| The Service of Light | Lumen Christi (chanted) |
| Exsultet | Plainchant |
| After 1st reading (Genesis 1) | Send forth your spirit (Dean) |
| After 2nd reading (Exodus 14-15) | I will sing to the Lord (Boulton Smith) |
| After 3rd reading (Isaiah 55: come to the water) | With joy you shall draw water (Hurd) |
| After 4th reading (Ezekiel 36: I shall give you a new heart) | Like the deer (mcb) |
| Gloria | Mass of the Creator Spirit (Nowak) |
| Easter Alleluia + Psalm 117 | Plainchant, verses by Paul Inwood |
| Litany of the Saints | Gélineau/Kelly |
| Blessing of the Font | Springs of Water (Haugen) |
| Sprinkling | Vidi Aquam (Victoria) |
| Preparation of the Gifts | Christus Resurgens (Lassus) |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Missa Ubi Caritas (Hurd) |
| Agnus Dei | Missa Ubi Caritas (Hurd) |
| Communion | How can I repay the Lord (Dean) |
| Dismissal | Go in the peace of Christ, Alleluia (chanted) |
| Final Hymn | Thine be the Glory |
The Easter Vigil is a musical banquet, and I'd like to think we had something for every taste, from Victoria and Lassus to Paul Inwood and Bob Hurd. Christus Resurgens is a juggernaut of a piece, at least it was the way we did it: brimming with Easter joy, with the organ doubling the voices. The text is that of the New Testament reading from Romans 6: Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
Marty Haugen's Springs of Water, in tandem with Victoria's Vidi Aquam, seem to cover all the bases. We left out the verse mentioning bogs (in the Haugen; I don't think Victoria has any).
Bob Hurd's With joy you shall draw water sets the refrain from Isaiah 12, but has another text for the verses. So we used Bob's refrain, but had the cantor chant the text from Isaiah in between, using a melodic line that echoes the refrain. It worked well.
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