All glory, laud, and honor (Valet will ich dir geben)
Ride on! ride on in majesty! (The King's Majesty)
Ah, holy Jesus, how has thou offended? (Herzliebster Jesu)
O sacred head, sore wounded (Herzlich tut mich verlangen [Passion Chorale])
The royal banners forward go (Vexilla Regis prodeunt)
Choral:
Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Victoria: Pueri Hebraeorum
Lassus: Improperium exspectavit
Viadana: Missa L'Hora passa (Sanctus/Benedictus; Agnus Dei)
“All Glory, Laud and Honor”/VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN*
“Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”/ELLACOMBE
“Filled with Excitement” (Mantos y palmas)/HOSANNA
“A Cheering, Chanting, Dizzy Crowd”/CHRISTIAN LOVE
“Sanna, sannanina”/SANNANINA
*Perhaps worth noting that VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN and ST THEODOLH are alternate names for the same tune.
Actually it's not ...I mentioned it here a month or two ago the first time we used it (and provided a link to the video) and pretty sure you commented! It's words based on the Sanctus to tune of The Ash Grove used in communion liturgy
Ride on, ride on in majesty Winchester New
An upper room O waly, waly
How deep the Father’s love for us* How deep the Father's love for us
From heaven you came (vv.1-3)* The Servant king
Thou who wast rich Fragrance
Praise to the holiest Gerontius
*These two were used within the dramatised reading of the Passion Gospel
This evening's Mass of the Lord's Supper
Entrance with new oils - Meekness and Majesty
Before the Gospel - A new commandment I give unto you
Foot washing - Ubi caritas (Taize)
Offertory - Blest are you Lord God of all creation (sung by the priest)
Lamb of God - Litany (Inwood)
Comm - Unless a grain of wheat (Farrell)
Procession - Of the glorious body telling
Watching - Stay with me (Taize)
Hoping for a good turn out of people.
Not sure what Our Place is singing, but we have (in the past) had A new commandment, the Taize Ubi caritas, and Of the glorious body telling, in the same slots as those at @Alan29 's Place.
I daresay FatherInCharge will collect the Oils today*, but IIRC we've not previously had a special hymn to bring them in to, IYSWIM.
(*not sure where from, but our flying bishop has in the past held his Chrism Mass at the older Cathedral, down the road from here, sometimes a little earlier in Holy Week).
Not sure what Our Place is singing, but we have (in the past) had A new commandment, the Taize Ubi caritas, and Of the glorious body telling, in the same slots as those at @Alan29 's Place.
I daresay FatherInCharge will collect the Oils today*, but IIRC we've not previously had a special hymn to bring them in to, IYSWIM.
(*not sure where from, but our flying bishop has in the past held his Chrism Mass at the older Cathedral, down the road from here, sometimes a little earlier in Holy Week).
Ours isn't a special hymn for the oils, it is the normal entrance hymn, but the oils are carried in the entrance procession usually by a confirmation candidate with the chrism, a medic with the oil of the sick, and someone joining the church (or a midwife) with the oil of catechumens (baptism.) They are kept out until the altar is stripped at the end of Mass.
Some places have the oils coming in with their own procession with special music ..... but I reckon there is more than enough to worry about (and go wrong) without sticking extras on!
Not sure what Our Place is singing, but we have (in the past) had A new commandment, the Taize Ubi caritas, and Of the glorious body telling, in the same slots as those at @Alan29 's Place.
I daresay FatherInCharge will collect the Oils today*, but IIRC we've not previously had a special hymn to bring them in to, IYSWIM.
(*not sure where from, but our flying bishop has in the past held his Chrism Mass at the older Cathedral, down the road from here, sometimes a little earlier in Holy Week).
Ours isn't a special hymn for the oils, it is the normal entrance hymn, but the oils are carried in the entrance procession usually by a confirmation candidate with the chrism, a medic with the oil of the sick, and someone joining the church (or a midwife) with the oil of catechumens (baptism.) They are kept out until the altar is stripped at the end of Mass.
