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Email a FriendMy daugher like the song that has the refrain - ‘where you there when they crusified my Lord’. I think that is the name also. I personally am not fond of many Lenten (pre-Easter) songs, they seem to make me cry. I really like the happy tunes much better.
Music For Holy Week
what are your favorites?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:00 PM
We often discuss Advent & Christmas music here, but some of the most hauntingly gorgeous melodies ever written honor Christ’s Passion.
Above is Ah, Holy Jesus, which is my current favorite.
Here are the lyrics.
The second verse I find absolutely devastating (and cathartic). The line, “I crucified thee,” which resolves the melodic tension of the previous measures, sends chills up my spine and puts me instantly into a mode of reverence and worship.
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
that we to judge thee have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted!
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee!
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee;
I crucified thee.
Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered.
For our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
For me, kind Jesus, was thy incarnation,
thy mortal sorrow, and thy life’s oblation;
thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,
for my salvation.
Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee,
I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee,
think on thy pity and thy love unswerving,
not my deserving.
What music most moves you during Holy Week? Share your favorites!
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Posted by Mary Therese on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 1:43 PM (EDT):
For Thursday, love Pange Linga and many of the traditional Eucharistic hymns, including those for Benediction. For Friday—I’ve heard several versions of Via Dolorosa that bring me to tears. Yet, I still also appreciate the simple tune of Stabat Mater (At the Cross her Station Keeping) and its myriads of verses.
Posted by Marie M on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 1:44 PM (EDT):
That’s a beautiful hymn—and I’ve never heard it before. We’ll add it to our repertoire. I also love O Sacred Head Surrounded. Here’s one we sang just the other day:
Glory Be to Jesus by Friedrich Filitz
Glory be to Jesus, Who in bitter pains
Poured for me the life-blood
From His sacred veins!
Grace and life eternal in that blood I find,
Blest be His compassion
Infinitely kind!
Blest through endless ages be the precious stream
Which from sin and sorrow
Doth the world redeem!
Oft as earth exulting wafts its praise on high,
Angel hosts rejoicing,
Make their glad reply.
Lift ye then your voices; swell the mighty flood;
Louder still and louder
Praise the precious blood. Amen.
Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 3:51 PM (EDT):
“I Thirst” by Tajci - http://idobelieve.com/home.shtml
My most favorite Lenten song!!!
Posted by daria sockey on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 9:45 PM (EDT):
I love all the above, but here’s a haunting round that not everyone knows. I first learned it in high school choir, and it’s a Good Friday standard in my parish. It’s called When Jesus Wept. The lyrics:
When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound.
When Jesus groaned a trembling fear seized all the guilty world around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOVSfYFhNZw&feature=related
Posted by Arwen Mosher on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 10:04 PM (EDT):
“Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted” (lyrics here - warning, link plays music) is one of my favorites. I also listen to a collection of songs from Michael Card’s *The Life* album - lots of meditations on the events of Holy Week there, and I’ve loved the songs since I was a little girl.
Posted by MusicMama on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 10:36 PM (EDT):
Love, love, love these:
Take My Mother Home - beautiful spiritual, hard to find a good arrangement on youtube, but I have great memories as a child of my parent’s choir singing this hymn in a very powerful arrangement.
The entire Pergolesi Stabat Mater is beautiful beyond words
“The Crucifixion” by Samuel Barber from his Hermit Songs
Posted by Buy Tuxedo Shirts on Thursday, Apr 21, 2011 6:23 AM (EDT):
A personal fav of mine is Good Friday Music by Wagner.
Note: I won’t have email access for a few days but look forward to Monday when I can see your responses and comment on them. Happy Easter, everyone!
Posted by Mississauga limo on Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 1:00 AM (EDT):
You mentioned JS Bach’s Easter Cantata - how about his delectable Easter Oratorio (BWV 249) - there’s a magnificent recording available, performed by Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir (Ton Koopman) - it’s as chocolaty as Easter eggs!
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