Christ the Lord is risen today: Vocal score - Tapa blanda

The formula of Mack Wilberg's arrangements for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has become familiar with a unison first verse, four-part harmony middle verse (if just three verses) and unison plus descant final verse â but it remains effective in big bright numbers such as Christ the Lord is risen today. A divisi final 'Alleluia! Amen!' rounds off a piece appropriately marked 'With exultation'. (James L. Montgomery, Sunday by Sunday (RSCM), March 2016)

for SATB and organ or large orchestra
This arrangement of the well-loved hymn stays true to the jubilation and reverence of Easter. Wesley's words and the eighteenth-century melody shine through in a sensitive reharmonization, and a recurring instrumental passage smoothly connects the verses. Reflecting common hymn-singing practice, the first verse is in unison, the second in four-part harmony, and the third returns to unison with a soprano descant, before closing with a suitably exultant 'Alleluia' and 'Amen'.
Christ the Lord is risen today appears on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square's latest CD, He is Risen, which reached No. 1 in both the 'Classical Albums' and 'Traditional Classical Albums' US charts within two weeks of its release in April 2014.