I did, and I loved the Holy God We Praise Thy Name."

No one seems to have posted anything yet, eft. Richmond doing well?
@Paul- you are always ever the gentleman, Paul. I considered every comment and don't think I was off base. If you were in the cathedral, do the songleaders' audio output dominate as much as on media?

I can't speak to the Los Angeles cathedral, but in other churches where balance seems decent enough to me as a PIP, cantors seemed grossly overmic'd on television.

(Save the Liturgy, Save the World)

JM, I didn't come into the telecast until the remarks of the nuncio and the archbishop, so I had no idea that MoC must have been the "Glory." Yeesh. They could've given Paul Ford a nod and done a Psalitte setting.
Oh, and my early onset was showing that I forgot "Great is the Lord" is Toolan, not Deiss. All I could think of was remembering that tune as the great ode to the pentatonic scale. And thanks to "Some call me "Tim, Tim the Enchanter'", I now know the choral Offertory was Craig Courtney. I don't regard Courtney as a publisher's mercenary, he's written some fine stuff for church choirs, but this work seemed a little too English precious. And that was the first occasion to hear the (in)famous Misa Luna. And the last.
I didn't recognize the Magnificat. No surprise it's Haas using the famed Alice Parker/Marty Haugen cum Copland "Americana" melodic approach. I think it would've been cooler if they'd done the St Gregory SSA version.
And the Grosser Gott, sweeter to know in that maestro Ferguson I believe just passed away. Too bad there was all that applause.
In the end, it was pure LA, all over the map and you need GPS.

My first thought from looking at the program is that His Excellency, Bishop O'Connell, completely looks the part. Some other bishops just don't look... quite... episcopal... when they're first ordained/consecrated. Bishop O'Connell looks like he was a Bishop long before this.

Oh, early onset again, David. I thought someone at St. Olaf's passed away recently. My apologies and thanks.

it doesn't feel right to me at an ordination.

This.

It seems to me that the relevant questions about this selection are: 1) is the text a good paraphrase; 2) is the tune a good one? A negative response to either question would seem to rule out the setting for any Mass, not just an ordination Mass.

My concern isn't with the text (I think it's fine) or the tune (I like the tune) or the Magnificat in general; my sense is that this particular setting is too light and lilting to fit comfortably in this particular context (an episcopal ordination Mass at a cathedral). I feel like you need something a bit heftier tunewise there.