Music Suggestions
The Seventh Sunday of Easter (C)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam [Graduale Romanum, p.241]
2. Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam [Gregorian Missal, p.387]
3. Viri Galilæi [Graduale simplex, p.178]
4. Viri Galilaei (William Byrd, Dulos Couillart, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
5. Hearken, O Lord, unto my voice [Simple English Propers, p.141 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Lord, hear my voice when I call [Simple Choral Gradual, p.114 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. O Lord, hear my voice [Lumen Christi Missal, p.934 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. My Heart Declared to You, O Lord [tune: Duke Street] from Introit Hymns #29 (Christoph Tietze)
9. O Lord, hear my voice [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.39, Mode 1 / OCP]
10. O Lord, hear my voice [Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.393-395 / Ignatius Press]
11. O Lord, hear my voice [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.92, with Psalm 27[26] / Liturgical Press]
12. O Lord, hear my voice [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #245, with Psalm 27 / Illuminare Publications]
13. Galilean men and women [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.116, with Psalm 68 / Liturgical Press]
14. Jesus has been taken up to heaven [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.116, with Psalm 68 / Liturgical Press]
15. O Lord, hear my voice [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.3, with Psalm 118]
Alleluia I (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Alleluia. Regnavit Dominus [Graduale Romanum, p.242]
2. Alleluia. Regnavit Dominus [Gregorian Missal, p.388]
3. Dominus regnavit (Josquin des Prez)
4. Omnes gentes, plaudite [Graduale simplex, p.179]
5. Omnes gentes, plaudite (Hans Leo Hassler, Christopher Tye)
6. O clap your hands (Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tremain)
7. Clap your hands, all you peoples [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.117, with Psalm 47 / Liturgical Press]
8. Chabanel Psalmody
9. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia II (Gospel Acclamation):
1. (B/C) Alleluia. Non vos relinquam [Graduale Romanum, p.242]
2. (B/C) Alleluia. Non vos relinquam [Gregorian Missal, p.389]
3. Non vos relinquam Orphanos (William Byrd, Charles H. Giffen)
4. I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (William Byrd)
5. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Quis ascendet [Graduale simplex, p.182]
6. Alleluia, Who shall ascend the hill of the LOrd [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.120, with Psalm 24 / Liturgical Press]
Offertory:
1. Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [Graduale Romanum, p.237]
  -or-
  Viri Galilæi [Graduale Romanum, p.237]
2. Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [Gregorian Missal, p.389]
  -or-
  Viri Galilæi [Gregorian Missal, p.383]
3. Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [Graduale simplex, p.182]
4. Ascendit Deus (William Byrd, Francisco Guerrero, Jacob Handl, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Peter Philips, Ferdinand Schaller)
5. God has gone up [Simple English Propers, p.142 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Men of Galilee [Simple English Propers, p.143 (Adam Bartlett)]
7. God goes up with shouts of joy [Simple Choral Gradual, p.115 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. God goes up with shouts of joy [Lumen Christi Missal, p.934 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
9. God Is Gone Up with a Merry Noise (William Croft)
10. God has ascended with shouts of joy [Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.396-398 / Ignatius Press]
11. God goes up with shouts of joy [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #246, with Psalm 47 / Illuminare Publications]
12. God mounts his throne to shouts of loy [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.121, with Psalm 47 / Liturgical Press]
13. God mounts his throne to shouts of joy [Mass Propers for Eastertide (Penkala) p.7, with Psalm 136]
Communion:
1. Pater, cum essem [Graduale Romanum, p.243]
2. Pater, cum essem [Gregorian Missal, p.390]
3. Sede a dextris meis [Graduale simplex, p.183]
4. Pater, cum essem [Communio, p.191]
5. Father, when I was amongst them [Simple English Propers, p.144 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Father, when I was among them [Choral Communio, p.80 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. This is the prayer of Jesus [Simple Choral Gradual, p.116 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Father, I pray that they may be one [Lumen Christi Missal, p.934 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
9. Father, I am coming to you [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
10. Father, I pray that they may be one [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.40, Mode 4 / OCP]
11. Father, I pray that they may be one [Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.399-401 / Ignatius Press]
12. Father, I pray that they may be one [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.93, with Psalm 122[121] / Liturgical Press]
13. Father, I pray that they may be one [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #247, with Psalm 122 / Illuminare Publications]
14. The Lord said to my Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.1ss, with Psalm 110 / Liturgical Press]
15. Father, I pray that they may be one [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) [Graduale simplex, p.75]
6. Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
7. 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 Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
Give Thanks to the Lord (Paul French)
Gloria Vatican (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)
I Saw Water Flowing (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)
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)

