Welcome to Holy Week!
The program for Good Friday is below (also here). Rehearsal is at 12:30 PM in the Church, with the Liturgy at 2 PM. Please note the addition of one prelude (thanks Eva!).
Father has requested some instrumental music at the very end of the Service, as the ministers and congregation disperse. Depending on how long the Veneration and Communion take, we may be able to use The Cross of Jesus or Jesus, Remember Me for this. I'm not anticipating a huge crowd, so I'm thinking Calvary alone should be enough for Communion.
Jim, Tom, Maggie, Joe, Ginny, Lisa and several others are out. Eva is cantoring. Tim will be covering piano,
Prelude:
Who is That Man
(Eva providing music)
Response [Eva]:
GC3 #033 – Ps 22 – My God, My God
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Gospel Acclamation:
GC3 #511 – Were You There
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Veneration of the Cross:
GC3 #514 – Behold the Wood
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
GC3 #482 – The Cross of Jesus
Communion Meditation:
GC #419 - Calvary
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Communion:
GC3 #510 – Jesus, Remember Me
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Closing:
Instrumental [TBD]
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The program for Easter Sunday is below. Let's plan to meet at 7:45 AM in the Parish Hall, with Mass at 9 AM.
Since we'll be in the Hall, if you could bring your own music stands, materials and equipment (as needed), that would be great! I'll see about borrowing books from the Church either Saturday night (after Vigil) or Sunday morning before rehearsal.
We'll have very limited rehearsal time, so please arrive on time and try to get set up as quickly as possible. I'd definitely like to look at the Mass Parts, Resucito, Wade in the Water and Whom Do You Seek?. The rest of the program I'm not too concerned about.
Tim and Eva are out. I did touch base with Chris W. (from the 9 AM Choir) about piano coverage, but he'll be out-of-town. It's still possible Chris may find someone from his School of Music contacts to send our way, but I would assume a guitar-based Mass to be safe.
If we don't have piano, I'll probably drop Resucito. We could do something fun and familiar like Easter Alleluia or Lift Up Your Hearts instead. I think having strong accompaniment on the Mass Parts is more critical than preludes at this point. Regardless, looking forward to a fun Mass!
Preludes:
GC3 #535 – Resucito
Materials (sheet music)
Gathering:
SS #179 – He is Exalted
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Glory to God:
Storrington Mass
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Response (Jim?):
SS #082 – Ps 118 – This is the Day (vs 1-3)
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Gospel Acclamation:
Storrington Mass
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Sprinkling Rite (Maggie - cantor parts):
GC3 #898 – Wade in the Water
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Offertory:
SS #120 – Morning Has Broken
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Holy, Holy, Holy:
Storrington Mass
Eucharistic Acclamation (C):
Storrington Mass
Eucharistic Doxology:
Storrington Mass
Lamb of God:
Storrington Mass
Communion:
Whom Do You Seek? (Killoren)
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Closing:
SS #121 – In the Day of the Lord (vs 1, 4 & 5)
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Barb's group is covering the 7 PM Holy Thursday and 8:30 PM Easter Vigil Masses. If you're available to help out, come join in the singing! Will pass along details as I get them.
That's all I have for now. Thanks again for putting up with all the extra emails and practices, and if I don't see you, have a wonderful Easter weekend!
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