Was everyone so worn out and occupied with Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil music lists that they simply forgot that music for Easter Day masses is of interest to share? Okay, most of you probably put the most effort in to the Easter Vigil, but it is not the only celebration of Christ's Resurrection.
I guess that's what I was looking for, but I simply didn't connect "Share your Easter Orders of Worship" with "Easter Music Thread" or "Easter Day music."
On the other hand, it was a rather difficult Holy Week and Triduum for us, with my wife hospitalized from Monday through Friday, followed by making living adjustments at home after her release. This probably explains as much as anything my inattention to the various threads here, as well as the lack of success in attending to some timely music tasks over the past two weeks or so.
Mount Calvary Church Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter Baltimore, Maryland
Procession and Sung Mass (Anglican Use)
Proper: Gregorian (Palmer and Burgess) Ordinary: Mass for four voices, (Tallis) Vidi aquam, Sequence, Creed (proper plainsong melodies, congregational) Kyrie: Deus Creator omnium (troped) Gradual: Haec dies (Willan) Motet: Rise up, my love (Willan) Motet: This joyful Eastertide (Wood)
Hymns: Hail thee, festival day (Salve festa dies) The strife is o'er (Victory) (descant: A Gray) Light's glittering morn (Lasst uns erfreuen) (descant: G Shaw) Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) (descant: A Gray)
Organ: Toccata in F (JS Bach) At Easter-tide (Stanford)
Yes, prayers from CenCA to God for you, Chuck from Wendy and i. Our colleague Todd had a grave family situation to which the Lord provided recovery and hope over the weekend. May it be so with you and your bride. In Christ's Holy Name, amen.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Palo Alto: All Gregorian propers, including gradual and alleluia, sequence sung by congregation Victoria, Missa Laetatus sum for three choirs Gallus, Alleluia: In Resurrectione tua for two choirs
The Good--Jesus Christ is Risen Today, At the Lamb's High Feast The Bad--Omission of the victimae paschali laudes sequence, I am the Bread of Life, Baptized in Water (which reminds of "On top of spaghetti"), Soper's I Know My Redeemer Lives, and (as an aside) twelve, count 'em twelve, EMHC's. The Ugly--the 1970's Joncas organ-grinder-with-monkey setting of "This is the Day."
The EF:
The Good: Regina Coeli, O Filii et Filiae. The Bad: Miscommunication with the priest meant he solo-chanted the sequence, which technically wasn't bad, just unfortunate. The Ugly: N/A.
After the rigors of Holy Week and Easter, we have jokingly interpreted the old name for the Octave of Easter, "low Sunday," as representing a liturgical hangover.
This is, of course, not correct, since, at least in the new rite, you may sing the sequence Victimae laudes and the liturgy prescribes "Ite missa est, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia"; the day remains a part of the high festivity of Easter.
I'm embarrassed to say that I slept in very late this morning, after all the rehearsals, Triduum, Vigil and 3 masses yesterday. And, yes, it is a type of "liturgical hangover"! I am pleased to say, however, that, except for starting Tantum Ergo too soon for the priest on Holy Thursday (the thurifer was giving him problems and I didn't see that), and jumping on an "Amen" before he was done with the prayer yesterday (sorry, by the last mass, I was not as focused as I should have been!), all went very well at my parish.
Highlights? Easter vigil cantor was amazing! Child soloist at 9:30 mass Easter Sunday was wonderful.
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