Music Suggestions
The Seventh Sunday of Easter (B)
Liturgical Music
Official texts
- Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
- Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam [Graduale Romanum, p.241]
- Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam [Gregorian Missal, p.387/425]
- Viri Galilæi [Graduale simplex, p.178]
- Viri Galilaei (William Byrd, Dulos Couillart, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- Hearken, O Lord, unto my voice [Simple English Propers, p.141 (Adam Bartlett)]
- Lord, hear my voice when I call [Simple Choral Gradual, p.114 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
- O Lord, hear my voice [Lumen Christi Missal, p.934 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
- My Heart Declared to You, O Lord [tune: Duke Street] from Introit Hymns #29 (Christoph Tietze)
- O Lord, hear my voice [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.39, Mode 1 / OCP]
- O Lord, hear my voice [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.393-395 / Ignatius Press]
- O Lord, hear my voice [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.92, with Psalm 27[26] / Liturgical Press]
- O Lord, hear my voice [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #245, with Psalm 27 / Illuminare Publications]
- Galilean men and women [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.116, with Psalm 68 / Liturgical Press]
- Jesus has been taken up to heaven [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.116, with Psalm 68 / Liturgical Press]
- O Lord, hear my voice [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.3, with Psalm 118]
- Alleluia I (Responsorial Psalm):
- Alleluia. Regnavit Dominus [Graduale Romanum, p.242]
- Alleluia. Regnavit Dominus [Gregorian Missal, p.388/426]
- Dominus regnavit (Josquin des Prez)
- Omnes gentes, plaudite [Graduale simplex, p.179]
- Omnes gentes, plaudite (Hans Leo Hassler, Christopher Tye)
- O clap your hands (Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tremain)
- Clap your hands, all you peoples [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.117, with Psalm 47 / Liturgical Press]
- Chabanel Psalmody
- Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
- Alleluia II (Gospel Acclamation):
- (B/C) Alleluia. Non vos relinquam [Graduale Romanum, p.242]
- (B/C) Alleluia. Non vos relinquam [Gregorian Missal, p.389/427]
- Non vos relinquam Orphanos (William Byrd, Charles H. Giffen)
- I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (William Byrd)
- Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Quis ascendet [Graduale simplex, p.182]
- Alleluia, Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.120, with Psalm 24 / Liturgical Press]
- Offertory:
- Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [Graduale Romanum, p.237]
— or —
Viri Galilæi [Graduale Romanum, p.237]
- Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [Gregorian Missal, p.389/427]
— or —
Viri Galilæi [Gregorian Missal, p.383/421]
- Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [Graduale simplex, p.182]
- Ascendit Deus (William Byrd, Francisco Guerrero, Jacob Handl, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Peter Philips, Ferdinand Schaller)
- God has gone up [Simple English Propers, p.142 (Adam Bartlett)]
- Men of Galilee [Simple English Propers, p.143 (Adam Bartlett)]
- God goes up with shouts of joy [Simple Choral Gradual, p.115 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
- God goes up with shouts of joy [Lumen Christi Missal, p.934 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
- God Is Gone Up with a Merry Noise (William Croft)
- God has ascended with shouts of joy [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.396-398 / Ignatius Press]
- God goes up with shouts of joy [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #246, with Psalm 47 / Illuminare Publications]
- God mounts his throne to shouts of joy [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.121, with Psalm 47 / Liturgical Press]
- God mounts his throne to shouts of joy [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.7, with Psalm 136]
- Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [Graduale Romanum, p.237]
- Communion:
- Pater, cum essem [Graduale Romanum, p.243]
- Pater, cum essem [Gregorian Missal, p.390/428]
- Sede a dextris meis [Graduale simplex, p.183]
- Pater, cum essem [Communio, p.191]
- Father, when I was amongst them [Simple English Propers, p.144 (Adam Bartlett)]
- Father, when I was among them [Choral Communio, p.80 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
- This is the prayer of Jesus [Simple Choral Gradual, p.116 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
- Father, I pray that they may be one [Lumen Christi Missal, p.934 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
- Father, I am coming to you [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
- Father, I pray that they may be one [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.40, Mode 4 / OCP]
- Father, I pray that they may be one [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.399-401 / Ignatius Press]
