Suggested Anthems for Easter and Pentecost 2024 March 30 - May 26

Year B | 2024

Easter Vigil | March 30

All Who Believe and Are Baptized - Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni

O Bread of Life from Heaven - Johann Sebastian Bach

Since By Man Came Death, Messiah - George Frideric Handel

 

Easter Day | March 31 

All Who Believe and Are Baptized - Johann Sebastian Bach

Christians, to the Paschal Victim - Plainsong Mode I

O Sacrum Convivium – Thomas Pavlechko

Since By Man Came Death, Messiah - George Frideric Handel

Victimae paschali laudes - Plainsong Mode I

 

Second Sunday of Easter | April 7

Give Almes of Thy Goods - Christopher Tye

O Lord, Increase My Faith - Henry Loosemore

O sacrum convivium - Thomas Pavlechko

 

Third Sunday of Easter | April 14

Kyrie - Plainsong

Lead Me, Lord - Samuel S Wesley


Fourth Sunday of Easter | April 21

Adoramus te, Christe – Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina

Adoramus te, Christe - Thomas Pavlechko

Agnus Dei - The Roman Missal

Christians, to the Paschal Victim - Plainsong Mode I

If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis

Let The Same Mind Be in You - Thomas Pavlechko

Sheep May Safely Graze - Johann Sebastian Bach

These Are They Which Follow the Lamb - John Goss

Ubi Caritas - Gregorian Chant, Mode VI

Victimae paschali laudes - Plainsong Mode I
 

Fifth Sunday of Easter | April 28

Agnus Dei - Gregorian Chant

Christians, to the Paschal Victim - Plainsong Mode I

God So Loved the World - John Goss

God So Loved the World - John Stainer

If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis

These Are They Which Follow the Lamb - John Goss

Ubi Caritas - Gregorian Chant, Mode VI

Victimae paschali laudes - Plainsong Mode I

 

Sixth Sunday of Easter | May 5

All Who Believe and Are Baptized – Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni

God So Loved the World - John Goss

God So Loved the World - John Stainer

If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis

Sing to the Lord Ye Distant Lands - Thomas Pavlechko

Ubi Caritas - Gregorian Chant, Mode VI
 

The Ascension | May 9 or 12

Adoramus te, Christe – Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina

Adoramus te, Christe – Thomas Pavlechko

Let the Same Mind Be in You - Thomas Pavlechko

O Salutaris Hostia - Ludwig van Beethoven

O Salutaris Hostia - Edward Elgar

 

Seventh Sunday of Easter | May 9

All Who Believe and Are Baptized - Johann Sebastian Bach

Ave Maria (for Mother’s Day) – Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod

Blessed are the Pure in Heart - Walford Davies

Christians, to the Paschal Victim - Plainsong Mode I

O Salutaris Hostia - Ludwig van Beethoven

O Salutaris Hostia - Edward Elgar

O Saviour of the World - John Goss

Salvation Unto Us Has Come - Johann Sebastian Bach

Victimae paschali laudes - Plainsong Mode I


 

Day of Pentecost: Early/Vigil Service | May 18 or 19

All Who Believe and Are Baptized - Johann Sebastian Bach

Come, Holy Ghost - Thomas Attwood

My Lord, What a Mornin - Spiritual 

O Taste and See - Thomas Pavlechko

Panis Angelicus - César Franck

 

Day of Pentecost | May 19

Come, Holy Ghost - Thomas Attwood

Hide Not Thou Thy Face – Richard Farrant

If Ye Love Me – Thomas Tallis

O Taste and See - Thomas Pavlechko 

Panis Angelicus - César Franck

Veni Creator Spiritus - Gregorian Chant

 

Trinity Sunday | May 26

(The First Sunday after Pentecost)

All Who Believe and Are Baptized - Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni

God So Loved the World - John Goss

God So Loved the World - John Stainer

O Bread of Life From Heaven - Johann Sebastian Bach