Words by Reginald Heber and Louis F. Benson
Music by Larry Shackley
Two important texts celebrating the Lord's Table are set to new music by Larry Shackley. An inventive piano accompaniment propels the "Bread of the World" text forward. A middle section in a new key explores the "For the Bread Which You Have Broken" text with a rising melodic line and bell-like accompaniment. The piece returns to the first key and words with confident unison singing, followed by an expressive choral ending that paints the text beautifully.