I’m not playing for the Tridium this year so I don’t have to select music. Thinking about what I would have selected, I was always very happy with the songs chosen for Easter at Rochedale where I played until recently.
They have stayed much the same so this post from 2014 has the backbone of their choices.
Dan Schutte’s collection “Glory in the Cross” is a great place to start with “As I Have Done for You”, “Holy Darkness” and the title track in its various iterations probably the pinnacle of Schutte’s creative endeavors.
“Jesus Is Risen” is a great Easter song by Monica O’Brien and Gina Ogilvie. It is upbeat but has dynamics, acknowledging the pain we have travelled through to get to the hope of Easter. You can purchase the sheet music at Willow.
“Alleluia, Love is Alive” was added at Rochedale in recent years. It is by the combo of Angrisano, Hart and Manibusan and it is a song full of the joy of the resurrection. OCP will sell you the sheet music here.
Looking at songs I have blogged here (just using the search function) turned up some other selections:
Holy Thursday
This is My Example (O’Brien)
At the Supper Christ the Lord (Mowbray)
An Upper Room Did the Lord Prepare (Green)
So You Must Do (Haugen)
Good Friday:
Song for the Veneration of the Cross (Freeburg/Walker)
Upon the Cross (Glen/DeBruyn)
Into Your Hands O Father (TAIZE)
From the Wounds of Christ (Zaragosa)
Wood of the Cross (Alstott)
When Jesus Wept (Billings)
I also covered some Good Friday songs from CWB II here.
Easter Vigil
Service of Light Procession (Wood)
Out of Darkness (Kendzia)
Send Forth Your Spirit O Lord (Warner)
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise (Smith)
Christ is Light (Miffleton)
The Light of Christ (Fishel)
Light of Christ (Zaragosa)
I looked at what was in CWB II in these posts here and here.
Easter Sunday:
Go Forth (Manalo)
Roll Away the Stone (Conroy)
Alleluia Festivale (Whittaker)
I covered the songs in CWB II in this post and the ones after it if you want to look there.
For those still tinkering with the selections for Easter I hope you find music that rides the Tridium rollercoaster. By all means post ideas here for music liturgists, now and in the future.
I don’t get to do the music for Holy Week post Palm Sunday, but I would probably have stuck close to CWB2
PALM SUNDAY
Hosanna to the Son of David [ICEL] – CWB2:302
All Glory, Laud and Honour [Neale / SAINT THEODULPH] – CWB2:303
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross [Watts / ROCKINGHAM] – CWB2:329
O Sacred Head Surrounded [Baker / PASSION CHORALE] – CWB2:330
No recessional
HOLY THURSDAY
An Upper Room Did Our Lord Prepare [Watts / O WALY WALY] – CWB2:309
At the Supper, Christ the Lord [Mowbray / LIEBSTER JESU] – CWB2:313
Where There Is Charity and Love [Connolly / JEREMY] – CWB2:638
Christians, Let Us Love One Another [Foltz + Nigro / PICARDY] – CWB2:469
Sing, My Tongue, the Saviour’s Glory [Caswall / TANTUM ERGO] – CWB2:314
GOOD FRIDAY
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross [Watts / ROCKINGHAM] – CWB2:329
My Song Is Love Unknown [Crossman / LOVE UNKNOWN] – CWB2:325
O Jesus Crucified [McAuely / FORBES STREET] – CWB2:326
O Sacred Head Surrounded [Baker / PASSION CHORALE] – CWB2:330
Jesus, Our Saviour [Joncas / HERZLIEBSTER JESU] – OCP DD (fr. “We Contemplate the Mystery”)
EASTER VIGIL
Christ Is Alive! Let Christian Sing [Wren / TRURO] – W4:510 / J3:418
By Your Kingly Power, O Risen Lord [McAuley / RIGGIERO] – CWB2:352
Alleluia! Alleluia! [Wordsworth / HYMN TO JOY] – CWB2:346
EASTER SUNDAY
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today [Wesley / EASTER HYMN] – CWB2:360
Christ Is Alive! Let Christian Sing [Wren / TRURO] – W4:510 / J3:418
By Your Kingly Power, O Risen Lord [McAuley / RIGGIERO] – CWB2:352
Alleluia! Alleluia! [Wordsworth / HYMN TO JOY] – CWB2:346
P.S. I sent a list to the Lent entry, but it disappeared into cyber space!
Thanks so much, Chris.
Technology is out to get us all I’m afraid.
I trust the organ and the voices rose up joyfully. I have never had the benefit of attending a parish where traditional hymns were done well, which is a shame. Actually, we used to go to a friend’s Lutheran church occasionally to get that sort of thing, especially on Reformation Day!
