Candlemas: A setting of Lumen Ad Revelationem - chant plus simple falsobordone
  • Hugh
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    Here's a version of Lumen I've put together combining the set chant with the second half of Victoria's mode 8 falsobordone.

    Sometimes the distribution of candles takes a while at our EF mass, and while the chant is lovely, repeating it over and over gets a bit monotonous. Hopefully this will offer some relief. I like to keep the antiphon as chant as hopefully the congregation picks it up and sings along during the distribution.

    It should be feasible even for less experienced SATB choirs.
    Lumen Ad Revelationem Victoria.pdf
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    Lumen Mode 8.mp3
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  • chonakchonak
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    A fine idea: thank you!
  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    Thank you! It takes about 8-10min at our parish. So this is very handy
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    This is super cool. Thanks!
  • RoborgelmeisterRoborgelmeister
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    The priest handed the candle to me with his left hand (how sinister), which made it difficult to osculate.
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  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    We used this last night to good success. Thanks again!
  • Hugh
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    Thanks, MaryAnn - same here: had the desired effect of giving relief to the chant.

    Since Candlemas, I've now discovered on cpdl a very pretty setting of the antiphon ("Lumen") by the Spanish/Mexican 16th c composer Hernando Franco which I think would go very well with this. It's 5 parts (SATTB), one of the parts being the "Lumen" chant as a cantus firmus.

    Next year I plan to sing it after the canticle is completed, as a kind of ornate summation.

    The CPDL setting is in C, I've transposed it down to B flat to fit in with the Victoria falsobordone setting. Transposition and mp3 attached.

    Isn't it great when you go to address a longstanding "bug" in the repertoire (here, the monotony of singing the Canticle over and over in chant) ... and out pops a "feature"!

    Lumen Ad Revelationem Franco SATTB.pdf
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    Lumen Ad Revelationem Franco SATTB.mp3
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