- Father, I pray that they may be one [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.93, with Psalm 122[121] / Liturgical Press]
- Father, I pray that they may be one [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #247, with Psalm 122 / Illuminare Publications]
- Father, I pray that they may be one [Communion Antiphons for Easter (Richard J. Clark) with Psalm 122 / GIA Publications]
- The Lord said to my Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.1ss, with Psalm 110 / Liturgical Press]
- Father, I pray that they may be one [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.11, with Psalm 66]
- Mass settings:
- Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
- Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
- Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk)
- Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale Romanum, p.710]
- Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Gregorian Missal, p.75/89]
- Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.75]
- Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
- 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)
- 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
- Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (HPSC #112, ICEL #130, WIII #737, CBW #536, AH #601, PMB #663, CH #504, CHB #112, SMH #426, EH #347, VII #277, LCH #86, SEC #936, CBH #9)
- Ascend Your Throne, O Righteous One (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
- 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 Today (WIII #463, HPSC #131, CBW #499, AH #415, CH #289, CHB #76, SMH #474/5, EH #95, VII #246, LCH #62, SEC #841, CBH #38/39/40)
- God Is My Strong Salvation (HPSC #165, ICEL #208, CH #646, HH #302)
- O Queen of Heaven (WIII #443, PMB #67)
- One in Joyful Songs of Praise (PMB #72)
- Safe in the Hands of God (HPSC #291)
- The Strife Is O'er (WIII #451, ICEL #77, PMB #68, HH #131, CBW #503, AH #413, CH #276, CHB #83, SMH #787/8, EH #91, LCH #64, CBH #265)
- This Is the Lord's Day (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
- Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (CD #911, CH #519, HPSC #357)
- 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
- All Creatures of Our God and King (Robert Benson)
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (arr. Jon Brannon)
- Bless the Lord, My Soul (J.S. Bach) [Flammer]
- Bless the Lord, O My Soul (M. Ippolitov-Ivanov) [G. Schirmer]
- Christo resurgenti (François Couperin)
- Come, Bless Ye the Lord (G.P. Telemann)
- Dixit Dominus (Marc-Antoine Charpentier, George Frideric Handel, Isabella Leonarda, Claudio Monteverdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Antonio Vivaldi)
- Domine Fili unigenite from Gloria in D (Antonio Vivaldi)
- Easter Psalm (Gary Penkala)
- Exaudi Domine (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
- Glorious Is the Lord (F.J. Haydn)
- God Is Gone Up with a Merry Noise (William Croft)
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing (arr. Donna Robertson)
- Great Thou Art (Robert Roesch)
- I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (William Byrd, Everett Titcomb)
- Non vos relinquam orphanos (Ignazio Donati) [Oxford]
- O God, the King of Glory (Henry Purcell) [GIA Publications]
- One Thing I Ask of the Lord (Heinrich Schütz)
- Praise the Lord, O My Soul (Thomas Tomkins) [Novello]
- Regina coeli laetare (Gregor Aichinger / Angelini)
- Regina coeli (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.278] — or — [CNP Booklet of Chant, Volume 2]
- Regina coeli (Antonio Lotti, Soriano)
- The Lord Is My Light (Heinz Werner Zimmerman)
- The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation (Eugene Englert) [GIA Publications]
- Two Easter Anthems (Colin Brumby)
Organ Music
- Au cénacle (Dom Paul Benoit) from Esquisses liturgiques [J. Fischer & Bros.]
- Carillon (Louis Vierne)
- Easter Fanfare (Colin Mawby)
- Entrance Flourish from Village Suite (Tim Knight)
- Erschienen ist from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby)
- Festival Flourish from Music for a Festive Occasion (Tim Knight)
- Heute triumphiret Gottes Sohn (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
- Partita on Awake, My Heart, with Gladness (Flor Peeters)
- Prelude on Hyfrydol (Paul Manz) from Improvisatons on Great Hymns of Faith [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-839]
- Prelude on Hyfrydol (Ralph Vaughan Williams, Healey Willan)
- Prelude on In Babilone (Paul Manz) from Improvisatons for Pentecost and Trinity Sunday [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-500]
- Regina caeli (Hermann Schroeder) from Die Marianischen Antiphonen [Edition Schott #4538]
- The Strife Is O'er (Wilbur Held) from Six Preludes on Easter Hymns [Concordia 97-5330]
- This Joyful Eastertide (June Nixon)
- Toccata on Victimæ paschali laudes (Gary Penkala)
Liturgical Hints & Ideas
This Sunday lies between Ascension and Pentecost and allows us to celebrate that time of hope-filled longing for the Spirit — a kind of "mini-Advent" in the midst of Easter. Do not stop singing Easter hymns … Easter really, really does last until Pentecost — and your music should say so. Musical references to the Holy Spirit can reinforce the proximity of Pentecost.