Some places have the oils coming in with their own procession with special music ..... but I reckon there is more than enough to worry about (and go wrong) without sticking extras on!
Ah - I see.
It looks as though there may not be enough people at Our Place tonight (I hope I'm wrong) to even do the Washing of Feet, let alone any other extra bits. I can't recall what we've had as the Introit hymn in years past, but I don't think it's been Meekness and Majesty.
We normally have, in the words of a past incumbent, Full choir plus 3 men and a dog, but this year we hosted another parish in interregnum who couldn't find a priest, so we had 24 choir plus 40 + congregation.
Setting
Communion service in F Sumsion Hymns
According to thy gracious word Bangor
O thou, who at thy eucharist didst pray Song 1
Of the Glorious body telling plainsong, mode III Motets
Ubi caritas et amor Duruflé
Ave verum corpus Byrd
Plus Psalm 22 sung antiphonally in plainsong as the altar was stripped.
Our visitors looked a bit shell-shocked by the music, but in a good way (I think).
Psalm 30
Passion with three readers and the congregation speaking the crowd parts
Veneration of the cross
Reproaches
When I survey the wondrous cross
Communion
Soul of my Saviour.
People are asked to be silent as they enter and leave the Church.
While we have a music group usually, today it will be just the organ to promote a more stark atmosphere.
“We sing the praise of him who died” - Warrington.
“O love, how deep, how broad, how high” - Eisenach.
“Here is love vast as the ocean” - tune by Robert Lowry.
“When I survey the wondrous cross” - Rockingham.
All age ‘stations of the cross’ ie readings, hymns and actions in different parts of the church, going from the ride into Jerusalem to the cross.
There is a green hill
Lord of the dance
A new commandment I give unto you
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Not sure whether the strangest bit was Jesus riding on a carpet full of cartoon animals’ backsides, or Carmina Burana and a smoke machine as Jesus approached the cross.
All age ‘stations of the cross’ ie readings, hymns and actions in different parts of the church, going from the ride into Jerusalem to the cross.
There is a green hill
Lord of the dance
A new commandment I give unto you
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Not sure whether the strangest bit was Jesus riding on a carpet full of cartoon animals’ backsides, or Carmina Burana and a smoke machine as Jesus approached the cross.
All age ‘stations of the cross’ ie readings, hymns and actions in different parts of the church, going from the ride into Jerusalem to the cross.
There is a green hill
Lord of the dance
A new commandment I give unto you
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Not sure whether the strangest bit was Jesus riding on a carpet full of cartoon animals’ backsides, or Carmina Burana and a smoke machine as Jesus approached the cross.
Oh. That sounds interesting.
I’ll say!
I’m guessing no one bothered to check the meaning of the Latin lyrics on O Fortuna. (I’m assuming that’s the bit of Carmina Burana that was played.)
Our service wasn’t imaginative like that (and I commend you for seeking to arrange an All-age service for Good Friday), although we did incorporate a wonderful sonnet by Malcolm Guite. Last Sunday however our children and teens designed and made their own Stations of the Cross, which were displayed in the church entrance area. On Sunday they will apparently be supplemented by a Resurrection banner.
Us too. We certainly had to suppress a giggle at what should have been a solemn (ish) moment.
I think the music was chosen because it was Dramatic and Eeeevil. But yes, we know what that piece is actually about...
The smoke machine's clouds were white, by the way.
The service also featured readings from volunteers of all ages (including a small boy who did an excellent job considering he hadn't had time to practise), a demonstration of foot washing, some bread being broken and some silver coins being thrown on the floor (at which I held my breath in case any of the children ran to grab them - but fortunately they didn't!)
I'm not usually a fan of all age services, but this one did achieve its aim of being accessible without pitching just at the children. And it was certainly memorable!
The carpet needs a little explaining. The plan had been to use leftover palm crosses which we would all wave and throw down on the floor for Jesus to walk on. But so many palm crosses had been taken on Sunday, there were none left! So the vicar used a carpet which is usually used for the children's area. The cute cartoon animals all peeking over their shoulders and showing us their backsides did change the atmosphere, certainly.
