Help me compile my first hymn playlist.

[firesoforion]

Hi everyone, I'm relatively new here, and in many ways relatively new to Christianity. I'm really trying to learn new ways to praise God, and I really feel like hymns and songs should play a crucial role in that. I've been loving reading through this forum, but there is just SO MUCH CHRISTIAN MUSIC OUT THERE! That is really exciting, and I look forward to listening to more and more as time goes on but right now, I'm quite overwhelmed.

So I'd really like some help getting started. Tell me the hymns and songs I should put on my first playlist, that I should really get acquainted with first, whether they're the classics (I pretty much know Amazing Grace, which I just love ) or just your absolute favorites.

Thank you so much everybody!

 

[spero]

Hey there,

Praise God... It sounds like you've had some life-changing things happen. I love hymns. I'm also a musician, so I like to spend some time making new arrangements of my favorite hymns. Here are my favorites. Enjoy and God bless.

Abide With Me
Abide With Me (music and lyrics) - YouTube
Holy Holy Holy
Holy, holy, holy (music and lyrics) - YouTube
Cleanse Me
Cleanse Me (Search me, O God) Lyrics and Music - YouTube
Jesus Loves Me (I know it is a children's song, but it is still awesome)
"Jesus Loves Me" (Lyrics and Music) - YouTube
Abide With Me (an animation I made)
Abide With Me hymn arrangement - YouTube

 

[spero]

Hey there,

Praise God... It sounds like you've had some life-changing things happen. I love hymns. I'm also a musician, so I like to spend some time making new arrangements of my favorite hymns. Here are my favorites. Enjoy and God bless.

Abide With Me
Abide With Me (music and lyrics) - YouTube
Holy Holy Holy
Holy, holy, holy (music and lyrics) - YouTube
Cleanse Me
Cleanse Me (Search me, O God) Lyrics and Music - YouTube
Jesus Loves Me (I know it is a children's song, but it is still awesome)
"Jesus Loves Me" (Lyrics and Music) - YouTube
Abide With Me (an animation I made)
Abide With Me hymn arrangement - YouTube

 

[firesoforion]

Hi,

Thank you so much! Those are exactly what I was looking for and your arrangements and singing are just beautiful. God has truly blessed you with musical and artistic talent! God bless.

 

[spero]

You are most welcome. I wish I could post them somewhere for you to download. I'm sure you can find some really good versions though.

 

[spero]

Hi there, I just wanted to share one more with you. I've really loved this hymn for a long time. -Bryan
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty - YouTube

 

[beaverpond]

Not knowing what type of computer program you are using, you can download them from YouTube by using RealPlayer.

I just posted 10 YouTube Videos that Alan Jackson has done as he is one of mine and my wife's favorite artists. He has a couple CDs out that are nothing but Hymns. He has close to 30 hymns out there currently and that does not include any Christmas ones.

This is the thread where you can find 10 of them... http://www.christianforums.com/t7792042/
They start at post #6 and there are 3 to 4 videos per post.

 

[firesoforion]

Bryan, thanks for that one, too! It's beautiful!

beaverpond, thanks! I will definitely be listening to all of them soon.

 

[seashale76]

My favorite protestant hymns:
Miserere Mei Deus - YouTube
^Psalm 50
Bach: Jesu, Priceless Treasure (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) - YouTube
Fairest Lord Jesus (The Hastings College Choir) - YouTube
Holy! Holy! Holy! (King's College Choir) - YouTube
J.S. Bach. St. Matthew Passion. "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded". Choir of King's College. - YouTube
'Crown Him With Many Crowns' Pipe Organ St. Dominic's Chapel Providence College - YouTube
St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir(UK) - For all the Saints(Hymn).wmv - YouTube
O God Our Help In Ages Past - YouTube
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany) — Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford - YouTube
King's College Choir Cambridge: Now Thank We All Our God - YouTube
Be Thou My Vision - Ancient Irish Hymn from 8th Century by 4Him - YouTube

 

[seashale76]

Orthodox Church music is quite different than what you're used to. Older and certainly more Byzantine. My favorites.

The Phos Hilarion (O Gladsome Light) is the oldest known Christian hymn:
O Gladsome Light Byzantine Chant - YouTube

Our Father:
The Lord's Prayer- Kedrov (English) - YouTube

The Trisagion Hymn:
Fr Apostolos Hill - Trisagion Hymn (Orthodox Hymn In English) - YouTube

The Cherubic Hymn:
Cherubic Hymn- A. Kastorsky (English) - YouTube

Thy Bridal Chamber:
Thy Bridal Chamber (English) - YouTube

Behold The Bridegroom:
Behold the Bridegroom - YouTube
Archangel Voices - Behold, the Bridegroom (English) - YouTube

The Paschal Canon (Easter):
Orthodox Easter - YouTube

Christ is Risen:
Christos Anesti (English, Greek) - YouTube

Come Receive the Light - Deute Labete Fws - YouTube
Come receive the Light (different languages) + Thy Resurrection - YouTube

Thy Resurrection:
Thy Resurrection, O Christ Our Saviour : A Russian Orthodox Christian Pascha (Easter) Chant - YouTube

As Many As Have Been Baptized Into Christ:
As many have been baptised into Christ - in various languages - YouTube

The Anaphora (Holy, Holy, Holy- Lord of Sabbaoth)- it's in Slavonic as I couldn't find this in English- sorry:
Beautiful Russian Orthodox Chant Valaam Православие Валаам - YouTube

National Lutheran Choir - Salvation is Created - YouTube

By the Waters of Babylon - YouTube

O Son of God Risen From the Dead (Only-begotten Son). Ancient Byzantine Hymns (Orthodox Chant. - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTxs-FezCBY