Another liturgical year is about to be in the books. Those of you who are celebrating this solemnity tomorrow, what’s on the line-up?
Here’s what we’re doing:
Processional: To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King Gloria: Carroll T. Andrews Psalm: Psalm 93, J. Philips Alleluia: Alleluia Solennelle, J. Gelineau Hymn at the Preparation: Christ is the King, O Friends, Rejoice! Parts: A Community Mass, R. Proulx Communion: Priestly People, L. Deiss Recessional: Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Processional: Alleluia, sing to Jesus Kyrie: Dalitz Missa Tribus Vocibus Gloria: Olbash Mass in honor of our Lady, Star of the Sea (known by congregation) Psalm 93 (my own setting) https://youtu.be/DMg2GJyAiCQ Alleluia For the Feast of Christ the King https://youtu.be/BseoiCeOCbo Offertory Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns (doing more hymns than usual as a peace offering to the congregation since we are doing a mostly polyphonic ordinary) Sanctus & Agnus: Dalitz Our Father: in English but transcribed to original Roman tone rather than the weird one most Americans do Communion Antiphon: Sedebit Dominus Communion Motet: Jesu, Rex Admirabilis (palestrina) Communion Hymn: Laudate Dominum https://youtu.be/DMg2GJyAiCQ End of mass: all kneel for the Laudes Regiæ then postlude
Prelude: Dignus es Agnus (Grad. Triplex, Choir) Introit: How worthy is the Lamb (St. Meinrad Psalm-tone, Mode III, with Congregation) Kyrie: Haydn, Kleine Orgelmesse* Gloria: Haydn, Kleine Orgelmesse Gradual: He shall rule from sea to sea (Arbogast Propers) Alleluia: Melsimatic Mode II (Parish Book of Chant, cf. Dies sanctificatus), verse from Lectionary Creed: Recited in English Offertory Antiphon: Ask of me (Weber) Hymn: Juz od rana Sanctus-Benedictus: Haydn, Kleine Orgelmesse Agnus Dei: Haydn, Kleine Orgelmesse Communion Antiphon: The Lord sits as king (Weber) Hymn during Communion: Klaniam sie tobie [Organ interlude(s)] Hymn of Praise: Jesus shall reign (DUKE STREET) Exposition: O Salutaris (WERNER) [Consecration to the Sacred Heart] Benediction: Tantum ergo (ST. THOMAS) Reposition Antiphon: Niechaj bedzie pochwalony Recessional Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds descending (HELMSLEY) Postlude: something, maybe a Prelude & Fugue by Carl Czerny.
* Instruments unable to join us this year, so keyboard-reduction for accompaniment
Introit: Dignus est Agnus (GN) Kyrie: Missa VIII Gloria: Missa VIII Readings: Verbum Domini Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 93, Regnavit Dominus (PM and GS) Alleluia: Chants Abréges, Benedictus qui venit Offertory: Postula a me (GN) Sanctus: Missa VIII Mysterium fidei: Mortem tuam Doxology: Per ipsum Pater noster + Quia tuum Agnus Dei: Missa VIII Communion: Sedebit Dominus (GN) with psalm verses
Presentation of the Lord Catholic Church Montgomery, Texas The Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
Prelude - Agincourt Hymn (Dustable) Propers - from Divine Worship: The Gradual (working draft) Ordinary - Missa Tribus Vocibus, Dalitz Entrance Hymn - Praise to the Holiest in the Height NEWMAN Offertory Anthem - Laudes Regiae (trad.) Communion Hymn - The Royal Banners Forward Go VEXILLA REGIS Communion Motet - Jesu Rex Admirabilis (attr. Palestrina) Closing Hymn - Crown Him With Many Crowns DIADEMATA Postlude - Menuet Gothique (Boellmann)
Benediction and Triumphal Procession around the Church property
Chris, these are the selections at the Cathedral parish this weekend, so not my own. I realize that wasn’t clear when I said “Here’s what we’re doing.” I often attend Mass at the Cathedral. Love the music they do.
Could you redirect my question, then, to address it thusly: "When the choir master (or whoever's in charge) chose this music, was the diversity of genres intentional or accidental?" Serviam, you see, planned more hymns because he was using a polyphonic ordinary, so the "balance" was intentional.
St Bede's Clapham Park, London 11am EF (24th and last Sunday after Pentecost).
