For those of you who’ve been at any services this Holy Week, what hymns have you heard already?
And on Easter itself, what hymns will you/did you sing?
I’m pretty certain we’ll be singing one of variants of “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”, because I’ve never gone to an Anglican Easter service where that’s not been sung.
Can’t recall any specific Easter hymns which would have been sung in church every year. Oh wait, maybe Handel’s Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus?) But that would have been performed, not sung by the congregation.
Here’s a nice rendition by the Johann Strauss Orchestra and the Harlem Gospel Choir.
Just got back from the Easter Vigil service. Part of that service is a series of Scriptural readings that take you all through the history of God’s interaction with humanity. I may miss a couple but…
Let All Things Now Living
When Isreal Was in Egypt’s Land
Abide With Me
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Good Christians All Rejoice and Sing
Back when I was still Lutheran I never remember an Easter Sunday service without this hymn.
I just got back frm the Easter Vigil service, and the choir was lovely, but the only song they sang that the congregation also sang was Jesus Christ is Risen Today.
I prefer Alleluia Allelulia, Let the Holy Anthem Rise, but it’s not favored by the music director.
At mass this morning for Easter Sunday we sang:
We also sang Byrd’s setting of Haec Dies and his 5 voice mass. Then we finished off with the seasonal Marian antiphon Regina Coeli.
I’ve sung this one time, as a member of a choir. Did one verse as a solo. I really liked it, but it’s the only time I’ve ever seen it.
And I forgot to add that we’re doing a rather nice Palestrina Magnificat setting at Vespers this evening.
Whenever we sing “Now the Green Blade Riseth” I think it would make a nice pipe tune.
The French tune “Noel nouvelet”? That’s second up for us today (Walking In A Garden). The other three, in order, are:
Alleluia, alleluia! Hearts to heaven and voices raise, to “Lux Eoi”, one of Sullivan’s stirring hymn tunes.
Christ triumphant, ever reigning,to “Guiting Power”, also known as “Guiting Power [noparse][[/noparse]sic[noparse]][/noparse]” 
and
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son to “Maccabeus”, as though it would ever be sung to anything else.
I can be 100% confident that we’re having these, because I’m the organist. 
I’m sure I have heard it on the pipes, several years ago at Brigadoon, the Highland gathering that takes place near where my mother lives.
one of my favourites for Easter. We gave it a burl at the end of Vespers this evening.
My funeral plans are in a file at the church, since I’m the only member of my family that is Episcopal. The hymn above is one of the four I have listed to be sung, following the reading of the last verses of the eighth chapter of Romans.
We will be doing #382 in the Lutheran Book of Worship, Christ is Risen! Alleluia!, because I request it every year. And I stand up with all my brothers and sisters, and angels and archangels and all the company of heaven, and sing at the top of my voice.
He is risen!
Regards,
Shodan
Haven’t been to church yet, but already I’ve played Charles Wesley’s Christ the Lord is Risen Today and 2nd Chapter of Acts’ Easter Song for myself.
What does “give it a burl” mean in choral music? It’s one of the ornamental movements in piping.
if you somehow wander into an orthodox church, with in about the first few minutes after midnight you will have the paschal troparion memorized, no matter what ethnicity. through out the wee hours of the morning you will hear it over one hundred times.
it is also one of the few times there is back and forth with the priest and congregation as the priest announces “christ is risen” the church responds with “indeed he is risen”. any close neighbours of the church will sleepily say, oh yeah, there they go again, those orthodox. i am always amused by mass transit riders going past the churchs after midnight, seeing a bunch of people with candles shouting in various languages and bells pealing.
during great and holy week there are many favourites. thursday has “the wise thief”, friday has “the noble joseph” and “do not lament me”, saturday has “let all mortal flesh” and sunday has “thou hast fallen asleep”, “the angel cried”, and of course the paschal troparion “christ is risen” that will haunt you until ascension day.
Missed two from the Vigil Service
Surely It Is God Who Saves Me
Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks
I think I missed those latter two because they are, to me, easily forgettable. So sue me.
Today, during the Easter Sunday service, it was
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
At The Lamb’s High Feast(#174, to the Salzburg tune)
The Day of Resurrection(Ellacombe)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks
Christ is Alive
Now, I still have hopes for Thine is the Glory, or Now the Green Blade Rises Since Easter is a season and not just one day, we’ll have more hymns in the coming Sundays that look to it. As the dean said, “We’re open next week too1”
Handel’s Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus)
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
The Day of Resurrection
Wish I could tell you what they sang at the contemporary service.
Went to Catholic mass this morning. There were lots of hymns today (four during communion) but the only ones that stuck in my mind were Pan de Vida (English/Spanish composition, awkwardly IMHO) and one called Alleluia Alleluia (set to “Ode of Joy”) as the recessional. Then my opinion of Catholic hymnals is kind of low: if it’s not a translated Latin/folk song/Protestant hymn they aren’t very striking to me.