We had a joint service tonight at our (Presbyterian) church with neighboring Lutheran, United Methodist, United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ congregations. Hymnwise, we had:
“On a Barren Hilltop”/KING’S WESTON
“My Song is Love Unknown”/LOVE UNKNOWN
“This Is the Night”/MY NEIGHBOR
“Ah, Holy Jesus”/HERZLIEBSTER JESU
“What Wondrous Love Is This”/WONDROUS LOVE
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”/PASSION CHORALE
“Were You There”
We began our Good Friday service with the traditional Stations of the Cross. Despite the fact that we were affected by a massive thunderstorm with lightning and heavy rain, the attendance was pleasing.
The actual Good Friday service included optional Eucharist as only a few wish to take communion on Good Friday.
Hymns;
O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (Passion Chorale)
My song is Love Unknown (Love Unknown)
When I Survey (Rockingham) - always special to me as it was written by my ancestor, Isaac Watts.
Easter Vigil this evening.
Paschal Candle, Easter Proclamation, four psalms, alleluias sung for the first time since Lent started, renewal of baptismal promises, eucharist, communion under both kinds (re-introduced Maundy Thursday)
Ending up with
Jesus Christ is ris'n today molto con wellie.
Then just Easter morning to play for, then ........ wine. Lots and lots of wine.
Between Palm Sunday and the end of Easter day I will have played 54 various things. I will have earned that wine!
O I see. For some odd reason, I had an image of Jesus riding on a rolled-up carpet, the latter acting as a substitute donkey...
The whole service sounds as though it was quite something - was the attendance as good as expected or hoped?
There were about 20 there including children. Not bad for 10am on a bank holiday. I have to confess, we chose it because it finished early and we had things to do.
I'm sure the main service at 12:15 had better attendance.
Good Friday
From heaven you came, / Servant King
God, when human bonds are broken, / Meadway
My song is love unknown, / Love Unknown
When I survey the wondrous cross, / Rockingham
O sacred head sore wounded, / Passion Chorale
Introit: Out of the Depths (John Harper)-
Anthem: Drop, Drop Slow Tears (Philip Le Bas)
Slight tangent - did any of you watch the service from King's? Well up to their usual standard - the only thing I'd have changed was the Lamentations - nothing wrong with the Bairstow, but I'm rather partial to the Tallis version.
Rather than the usual services at 8 and 10 this morning, St Sanity had a Eucharist at 5.30, starting outdoors with the lighting of the new fire. It's years since we went to that, increasing age making later rising a better choice. Then an entirely indoors Eucharist at 8.30 with the choir giving support. Both services were A Prayer Book for Australia 2nd order, which is basically the standard service here, apart from in Sydney where its use in unusual.
Easter Sunday:
Jesus Christ is risen today, / Easter hymn
Now is eternal life, / Eastview
Yours be the glory, / Maccabaeus
The day of resurrection, / Ellacombe
Choral:
Introit: He is Risen (Percy Whitlock)
Anthem: Easter Song of Praise (Richard Shephard)
Easter Sunday:
Jesus Christ is risen today, / Easter hymn
Now is eternal life, / Eastview
Yours be the glory, / Maccabaeus
The day of resurrection, / Ellacombe
Choral:
Introit: He is Risen (Percy Whitlock)
Anthem: Easter Song of Praise (Richard Shephard)
Majesty
Now the green blade riseth
Bread of life, truth eternal
Thine be the glory.
The Vigil last night saw the post-plague re-introduction of incense. Vast clouds of it. Worshipping God through our bodies and senses as well as our minds. Loved it, despite being a rather low-church Roman.
Early morning Easter service on the beach at Fionnphort, Isle of Mull, looking over the sound to Iona. Twenty people, one dog and a dozen highland cows.
