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Easter Vigil (B)

Hymns:
  • A Living Hope (PMB #61)
  • At the Lamb's High Feast (WIII #459, ICEL #65, HH #102, CBW #563, AH #411, CH #268, CHB #73, SMH #224, EH #89)
  • Come and Let Us Drink of That New River (WIII #723, HH #123, CH #351)
  • Come, O Christian People, Sing (HH #110)
  • Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (AH #417, ICEL #72, WIII #456, CHB #77, CH #279, SMH #274/7, EH #94)
  • Give Thanks to God for He Is Good (HPSC #162)
  • O Worship the King (AH #483, CH #571, HH #201, HPSC #268, PMB #138, CHB #255, SMH #472, EH #288)
  • Rejoice, Angelic Choirs (WIII #455, HH #104)
  • Send Forth from the Heav'ns (HPSC #292)
  • Sing of Christ, Proclaim His Glory (HPSC #302)
  • Sing with All the Sons of Glory (CD #824)
  • The Perfect Law of God (HPSC #327)
  • Thine Is the Glory (CD #829)
  • This Is the Day (PMB #65, HPSC #329, CBW #589)
  • This Is the Feast of Victory (WIII #458, CH #265, SMH #577)
  • Through the Red Sea Brought At Last (HH #107)
  • We Celebrate the Lamb's High Feast (HH #108)
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
EH = The Hymnal 1940 (Episcopal), used by many Anglican Use Roman Catholic parishes
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:

   Official texts:    Other liturgical music:
  • "Blessed Be God" (James Chepponis) [GIA Publications]
  • "Chant Booklet, Volume 4" (ed. Chris Bord) with chant Mass for Lent CNP Catalog #2004
  • "Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes" (Thomas Cosley) CNP Catalog #1510
  • "Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3020
  • "Easter Vigil Gospel Procession" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #3145
  • "Exodus Canticle" (Howard Hughes, SM) [GIA Publications]
  • "Exsultet: The Easter Proclamation" (Stephen McManus) CNP Catalog #3150
  • "Exsultet" (J. Michael Thompson) [World Library Publications]
  •  Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2100
  •  Graduale simplex [Vatican edition] CNP Catalog #2150
  •  Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2200
  • "I Saw Water Flowing" (Alex Hill) CNP Catalog #3025
  • "Let All the Earth" (Christopher Willcock) [OCP]
  •  Liturgical music from Lord, By Your Cross and Resurrection [Liturgical Press]
  • "Lumen Christi" (Richard Clark) CNP Catalog #3140
  • "Processional Alleluia" (Howard Hughes SM) [GIA Publications]
  • "Psalm 118" (Christopher Bord) CNP Catalog #1118-1
  • "Psalms for the Easter Vigil" (Stephen McManus) CNP Catalog #1600
  • "Renaissance Alleuia" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3079-E
  • "Te Deum: We Praise You, O God" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #3092
  • "The New Lambs of Christ" (arr. Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3030
  • "Universal Music for Morning Prayer" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3100
  • "Universal Music for Evening Prayer" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3101
  • "We Should Glory in the Cross" (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals CNP Catalog #3077
  • "You Have Put on Christ" (J. William Greene) [GIA Publications]
  • "You Will Not Be Strangers" (Alex Hill) Music for the Dismissal Rite CNP Catalog #3095
Choral Music:
  • "Alleluia" (J.S. Bach)
  • "Alleluia" (Randall Thompson)
  • "As Pants the Hart" (Christopher Tye)
  • "As the Hart Longeth" (R. Evan Copley, Felix Mendelssohn)
  • "Bless the Lord, O My Soul" (M. Ippolitov-Ivanov)
  • "Cantemus Domino" (Gregorian chant) Canticle of Moses [Graduale simplex, p.143]
  • "Christ, Our Passover" (Healey Willan)
  • "Christ the Lord Is Risen Again" (John Rutter)
  • "Christ the Lord Is Risen! Alleluia!" (Roman)
  • "Exsultate justi in Domino" (Ludovico da Viadana)
  • "Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing" (Donna Robertson) CNP Catalog #5017
  • "Hallelujah" from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
  • "I Will Exalt Thee" (Christopher Tye)
  • "Let All the Nations Praise the Lord" (Volkmar Leisring) [Carl Fischer]
  • "Misericordia Domini" (G.O. Pitoni)
  • "O Lord, How Manifold Are Thy Works" (J. Barnby)
  • "O sacrum convivium" (Eugene Englert) CNP Catalog #5083
  • "Regina coeli" (Gregor Aichinger, arr. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7080
  • "Regina coeli" (W.A. Mozart)
  • "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" (Charles Villiers Stanford) [Stainer & Bell / ECS Publ]
  • "Sicut cervus desiderat" (Gregorian chant) Proper Hymn for Blessing of Font [Liber usualis, p.753]
  • "Sicut cervus desiderat" (G.P. da Palestrina, arr. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7090
  • "Sing unto the Lord" (Christopher Tye)
  • "Sing Ye to the Lord" (Edward Bairstow)
  • "Sitientes, venite ad aquas" (T.L. da Vittoria) [Ricordi]
  • "Te Deum laudamus" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5107
  • "Te Deum laudamus" (F.J. Haydn, Jean Langlais, W.A. Mozart, Domenico Scarlatti)
  • "The Master's Rejoicing" (Jim Stanley) CNP Catalog #5155
  • "The New Lambs of Christ" (arr. Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3030
  • "Two Easter Anthems" (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #5132
  • "We Will Rejoice" (William Croft)
Organ Music:
The organ should maintain the silence of Good Friday until the Gloria, when it accompanies the joyful singing. A brief appropriate fanfare might precede the singing of the Gloria, during which the church bells are rung.
  • "Allegro" from Symphony VI (Charles-Marie Widor)
  • "Allegro-Finale" from Symphony I (Louis Vierne)
  • "Alleluya" (William Faulkes) [A Victorian Organ Album - Oxford]
  • "As Pants the hart for Cooling Streams" (Newman Powell) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
  • "At the Lamb's High Feast" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
  • "Carillon-Sortie" (Henri Mulet)
  • "Chorale Fantasie on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Flor Peeters) [Novello]
  • "Chorale Prelude" (Healey Willan)
  • "Chorale Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen" (R. Evan Copley) [H.W. Gray]
  • "Christ ist erstanden" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands" (Wilbur Held) from Six Preludes on Easter Hymns [Concordia #97-5330]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (Georg Böhm) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, March 1992 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, February 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (J.L. Krebs) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, March 1993 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (Samuel Scheidt) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, March 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (G.P. Telemann) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
  • "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford] [Organist's Companion, April 1987 & March 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Concerto for Organ and Strings" (Michael J. Starke) CNP Catalog #6010
  • "Fanfare on The Strife Is O'er" (Alec Wyton) [Preludes, Fanfares & a March for the Liturgical Year - Flammer]
  • "Fantaise über Christ ist erstanden" (H.R. Basler) [Die Orgel im Kirchenjahr - Cron Luzern EC 270]
  • "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Max Reger)
  • "Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
  • "Grand Chouer Dialogue" (Eugene Gigout)
  • "Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
  • "Incantation pour un jour saint" (Jean Langlais)
  • "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
  • "Litanies" (Jehan Alain) uses motives from the Litany of the Saints
  • "Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
  • "New Hymn Accompaniments, Volume 1" (Donna Robertson) CNP Catalog #6201
  • "Partita on Gelobt sei Gott" (Theodore Ripper) [Organist's Companion, April 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Prelude on O filii et filiae" (Healey Willan) from Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I [C.F. Peters Corp]
  • "Prelude on Victimae paschali laudes" (John Reese) CNP Catalog #6045
  • "The Strife Is O'er" (G. Winston Cassler) [This Is the Victory - Augsburg 11-9497]
  • "The Strife Is O'er" (Wilbur Held) [Six Preludes on Easter Hymns - Concordia]
  • "Toccata" from Symphony V (Ch.M. Widor)
  • "Toccata jubilante" (Dennis Janzer)
  • "Toccata on Gelobet sei Gott" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, April 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen" (R. Evan Copley)
  • "Tuba Tune" (Norman Cocker)
  • "Victory" (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Victory" (Robin Dinda) [Organist's Companion, March 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "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:
Innumerable creative possibilities exist for music during tonight's liturgy. Resist scheduling any prelude... the silence of Good Friday must be broken by the deacon's proclamation, "Light of Christ," or Lumen Christi and the glorious Exsultet. If your parish is lucky enough to use all seven Old Testament readings, treat the responses to them in varied ways. Options include a standard responsorial psalm format, a through-composed setting of the psalm for choir, a Gregorian chant version of the psalm, a solo, or silent meditation. None of these should be accompanied by organ. The organ, silent from the Gloria of Holy Thursday, is not played until tonight's Gloria... and by all means, play it then! An introductory fanfare and intricate accompaniment to a familiar congregational setting heighten the drama of this moment in the liturgy. Choose music for the baptismal acclamations carefully. It is perhaps better to use an antiphon from a familiar hymn or psalm for each of the times when music is called for in this rite, using the same music again during the Sprinkling Rite. This will help to delineate the Liturgy of Initiation within tonight's Mass. The choir should have some worthy music prepared (this is the major feast of the entire year) and the organist should be ready with free accompaniments to those wonderfully familiar Easter hymns... and, of course, the flashiest postlude imaginable.

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