Music Suggestions
The Sixth Sunday of Easter (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Vocem iucunditatis annuntiate [Graduale Romanum, p.229]
2. Vocem iucunditatis annuntiate [Gregorian Missal, p.374/410]
3. Cantate Domino canticum novum [Graduale simplex, p.172]
4. Cantate Domino (Giovanni Francesco Anerio. Dietrich Buxtehude, Giovanni Croce, Johann Crüger, Daniel Friderici, Robert Führer, Adam Gumpelzhaimer, Hans Leo Hassler, David Millard, Claudio Monteverdi, Giuseppe Pitoni, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
5. Spread the news with a voice of joy [Simple English Propers, p.127 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Speak out with a voice of joy [Simple Choral Gradual, p.108 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. Proclaim a joyful sound [Lumen Christi Missal, p.931 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. Come, Spread the News with Shouts of Joy [tune: Lasst uns erfreuen] from Introit Hymns #27 (Christoph Tietze)
9. Sing to the Lord a new-made song (Charles William Hempel)
10. Proclaim a joyful sound [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.37, Mode 3 / OCP]
11. Proclaim a joyful sound [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.365-367 / Ignatius Press]
12. Proclaim a joyful sound [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.86, with Psalm 66[65] / Liturgical Press]
13. Proclaim a joyful sound [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #237, with Psalm 66 / Illuminare Publications]
14. Sing a new song to the Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.111, with Psalm 98 / Liturgical Press]
15. Proclaim a joyful sound [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.3, with Psalm 118]
Alleluia I (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (B) Alleluia. Exivi a Patre [Graduale Romanum, p.230]
2. (B) Alleluia. Exivi a Patre [Gregorian Missal, p.376/412]
3. Confitemini Domino [Graduale simplex, p.173]
4. Alleluia, Confitemini Domino (Giovanni Paolo Cima, Alessandro Costantini, Jean Mouton, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Ascanio Trombetti)
5. Chabanel Psalmody
6. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia II (Gospel Acclamation):
1. (B) Alleluia. Ego vos elegi [Graduale Romanum, p.429]
2. (B) Alleluia. Ego vos elegi [Gregorian Missal, p.377/413]
3. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Confitemini Domino [Graduale simplex, p.174]
4. Alleluia, O give thanks to the Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.113, with Psalm 107 / Liturgical Press]
Offertory:
1. Benedicite gentes Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.231]
2. Benedicite gentes Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.378/415]
3. Iubilate Deo in voce [Graduale simplex, p.175]
4. O nations, bless the Lord our God [Simple English Propers, p.128 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. O peoples, bless our God [Simple Choral Gradual, p.109 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. O peoples, bless the Lord our God [Lumen Christi Missal, p.932 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. O bless the Lord our God [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.368-371 / Ignatius Press]
8. O peoples, bless the Lord our God [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #238, with Psalm 66 / Illuminare Publications]
9. Cry out to God with joy [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.114, with Psalm 47 / Liturgical Press]
10. Bless our God, you peoples [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.7, with Psalm 136]
Communion:
1. (B) Ego vos elegi de mundo [Graduale Romanum, p.436]
2. (B) Ego vos elegi de mundo [Gregorian Missal, p.380/416]
3. Cantate Domino, et benedicite [Graduale simplex, p.176]
4. (B) Ego vos elegi de mundo [Communio, p.90]
5. (B) I have chosen you from the world [Choral Communio, p.70 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
6. (B) I have chosen you from the world [Simple English Propers, p.131 (Adam Bartlett)]
7. If you love me, keep my commandments [Simple Choral Gradual, p.110 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. (B) I have chosen you from the world [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
9. If you love me, keep my commandments [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.38, Mode 1 / OCP]
10. If you love me, keep my commandments [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.372-374 / Ignatius Press]
11. If you love me, keep my commandments [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.87, with Psalm 25[24] / Liturgical Press]
12. I will not leave you orphans [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #239, with Psalm 122 / Illuminare Publications]
13. If you love me, keep my commandments [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #240, with Psalm 25 / Illuminare Publications]
14. If you love me, keep my commandments [Communion Antiphons for Easter (Richard J. Clark) with Psalm 122 / GIA Publications]
15. O sing to the Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.114, with Psalm 96 / Liturgical Press]
16. If you love me, keep my commandments [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.11, with Psalm 66]
Mass settings:
1. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
2. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
3. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk)
4. Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale Romanum, p.710]
5. Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Gregorian Missal, p.75/89]
6. Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.75]
7. Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
8. Paschal Gloria (J. William Greene)