We (the humans that is) sang a cappella
The Day of Resurrection
Lord of the Dance
Thine he the Glory
We then retreated to the ferry kiosk for hot drinks and bacon rolls
That sounds amazing! We were 21 + dog for our traditional dawn stroll around our local lake: no service, just a brief reflection, and the coffee cabin hadn’t yet opened.
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter hymn) This is the day (words and music by Les Garrett) This joyful Eastertide (Vreuchten) Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus)
and a couple of items from A Sheet (of paper, that is), but I'm not sure what they were...
Another sparse congregation, it seems - at least, compared with last Easter's 60-plus!
6.00 am early service in a church at the head of a Lakeland valley. Began outside the church door with lighting the Easter candle and singing Thine be the glory, and then processing the candle up the aisle to the BCP Easter Anthems punctuated with ‘The light of Christ. Thanks be to God.’ as a refrain. Then BCP communion. 40 present in church, 16 communicants. Finished with Jesus Christ is risen today (EASTER HYMN (Lyra Davidica))
Adjourned afterwards to the ‘The Institute’ for bacon buns etc.
Then home to put the lamb in the oven before going to a 10.00 service in a rather different setting. 81 adults and 4 u.16 in church. 81 communicants.
Well thats it for another year, my 56th of playing. Put away the Holy Week music. Home for smoked salmon sandwiches and a snooze before slamming the lamb in the oven.
191 at the 11.00 Mass, very few singing as there were lots of "Oh Muuum, do I have to go to church?" folks among them. Kids were hyper having gorged on rocket fuel Easter eggs since dawn. Parents chasing escaped toddlers down the aisles to catch them before they got to the altar.
Well it is supposed to be about new life, isn't it?
Comments
I assume you mean this version of PHPHJOBR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_nIRLD_5gE&t=9s
All glory, laud, and honor (Valet will ich dir geben)
Ride on! ride on in majesty! (The King's Majesty)
Ah, holy Jesus, how has thou offended? (Herzliebster Jesu)
O sacred head, sore wounded (Herzlich tut mich verlangen [Passion Chorale])
The royal banners forward go (Vexilla Regis prodeunt)
Choral:
Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Victoria: Pueri Hebraeorum
Lassus: Improperium exspectavit
Viadana: Missa L'Hora passa (Sanctus/Benedictus; Agnus Dei)
“Hosanna, hosanna” (Carl Tuttle).
“Here comes Jesus riding into town” (Richard Coote).
“My song is love unknown”.
“It wasn’t just the children” (Church of Scotland minister, to "Wir Pflugen").
“Ride on, ride on, in majesty!”
Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Lift high the cross
Ash Grove Sanctus
You are the King of glory
and a choral introit written by our organist
Hosanna to the Son of David
“All Glory, Laud and Honor”/VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN*
“Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”/ELLACOMBE
“Filled with Excitement” (Mantos y palmas)/HOSANNA
“A Cheering, Chanting, Dizzy Crowd”/CHRISTIAN LOVE
“Sanna, sannanina”/SANNANINA
*Perhaps worth noting that VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN and ST THEODOLH are alternate names for the same tune.
Actually it's not ...I mentioned it here a month or two ago the first time we used it (and provided a link to the video) and pretty sure you commented! It's words based on the Sanctus to tune of The Ash Grove used in communion liturgy
Bless the Lord, mysoul, / Taize
Jesus comes with all his grace, / Savannah
Praise the God who changes places, / Boe
Choral
Introit: Hosanna Son of David, plainsong chant
Hosanna, by Marie Pooler
Anthem: Ride On, by Grayston Ives
An upper room O waly, waly
How deep the Father’s love for us* How deep the Father's love for us
From heaven you came (vv.1-3)* The Servant king
Thou who wast rich Fragrance
Praise to the holiest Gerontius
*These two were used within the dramatised reading of the Passion Gospel
And not everyone reads every word of every post.
I know Envy is a Deadly Sin, but I'm committing it anyway - all those glorious English cadences!
Its a wonderful piece. So sonorous.
