The disc, with selections drawn from texts for the Lenten and Easter seasons, describes the human experience as it moves from darkness to light, from enslavement to liberation, and from suffering to joy.Ê Included are works by Parry, Ives, Stanford, and Opus 7's composer-in-residence, John Muehleisen.

Songlist: Chichester Mass, De profundis, Long Since in Egypt's pleneous land, Drop. drop slow tears, Crux fidelis, Fac me tecum, 67 Psalm, Veni, cretor spiritus, And I saw a new heaven, Coelos ascendit bodie, God is gone up, Hark, I hear the harps eternal, Never weather-beaten saile

A major collection of never-before-recorded music by Northwest composer Bern Herbolsheimer, performed in the beautiful acoustical setting of St. James Cathedral in Seattle. These lyrical works are interpreted with reverence and clarity by Opus 7 vocal ensemble under the direction of Loren Ponten. Opus 7 specializes in the performance of modern and contemporary works, and their previous recordings have received national praise.

Songlist: Ave Regina, "Gloria" from St. James Mass for Peace, Let Us Sing Sweet Songs, Thanksgiving Day, 1861: One Vacant Chair, We Praise Thee O God, Blessed, Seven Last Words, Father, forgive them, Amen dico tibi, Mulier, ecce filius tuus, Eli, lama sabatani?, Sitio, Consummatum est, Father, into thy hands, O come, O come, Silly Shepherds, Stille Nacht