Concordia, 1957. 98-1365
9 compositions
Composed: 1956
Contents:
I will Cry unto God (Ash Wednesday)
choir SAB
He shall call upon Me (Invocavit)
solo B, organ, choir SAB
Remember, O Lord (Reminiscere)
choir SSA, organ
Mine Eyes are ever toward the Lord (Oculi)
solo S, organ
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem (Laetare)
choir SAB, organ
Judge Me, O God (Judica)
solo B, organ, choir SAB
Be Not Thou Far From Me (Palmarum)
choir SAB, organ
God forbid that I should glory (Maundy Thursday)
choir SATB
Surely He Hath Borne (Good Friday)
choir SATB
Concordia, 1958. 98-1461
choir SSAB
motets
8 movements
Contents:
Alleluia! Remember, O Lord (Advent)
Alleluia! Let the Heavens Rejoice (Christmas)
Alleluia! Oh, Praise the Lord (Epiphany)
Christ Hath Humbled Himself (Passion)
Alleluia! Christ Our Passover (Easter)
(also publ. separately in 1973 as 98-2207)
Alleluia! Thou Sendest Forth Thy Spirit (Whitsuntide)
Alleluia! O Lord, Deal With Thy Servant (Trinity I)
Alleluia! Blessed Be the Lord God (Trinity II)
Concordia, 1958. 97-6273
choir SATB
Composed: 1956
Sung by the Wittenberg Choir on its ÒAround the World TourÓ 1966.
The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation
Concordia, 1961. 97-6339
choir SATB/SATB
motet
Text: Psalm 27:1 2, 5, 7, 9, 13-14
Composed: Feb. 1955 (German), Nov. 1955 (replaced German text with English)
Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Theodore Hoelty-Nickel
[This piece was to have been sung by the Thomanerchor from Leipzig for the 1000–year festival in LŸneburg in 1956, but due to the difficult negotiations between West and East Germany (printing, providing the choir with music from the West, etc.) op. 7 no. 2 was performed instead.]
This is BenderÕs first double-choir composition and the first piece to which he assigned an opus number.
Though composed in 1955, Bender first heard this piece performed in Chapel at Valparaiso on May 4, 1979. On the bulletin from that service, Bender also wrote "und Dr. Hoelty-Nickel hšrte es ebenfalls zum 1. Mal."
[The German version seems to have been lost]
Concordia, 1960. 97-6325, instr. 97-6345—97-6351
choir SATB, 5 pt. brass, organ
motet
Composed: Feb. 3, 1959
Dedicated to Edward Klammer
Concordia, 1957. 97-6278,
(instr. parts): 97-6288—97-6294
choir SSATB and 5 pt. brass choir
motet
Dedicated to Robert Bergt
ÒDieses scheint meine beliebteste Komposition in USA zu sein. Innerhalb von 5 Jahren wurden Ÿber 5000 Partituren verkauft.Ó
(This seems to be my best loved composition in the USA. Over 5,000 scores were purchased within five years.)
--Jan Bender Werkverzeichnis 2
Come, Holy Ghost
Concordia, 1961. 97-1443,
(instr. parts): 97-4535—97-4540
organ, 6 pt. brass, cymbals, timpani
Tune: Komm, Heiliger Geist
3 movements
Commissioned by Ed Klammer for the dedication of (his) new church in St. Louis, dedicated to Hans Stolper, who rehearsed op. 7 no. 2 with about 40 brass choirs in 1956.
Premier performance: June 8, 1960 in St. Johannis, LŸneburg. Volker Gwinner, conductor; Jan Bender, organist; North German Radio Brass Ensemble, LŸneburg students, percussion.
Third movement later adapted as part of opus 85.