Priestly Ordination • Andrew Schmidt
Greetings all—
If you are on this page, then you are interested in (or committed to) singing for Andrew Schmidts’s priestly ordination at St. Augustine’s Cathedral, Kalamazoo on Saturday, June 1st at 10am. Thank you, and welcome!
Practice tracks are available below to help you prepare from home.
Attire will simply be “Sunday best”.
There will be a special rehearsal this coming Tuesday, May 14th from 6:30-8:30pm in the cathedral loft for those who can attend.
The morning of the ordination, we will warmup at 8:30. It will be a whirlwind warmup, but that should be sufficient.
If you haven’t yet, please don’t forget to fill out the form to let me know you are coming so I can prepare the correct number of scores.
If you have any questions for me, please send me an email.
I look forward to singing with you all!
Here’s the basic rundown:
Processional Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (LOBE DEN HERREN) *this was just sung for Deacon Paul’s ordination, and Deacon Andy specifically mentioned loving it and asking for a repeat performance!
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #2195
Confiteor + Kyrie from Missa De Angelis (with jubilus)
Psalm 23 “The Lord is my Shepherd…” BILINGUAL (“El Señor es mi pastor…”)
NB: the demo featured below is totally in english. However at Mass, we will sing the refrains after verses 2&4 in spanish. Good news is, the music is nearly identical.
Litany of Supplication (modified Litany of Saints)
Vesting Antiphon: Christ the Lord, a Priest forever (chant)
Fraternal Kiss Antiphon: You are my friends, says the Lord arr. JJR
[Mass is normal hearafter]
Offertory Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus as set by Oreste Ravanello (arr. Marier)
Offertory Motet: I’ll bless the Lord all the days of my life (Telemann / Morber)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa XVIII (simple gregorian, in LATIN)
Mysterium Fidei: ICEL / Missal version, in Latin.
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #2224
Communion Hymn 1: Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (a special request from Andrew)
Communion Hymn 2: Anima Christi by Marco Frisinab
Recessional Hymn: Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim, to Parry’s LAUDATE DOMINUM.
Please note, that some of the embedded YouTube videos link to playlists that contain other videos featuring each individual voice part. Wherever this applies, you’ll see a little icon in the upper right corner of the video preview that consists of multiple lines and a number. Clicking on this icon will allow you to select one of the subordinate videos.
I apologize for not having an animated practice track of the psalm. Here is a graphic of the refrain as well as a basic organ-only demo to help get the tune in your ear.
ANTIPHONS:
Offertory Hymn (Choral Motet): Veni Creator
Here are some basic SATB demos of the arrangement of Veni Creator. We will alternate between chanting the original Latin (odd verses) and singing this simple motet (even verses). The embedded video is for a full YouTube playlist, and you can access your voice’s part by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner which is shown to the right.
There are also basic MP3’s embedded below if you do not need to watch the score.
Here is a model of the lovely flowing chant that I would like to imitate. Since it will be just choir, I intend to not accompany the monophonic chanting.
Below is the second motet that I would like to sing during the Offertory: I’ll bless the Lord all the days of my life (Telemann / Morber).
This piece is a simple canon; this means that everyone learns identical music, and it is simply overlaid upon itself multiple times. I’m including a number of demos below:
THEME ALONE
Voices Equal
Top part (Sopranos)
Middle part (Altos)
Bottom part (Men)
As before, you can click on the three-lined icon in the upper right of the video window to access the complete playlist of animated videos to view the one appropriate for your voice part.
I’ll also mention that these demo tracks are a tad on the fast side. I intend to relax the tempo a little so it feels a bit more comfortable to sing. (Basically the same tempo as the solo demo of the theme at the beginning of each video.)
This is to be sung “lightly” which is to say buoyantly. Rearticulate each vowel on any slurred sixteenth notes so we have clarity. For those who are new to this piece, just listen to the theme, as all three parts use this identical music. In truth, this piece is actually rather easy to sing even though it sounds much more fancy than it really is!
Below is a PT of the Frisina Anima Christi; the soprano part is sung in the tenor octave, so if you want to hear a normal choir singing it, click on the second video. This first video has timestamps in the video description which allow you to solo a specific voice part to learn it better. We will have a cantor take the verses and just “ooo” the organ part underneath them. (At the risk of seeming unoriginal, I was encouraged to keep this on the roster by the Rector of the Cathedral.)
Real Choir Recording
