Good repertory for post communion

amindthatsuits

You’re all, I am part of a very well intention and and variably skilled schola in a local parish. The two that I have heard recently have been the two Ave Maria’s and panis angelucus..

I would be interested in any suggestions you all have for such an occasion. I would prefer something not very showy, as I have a gigantic voice and so I’m going to actively look for something that is more subdued

A background note: i am the reason that there are signs asking us to watch our tone of , voice and all that because perhaps 12 years ago or more, in all innocence I asked what might be good solos, and I received a downpour of abuse for not understanding what a mass is, etc. etc I reported that to the administrator, and after that the signs about time of voice started appearing. I absented myself until I need some advice. Howeve

arThose of you who might have some good suggestions will receive my thanks and prayers.

Kenneth

mmeladirectress

dear Kenneth, i wish I could schedule choral postludes! you are in a good place!

there are a lot more Ave Marias out there than "the two" .... you might go to CPDL or even YouTube and see if you like the ones by Arcadelt or (reputedly ) de Victoria; and for Panis Angelicus, if you are using Franck, there are many more of those also (basics Lambillotte, Casciolini),

Again, CPDL is your great resource for a wealth of ideas. For a postlude, i envision the meditative time after Mass as a good spot for things like
Bone Pastor (or, If Ye Love Me) Tallis
Ave Verum Mozart
O Sacred Head Surrounded

of course, if your choir can do Gregorian chant, there are so many more opportunities.
Come back and let us know what your search turns up?

davido

Kenneth, I think you are asking for solo vocal rep suitable to be a communion meditation?
Not sure what voice part you are, so some of this may work and some not. Also, you didn’t specify any language restrictions.

Faure: Salve Regina, Ave Maria, Ave verum (duet)
Pfausch: Humbly I Adore thee (Solos for the Church Year - you might find a couple other useful items in this)
Franck: Hear My Cry O God (from his Tantum ergo for baritone and soloist)
Bach: Jesus Fount of Consolation from Schmelli Gesangbuch

Several things from Saint James Music Press (sjmp.com)
Arise my love and come away - Don Michael Dicie
Beautiful Savior - Robert Lee
Bread of the World - Abdenour
Jesus the very thought of thee - are Arlen Clarke

You may also find inspiration from videos of the YouTube channel of schmitzd04
https://youtube.com/@schmitzd04 It is a document of the work of Bruce Larsen and his protégés, Stephan Schmall and Robert Vickery. A tenor soloist is regularly featured in the recordings, and much of the music is in Latin or adapted from the Latin repertoire into English. These fellows were not ones to shy away from the more operatic style church repertoire, so the rep will not win friends from the very vocal, chant/polyphony faction you have already run into on this forum. But there is a lot of great music represented on the YouTube channel, some of which you can find for free online.

Don9of11

I recommend the following hymns if this is a NO mass:

I Need Thee Gracious Jesus, I need a friend like thee
In Thy Sacred Heart my Jesus, Hide Thou Me
Heart of Jesus, We are grateful
O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine
O Dearest Love Divine
In This Sacrament, Sweet Jesus
Jesus, Gentlest Savior
Ah, whence to me the bliss
I am my Lord's and He is mine

Liam

In terms of subject matter, from a discussion 3 months ago:

https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/comment/260153#Comment_260153

amindthatsuits

I’m just looking at this. I should’ve proofread read a little better. I’m glad people intuited what I meant. . And by the two Ave Maria’s , I think I obviously meant the two most famous ones. But I should’ve specified that. It was not a very clear request so congratulations to those of you who intuited correctly. Summing it’s me , skilled singer who can handle seven languages, including Latin preeminently among them ,, who will be doing the singing. I think Latin or English would be wisest here. I know the websites but I am not.a person. who an read sheet music to the extent that I can look at something and go that’s it!!!

what has developed in this parish is that it is a solo
after the communion hymn.

I will be singing through your suggestion s and will let you know

Thanks to all.

Kenneth

liampmcdonough

Percy Buck - O Lord God

m_r_taylor

Thomas Attwood: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Thomas_Attwood

Several motets can be sung just as a solo with organ accompaniment.

Paul F. Ford

The Graduale Simplex offers six post-communion songs of praise and thanksgiving. In addition to the long and short versions of the Te Deum, the Graduale Simplex restores the Te Decet Laus/To You Belongs Our Praise and the Te Laudamus Domine/We Give You Praise from the Ambrosian rite, one of my favorite pieces.

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