--- title: "Music Calendar 2023: Year A – Lent" description: "Choral, piano, and organ music suggestions for the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A- 2023: Lent" image: https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/hubfs/Augsburg_Fortress/AF_Music/AF_Blog_Featured_Images-300x175/Lent%20%20Feb%2022%2c%202023%20through%20Apr.%205%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 2023: Year A – Lent](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/music-calendar-2023-year-a-lent) Dec 13, 2022, 2:23:24 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/). **February 22 - Ash Wednesday** - VOCAL SOLO "From Depths of Woe" (from, [New Songs of Gladness: Vocal Solos for Worship](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/search?ss=New+Songs+of+Gladness%3A+Vocal+Solos+for+Worship&c=0)) John Dowland, arr. K. Lee Scott - ANTHEM "Consecrated, Lord, to Thee" 2-part mixed, piano (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 Wold - ANTHEM [Have Mercy on Me](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/1991/Have-Mercy-on-Me) (SATB, solo, piano) Clayton White - PIANO "Savior, When in Dust to You" (from, [Endless Song: Accessible Piano Settings](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506426433/Endless-Song-Accessible-Piano-Settings)) Jerry Van der Pol - PIANO "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded/Our Father, We Have Wandered" (from, [Hymns of Joy and Grace, Volume 2: Piano Settings for Lent and Easter](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487304/Hymns-of-Joy-and-Grace-Volume-2-Piano-Settings-for-Lent-and-Easter)) Sylvia B. Oines - ORGAN "Supplication" (from [F. Melius Christiansen Organ Anthology](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506479934/F-Melius-Christiansen-Organ-Anthology)) F. Melius Christiansen **February 26 - First Sunday in Lent** - ANTHEM [Jesus, Lover of My Soul](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/1048/Jesus-Lover-of-My-Soul) (SAB, piano) David Greatrix - ANTHEM [Forty Days and Forty Nights](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/1203/Forty-Days-and-Forty-Nights) (SATB, organ) Franklin Ashdown - ANTHEM [I Want Jesus to Walk With Me](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/1856/I-Want-Jesus-to-Walk-With-Me) (SATB) Christopher Aspaas - PIANO "Glory Be to Jesus" (from,[In Praise of Love: Piano Settings for Lent and Easter](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487359/In-Praise-of-Love-Piano-Settings-for-Lent-and-Easter)) Zach Unke - ORGAN HYMN ACCOMPANIMENT "Slane" (from, [Awake and Sing: Hymn Introductions and Accompaniments](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487366/Awake-and-Sing-Hymn-Introductions-and-Accompaniments)) Eric Wall - ORGAN "Erhalt uns, Herr" (from, [Augsburg Organ Library Series 2 Lent](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506448107/Augsburg-Organ-Library-Series-2-Lent)) G. Winston Cassler **March 5 - Second Sunday in Lent** - VOCAL SOLO "Give Me Jesus" (from [To God Will I Sing: Vocal Solos for the Church Year](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9780800674335/To-God-Will-I-Sing-Vocal-Solos-for-the-Church-Year-Medium-High)) David Cherwien - ANTHEM God So Loved the World (SAB, keyboard, 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 Wold - ANTHEM [What Wondrous Love Is This](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506445779/What-Wondrous-Love-Is-This) (SATB, piano) Amy Lynne Engelsdorfer - PIANO "God So Loved the World" (from, [Near the Cross: Piano Settings](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506448053/Near-the-Cross-Piano-Settings)) Terry D. Wilson - PIANO "I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus" (from, [At the Name of Jesus: Piano Settings](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506448046/At-the-Name-of-Jesus-Piano-Settings)) Zach Unke - ORGAN "If You But Trust in God to Guide You" (from, [A Walter Pelz Organ Anthology](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506448039/A-Walter-Pelz-Organ-Anthology)) Walter L. Pelz **March 12 - Third Sunday in Lent** - ANTHEM [Come and Seek the Ways of Wisdom](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2066/Come-and-Seek-the-Ways-of-Wisdom) (Two-part mixed, piano, flute) Thomas Paulson - ANTHEM [Rock of Ages](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2014/Rock-of-Ages) (SATB, organ) Michael Burkhardt - ANTHEM [Guide My Feet](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2067/Guide-My-Feet) (SATB) Clayton White - PIANO "Beach Spring" (from, [Hymn Settings for the Year: 55 Piano Gems](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506413693/Hymn-Settings-for-the-Year-55-Piano-Gems)) Timothy Shaw - PIANO "O Blessed Spring" (from, [Piano Weavings, Volume 2](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506413723/Piano-Weavings-Volume-2)) Sherri Hansen - ORGAN "O God, You Search Me" (from[Draw Us In: Organ Settings](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506466095/Draw-Us-In-Organ-Settings)) David Lasky **March 19 - Fourth Sunday in Lent** - ANTHEM [Hear My Voice, O Lord](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506445656/Hear-My-Voice-O-Lord) (SAB, piano, inst.) Jayne Southwick Cool - ANTHEM [We Shall Walk through the Valley](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2075/We-Shall-Walk-through-the-Valley) (SATB) Undine Smith Moore - ANTHEM [Steal Away](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506447483/Steal-Away) (SATB, piano, oboe) Robert A. Benson - PIANO "O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come" (from, [Piano Reflections on Hymns of Healing](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506448060/Piano-Reflections-on-Hymns-of-Healing)) Anne Krentz Organ - ORGAN "Song" (from [F. Melius Christiansen Organ Anthology](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506479934/F-Melius-Christiansen-Organ-Anthology)) F. Melius Christiansen - ORGAN "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" (from,[Ten Organ Chorales in the Schübler Tradition](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506469218/Ten-Organ-Chorales-in-the-Schubler-Tradition)) J. S. Bach, ed. Marilyn Biery **March 26 - Fifth Sunday in Lent** - ANTHEM [Love's Endeavor, Love's Expense](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/productgroup/2070/Loves-Endeavor-Loves-Expense) (Two-part mixed, piano, inst.) Russell Schulz-Widmar - ANTHEM [Love and Mercy](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9780800638696/Love-and-Mercy) (SA(T)B, oboe, organ) Walter L. Pelz - ANTHEM [Out of the Depths](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451479430/Out-of-the-Depths) (SATB, organ, inst.) Robert A. Benson - PIANO "What Wondrous Love Is This" (from, [Hymns of Joy and Grace, Volume 2: Piano Settings for Lent and Easter](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487304/Hymns-of-Joy-and-Grace-Volume-2-Piano-Settings-for-Lent-and-Easter)) Sylvia B. Oines - ORGAN "Aus tiefer Not" (from, [Augsburg Organ Library Series 2 Lent](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506448107/Augsburg-Organ-Library-Series-2-Lent)) Barbara Harbach - ORGAN "Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior" (from, [Christ Is the Life: Organ Settings for the Church Year](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506487328/Christ-Is-the-Life-Organ-Settings-for-the-Church-Year)) Brenda Portman 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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