Happy Easter
Geoff
Holy Thursday
Current Parish:
Gathering: Gather the People (Schutte)
Mass Setting: Mass of Angels and Saints (Janco)
Psalm: Our Blessing Cup (Soper)
Gifts: What Wondrous Love Is This (WONDROUS LOVE)
Communion: Pan de Vida (Hurd/Moriarty)
Home Parish:
Gathering: Lift High the Cross (Kitchin/Newbolt; CRUCIFER)
Mass Setting: Mass of Christ the Savior (Schutte)
Psalm: Our Blessing Cup (?)
Lenten Gospel Acclamation No. IX (Alstott)
Washing of Feet: Mandatum (Latona)
Ubi Caritas (Berthier)
Gifts: Ubi Caritas (Hurd)
Where Charity and Love Prevail (Westendorf; CHRISTIAN LOVE)
Communion: This Is the Body That Will Be Given (Angrisano/Hart/Stephan – Let Us All Rejoice)
Take and Eat (Joncas/Quinn)
Eucharist Procession: Hail Our Savior’s Glorious Body (tr. Quinn; PANGE LINGUA GLORIOSI)
Good Friday
Current Parish:
Psalm: Father, I Put My Life in Your Hands (Talbot)
Veneration of the Cross: Behold the Cross (Hurd)
Who Is the Crucified? (Bluett/Keil)
Behold the Wood (Schutte)
Carry Me Home (Alstott/Modlin)
Communion: Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell)
There Is a Balm in Gilead (spiritual)
Home Parish:
Psalm: Father, Into Your Hands (Hurd)
Veneration of the Cross: Were You There (spiritual)
My Song Is Love Unknown (Crossman; LOVE UNKNOWN)
O Sacred Head, Surrounded (tr. Baker; PASSION CHORALE)
What Wondrous Love Is This (WONDROUS LOVE)
Collection for the Holy Land: Joseph, Take Him Off the Tree (spiritual; arr. Schaubel)
Communion: Take and Eat (Joncas/Quinn)
Easter Sunday
Current Parish:
Gathering: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (anon/Wesley; EASTER HYMN)
Mass Setting: Mass of St. Ann (Bolduc)
Psalm: This Is the Day (Fisher)
Sequence: Let Christians All Their Voices Raise (Siwek; O FILII ET FILIAE)
Sprinkling: Rain Down (Cortez)
Gifts: I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Soper)
Communion: Come to the Water (Foley)
Worthy Is the Lamb (Manalo)
Closing: Alleluia! Alleluia! (Wordsworth; HYMN TO JOY)
Home Parish (children’s choir)
Gathering: Sing with All the Saints in Glory (Irons; HYMN TO JOY)
Mass Setting: Mass for a Servant Church (Guimont)
Psalm: Let Us Rejoice (Haugen)
Sequence: Christ, the Lord, Is Risen Today (tr. Leeson; VICTIMAE PASCHALI)
Celtic Alleluia (O’Carroll/Walker)
Sprinkling: Springs of Water, Bless the Lord (Haugen)
Gifts: Oh, Yes, Lord Jesus Lives (Landry) – children’s choir
Christ Is Risen! Alleluia! (Lau) – children’s choir)
Communion: Christ, Our Passover Has Been Sacrificed (Angrisano/Hart/Stephen – Let Us All Rejoice)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks (Fishel)
Take and Eat (Joncas/Quinn)
Closing: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (anon./Wesley; EASTER HYMN)
The Triduum only comes once a year, so here’s a couple more from the parish I actually attended in-person for Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday…
Holy Thursday
Gathering: Glory in the Cross (Schutte)
Mass Parts: Mass of a Joyful Heart (Angrisano/Tomaszek)
Psalm: Our Blessing Cup (The Name of God) (Haas)
Washing of the Feet: The Servant Song (Gillard)
One Love Released (Frenzel/Keil)
Communion: One Bread, One Body (Foley)
Miracle of Grace (Stephan)
Procession: Sing, My Tongue, the Savior’s Glory (tr. Caswall; PANGE LINGUA GLORIOSI)
Easter Sunday
Gathering: All the Ends of the Earth (Fisher)
Mass Parts: Mass of Glory (Hurd/Canedo)
Psalm: Let Us Sing (True) – Not sure how this counts as the Easter psalm, but it was certainly joyful at the quick tempo they used.
Sequence: Let Christians All Their Voices Raise (Siwek; O FILII ET FILIAE)
Gifts: Table of Plenty (Schutte)
Communion: I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
Take and Eat This Break (Tate)
Closing: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (anon./Wesley; EASTER HYMN)
Many thanks for your diligence, Ryan.
I can tell from the data that visitors come here for music suggestions – the numbers peak in Holy Week, so I guess people leave it a bit late sometimes. The more selections from more styles of music that go up the more useful it is – and remains so for years.
Geoff