Music Suggestions The Fifth Sunday of Easter (A)
Hymns:
- 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, O Once Despised Jesus (HPSC #175)
- Hail Thee, Festival Day (AH #414, CBW #509, CH #274, HPSC #179, PMB #78, WIII #444, SMH #333)
- Rejoice, All Peoples, in the Lord (HPSC #288)
- Sing of Christ, Proclaim His Glory (HPSC #302)
- This Is the Day (HPSC #329, CH #625)
- This Is the Lord's Day (CNP Hymns for the Liturgical Year by Kathleen Pluth) -- to be published August 2005
- With High Delight (CD #827)
- 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:
- "A Choral Flourish" (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
- "Christ the Lord Is Risen" (John Rutter)
- "Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life" (Harold Friedell)
- "Easter Psalm" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #1000-E
- "Exsultate Deo" (Alessandro Scarlatti)
- "Exsultate justi in Domine" (Ludovico da Viadana, Adriano Banchieri)
- "Laudamus te" from Gloria in D (Vivaldi / Stultz) [Morning Star Music Publsihers]
- "Misericordia Domini" (G.O. Pitoni)
- "Now Glad of Heart" (Paul Langston) [Howard Publications]
- "O Love that Casts out Fear" (Brahms/Hobby) [Morning Star 50-6030]
- "Rejoice in the Lord" (Agostino Stefani) [Concordia]
Organ Music:
- "Chorale Prelude" (Healey Willan)
- "Christ ist erstanden" (J.K.F. Fischer) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404] [Organist's Companion, April 1988 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Christ ist erstanden" (J.E. Habert) [Organists' Companion, April 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Christ ist erstanden" (J.G. Herzog) [Organist's Companion, March 1993 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Ershienen ist der herrliche Tag" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
- "Ershienen ist der herrliche Tag" (J.G. Walther)
- "Fantaise über Christ ist erstanden" (H.R. Basler) [Die Orgel im Kirchenjahr - Cron Luzern EC 270]
- "Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
- "Hymn Prelude on Llanfair" (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
- "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
- "Llanfair" (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, April 1981 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Partita on Gelobt sei Gott" (Theodore Ripper) [Organist's Companion, April 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Piece for Easter" (Jan Bender) [Organist's Companion, April 1982 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude on Gelobt sei Gott" (Paul Manz) from Ten Chorale Improvisations, Set V [Concordia #97-5257]
- "Prelude on Rhosymedre" (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
- "Surgit in hæc dies" (Carolyn Sternowksi) [Organist's Companion, March 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Toccata on Gelobet sei Gott" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, April 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Trumpet Air" (Stanley Vann)
- "With High Delight" (Charles Ore) from Eleven Compositions for Organ, Set II [Concordia 97-5385]
- "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]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
The Gospel readings for this and the following two Sundays come from Christ's "Farewell Discourse" in Saint John's Gospel.
These offer a masterpiece for meditative reflection.
Music for the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Sundays of Easter can reflect this mystic, contemplative atmosphere - chant, Latin, polyphony; all these are great vehicles for conveying transcendence.
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