The Season of Easter – Music – 57.1

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

Congregational Song in Easter

Confession and Pardon

• Alleluia GTG 586, 587, 588, 589
• Be Not Afraid GTG 243
• Bless the Lord GTG 544
• El Señor es mi pastor/The Lord Is My Shepherd, SSS 294
• Halle, Halle, Hallelujah! GTG 591
• Hallelujah GTG 590
• Heaven Is Singing for Joy/El cielo canta alegría GTG 382; SSS 13
• I Depend upon Your Faithfulness/Tu fidelidad GTG 831; SSS 40
• In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful GTG 654; SSS 316
• La paz del Señor/The Peace of the Lord SSS 194
• Yes, Lord AAHH 667

Prayer for Illumination

• ¡Aleluya! Señor, ¿a quién iremos?/Alleluia! To Whom Shall We Go, Lord? SSS 548
• Listen, God Is Calling GTG 456
• There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit (stanza 1) GTG 408; AAHH 326

Anthems for Children’s Choirs in Easter

Resurrection of the Lord

• “Alleluia,” Charles Callahan, MSM, 3 pt, pno (A)
• “An Easter Song of Praise,” A. Steven Taranto, CGA, uni/ 2 pt, pno (ME)
• “Come, Sing a Joyful Alleluia!” Dan R. Edwards, CGA, uni/ 2 pt, pno (M)
• “Easter Proclamation,” John A. Behnke, CON, 2 pt, pno, opt hb or hc (MA)
• “Jesus Lives!” Margaret R. Tucker, CGA, uni, pno, opt xyl, hb, hc (E)
• “Sing Alleluia to the Lord,” Terry D. Taylor, CGA, uni, pno, opt hb or hc (E)
• “That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright,” John Ferguson, CGA, uni/ 2 pt, org, opt fc (ME)
• “The Lord Is Risen! (He Is Risen Indeed!)” Helen Kemp, CGA, uni, pno, opt hc (E)

Easter Season

• “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” Vicki Hancock Wright, CGA, uni, pno, opt hb or hc (E)
• “All Things Work Together for Good,” Lynn Shaw Bailey, CGA, uni, pno, opt fl (ME)
• “God of All Creation,” Erik Whitehill, CGA, uni/ 2 pt, pno, opt fl and fc (ME)
• “God, You Enfold Me,” Hal Hopson, CGA, uni/ 2 pt, pno (ME)
• “In a Mother’s Heart,” Thomas Keesecker, CGA, uni/ 2 pt, pno, opt vln (M)
• “This Is the Day,” Cindy Berry, HF, uni/ 2 pt, pno (E)

Anthems for Youth Choirs in Easter

Resurrection of the Lord / Season of Easter

• “Stay With Us,” Michael John Trotta, Hampton Roads Music Group, LLC, SAB, keybd, hb (E)
• “Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven,” Jason A. Heald, AF, SAB, pno, tpt (ME)
• “Ride On, King Jesus,” Philip Kern, SHAW, SATB, pno (M)
• “Sing Hallelujah!” Mark Burrows, CGA, 2 pt, pno (ME)

Pentecost

• “African Spirit Song,” Victor Johnson, SHAW, SATB, acap, perc (M)
• “Holy Spirit, Come,” Douglas Nolan, SHAW, SAB, pno (ME)
• “On the Day of Pentecost,” Douglas Nolan, SHAW, 2 pt, pno (ME)

Piano Music in Easter

• “Because He Lives,” RESURRECTION, Gospel Greats, Phillip Keveren, HAL (MA)
• “Christ Arose,” CHRIST AROSE, Crucified and Triumphant King! Cindy Berry, LOR (M)
• “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today,” EASTER HYMN, Symphonic Hymns for Piano, Phillip Keveren, HAL (M)
• “Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise,” LLANFAIR, What Can I Play on Sunday, Book 3, Cindy Berry, ALF (M)
• “Hymn of Promise,” PROMISE, Today’s Hymns and Songs for Piano, John Carter, HOPE (M)
• “I Will Rise,” Wondrous Praise, James Koerts, ALF (M)
• “Jesus Lives, and So Shall I,” ZUVERSICHT, Hymn Tunes A to Z, Larry Shackley, LOR (M)
• “Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious,” BRYN CALFARIA, Morning Has Broken, Penny Rodriguez, LOR (M)
• “Morning Has Broken,” BUNESSAN, Glad Hymns of Praise, Lloyd Larson, LOR (MA)
• “Oh Happy Day,” Jazzy Hymns and Spirituals, Paul Johnston, ALF (A)
• “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” SHINE, JESUS, SHINE, Big Purple Book of Praise & Worship Piano Solos, Carol Tornquist, WORD (M)
• “The Day of Resurrection,” LANCASHIRE, Sunday Morning Holiday Companion, Victor Labenske, ALF (M)

Vocal Solos in Easter

• “Jesus Died on Calvary’s Mountain,” New Songs of Gladness: Vocal Solos for Worship, K. Lee Scott, AF (ME)
• “Osterlied,” Sacred Songs for the Soloist, Edvard Grieg (MA)
• “All Good Gifts,” Godspell, Stephen Schwartz, HAL (E)
• “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” The Deep River Collection, Moses Hogan, HAL (ME)
• “All Because of God’s Amazing Grace,” The Southern Gospel Song Book, Mosie Lister, Brentwood-Benson Press (E)
• “By the Grace of the Spirit,” Oxford Solo Songs: Sacred, Andrew Gant, OUP (MA)
• “Rise Now, My Heart, with Gladness,” New Songs of Gladness, Vocal Solos for Worship, Johann Crüger/J. S. Bach, AF (M)
• “Regina Coeli,” Sacred Songs for the Soloist, Josef Rheinberger, BH (MA)
• “Laudamus te,” Mass in C Minor, K. 427, W. A. Mozart, BV, sop (A)
• “The Trumpet Shall Sound,” Messiah, G. F. Handel, NOV, bass (A)
• “I Shall Not Be Moved,” www.musicnotes.com, traditional, variety (E)
• “Not Lucky, I’m Loved,” www.sheetmusicplus.com, Jonathon McReynolds, variety (M)