Music Suggestions The Solemnity of Pentecost (C)
Hymns:
- Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (AH #443, CBW #516, CH #299, HPSC #135, ICEL #85, PMB #84, WIII #482)
- Fire of God, Undying Flame (WIII #474)
- Hail Thee, Festival Day (AH #414, CBW #509, CH #274, HPSC #179, PMB #78, WIII #444)
- Holy Spirit, Truth Divine (CBW #523)
- Joy! Because the Circling Year (CH #303)
- O Holy Spirit, By Whose Breath (CBW #518, PMB #92, WIII #475, CBW #518, HH #145)
- 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.
- WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.
Liturgical Music:
Choral Music:
- "A Mighty Wind from Heavent" (Alec Wyton)
- "Carol for Pentecost" (Erik Routley)
- "Come, Holy Ghost" (Cedric Davie)
- "Come, Holy Spirit" (Christopher Tye)
- "Come, Thou Holy Paraclete" (Hurd)
- "Cum Sancto Spiritu" from Gloria (Antonio Vivaldi)
- "Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes" (Palestrina, da Vittoria)
- "Easter Psalm" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #1000-E
- "Factus est repente" (Gregor Aichinger)
- "Gracious Spirit" (David Williams)
- "Let Thy Holy Presence" (Paul Tschesnokov)
- "O Come, Creator Spirit, Come" (M.A. Charpentier) [Concordia]
- "O Holy Paradox of Love" (Colin Mawby) [Kevin Mayhew Ltd]
- "Peace I Leave with You" (William Wirges)
- "Repleti sunt omnes" (Jakob Handl)
- "Te Deum laudamus" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5107
- "The Heavens Are Telling" from The Creation (F.J. Haydn)
- "Veni Creator Spiritus" (Derek Fry) CNP Catalog #5018
- "Veni Sancte Spiritus" (Jacques Berthier) - Music from Taizé
Organ Music:
- "Allegro" from Organ Symphony #6 (Charles-Marie Widor)
- "Carillon-Sortie" (Henri Mulet)
- "Come, Holy Ghost" (Robert Hebble) For the Masses [The Sacred Music Press]
- "Come, Holy Ghost" (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, May 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest" (Wilbur Held) Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season [Concordia 97-5517]
- "Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest" (Paul Manz) Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday [Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
- "Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord" (Andreas Armsdorf) Wedding Music, Part II [Concordia 97-1370]
- "Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord" (Matthias Weckmann) Parish Organist, Book 8 [Concordia 97-1404]
- "Come, O Come, Thou Quickening Spirit" (Max Reger) from Chorale Preludes for the Church Year, Opus 67 [Carl Fischer Co.]
- "Deux strophes sur l'hymne Veni Creator Spiritus" (Alexandre Guilmant) [Organist's Companion, June 1983 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott" (J.S. Bach) Orgelwerke VII [Peters 246]
- "Fantasie Prelude on Veni Creator" (Dennis Elliot) The Sacred Organ Folio [Lorenz Publ Co]
- "Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling" (Wilbur Held) Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season [Concordia 97-5517]
- "Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling" (Paul Manz) Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday [Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
- "Hymn Prelude on Veni Creator" (Peter Pindar Stearns) Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost [Flammer]
- "Improvisation on Veni Creator Spiritus" (Sr. Teresine Fonder) Twenty-six Miniatures
- "Improvisation on Veni Creator Spiritus" (Robert Hebble) For the Masses [The Sacred Music Press]
- "Joy and Peace" (Noel Goemanne) Trilogy on Pentecost [Flammer HF-5120]
- "Komm Gott Schöpfer" (J.S. Bach, Johann Pachelbel, J.G. Walther, Flor Peeters)
- "Komm Heiliger Geist" (Hermann Schroeder)
- "Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott" (Andreas Armsdorf) Eighty Chorale Preludes [Peters 4448]
- "Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott" (Dieterich Buxtehude) Church Organist's Golden Treasury II [Oliver Ditson Co]
- "Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott" (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, May 1993 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott" (Johann Pachelbel) Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 [Oxford]
- "Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott" (F.W. Zachau) Eighty Chorale Preludes [Peters 4448] Church Organist's Golden Treasury II [Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, May 1994 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist" (Wilhelm Volckmar) [Organist's Companion, July 1993 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist" (J.G. Walther) Eighty Chorale Preludes [Peters 4448]
- "O Spirit of the Living God" (Thomas Canning) Parish Organist XI [Concordia]
- "Pentecost Toccata" (John Reese) CNP Catalog #6061
- "Postlude on Grafenburg" (Dennis R. Johnson) [Organist's Companion, March 1994 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude and Fugue in c minor" (J.S. Bach)
- "Prelude on Come, Holy Ghost" (Alec Wyton) Preludes, Fanfares & a March for the Liturgical Year [Flammer]
- "Prelude on Melcombe" (Healey Willan) Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I [Peters 6011]
- "Prelude on Veni Creator" (Paul Manz, Flor Peeters)
- "Prelude on Victimae paschali laudes" (John Reese) CNP Catalog #6045
- "Sortie sur Veni Creator Spiritus" (Réné Quignard) [Organist's Companion, June 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers" (Wilbur Held) Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season [Concordia 97-5517]
- "Variations on Komm, o komm, du Geist" (Edward Beals) [Organist's Companion, May 2002 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Veni Creator Spiritus" (Dom Paul Benoit) Esquisses liturgiques [J. Fischer]
- "Veni Creator Spiritus" (Nicolas de Grigny) [Consoliere V-2]
- "Veni Sancte Spiritus" (Guillaume Dufay) Anthologia pro organo III [Schott Frères]
- "Voluntary on Veni Creator Spiritus" (George Brandon) [Organist's Companion, June 1980 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost" (Heinrich Scheidemann) Parish Organist, Book 8 [Concordia 97-1404]
- "Whitsunday: Melcombe" (Richard Elsasser) The Christian Year [Sacred Songs Co.]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
After Easter Sunday and Christmas, this solemnity ranks next in importance.
It marks the culmination of the "Week of Weeks" which is the Easter Season.
Mark it with pomp and ceremony, singing the Sequence (called the "Golden Sequence") and the concluding dismissal with double alleluia.
Remember that this day, albeit the last day, is a day within the Easter Season.
Use all the rituals you've developed (Sprinkling Rite, special Alleluia, incense, attention to the Paschal candle) for Eastertide.
The season "officially" ends with Evening Prayer II - can this be a special event for your parish?
See Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3101
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