Thursday, September 16, 2004
Liturgical music plan, 25th Ordinary Sunday
Alleluia: Hughes setting, Gather Comprehensive (GC) 263. The ensemble will do a Gelineau-style verse I arranged for four voices; cantors will do a simple psalm tone.
Mass setting: Proulx's Community Mass: Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen, GC 228, 229, 231.
Fraction Rite: Joncas's Psallite Lamb of God, GC 213, one verse.
(Note: these pieces above are assigned for the September-November period of Ordinary Time)
Psalm 113 Alstott setting, Respond & Acclaim (OCP) or Psalm 19 "Lord You Have the Words" setting by Haas, GC 27
Hymnody
Gathering: Holy Holy Holy, GC 474
Communion: Song of the Body of Christ, GC 847
Closing: Blest Be The Lord, GC 617
at Gifts, cantors, choirs, and accompanists have the option of Seek Ye First GC 615, an instrumental piece, or a choral anthem.
At Masses with cantors, the organist plays a prelude (organ, or sometimes piano) after the Mass call bells finish. The Celebration Choir will do an anthem before liturgy, as well as one after the Communion Song.
At the Ensemble, we'll do my alternate arrangement of GC 847 (which reminds me ... I need to run the vocal arrangement through Sibelius this afternoon). Unless someone has a better idea at tonight's rehearsal, we'll probably sing GC 615. Prelude will likely be a solo piano arrangement of a liturgical song by either me or Laura, our regular pianist.
Sunday night's youth choir chooses mostly different music from Spirit and Song (OCP).
There you have it: this weekend at St Thomas More Church. Saturday night is also the outdoor picnic Mass, so I have extra preparations for music and with my sacristans to make sure that goes smoothly. Last year 102-degree weather forced us inside (and also spawned a move to mid-September). Outdoor liturgies are not my favorite endeavor, but the numbers expected for the picnic and our smallish worship space (we still have six weekend Masses) dictate our long practice continue. It should be fun.
Here's hoping your Sunday liturgy is prayerful and fruitful for your faith community.
