Augsburg Fortress

Have Mercy on Me

Clayton White composes a gentle and reverent gospel ballad reflecting on an adaptation of Psalm 51. The choir sings the psalm verses with a solo voice responding, “Have mercy, O God.”

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Ash Wednesday; Lent & Holy Week; Psalms

O Jerusalem!

Wayne Wold wrote the poetry of this dramatic and stirring anthem while visiting the Holy Land and musically captures all the emotion of the Passion story with intense and colorful text painting.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Lamb of God

Here is a choral gem for all choirs who enjoy singing in unison. And shouldn't all choirs be singing in unison occasionally? Teach your children this setting...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; Lent & Holy Week

9780800638375

Take Up Your Cross

Set to a lilting Scottish folk tune, Anthony Giamanco writes easy choral music appropriate for high school through adult. The clear and clean writing makes this...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

9780800678968

Ah, Holy Jesus

Classic John Ferguson. Easy, yet very effective with a recurring bass ostinato. This work is included on the hymn festival recording from ALCM which was completed in 1994.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Wondrous Love

This popular American folk hymn is simple in nature, with a profound message of love emanating from the text. The a capella setting opens with a soloist, before expanding...

Voicing: A cappella; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week

A Lenten Walk

A haunting setting of the familiar American spiritual, Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley. The timpani ostinato is a wonderful addition to a very easy, yet...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

9780800654481

Lamb of God

F. Melius Christiansen's arrangement features a German chorale matched to a Lenten text. Simple, yet beautiful lines offer a piece that's easy to learn and a joy to hear.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Ride On, King Jesus

An annual favorite. This arrangement of the traditional spiritual features a soprano solo and an infectious Coda in which the choir is divided into several...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Passion/Palm Sunday

9780800652623

Said Judas to Mary

This imaginative setting of a hymn by Sydney Carter recounts Mary anointing the feet of Jesus and our call to care for neighbors.

Voicing: A cappella; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: General

9781506445717

Just As I Am

David Barton crafts a new tune for a familiar hymn text in this anthem.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week

Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days

A beautiful anthem based on an English folk tune, perfect for Ash Wednesday or any time throughout Lent.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Ash Wednesday; Lent & Holy Week

God So Loved the World

One of the most well-known bible verses, the text is set to a flourishing two-part arrangement. Optional handbells add additional interest. A beautiful...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

9780800621445

Create in Me a Clean Heart

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

9780800645847

Give Me Jesus

A moving and highly effective setting of the traditional spiritual. Duets between the tenors and basses in the second verse and between the altos and sopranos...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: General

9780800645274

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

John Carter combines a new melody with a familiar text to create a beautiful, rich anthem.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Good Friday; Lent & Holy Week; Three Days

What Wondrous Love Is This

In this composition, Amy Lynne Engelsdorfer presents a lovely and imaginative setting of a beloved text.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week

9781506445779

Three Holy Days

Pairing a text by Sister Delores Dufner with a Southern Harmony tune, Michael Burkhardt gives us a simple and effective setting that deals with the Three Days (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter) as a whole.

Voicing: A cappella; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Easter; Lent & Holy Week

9781506414003

Every Time I Think About Jesus

A wonderful bass solo starts this unaccompanied arrangement of the traditional spiritual. Hushed opening builds to an enthusiastic declaration of the triumph of...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

9780800652616

The Lamb

John Ferguson has crafted a sensitive setting of this William Blake poem that is gentle and profound.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas; Easter; Lent & Holy Week

9781506447544