This Saturday is the Third Sunday of Easter.
We stuck around after mass until around 8 PM for a bite of dinner (thanks Tom!) and worked on our prelude for the 25th, 'Increase Our Faith'. We more-or-less resurrected an arrangement we came up with back in October:
- Piano Intro
- Piano plays through the first half of the refrain once.
- Ostinato Refrain
- All voices sing the refrain once in unison.
- Ostinato Refrain (Repeated)
- Verses 1 &2
- First soloist sings verse 1; second soloist picks up on verse 2 (each line is split into two verses).
- All other voices sing ooo's and aahh's softly in the background.
- Ostinato Refrain
- All voices sing the refrain, with some breaking off into harmonies.
- Verses 3 & 4
- First soloist sings verse 1; second soloist picks up on vese 2 (each line is split into two verses).
- All other voices sing ooo's and aahh's softly in the background.
- Ostinato Refrain
- All voices sing the refrain, with some breaking off into harmonies.
- Ostinato Refrain (Repeated)
- Ostinato Refrain (Repeated)
- Verses 1 &2
- One soloist sings both verses.
- All other voices sing the refrain softly in the background.
- Verse 3 & 4
- Piano drops.
- One soloist sings both verses.
- All other voices sing the refrain softly in the background.
- Ostinato Refrain (last time)
We also spent some time cleaning up the guitar parts on 'Resucitó'.
Just a quick note that at Father's request, we used the Gloria as the Sprinkling Rite last week (this was not in the program). I'm not sure if this will be repeated on Saturday, but just in case, Father blessed the Holy Water first and then we started the Gloria when he started sprinkling.
If anyone is interested in cantoring the Psalm, 'This is the Day', please make sure that you're familiar with the forth verse. In the past, we've skipped this verse, but in speaking with Father, he'd like us to use it. Also, we had some issues with the podium mic not being loud enough, so you may need to project if this is still a problem this week.
For 'Resucitó', we decided to start off the piece with an unspecified number of instrumental repeats of the refrain while the choir goes to Communion. Jim and Jonathan starting singing the refrain after that and the singers joined in as they returned from receiving.
I would like to suggest limiting the instrumental intro to two full repeats of the refrain -- this way, everyone is on the same page about the length and it allows enough time to build up the instruments before introducing voices. We'll also need to decide how to incorporate piano into the mix, and make sure everyone knows the coda.
Maggie, Lisa K., Karina and I are out this week.
At Jonathan's discretion, there will be practice after mass to continue working on 'Increase our Faith'. Ginny volunteered to bring dinner. Stay tuned for an update on this.
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UPDATE (4/16): [email from Barb] I just realized I've been neglecting to list the 'Gloria' in the song sheets. Sorry about that!! There is one... and it's still from Revised Mass of Remembrance, and will be that one all through the Easter Season.
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Here are the songs for this week:
Gathering:
SS 126 - Lift Up Your Hearts
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Glory to God (Sprinkling Rite):
Mass of Remembrance
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Response (Jonathan):
SS 82 - This is the Day (Psalm 118)
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Gospel Acclamation (Ginny):
Mass of Remembrance
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Offertory:
SS 116 - Holy Spirit
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Holy, Holy, Holy:
Mass of Remembrance
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Eucharistic Acclamation:
Mass of Remembrance
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Eucharistic Doxology:
Mass of Remembrance
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Lamb of God:
Mass of Remembrance
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Communion:
GC 432 - Resucitó
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Closing:
GC 549 - You Are the Voice
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
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