Music Suggestions Easter Sunday (A)
Hymns:
- All You on Earth (PMB #70, HH #118)
- Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (WIII #463, HPSC #131, CBW #499, AH #415, CH #289, CHB #76, SMH #259/60)
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing (AH #419, CH #271, HH #124, CHB #78, SMH #323)
- Hail Thee, Festival Day (AH #414, CBW #509, CH #274, HPSC #179, PMB #78, WIII #444, SMH #333)
- Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (AH #410, CBW #500, CH #288, HPSC #201, ICEL #73, PMB #74, WIII #442, CHB #79, SMH #376)
- Let the Earth Rejoice and Sing (PMB #63)
- O Thou, the Heavens' Eternal King (HPSC #266)
- Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise (ICEL #81, CBW #508, CH #273, SMH #529)
- That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (WIII #457, ICEL #76, HH #116, CBW #507, CH #284, SMH #549)
- The Clouds of Night Are Passed Away (HPSC #313)
- The Day of Resurrection (CH #278, HH #130, HPSC #316, CHB #82, SMH #557)
- The Strife Is O'er (WIII #451, ICEL #77, PMB #68, HH #131, CBW #503, AH #413, CH #276, CHB #83, SMH #570)
- This Is the Day the Lord Created (HPSC #329)
- This Is the Day the Lord Has Made (CH #625, CD #852)
- This Is the Lord's Day (CNP Hymns for the Liturgical Year by Kathleen Pluth) -- to be published August 2005
- Victimæ paschali laudes (ICEL #79, HPSC #342, SMH #592)
- With High Delight (CD #827)
- Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem (CHB #85)
- AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press
- CBW = Catholic Book of Worship II / Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
- CD = Cantate Domino / Hymnal Supplement, GIA Publications, Inc.
- CH = The Collegeville Hymnal, The Liturgical Press
- CHB = The Catholic Hymn Book [London Oratory], Gracewing Publishers
- HH = Hymnal of the Hours, GIA Publications, Inc.
- HPSC = Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles, out of print but excellent
- ICEL = ICEL Resource Collection, GIA Publications, Inc.
- PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.
- SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN
- WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.
Liturgical Music:
Choral Music:
- "Alleluia! In resurrectione tua" (Jacobus Gallus) [GIA Publications]
- "Christ the Lord Is Risen! Alleluia!" (Roman)
- "Easter Psalm" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #1000-E
- "Exsultate Deo" (Alessandro Scarlatti)
- "Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing" (Donna Robertson) CNP Catalog #5017
- "Hæc dies" (Jacob Arcadelt, William Byrd, Marc Ingengeri, G.P. da Palestrina)
- "If Ye Be Risen Again with Christ" (Orlando Gibbons)
- "Maria Magdalene" (Andrea Gabrieli)
- "Purge Put the Old Leaven Therefore" (Heinrich Schütz)
- "Regina cœli laetare" (Gregor Aichinger / Angelini) CNP Catalog #7080
- "Regina cœli laetare" (W.A. Mozart)
- "Sicut cervus desiderat" (Palestrina / Angelini) CNP Catalog #7090
- "Surrexit Christus" (G.B. Pergolesi) [GIA Publications]
- "Te Deum laudamus" (W.A. Mozart)
- "Te Deum laudamus" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5107
- "The Master's Rejoicing" (James Stanley) CNP Catalog #5155
- "The Strife Is O'er" (C. Armstrong Gibbs) from The Oxford Easy Anthem Book
- "This Is the Day" (Melchior Franck) [GIA Publications]
- "This Is the Day" (Gallus)
Organ Music:
- "A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
- "A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing" (Bernard Reichel) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
- "Alleluya" (William Faulkes) [A Victorian Organ Album - Oxford]
- "Chorale Prelude" (Healey Willan)
- "Chorale Fantasie on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Flor Peeters) [Novello
- "Chorale Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen" (R. Evan Copley) [H.W. Gray]
- "Christ Has Triumphed, Alleluia" (Lani Smith) [Organist, March 1981]
- "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
- "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" (Sharon E. Rogers) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
- "Deux antiennes: Maria / Rabboni" (Dom Paul Benoit) from Esquisses liturgiques [J. Fischer & Bros.]