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)
Ascend Your Throne, O Righteous One (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (WIII #463, HPSC #131, CBW #499, AH #415, CH #289, CHB #76, SMH #259/60, EH #95, VII #246)
God Is My Strong Salvation (HPSC #165, ICEL #208, CH #646, HH #302)
Hail Thee, Festival Day (AH #414, CBW #509, CH #274, HPSC #179, PMB #78, WIII #444, SMH #553, EH #86/102/107)
O Holy Spirit, By Whose Breath (CBW #518, PMB #92, WIII #475, CBW #518, HH #145)
Rejoice the Lord Is King (WIII #493, ICEL #108, HPSC #290, HH #181, CBW #645, CH #515, CHB #261, SMH #731, EH #350, LCH #138)
Safe in the Hands of God (HPSC #291)
Send Down Your Truth, O God (ICEL #215, HH #214, CBW #520)
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)
This Is the Lord's Day (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
We Know That Christ Is Raised (WIII #721, CH #283)
Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (CD #911, CH #519, HPSC #357)

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.

LCH = Lumen Christi Hymnal, Illuminare Publications

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

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

Ad cenam Agni providi from Five Simple Anthems (Colin Brumby)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (Jonathan Brannon)
Alleluia, O Praise the Lord Most Holy (J.S. Bach) [Concordia]
Alleluia, Song of Gladness (Plainsong) [GIA Publications]
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)
Concentus gaudii: Cantate Domino (J. William Greene)
Domine Fili unigenite from Gloria in D (Antonio Vivaldi)
Easter Psalm (Gary Penkala)
Finished the Strife of Battle Now (Steven Ottomanyi)
Glorious Is the Lord (F.J. Haydn)
God Is Gone Up with a Merry Noise (William Croft)
Great Thou Art (Robert Roesch)
Humbly I Adore Thee (J. David Hart)
I Am the Root and the Branch of David (J.H. Schein)
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]
The Master's Rejoicing (James Stanley)
This Is the Day the Lord Has Made from Eight Liturgical Rounds (Heath Morber)
This Joyful Eastertide (Alan Smith)
Two Easter Anthems (Colin Brumby)

Organ Music

Au cénacle (Dom Paul Benoit) from Esquisses liturgiques [J. Fischer & Bros.]
Carillon (Louis Vierne)
Christ Is Arisen (Camil van Hulse) [Seven Preludes on Hymns for Easter - Concordia 97-1390]
Christ Is Arisen (Samuel Scheidt) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Christ Is Our Cornerstone (George T. Miles) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Christ ist erstanden (Heinrich Bach) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Christ ist erstanden (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Christ ist erstanden (Hans Buchner) [Organist's Companion, March 1990]
Christ ist erstanden; (J.K.F. Fischer) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Christ ist erstandent; (J.K.F. Fischer) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404] [Organist's Companion, April 1988]
Christ ist erstanden (J.E. Habert) [Organists' Companion, April 1984]
Christ ist erstanden (J.G. Herzog) [Organist's Companion, March 1993]
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (Sharon E. Rogers) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
Duet and Trio on Hyfrydol [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
Easter Fanfare (Colin Mawby)
Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby)
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]
Heute triumphiret Gottes Sohn (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
Hyfrydol (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, November 1999]
Intonation on Palestrina (Jan Bender) [Organist's Companion, April 1983]
Maestoso: Five Processionals (Calvert Shenk)
O Heiliger Geist, o Heiliger Gott (J.C.F. Fischer) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Partita on Awake, My Heart, with Gladness (Flor Peeters)
Piece for Easter (Jan Bender) [Organist's Companion, April 1982 - McAfee Music Corp]
Prelude & Harmonization on Victory (Don Freudenburg) [Organist's Companion, March 1992]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Paul Manz) from Improvisatons on Great Hymns of Faith [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-839]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Iteke Prins) [Organist's Companion, March 2002]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Ralph Vaughan Williams) [Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Galaxy Music Corp]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
Prelude on In Babilone (Paul Manz) from Improvisatons for Pentecost and Trinity Sunday [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-500]
Regina cæli (Hermann Schroeder) from Die Marianischen Antiphonen [Edition Schott #4538]
Surgit in hæc dies (Carolyn Sternowksi) [Organist's Companion, March 1996]
The Strife Is O'er (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1986]
The Strife Is O'er (G. Winston Cassler) [This Is the Victory - Augsburg 11-9497]
The Strife Is O'er (Wilbur Held) from Six Preludes on Easter Hymns [Concordia 97-5330]
The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
This Joyful Eastertide (June Nixon)
Toccata and Variation on Hyfrydol (Gordon Young) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
Toccata on Darwall(Dennis R. Johnson) [Organist's Companion, July 1999]
Victory (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1987]
Victory (Robin Dinda) [Organist's Companion, March 1991]

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. The concept of a novena, nine days of intense prayer, comes from the nine days between Ascension and Pentecost, as the Apostles awaited the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 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.

Music SuggestionsThe Seventh Sunday of Easter (C)