Hosanna to the Son of David GAB214

This is another Palm Sunday song that came up in RS’s parish.  It is by Dan Schutte and is meant to be lively.

The text is here and the sheet music is available to purchase at OCP.

My backing attempts lively in a Celtic mode with all eight verses and the descant in the refrain from the second time through:

I gather this is the original and I’m not sure what style it is but it has that weird sort of churchified choral singing that drives me nuts:

Chris Brunelle to the rescue:

A less annoying choral version:

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