- "Easter Hymn" (Richard Elsasser) [The Christian Year - Sacred Songs Co.]
- "Easter Hymn" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, March 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Ellacombe" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, March 1999 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Fanfare" (Jacques Lemmens)
- "Fanfare on The Strife Is O'er" (Alec Wyton) [Preludes, Fanfares & a March for the Liturgical Year - Flammer]
- "Festival Intrada on Ellacombe" (Roger Bailey) [Consoliere V-2]
- "Festive Processionals for Organ and Brass" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #6033
- "Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
- "Improvisation on Victimæ paschali" (Robert Hebble) [For the Masses - The Sacred Music Press]
- "Intonation on Palestrina" (Jan Bender) [Organist's Companion, April 1983 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" (Heinrich Fleischer) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
- "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" (Calvin Hampton)
- "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" (Wilbur Held) [Six Preludes on Easter Hymns - Concordia]
- "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
- "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" (Healey Willan) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
- "Jubilation Toccata" (Dennis Janzer)
- "Lasst uns erfreuen" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, May 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Partita on Gelobt sei Gott" (Theodore Ripper) [Organist's Companion, April 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Postlude for Easter Hymn" (Kevin Norris) [Organist's Companion, April 1981 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Postlude on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
- "Prelude & Harmonization on Victory" (Don Freudenburg) [Organist's Companion, March 1992 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude for Easter Dawning" (Dominick Argento) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
- "Prelude on Ellacombe" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, March 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, June 1980 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude on Victimae paschali laudes" (John Reese) CNP Catalog #6045
- "Regina caeli" (Hermann Schroeder) from Die Marianischen Antiphonen
- "The Easter Sequence" (Wilbur Held) from Six Preludes on Easter Hymns [Concordia #97-5330]
- "The Strife Is O'er" (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "The Strife Is O'er" (G. Winston Cassler) [This Is the Victory - Augsburg 11-9497]
- "The Strife Is O'e"r (Wilbur Held) [Six Preludes on Easter Hymns - Concordia]
- "The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done" [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
- "Toccata on Gelobet sei Gott" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, April 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Variations on Ellacombe" [Organist's Companion, September 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Variations on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Thomas Bohlert) [Organist's Companion, June 1988 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Victory" (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Victory" (Robin Dinda) [Organist's Companion, March 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Vigiles et sancti" (Mahlon Balderston) [Organist's Companion, March 1997 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Vivace-Finale" from Symphony VI (Ch.M. Widor)
- "Ye Sons and Daughters of the King" (Jan Bender) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
- "Ye Sons and Daughters of the King" (Camil van Hulse) [Seven Preludes on Hymns for Easter - Concordia 97-1390]
- "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones" (John Diercks) [Six Sacred Compositions for Organ - Abingdon APM-255]
- "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones" (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
- "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
- "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones" (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
Be sure to carry some of the exuberance and joy of last night's Vigil of Vigils over into this morning's Masses.
Don't skimp on the extra instrumentalists.
Some of the music can easily be repeated; most people from the vigil Mass will not be at another Mass today (or if so, they won't mind hearing it again!).
The Easter Sunday liturgy does have one peculiar element of its own: the sublime sequence Victimae paschali laudes.
Find a way to perpetuate this treasure in its Gregorian chant form (CNP Booklet of Chant, Volume 2).
It is possible for a small ensemble to sing this Latin chant at its place in the liturgy (it does not need to be a congregational event).
If you lack a choir capable of the Latin chant, or you want the people involved, I've found no better setting than CNP's "Praises to the Paschal Victim" by Alex Hill CNP Catalog #3033
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