford

Come Ye Thankful People Come - SATB and organ from the Edwardian master

Herbert Sumsion

Fear Not O Land - Something more challenging in this 20th century SSATTB anthem

Eric Thiman

Praise, O Praise the Lord of Harvest - Thiman’s sophisticated SATB harmonies make a change from the more Victorian anthems

Frederick Wadely

Praise, O Praise Our God and King - SATB and organ

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