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Lessons & Carols 2023

Hello Friends—
Here are the resources you need for the special music we are singing for Lessons & Carols. I will not bother to link the generic hymns here since you are fine with those, and you have the booklets already, so you can look them up on your own if you so desire.

A few notes:

  • SJ WARMUPS ARE AT 6:10. Please be in the loft and ready to go by that time if you are able. I realize a few of you may not be able to get there that soon, but please do your best if you can. Each choir will only have 10 minutes to warm up, so if you miss the window, well, you snost and lost.

  • We will be sitting on the opposite side of the loft from where we rehearsed. Ben is going to set up folding chairs for us, and we will nestle (‘nestle’ is the key word here…) over by the sound system controls and in the space on the other side of the stairs. It will be tight. We will make it work.

  • The event itself starts at 7pm (this is more for any friends/family who may ask).

  • Make sure you remember your music! You will need the L&C ordo booklet, and your Advent Motets booklet. That is all.

In spite of not having time for this at all… but because I love you, here are some brand new practice tracks for Ad Te Levavi.

UPDATE: The video below links to a whole playlist of new PT vids on YT.

I am sorry I haven’t had a chance to re-make this particular practice track. The melody is in the Tenor octave, so it hits a little odd. But you get the picture.

Voice parts time stamped in description.

PS—the YouTube channel is at 1,997 subscribers… so if you are on social media, please share a link with your friends, and if you haven’t subscribed yet, well, you know what to do! Let’s get a Christmas miracle and hit 2k by the end of the year :)

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Advent III (B • 2023)

Friends, here is our Advent III ordo.

Looking for Lessons and Carols resources? Click Here.

  • Entrance Antiphon Hymn: Hark the Glad Sound (EAH V. 4)

  • Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #48

  • Psalm: Isaiah 1:46 “My soul rejoices in my God.”

  • Gospel Acclamation: “Genevan Alleluia”

  • Offertory Hymn: Comfort, Comfort Ye, My People (Genevan 42)

  • Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #63

  • Communion Motet: Tollite Portas (Dalitz)

  • Communion Hymn: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending (Helmsley)

  • [Alma Redemptoris Mater']

  • Recessional Hymn: Hark! The Prophet’s Voice is Calling (Merton)

NB: both #47 & 48 are featured in this video; we are singing 48 (option ii).

(Full Playlist)

Individual voice parts are time-stamped in the description.

Voice parts are time stamped in the description.

We dooooone had church today!

Simple piano version.

That’s more like it!

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Advent I (B • 2023)

Hi Friends—

So the show officially begins! I want to thank you again for an excellent rehearsal on Wednesday—we managed to work our way through a lot of music. Be prepared to have more rehearsals like it, because we haven’t even started the «Christmas» music yet!

At any rate, here are the practice tracks for this coming weekend. I’m really looking forward to this seasonal change. It is good for us.

  1. Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune of PUER NOBIS.

  2. Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #2

  3. Missa XVII

  4. Psalm 80: Lord, make us turn to You; let us see Your face and we shall be saved.

  5. Alleluia ‘Regem Venturum’

  6. Offertory Antiphon (vernacular chant)

  7. Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber # 17

  8. Communion Motet: Ad Te Levavi by Witt.

  9. Communion Hymn: Saviour of the Nations, Come to the tune of NUN KOMM DER HEIDAN HEILAND

  10. Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater

Entrance Antiphon Hymn Tune

Has all mass parts, but is organ only.

Kyrie only, live sung. NB: this is from the old rite where each part is repeated three times, rather than twice, as we are used to.

(Full playlist)

(Full Playlist)

*NB: we will not hold the lengthened notes (groupings of three with the bars over the top) as long as these recordings.

Lastly, don’t forget about the Advent Lookahead list, if you want to continue working on some of the motets we will be singing in the next few weeks.

See you Sunday morning!

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Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (A • 2023)

Hi Friends—

We have an exciting lineup for this coming weekend. Obviously, in the absence of rehearsal this evening, a little bit of extra prep. work will be required on your end. I hope you have a great time with your families, but let’s remember WHO we are thanking, and come prepared on Sunday!

  1. Immediately Preceding Mass: Choral Fanfare for Christ the King

  2. Entrance Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns (v.4 is the Entrance Antiphon trope)

  3. [I will cover the Entrance Antiphon if it is even needed]

  4. Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd — new version! (Playlist)

  5. Alleluia for the Feast of Christ the King (with special choral coda)

  6. Credo III

  7. Offertory Hymn: When Morning Gilds the Skies

  8. Communion Antiphon: I will sing the original from the Gregorian Missal.

  9. Communion Hymn: Laudate Dominum (this is the special hymn I wrote that uses the same music as the alleluia; it’s been a while since we’ve sung it, but you’ll recognize it immediately)

  10. **LAUDES REGIÆ (“Christus Vincit”)** Fr. Royce and I will take turns chanting the invocations, and you will lead the congregation’s responses. (No Salve Regina)

  11. Recessional Hymn: At the Name of Jesus, Every Knee Shall Bow

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