INT. Dicit Dominus (Issac setting sung in full with G.P.) KYR. Mass XI GLO. Mass XI GRAD. Liberasti nos, Domine (chant from G.R. 1924) ALL. De profundis (Issac setting sung in full with chant for first alleluia) CR. Credo IV OFF. De profundis (Palestrina setting) Off Motet. Quando Deus (Hymn for the last part of the year) SAN. Mass XI AGN. Mass XI COM. Amen dico vobis. (Isaac setting with chant psalm verses and chant setting for the G.R.) ITE. Mass XI Prayer for the Queen Marian Anthem. Salve Regina, Palestrina
St. James in Madison GA did the following at 9am OF Mass today.
Prelude: One of a billion generic French baroque preludes Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns Introit: Dignus est Agnus (GR) Kyrie: Missa VIII Gloria: Missa VIII Gradual: Dominabitur, Chants Abréges Alleluia: mode VI w/ Latin verse Credo: Credo III in English Offertory: Postula a me (GR) Sanctus: Missa VIII Mysterium fidei: Mortem tuam Paternoster: English Agnus Dei: Missa VIII Communion: Sedebit Dominus (GR) Communion Motet: Rex Sempiterne in two parts Hymn: To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King Postlude: Christe, Du Lamm Gottes, Orgelbüchlein (registered nice and full like a postlude)
Update: One of the challenges of being a small choir with one or two people per part: We unfortunately had to forego the Haydn this morning because the soprano section had laryngitis; so we just did Mass VIII. Everything else was as scheduled, minus descants.
We're hoping to be able to do the Haydn later, possibly on Epiphany.
I won't reveal our church's name and location right now given that I may be asking for advice soon and will need to remain somewhat anonymous, but here's what we did with my seven-piece male choir: Introit: Dignus est Agnus (GR) Gloria/Agnus: Missa O Quam Gloriosum - Victoria Offertory: Ecce Vicit Leo - Peter Philips (organ plays choir 2) Communion: O King All Glorious - Willan Concluding: Toccata - Vierne
Crown Him with many DIADEMATA Kyrie (& Sanctus, Agnus) from Missa ferialis R. Mix Glory to God Gloria XV RP to Purcell's single chant Where Thou reignest, D. 763 Schubert Our Father Snow (first time in quite a while, to roof-raising effect) Sedebit Dominus (American Gradual) To Jesus Christ ICH GLAUB AN GOTT (we really ought to have a descant for this)
Cathedral of St. Paul, Birmingham, Alabama (Forgive the c/p below!)
ENTRANCE: Christus vincit (Traditional, arr. Latona) ENTRANCE ANTIPHON (11AM) Gregorian “The whole world is in thy power…”; Dignus est Agnus; cf. Est 4:17 MASS ORDINARY: Mass VIII; 11AM: Missa in G, Op. 151 «St. Crucis» (Rheinberger) RESPONSORIAL PSALM (5PM &8:30AM): Ps 122: Let us go rejoicing GRADUAL (11AM) Dominabitur, Mode V ALLELUIA Mode IV (w/falso vs at 11AM) Mk 11:9, 10 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! OFFERTORY: Hail, Redeemer, King Divine (ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR) OFFERTORY ANTIPHON (11AM) Gregorian “Ask of me...”; Postula a me; Ps 2:8 COMMUNION ANTIPHON Motyka “The Lord reigns as King…”; Sedebit Dominus Rex; Ps 29:10b, 11b COMMUNION (11AM): Jesu, the very thought of thee (Halley) CLOSING: To Jesus Christ our Sovereign King (ICH GLAUB AN GOTT) VOLUNTARY: Prelude & Fugue in E-Flat (Saint-Saëns)
Choral Prelude: Choral Fanfare for Christ the King (H. H. Smith) Entrance: Crown Him with Many Crowns Kyrie: Litany of the Saints Gloria: Andrews Psalm 93: Batastini/Gelineau Alleluia: Festival Alleluia (Chepponis) Offertory: At the Name of Jesus (King's Weston) Sanctus/Mysterium/Amen: Community Mass Agnus Dei: Holy Cross Mass Communion: Sedebit Dominus (chant), This Is the Feast of Victory, and Jesu Rex Admirabilis (Palestrina) Recessional: To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King
I then played in a diocesan organists' recital at Christ the King Church in south Tampa. -Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man (transcribed by ??) -Grand Choeur Dialogue (Gigout) -Andante Sostenuto from Gothic Symphonie (Widor) -Toccata in Seven (Rutter) -Priere a Notre Dame (Boellmann, performed by a high school student) -Cortege et Litanie (Dupre, performed by HS student's teacher) -Variations on Ode to Joy (Bish) -Prelude Modal (Langlais, performed by the parochial vicar of a neighboring parish to mine) -Toccata from Symphony V (Widor)
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