The final note of this one at the end of a long beautiful Easter vigil is the high point of my whole year.
Also Chris the Lord is Risen Today –
Made like Him/like Him we rise
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!
The final note of this one at the end of a long beautiful Easter vigil is the high point of my whole year.
Also Chris the Lord is Risen Today –
Made like Him/like Him we rise
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!
Amazing Grace on bagpipes.
Jerusalem.
I’ll confess to not being keen on “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.” A bit too triumphalist for me, I think.
Seconded.
What, we have some of those?
Yes, indeed.
I’ll also suggest:
Lord of All Hopefulness
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Nice, yes.
I really liked the rendition sung at Indycar driver Dan Wheldon’s memorial service, televised on ESPN IIRC. A band, country band I think, with female lead singer and two male vocal backups. Beautiful, very moving. Great harmony.
A while back I tried finding a video of it, but could not. Does anyone have a link?
It’s awfully hard to list favorites. So instead I’ll list the four that will be sung at my funeral. If I didn’t like them I wouldn’t have them at my last hurrah.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Thine is the Glory(Sung to the tune of Ode to Joy)
A Mighty Fortress is Our God.
I was born Lutheran, that last one might just edge out the others for favorite. But there’s a ton of other hymns I love to sing. Sometimes it depends on what season of the church year it is.
I just had a flashback to Mass in the 80s…
My four are:
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
What Wondrous Love Is This (and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on)
How Can I Keep From Singing?
Sing With All the Saints in Glory
I’m the worst singer evah so that must be why I gravitate to songs about singing – my mom wished for perfect eyesight in heaven, I wish for perfect pitch and a pleasant voice
Did it involve liturgical dance by the popular girls who took dance class? :rolleyes:
Hymn of Promise (That one always chokes me up.)
For All the Saints Who From Their Labors Rest
Simple Gifts (my wedding processional)
Come O Thou Traveler Unknown
Lord of the Dance
And Can It Be (A minister in my church once called it “the Methodist Church fight song”)
How Can I Keep from Singing?
The Holy City
God Is Our Strength and Refuge, aka The Dam Busters Theme. I like hitting and holding the last note a full octave higher than the choir. Makes every head in the church turn around!
I’m sorry.
Hopefully LWIBR will forgive you.
Another vote here for How Can I Keep From Singing? That’s a fun one, we sing it with upbeat tempo.
Dendarii Dame, +1 for The Holy City.
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
This is the definitive version of Silent Night. It is achingly beautiful:
How Great Thou Art. Sung at my dad’s funeral. Reduces me to a wet blob.
Bringing in the Sheaves.
In the Garden.
In My Heart (There Rings a Melody)