Entrance with new oils - Meekness and Majesty
Before the Gospel - A new commandment I give unto you
Foot washing - Ubi caritas (Taize)
Offertory - Blest are you Lord God of all creation (sung by the priest)
Lamb of God - Litany (Inwood)
Comm - Unless a grain of wheat (Farrell)
Procession - Of the glorious body telling
Watching - Stay with me (Taize)
Hoping for a good turn out of people.
I daresay FatherInCharge will collect the Oils today*, but IIRC we've not previously had a special hymn to bring them in to, IYSWIM.
(*not sure where from, but our flying bishop has in the past held his Chrism Mass at the older Cathedral, down the road from here, sometimes a little earlier in Holy Week).
Ours isn't a special hymn for the oils, it is the normal entrance hymn, but the oils are carried in the entrance procession usually by a confirmation candidate with the chrism, a medic with the oil of the sick, and someone joining the church (or a midwife) with the oil of catechumens (baptism.) They are kept out until the altar is stripped at the end of Mass.
Some places have the oils coming in with their own procession with special music ..... but I reckon there is more than enough to worry about (and go wrong) without sticking extras on!
Ah - I see.
It looks as though there may not be enough people at Our Place tonight (I hope I'm wrong) to even do the Washing of Feet, let alone any other extra bits. I can't recall what we've had as the Introit hymn in years past, but I don't think it's been Meekness and Majesty.
Setting
Communion service in F Sumsion
Hymns
According to thy gracious word Bangor
O thou, who at thy eucharist didst pray Song 1
Of the Glorious body telling plainsong, mode III
Motets
Ubi caritas et amor Duruflé
Ave verum corpus Byrd
Plus Psalm 22 sung antiphonally in plainsong as the altar was stripped.
Our visitors looked a bit shell-shocked by the music, but in a good way (I think).
Psalm 30
Passion with three readers and the congregation speaking the crowd parts
Veneration of the cross
Reproaches
When I survey the wondrous cross
Communion
Soul of my Saviour.
People are asked to be silent as they enter and leave the Church.
While we have a music group usually, today it will be just the organ to promote a more stark atmosphere.
“O love, how deep, how broad, how high” - Eisenach.
“Here is love vast as the ocean” - tune by Robert Lowry.
“When I survey the wondrous cross” - Rockingham.
There is a green hill
Lord of the dance
A new commandment I give unto you
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Not sure whether the strangest bit was Jesus riding on a carpet full of cartoon animals’ backsides, or Carmina Burana and a smoke machine as Jesus approached the cross.
Quite a good selection of hymns for an *all-age* Stations, though.
(I hope the smoke machine produced smoke of the correct liturgical colour
Oh. That sounds interesting.
I’m guessing no one bothered to check the meaning of the Latin lyrics on O Fortuna. (I’m assuming that’s the bit of Carmina Burana that was played.)
Yes, I wondered about that...
Presumably, the carpet Jesus was riding had an image of a donkey's backside upon it...
Seriously, though, it sounds as if those responsible for the service were being quite imaginative and creative!
https://tinyurl.com/3e5ps9kv
https://tinyurl.com/53av5acp
https://tinyurl.com/44tk27ve
https://tinyurl.com/2p9az65w
However, we’re straying from “what we sang” ...
This is Amazing Grace
How Deep the Father's Love For Us
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
I defy any Brit of a Certain Age to hear O Fortuna without seeing, in their mind's eye, a bloke on a surf-board advertising Old Spice aftershave.
Well, that image certainly came to my mind's eye...being of A Certain Age...
I think the music was chosen because it was Dramatic and Eeeevil. But yes, we know what that piece is actually about...
The smoke machine's clouds were white, by the way.
The service also featured readings from volunteers of all ages (including a small boy who did an excellent job considering he hadn't had time to practise), a demonstration of foot washing, some bread being broken and some silver coins being thrown on the floor (at which I held my breath in case any of the children ran to grab them - but fortunately they didn't!)
I'm not usually a fan of all age services, but this one did achieve its aim of being accessible without pitching just at the children. And it was certainly memorable!
