The Season of Advent – Music – 59.1

Congregational Song in Advent

Songs with refrains might be sung refrain only, or stanzas might be used week to week either sequentially or cumulatively. 

Lighting of the Advent Candles

• Come, Come Emmanuel GTG 91
• God Is Our Help, Refuge, and Strength GTG 380
• The Lord Is My Light GTG 842
• Bless the Lord GTG 544
• Come Now, O Prince of Peace GTG 103
• He Came Down GTG 137
• Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (STUTTGART) GTG 83
• Prepare the Way of the Lord GTG 95
• Prepare the Way, O Zion (different stanzas week by week, then all 3 on Advent IV) GTG 106
• People, Look East (refrain only, as an echo/call-and-response) GTG 105
• Muéstranos, Señor / Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness SSS 70
• Restáuranos, oh Dios / Restore Us, O God (refrain only or with stanzas) SSS 72
• Preparen el camino / Make Ready a Highway (refrain only or with stanzas) SSS 76
• Christmas Is Coming Innkeepers and Light Sleepers, Wild Goose Publications

These songs might be used in different ways within a Sequence of Confession and Lament or a Confession and Pardon liturgy as part of a Call to Confession, the Prayer of Confession, or as a bridge from Confession to Pardon.

Confession

• Comfort, Comfort Now My People (different stanzas week by week, then all 3 on Advent IV) GTG 87
• Be Still and Know That I Am God GTG 414
• O Come unto the Lord (refrain only or with stanza 2) GTG 416
• Forgive Us, Lord / Perdón, Señor GTG 431
• God Is Our Help, Refuge, and Strength GTG 380
• Listen, God Is Calling GTG 456
• Give Us Light GTG 467
• Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior, stanza 1 UMH 351, AAHH 435
• Over My Head AAHH 169 
• I Will Trust in the Lord AAHH 391

Pardon

• Glory to God / Gloria, gloria GTG 583
• Glory, Glory, Glory GTG 584
• Glory to God / Gloria a Dios GTG 585 
• In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful GTG 654
• Do Not Be Afraid (different stanzas week by week, then all 3 on Advent IV) GTG 76
• Peace of God Be with You GTG 448
• Dona nobis pacem GTG 752

Anthems for Children’s Choirs in Advent

• “Let Every Heart Prepare a Throne,” Mark Patterson, CGA, uni, pno (ME)
• “Sing a Song of Advent,” Hal H. Hopson, CGA, uni/2 pt, pno, opt fl, hb, cong (M)
• “Light One Candle,” Natalie Sleeth, HIN, 2 pt (E)

Anthems for Youth Choirs in Advent

• “The Wexford Carol,” Victor Johnson, CGA, 3 pt mx, pno (ME)
• “Huron Carol,” Mark Burrows, CGA, 3 pt mx, pno (M)
• “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” Mark Miller, CGA, 3 pt mx, pno (ME)
• “Call to Advent,” J. Jerome Williams, HOPE, 2 pt mx, acap (E)

Handbell Music in Advent

• “Advent Carol,” VENI EMMANUEL, arr. Hal Hopson, 3 or 5 oct, CGA, CGB154, Level 2
• “Advent Fantasy,” GENEVAN 42, PICARDY, NUN KOMM, PUER NOBIS, arr. Judy Phillips, 3–6 oct, opt 2 oct hc, tri, tamb, CGA, CGB751, Level 3
• “The Angel Gabriel,” arr. Jeffrey Honoré, 3–5 oct, CON, 97-6760, Level 3+
• “Advent Suite,” GENEVAN 42, NUN KOMM, BEREDAN VÄG FÖR HERRAN, arr. Sondra Tucker,  3–5 oct,
  opt 2 oct hc, opt sleighbells, fc, wind chimes, hd, BP, HB444, Level 3
• “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” arr. John Behnke, 2–3 oct, AGEHR, AG23052, Level 2
• “People, Look East,” arr. Tammy Waldrop, 3–5 oct, opt 3–5 hc, CGA, CGB410, Level 3-
• “Lost in the Night,” arr. Cathy Moklebust, 3–5 oct, opt hc, opt vln, CGA, CGB1014, Level 2+
• “Savior of the Nations, Come,” arr. Joshua Kramer, 3–5 oct, AGEHR, AG35328, Level 2
• “Advent Joy,” BEREDAN VÄG FÖR HERRAN, HYFRYDOL, arr. Brian Childers, 3–6 oct, JM, 00-45746, Level 3
• “People, Look East,” arr. Sandra Eithun, 2 or 3 oct, opt tamb, CGA, CGB1271, Level 1+

Vocal Solos in Advent

• “Some Children See Him,” Alfred Burt Christmas Carols, Alfred Burt, HAL (E)
• “Come, Thou Dear Redeemer,” Solos for the Church Year, César Franck, GSH, high/low (M) 
• “In the Bleak Midwinter,” Classical Singers Christmas Album, arr. Richard Walters, HAL (ME)
• “What Songs Were Sung,” 12 Christmas Vocal Solos for Classical Singers, John Jacob Niles, HAL, high/low (E)
• “Hosanna,” arr. James Christian Pfohl, HAL, duet, 2 equal voices (ME)
• “Mothering God,” Still All My Song Shall Be, Thomas Trenney, MSM, medium/high (M)
• “Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song),” Amy Grant, Chris Eaton, Musicnotes.com (E)
• “For Everyone Born,” Still All My Song Shall Be, Thomas Trenney, MSM, medium/high (ME)
• “Sing We the Song of Emmanuel,” Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Musicnotes.com, medium low (E)
• “Away in a Manger,” 15 Easy Christmas Carol Arrangements, arr. Christopher Ruck, HAL, low/high (E)
• “The Night That Love Was Born,” Three Christmas Solos with opt cello obbligato, arr. Fred Bock, cello arr. Allan Robert Petker, FB, medium (M)
• “It Was On a Starry Night,” Joy Webb, sheetmusicdirect.com (ME)