Other liturgical music

Adoro te devote: A Communion Processional (Gary Penkala)
Blessed Be God (James Chepponis) [GIA Publications]
Chant Booklet, Volume 4 (ed. Chris Bord)
Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Communion Antiphons for Eastertide (Brumby/Penkala)
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
Gospel Fanfare for Easter Morning (James Biery) [GIA Publications]
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
I Saw Water Flowing (Alex Hill)
Jesus Christ Is Ris'n Today (Matthew Koraus)
Let All the Earth (Christopher Willcock) [OCP]
Like a Deer That Longs (John E. Sittard)
Lumen Christi (Richard J. Clark)
Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Music for the Sprinkling Rite (Colin Brumby)
Paschal Gloria (J. William Greene)
Processional Alleluia (Howard Hughes SM) [GIA Publications]
Psalm 118 (Christopher Bord)
Renaissance Alleluia (Gary Penkala)
Saint Patrick Alleluia (Stephen McManus)
Tantum ergo: A Processional (Gary Penkala)
Te Deum: We Praise You, O God (J. William Greene)
The New Lambs of Christ (arr. Gary Penkala)
This Day Was Made by the Lord (Christopher Walker) [Oregon Catholic Press]
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Vidi aquam (Gregorian chant) Proper chant for Sprinkling Rite [Liber usualis, p.12] — or — [Booklet of Chant, Volume 3]
Water Music: For the Sprinkling Rite (Horst Buchholz)
You Have Put on Christ (J. William Greene) [GIA Publications]

Hymns

All Ye Peoples, Bless the Lord (HPSC #109, SMH #421)
Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen (CBW #497, CH #328, ICEL #109, PMB #77, WIII #450, SMH #449, VII #248, LCH #65, SEC #847, CBH #18)
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again (ICEL #69, CBW #498, CH #286, CHB #75, SMH #473)
Now the Green Blade Rises (WIII #453, PMB #66, HH #114, CBW #502, CH #291, CHB #81, SMH #642)
O Praise Ye the Lord (HPSC #259, CBW #649, WIII #539, ICEL #238, CD #906, CHB #253)
O Queen of Heaven (WIII #443, PMB #67)
One in Joyful Songs of Praise (PMB #72)
This Is the Lord's Day (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
We Give Immortal Praise (HPSC #345)

AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press

CBH = A Catholic Book of Hymns, Sacred Music Library

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.

LCH = Lumen Christi Hymnal, Illuminare Publications

PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.

SEC = Saint Edmund Campion Hymnal & Missal, Corpus Christi Watershed

SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal – 4th Edition 2011, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

VII = Vatican II Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

Choral Music

Beloved, Let Us Love One Another (Jean Langlais) [Hinshaw]
Beloved, Let Us Love One Another (Mark Siebert)
Benedicite gentes (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Easter Psalm (Gary Penkala)
Glorify the Lord (J.P. Sweelinck) [Summy]
Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing (arr. Donna Robertson)
Greater Love Hath No Man (Ireland)
I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (William Byrd, Everett Titcomb)
If Ye Love Me; (Thomas Tallis, Healey Willan)
Jesus Christ Is Ris'n Today (Matthew Koraus)
Jubilate (Egil Hovland) [Augsburg]
O Be Joyful (Healey Willan, Benjamin Rogers)
O Bread of Life (Robert Benson)
O Sing Joyfully (Adrian Batten)
O Sing unto the Lord a New Song (Healey Willan) [Peters]
Praise God, Ye Lands (Heinrich Schütz) [Concordia]
Psalm 98 (Louis Bouregois) [Carl Fischer]
Psalm 98 (Jacob Gallus) [Galaxy]
Regina coeli lætare (Gregor Aichinger / Angelini)
Regina coeli lætare (Adam Taylor)
Regina coeli (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.278] — or — [CNP Booklet of Chant, Volume 2]
Regina coeli (Antonio Lotti)
See, the Conquering Hero Comes (G.F. Handel)
Sing a New Song (Johann Pachelbel) [Hinshaw]
Sing to Our God (arr. Eugene Butler)
Thy Perfect Love (John Rutter)
Two Easter Anthems (Colin Brumby)
Vocem jucunditatis (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit for 6 Easter [Liber usualis p.830]

Organ Music

Awake, My Heart, with Gladness (Wilbur Held) from Six Preludes on Easter Hymns [Concordia 97-5330]
Christ ist erstanden (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
Christ ist erstanden (J.K.F. Fischer)
Prelude and Fugue in D Major (J.S. Bach)
Prelude on Awake, My Heart, with Gladness (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
Regina cæli (Hermann Schroeder) from Die Marianischen Antiphonen [Edition Schott #4538]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

The Gospel readings for this and the preceeding and following 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.

Music SuggestionsThe Sixth Sunday of Easter (B)