The carpet needs a little explaining. The plan had been to use leftover palm crosses which we would all wave and throw down on the floor for Jesus to walk on. But so many palm crosses had been taken on Sunday, there were none left! So the vicar used a carpet which is usually used for the children's area. The cute cartoon animals all peeking over their shoulders and showing us their backsides did change the atmosphere, certainly.
The whole service sounds as though it was quite something - was the attendance as good as expected or hoped?
“On a Barren Hilltop”/KING’S WESTON
“My Song is Love Unknown”/LOVE UNKNOWN
“This Is the Night”/MY NEIGHBOR
“Ah, Holy Jesus”/HERZLIEBSTER JESU
“What Wondrous Love Is This”/WONDROUS LOVE
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”/PASSION CHORALE
“Were You There”
The actual Good Friday service included optional Eucharist as only a few wish to take communion on Good Friday.
Hymns;
O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (Passion Chorale)
My song is Love Unknown (Love Unknown)
When I Survey (Rockingham) - always special to me as it was written by my ancestor, Isaac Watts.
Paschal Candle, Easter Proclamation, four psalms, alleluias sung for the first time since Lent started, renewal of baptismal promises, eucharist, communion under both kinds (re-introduced Maundy Thursday)
Ending up with
Jesus Christ is ris'n today molto con wellie.
Then just Easter morning to play for, then ........ wine. Lots and lots of wine.
Between Palm Sunday and the end of Easter day I will have played 54 various things. I will have earned that wine!
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
👏👏👏👏👏 for all musicians and singers who have been working so hard over Holy Week (not forgetting the clergy, of course).
There were about 20 there including children. Not bad for 10am on a bank holiday. I have to confess, we chose it because it finished early and we had things to do.
I'm sure the main service at 12:15 had better attendance.
From heaven you came, / Servant King
God, when human bonds are broken, / Meadway
My song is love unknown, / Love Unknown
When I survey the wondrous cross, / Rockingham
O sacred head sore wounded, / Passion Chorale
Introit: Out of the Depths (John Harper)-
Anthem: Drop, Drop Slow Tears (Philip Le Bas)
Does that mean you're getting a new vicar?
Slight tangent - did any of you watch the service from King's? Well up to their usual standard - the only thing I'd have changed was the Lamentations - nothing wrong with the Bairstow, but I'm rather partial to the Tallis version.
Jesus Christ is risen today, / Easter hymn
Now is eternal life, / Eastview
Yours be the glory, / Maccabaeus
The day of resurrection, / Ellacombe
Choral:
Introit: He is Risen (Percy Whitlock)
Anthem: Easter Song of Praise (Richard Shephard)
Yours be the glory?
Majesty
Now the green blade riseth
Bread of life, truth eternal
Thine be the glory.
The Vigil last night saw the post-plague re-introduction of incense. Vast clouds of it. Worshipping God through our bodies and senses as well as our minds. Loved it, despite being a rather low-church Roman.
We (the humans that is) sang a cappella
The Day of Resurrection
Lord of the Dance
Thine he the Glory
We then retreated to the ferry kiosk for hot drinks and bacon rolls
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter hymn)
This is the day (words and music by Les Garrett)
This joyful Eastertide (Vreuchten)
Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus)
and a couple of items from A Sheet (of paper, that is), but I'm not sure what they were...
Another sparse congregation, it seems - at least, compared with last Easter's 60-plus!
Adjourned afterwards to the ‘The Institute’ for bacon buns etc.
Then home to put the lamb in the oven before going to a 10.00 service in a rather different setting. 81 adults and 4 u.16 in church. 81 communicants.
191 at the 11.00 Mass, very few singing as there were lots of "Oh Muuum, do I have to go to church?" folks among them. Kids were hyper having gorged on rocket fuel Easter eggs since dawn. Parents chasing escaped toddlers down the aisles to catch them before they got to the altar.
Well it is supposed to be about new life, isn't it?