Music Suggestions
The Fourth Sunday of Easter (A)
Hymns:
- At the Lamb's High Feast (WIII #459, ICEL #65, HH #102, CBW #563, AH #411, CH #268, CHB #73, SMH #224)
- Give Thanks to God for He Is Good (HPSC #162)
- God of Gods, We Sound His Praises (HPSC #166)
- My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (WIII #606, ICEL #163, CH #458, SMH #420)
- The King of Love My Shepherd Is (WIII #609, ICEL #165, HPSC #324, AH #580, CH #460, CHB #265, SMH #563/4)
- The Living God My Shepherd Is (WIII #612, CD #831, CBW #690)
- The Lord's My Shepherd (CD #832, CH #479, CBW #689, CHB #266)
- This Is the Feast of Victory (WIII #458, CH #265, SMH #577)
- This Is the Lord's Day (CNP Hymns for the Liturgical Year by Kathleen Pluth) -- to be published August 2005
- 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:
- "All We Like Sheep" from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
- "Alleluia" from Preiset dem Herrn (J.S. Bach)
- "And By His Stripes" from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
- "Easter Psalm" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #1000-E
- "He Shall Feed His Flock" from Messiah (Handel / Burkhardt) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
- "Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep" (arr. Ludwig Lenel) [Concordia]
- "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" (arr. Virgil Thomson)
- "Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" (Claude Means)
- "Sheep May Safely Graze" (J.S. Bach)
- "The Lord Is My Shepherd" from Glorious (Abraham Kaplan)
- "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (Maurice Green) [Oxford]
- "The Lord's My Shepherd" (César Franck)
- "Twenty-third Psalm" (Franz Schubert)
Organ Music:
- "A Meditation on Brother James' Air" (Harold Darke)
- "Alle Menschen müßen sterben" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
- "Alle Menschen müßen sterben" (C. Karow) [Organist's Companion, February 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Alle Menschen müßen sterben" (J.L. Krebs) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
- "Alle Menschen müßen sterben" (Johann Pachelbel) [Collected Works IV - Kalmus 3763] [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
- "Alle Menschen müßen sterben" (G.P. Telemann) [Organist's Companion, January 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Alle Menschen müßen sterben" (J.G. Walther) [Organist's Companion, January 1992 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
- "At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]
- "At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing" (Ralph Schultz) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
- "Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein]
- "Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ" (J.G. Walther) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
- "Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense" (Max Reger) from Chorale Preludes for the Church Year, Opus 67 [Carl Fischer Co.]
- "Meditation on Saint Columba" (Edward G. Mead) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
- "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, June 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Partita on Belmont" (Don Freudenburg) [Organist's Companion, May 1989 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude founded on an Old Irish Church Melody" (Charles Villiers Stanford) [Organist's Companion, July 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude on At the Lamb's High Feast" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
- "Prelude on Belmont" (Carlos Staszeski) [Organist's Companion, May 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude on Bradbury" (John Barr) [Organist's Companion, July 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude on Brother James' Air" (Searle Wright)
- "Prelude on God of Grace" (Paul Manz) from Five Hymn Improvisations for Wedding and General Use [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-850]
- "Prelude on Saint Columba" (Peter P. Stearns)
- "Prelude on Saint Columba" (Healey Willan) from Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set I [Peters Edition #6011]
- "Saint Columba" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, July 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, June 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (Gerhard Krapf) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
- "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (Robin Milford) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
- "The Lord's My Shepherd" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
This is "Good Shepherd Sunday."
Look through your settings of Psalm 23 and Psalm 100 (vocal, choral and organ).
Use several of these... and how long has it been since you've presented the standards: "He Shall Feed His Flock" (G.F. Handel) and "Sheep May Safely Graze" (J.S. Bach).
This is also a World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
For those responsible for diocesan ordination liturgies, we offer the following suggestions:
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