Generously commissioned by Jerry & Cathie Fischer, Ken & Penny Fischer,

and Jack & Linda Hoeschler for The King‘s Singers in celebration of their 40th Anniversary

A Thanksgiving
St Richard of Chichester
(c.1197–1253) BOB CHILCOTT

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CHOIR 1*

Thanks be to thee, Lord Je - sus Christ,

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Thanks be to thee, Lord Je - sus Christ,

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ORGAN*

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*This anthem is for unaccompanied double choir, but may also be performed by Choir 1 only, with organ accompaniment.

First performed by The King’s Singers and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, at King’s College Chapel, on
1 May 2008.

Offprinted from Bob Chilcott Anthems 2 (ISBN 978–0–19–336507–0).

© Oxford University Press 2009 and 2017 Printed in Great Britain

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP
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