--- title: "Music Calendar 2022/23: Year A – Christmas" description: "Choral, piano, and organ music suggestions for the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A - 2022/2023: Christmas" image: https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/hubfs/Augsburg_Fortress/AF_Music/AF_Blog_Featured_Images-300x175/Christmas%20Dec.%2024%2c%202022%20through%20Jan.%206%2c%202023.png --- [![af-gray-logo](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Augsburg_Fortress/af-gray-logo.png?width=293&height=41&name=af-gray-logo.png "af-gray-logo")](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org) - [Music](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/tag/music) - [Worship](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/tag/worship) - [Education](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/tag/education) - [New Product Release](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/tag/new-product-release) - [Weekly Devotional](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/tag/weekly-devotional) - [Store](https://www.augsburgfortress.org) ## [Music Calendar 2022/23: Year A – Christmas](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/music-calendar-2022-23-year-a-christmas) Oct 24, 2022, 6:12:24 PM / by [Augsburg Fortress](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/author/augsburg-fortress) For each season of the church year we select Lectionary-based music ideas for choir, piano, and organ from the Augsburg Music Catalog. With each selection, you can expect:  - A link to the Augsburg Fortress website for each piece where you can view a sample, learn more, and make a purchase. - These suggestions are in addition to listings included in[**Sundays and Seasons**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/category/286268/Sundays-and-Seasons). - Many scores are available through a subscription to [**Prelude Music Planner**](https://preludemusicplanner.org/). **December 24 - Christmas Eve** - ANTHEM "This Night in David's City" (from [**Rejoice Now My Spirit**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/search?ss=rejoice+now+my+spirit%3A+medium&av000=642) ) Brahms/K. Lee Scott - ANTHEM [**"Still, Still, Still"**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2015/Still-Still-Still) (SAB) Chris Biemesderfer - ANTHEM [**"This Night"**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/1998/This-Night) (SATB) F. Melius Christiansen - PIANO "He Is Born," arr. Sylvia Oines, from [**Hymns of Joy and Grace, Volume 1: Piano Settings for Advent and Christmas**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487298/Hymns-of-Joy-and-Grace-Volume-1-Piano-Settings-for-Advent-and-Christmas) - PIANO & 4 RINGERS "’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime," arr. Anne Krentz Organ, from [**Four by Four Christmas: Carols for Piano and Four Ringers**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506466101/Four-by-Four-Christmas-Carols-for-Piano-and-Four-Ringers) - ORGAN "Lullaby on Christmas Eve," arr. F. Melius Christiansen, from [**F. Melius Christiansen Organ Anthology**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506479934/F-Melius-Christiansen-Organ-Anthology) **December 25 - Christmas Day** - ANTHEM "Yes! A Carol for Christmas" (Two-part mixed, from [**Take My Voice and Let Me Sing: Music for Smaller Ensembles**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506486628/Take-My-Voice-and-Let-Me-Sing-Music-for-Smaller-Ensembles) ) Wayne L. Wold - ANTHEM [**"Away in a Manger"**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2003/Away-in-a-Manger) (SAB) John Ferguson - ANTHEM [**"Unto Us a Child Is Born"**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2017/Unto-Us-a-Child-Is-Born) (SATB) Eugene W. Hancock - PIANO "Joy to the World," arr. John Helgen, [**The Earth Adorned: Piano Settings**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487281/The-Earth-Adorned-Piano-Settings) - PIANO/INST "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice," arr. Robert Powell, from Oh, [**How Joyfully: Carols from Austria and Germany for Flute and Keyboard**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506466118/Oh-How-Joyfully-Carols-from-Austria-and-Germany-for-Flute-and-Keyboard) - ORGAN "Love Has Come, Setting, Introduction and Harmony," arr. David Sims, from [**Wondrous Birth: Seven Hymn Settings for Organ**](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506413662/Wondrous-Birth-Seven-Hymn-Settings-for-Organ) **January 1 - First Sunday of Christmas/Name of Jesus** - ANTHEM [The Everlasting Light](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451499001/The-Everlasting-Light) (Two-part mixed) Nancy Raabe - ANTHEM [What Feast of Love](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2018/What-Feast-of-Love) (Two-part mixed) Brian Wentzel - ANTHEM [The Newborn King of Ages](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/1870/The-Newborn-King-of-Ages) (SATB) Richard Clemmitt - PIANO "Coventry Carol" (from [Hymns of Joy and Grace, Volume 1: Piano Settings for Advent and Christmas](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487298/Hymns-of-Joy-and-Grace-Volume-1-Piano-Settings-for-Advent-and-Christmas)) Sylvia B. Oines - ORGAN "Une Flambeau" (from [A Blue Cloud Abbey Christmas: Organ Book](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9780800659790/A-Blue-Cloud-Abbey-Christmas-Organ-Book)) Christopher Uehlein - ORGAN "From Heaven Above to Earth I Come" (from [Augsburg Organ Library Series 2: Christmas](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506448084/Augsburg-Organ-Library-Series-2-Christmas)) Lionel Rogg **January 6 - The Epiphany of Our Lord** - ANTHEM [Epiphany Carol](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9780800653910/Epiphany-Carol) (Unison) Bruce Neswick - ANTHEM [O Laughing Light](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451498929/O-Laughing-Light) (SAB) David Sims - ANTHEM [On Hills of Bethlehem](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506447667/On-Hills-of-Bethlehem) (SATB divisi) Robert Scholz - PIANO "We Three Kings" (from [A Gentle Christmas: Piano Carols](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506466149/A-Gentle-Christmas-Piano-Carols)) John Turner - ORGAN "Bright and Glorious Is the Sky" (from [God of the World: Hymn Tunes from Many Nations](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506457178/God-of-the-World-Hymn-Tunes-from-Many-Nations)) Edwin T. Childs - ORGAN "Brightest and Best of the Stars" (from [Christmas Carillon: Organ Carols for the Winter Seasons](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451499056/Christmas-Carillon-Organ-Carols-for-the-Winter-Seasons)) Harold Stover Topics: [Music Calendar](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/topic/music-calendar) ![Augsburg Fortress](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Augsburg%20Fortress/af-logo-gray.png?width=100&height=100&name=af-logo-gray.png) #### Written by [Augsburg Fortress](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/author/augsburg-fortress) Augsburg Fortress develops engaging resources for Lutheran congregations In our ministry as the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we create substantive and innovative materials to support the ministries of faith communities in communicating the good news of God's liberating grace. 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