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33rd in OT (A • 2023)

Hi Friends—

Here’s our ordo for this weekend.

  1. Entrance Antiphon Hymn to “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”

  2. Fr. Weber 1682

  3. Psalm 128

  4. Alleluia VI (final week of this Alleluia)

  5. Offertory Antiphon Hymn (De Profundis trope) to the “Third Mode Melody”

  6. Fr. Weber 1697

  7. [No special motet since the Communion hymn is so long]

  8. Communion Hymn: Oh That I Had a Thousand Voices! to a chantified version of “Neumark”.

  9. Salve Regina

  10. Recessional Hymn: Holy Michæl Great Archangel to the tune “Lauda Anima”





Recessional Hymn Melody


 

As a quick look ahead for the Feast of Christ the King next weekend:

I am going to finalize things on Monday, but I believe we will also do “Crown Him with Many Crowns” and “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”.

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32nd in OT (A • 2023)

Hi Friends—

Here’s our lineup for this weekend:

  • Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune of HYFRYDOL (“Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”)

  • Fr. Weber 1658

  • Psalm 63 (don’t forget, verse 4 is different from the demo track)

  • ‘Alleluia VI’

  • Offertory Antiphon Hymn to the tune of DETROIT

  • Fr. Weber 1674

  • Communion Anthem: Wachet Auf (v. 1 of the communion hymn)

  • Communion Hymn: Wake, Awake For Night is Flying (Wachet Auf) v.2 & 3

  • Salve Regina


This one is funny to me… You can really tell how much my production value has increased the last few years…

Don’t forget we will just sing the verses melody-only; men on odd verses, women on even verses.

(Melody of the Offertory Antiphon hymn)


Organ-only version (I need some pink organ shoes!)

Sung version

Organ-only Hymn Version (all masses)

Sung rendition

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Advent 2023 (Look Ahead)

Hi Friends—
In the interest of accomplishing more at rehearsal tomorrow, (and to look ahead towards Advent,) I’d like to make a few resources available to you before we meet.

(Save this link so you can revisit this list later on.)

THIS COMING SUNDAY, we will sing Bach’s setting of Wake, Awake! for Night is Flying. Odds are, you’ve heard this before and didn’t even know it. Here are two versions to get this simple unison melody into your ear:

Organ Only:

German Sung Version:

The glory of this piece is that it matches our communion hymn. The plan is to learn this simple melody in unison, and sing it with organ as demoed the videos linked above. We will sing the text that matches the first verse of the communion hymn, and then invite the congregation to sing the remaining two verses as the communion hymn proper.

(Some of you may know this hymn to traditionally be associated with Advent; since we are so close to Advent, and because this text perfectly references this Sunday’s Gospel reading, it is appropriate for this week.)

And quickly before we get to Advent, here’s this week’s psalm as well. NB: the version we will sing this week has a different Verser 4, but everything else is the same.


We also find ourselves on the cusp of Advent, so it is time we begin looking at Advent motets as well. The schedule will be largely familiar to most of you. We also cannot forget Christ the King, which rounds out this Church year.

Christ the King

  • Choral Fanfare for Christ the King (Smith) LINK
    (We will repeat this immediately before “Midnight Mass”)

Advent I

  • Ad Te Levati (Witt) LINK

  • Call to Advent (Williams) LINK

Immaculate Conception of the BVM

  • Magnificat in C (Dyson) LINK

Advent II

  • Vox Clamanti (de las Muelas) LINK

Advent III

  • Tollite Portas (Dalitz) LINK

  • ‘Genevan Alleluia’ LINK

  • (Repeat the Dyson Magnificat? cf. Isaiah)

Advent IV

  • Rorate Cæli Desuper (arr. Richardson) LINK

  • Ecce Virgo Concipiet (Richardson) LINK


Check time stamps for each voice part.

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31st in OT (A • 2023)

Hi Friends—

THANK YOU once again for all your hard work singing for Confirmation, All Saints, and All Souls, all within a week’s time. It was a lot of hard work, but the end result was stellar, and I’m very proud of you, as always. Once again, you’ve earned the moniker of “Small, but mighty!”

PS—We are back in the loft tomorrow morning!

As for this weekend, here’s the lineup. Thank you for your flexibility.

  1. Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune of ‘Beach Spring’

  2. Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1638 (audio file below; no video)

  3. Psalm 131 *Please Note: I’ve tweaked the psalm to better fit the Gregorian tone of the verses, so I will have a new printout for you.

  4. Alleluia VI (We are back to singing the pointed text!)

  5. Offertory Antiphon Hymn to the tune of ‘St. Flavian’

  6. Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1651 (audio file below; no video)

  7. Communion Anthem: Laudate Dominum by Perosi

  8. Communion Hymn: NEW TUNE: ‘Neumark’ (graphic and audio file below)

  9. Salve Regina


PS—if you “request desktop website” on your phone, it will allow you to listen to any of the embedded audio files and still see the main webpage, rather than loading as a separate page.

To do this on an iPhone, click on the AA icon at the bottom of the screen:





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2023 All Saints & Souls Resources

Hi Friends,

Here are a few practice resources for you. As a reminder:

All SAINTS is Wednesday at 7pm

and All SOULS is Thursday at 5:30pm.


All Saints:

Introit: Diligite Dominum

https://youtu.be/fYWx5-2y7wA?si=1anslNw0pzuUCAtq


Psalm 24: Lord, this is the people that longs to see Your face.

(Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk71GctqoFYyrLHl8B8xSk6NmNOz5qKeI&si=PlSRliDqD4bkJ0Ru


All Souls:

Psalm 23: Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I feel no evil for You are with me. (unison only)

https://youtu.be/3sZR3F_dQM4?si=lK9K6SDUXCH6k9zb


De Profundis “responsorial tract” (in place of the Alleluia)

https://youtu.be/FTyY5riQ3qY?si=TCty8DuNhbkak5R6


Communion Antiphon: Lux æterna

https://youtu.be/aS6oLrYBkYs?si=wXbxQp91x3pXN1SX







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30th in OT (A • 2023)

Greetings all—
Sorry I’m so late in populating this list for you! It’s a relatively simple week:

  1. Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune of Nun Danket (“Now Thank We All Our God”)

  2. Fr. Weber 1615

  3. Psalm 18 “I love You, Lord, my strength.”
    NB* the practice video features the OLD translation.

  4. Offertory Antiphon Hymn to the tune of Land of Rest (“Jerusalem, My Happy Home”)

  5. Fr. Weber 1629

  6. Lead Me, Lord by Wesley (just sing from your confirmation booklets)

  7. Communion Hymn: O Love That Will Not Let Me Go to the tune of TENERE (see below)
    NB: this is a hymn that we’ve done a few times already, although it’s been a little while.

  8. Salve Regina



See timestamps for individual voice parts.

 

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