Eucharist

Music suitable for Holy Communion:

Motets and anthems

  • Dixon, Sakari. Gloria.

    Latin, SSAT, 1:37, medium difficulty. [Listen (Soundcloud)] “Gloria in excelsis Deo” is the entire text. Contact Sakari Dixon via her website for enquiries.

  • Partlan, Susan. Ave verum corpus, 2014.

    Latin, SATB, 2:50, medium difficulty. [Download from CPDL] [Listen (Soundcloud)] [Listen (Youtube)] A meditative piece with some very exposed harmony in some places.

  • Martin, Stephanie. Ave Verum Corpus.

    Latin, SATB, 1:55, medium difficulty. [Order from Cypress Choral Music] [Listen (Soundcloud)]

  • Martin, Stephanie. O Salutaris Hostia.

    Words by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). Latin, SATB, 1:20, medium difficulty. [Order from Cypress Choral Music] [Listen (Soundcloud)] Also suitable for Corpus Christi.

  • Martin, Stephanie. O Sacrum Convivium.

    Words by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). Latin, SSATB, 1:53, medium difficulty. [Order from Cypress Choral Music] [Listen (Soundcloud)]

  • Martin, Stephanie. Tantum Ergo.

    Words by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). Latin, SSA or TTB or SAB, 1:54, medium difficulty. [Order from Cypress Choral Music] [Listen (Soundcloud)]

  • Phillips, Sheena. The Voice of Jesus.

    Words by Horatius Bonar. English, SATB with flute obbligato, 5:20, medium difficulty. [Perusal score] [Listen (Soundcloud)] Commissioned by First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio, 2006. Part of Easter Service which also comprises an introit, anthem, offertory and postlude. Contact Sheena Phillips for performance score and enquiries.

  • Phillips, Sheena. Love Triptych.

    Words by Anonymous — medieval. English, SATB with divisi, 6:30, challenging. Purchase score and listen to a sample at Lorenz. The first movement, Bliss (2m00s), sings of Jesus as “my heart’s love” and is suitable for quite general use as an anthem. The third movement, A Greater Love (3m15s), is particularly suitable as a communion or Lenten anthem. The work as a whole is most suitable for Lent.

  • Rose, Kathryn. Christ Has No Body Now On Earth But Ours.

    Words by Teresa d’Avila. English, SATB, 1:50, medium difficulty. [Download from CPDL] [Listen (Youtube)]

Mass settings

Hymns