Music Suggestions
Ash Wednesday (ABC)
Hymns:
- Come, Let Us to the Lord Our God (ICEL #39, CH #243)
- Draw Near, O Lord, Our God (PMB #48)
- Eternal Lord of Love (HH #79)
- God of All Mercy (HPSC #168)
- Grant to Us, O Lord (PMB #147, CH #465)
- Have Mercy, Lord, on Us (ICEL #44, WIII #753, PMB #196, HH #82, CH #250, SMH #339)
- Hear Us, Almighty Lord (WIII #414)
- Lord Jesus, As We Turn from Sin (HPSC #213, CH #241, SMH #404)
- Lord Jesus, Think on Me (AH #364, HH #64, CHB #53, SMH #405)
- O Merciful Redeemer (CBW #484, CH #248)
- O Mortal Men and Women (CH #245)
- O Sun of Justice (WIII #424, HPSC #264, HH #71)
- Out of the Depths (CD #821, HPSC #277, CBW #488, CH #246)
- This Is Our Accepted Time (PMB #43)
- 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 Lenten Prayer" (Antonio Salieri) [GIA Publications]
- "Ah, Holy Jesus" (Stephen DeCesare) CNP Catalog #5250
- "Blest Is the Man" (Orlando di Lasso) [Augsburg]
- "Blow up the Trumpet in Zion" (Henry Purcell) [Novello]
- "Create in Me, O Lord" (Johannes Brahms)
- "Da nobis, Domine" (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.88]
- "Have Mercy upon Me" (Thomas Tomkins) [Oxford]
- "Hear, O Lord" from Christus (Felix Mendelssohn)
- "Inter vestibulum et altare" (J.A. Perti) [Arista]
- "Lenten Proclamation" (James Chepponis) [GIA Publications]
- "Like As A Father" (Luigi Cherubini)
- "Miserere mei" (William Byrd) [Oxford]
- "O My God, Bestow Thy Tender Mercy" (G.B. Pergolesi) [Flammer]
- "O Merciful Redeemer, Hear" (Chant) [Collegeville Hymnal #248]
- "Out of the Depths" (F.J. Haydn) from Canons for the Church Year I [Morning Star Music Publishers]
- "Parce Domine" (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume 2 CNP Catalog #2002
- "Psalm 1" (Claude Goudimel) [Presser]
- "Psalm 1" (Heinrich Schütz) [Mercury]
- "The Sacrifice of God Is a Troubled Spirit" (Maurice Greene) [Summy Birchard]
- "Tristis est anima mea" (G.B.Martini / ed. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7095
- "Wash Me, O Lord God" (G.B. Pergolesi) [Elkan-Vogel]
Organ Music:
Rubrics indicate that the organ remain silent during Lent, except on Laetare Sunday or on other solemnities or festive days or at any time to accompany singing.
Hence organ preludes and postludes should not be played (except on Laetare Sunday).
Music for non-liturgical services might be chosen from the following:
- "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" (J.S. Bach)
- "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" (F.W. Marpurg) from 21 Chorale Preludes [Augsburg]
- "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" (Johann Pachelbel, F.W. Zachau & Samuel Scheidt) from Eighty Chorale Preludes [C.F. Peters #4448]
- "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" (Max Reger) from Thirty Kleine Choralvorspiele [C.F. Peters #3980]
- "Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod" (J.S. Bach) arr. from St. John Passion; Church Organist's Golden Treasury, Vol.2 [Oliver Ditson Co.]
- "Jesus, I Will Ponder Now" (Wilbur Held) from A Suite of Passion Hymn Settings [Concordia 97-4843]
- "Jesus, I Will Ponder Now" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Lenten Season, Set 1 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-300]
- "O Mensch, bewien' dein' Sunde gross" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbuchlein
- "Prelude on Rockingham" (C. Hubert H. Parry)
- "Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herze" (J.G. Walther)
- "Variations on Southwell" (Alfred Fedak)
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the penitential observance of Lent.
There is no penitential rite at the start of today's Mass (the imposition of ashes takes its place later).
The ashes should be a stark reminder of our mortality.
Simplicity is a keyword today and throughout Lent... no extraneous decorations, no organ music (except as noted above), no flowers.
Let the bareness of the church and the liturgy have their effect.
Prepare extra music for use during the imposition of ashes - choose from exquisite Gregorian chants or settings of the psalms (particularly Psalms 51, 90, and 130).
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