Easter V (A • 2023)
Hello Friends,
Here is our ordo for Easter V:
Entrance Hymn: Sing to the Lord a New Song (Trope of the entrance antiphon text) to the tune DIADEMATA (a.k.a. “Crown Him with Many Crowns”)
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #799
Psalm 33: “Lord, let Your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in You.”
(I’m sorry the PT is melody-only this week, but it is still easy to sing along with your individual voice part.)
Eastertide Alleluia
Offertory Hymn: Thou At the Way, the Truth, the Life to the tune DETROIT
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #812
Communion Special: Cantate Domino by Fr. Lindusky
Communion Hymn: Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor to the tune LAUDA ANIMA (a.k.a. “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven”)
(Regina Cæli)
Recessional Hymn: O Glorious St. Michæl (trope of the St. Michæl the Archangel prayer) to the tune ELLACOMBE (a.k.a. I Sing the Mighty Power of God)
Here are some organ-only practice tracks for the setting of Cantate Domino by Fr. Lindusky. The grey tracks are modern pitch. The black boxed, individual voice parts I generated back in 2019, so they are pitched higher than we are currently singing the piece, but they are still useful for getting the general contour and pitch relationships of your part into your ear.
As a little treat, I’m also including a restored copy of the original reel-to-reel recording of the St. John’s singers. There is a whole album full of wonderful performances like this… They were truly some amazing musicians, and the recordings (and old music filing cabinets) bear that out!
Easter IV
Hi Friends,
Here is our ordo for Easter IV (A, 2023).
Entrance Hymn: The Strife Is O’er / Entrance Antiphon Trope.
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #776
Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.”
(Men on V. 1&3, Women on V. 2&4)Eastertide Alleluia
Offertory Hymn: When Morning Gilds the Skies
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #790
(Vs. 1&2 and 3&Gloria Patri will be paired together)
*NB: we will sing the version with the rhythmic markings suppressed. The only markings we will observe are on the word “flock”.Communion Special: Tantum Ergo by JJR
Communion Hymn: Anima Christi by Marco Frisina
Marian Antiphon: Regina Cæli (Plainchant)
Recessional Hymn: Awake, Arise, Lift Up Thy Voice to the tune of Richmond
Easter Morning 2023
Prelude:
Choral Fanfare for Christ the King by H. Hamilton Smith
With a Voice of Singing by Martin Shaw
Entrance Hymn: Jesus Christ is Ris’n Today!
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #679
Gloria (Community Mass)
Psalm 118 “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad!
Easter Sequence*
We will do my arrangement with organ interludes, based upon the harmonies formulated by Chanoine Revert at Notre Dame in Paris, although we will sing it straight, rather than metrically. For the curious, here’s what the original sounds like! Now for something calmer that will help you more practically: here’s a plain recording of the original chant to help you with the melody-only portions.Eastertide Alleluia
(*see below for mp3 organ demo; NB: we will repeat the Alleluia after the Gospel is read.)Offertory Hymn: Jesus is Risen, Let us Sing! (Lasst us erfreuen)
(Sanctus & Agnus from Proulx’s Community Mass—we will sing this for all of Eastertide)
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #698
At the Lamb’s High Feast
O Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae)
Repeat performances of Pitoni’s Cantate Domino and Lotti’s Regina Caeli (see Easter Vigil list for links). Easter morning we will sing the Regina Caeli at the end of mass with all the verve and vigor we can muster!
We will take the Wednesday after Easter off; (you’ll have earned it!—to put it mildly!) however for those who are able (and willing) to make it, we can re-group on Divine Mercy Sunday (Easter II) and just have a repeat performance of With a voice of singing coupled with Psalm 118, “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good…” and more of our favorite Easter hymns.
Easter Vigil 2023
[Fr. Logan Sings: Bilingual Exultet]
Psalms:
*There is still some question as to whether or not my settings Psalms in Spanish will be used, or whether the Hispanic cantors will sing other editions. I’m including the links to my Spanish psalms here so those who are interested in attempting to sing the refrains may familiarize themselves with them.15: Protegeme, Dios Mio…
[Lit.: Protect me, O Lord, because I have placed my trust in You.]Exodus 15: Let us sing to the Lord…
(*see below for organ demo)29: Te alabare, Senor, eternamente.
[Lit.: I will praise You, Lord, for all eternity.]18: Tu tienes, Senor, palabras de vida eterna.
[Lord, you have the words of eternal life.]42: Like a deer that longs for running streams…
(*see below for organ demo)
Gloria: Misa San Vincente (with Organ, after long improvisation while the bells are rung)
Solemn Easter Vigil Alleluia
Sequence: Priest, all respond. Priest, all respond. Priest, all respond. Cantor sings verse, schola joins at “forever” and then ‘Alleluia’ is repeated one final time.Litany of Saints (in Latin, but according to the updated form)
After each baptism: Eastertide Alleluia (Refrain only)
(*see below for organ demos)Sanctus (Community Mass)
Agnus Dei from Dalitz’s Missa Tribus Vocibus
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #698 (it is the same Easter Morning)
Extra Music:
Cantate Domino by Pitoni
(Note how this performance is more subdued; if we get to sing this at communion [we are alternating with the Hispanic Choir] then I would like to sing it with some restraint, as demonstrated here.)Regina Caeli by Lotti (Organ demo with time stamps & Live Performance)
Good Friday 2023
[Entrance is silent]
Psalm 31: Father into Your hands, I commend my spirit.
Make sure you’re really comfortable with this one because we will be singing it a cappella!Lenten Gospel Acclamation (again, a cappella, the theme of this whole liturgy)
Sung Gospel: Turba Choruses (Full Playlist)
Veneration of the Cross:
The Reproaches (simple setting, JJR after Lalemant Propers)
Stabat Mater (“At the Cross, Her Station Keeping”) (we will sing this SATB like we did last year)
Communion Hymn: O Sacred Head Surrounded
Communion Motet: Mulier, Mulier, ecce filius Tuus
Extra music as needed:
(JJR Chants: Vexilla Regis)
Holy Thursday 2023
*there are some holes in my practice track catalogue; I will try and cobble some additional things together in the next 2-3 days as I am able, and I will update all the holy week lists accordingly. I cannot promise a track for everything, however. Some tracks will only be embedded mp3’s.
Faithful Cross, Above All Others (Picardy, a.k.a “Let all mortal flesh keep silenec)
NB: the final verse will be in Spanish. Just do the best you can. We will take a look on Tuesday.Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #600
Gloria: Missa San Vincente (with Organ)
Psalm 116: Our blessing cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
(*see below for quick organ demo)Holy Thursday Foot Washing Antiphons:
(here’s the YouTube playlist) *all but the last video has time stamps to solo each voice partAntiphon 6 (this is the one old-fashioned, organ-only track because I haven’t had time to remake this one this year)
Ubi Caritas *in Spanish
The link above is for the original Latin chant; see below for PT in Spanish.Original Our Father (Pater Noster) in Latin.
Communion Motet: Hoc Est Corpus Meum by Gauthier
(As a fun aside, this composer is deceased, but his son found this video and sent me an email a few days ago. He was grateful that his father’s work is finding continued appreciation.)During the Eucharistic procession we will sing Pange Lingua / Tantum Ergo