Praise to the holiest ( Gerontius)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ( Daily Daily)*
Take my life ( Nottingham )
During Communion:As the deer pants for the water
And can it be? ( Sagina)
Praise to the holiest ( Gerontius)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ( Daily Daily)*
Take my life ( Nottingham )
During Communion:As the deer pants for the water
And can it be? ( Sagina)
* We’ve not sung it to this tune before.
I've sung TAWIGM to Daily daily - which fits it quite well IMHO.
You also had a fine selection this morning, though.
Praise to the holiest ( Gerontius)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ( Daily Daily)*
Take my life ( Nottingham )
During Communion:As the deer pants for the water
And can it be? ( Sagina)
* We’ve not sung it to this tune before.
A great choice of hymns. I am not familiar with the tune Daily Daily. I will have to look it up.
Praise to the holiest ( Gerontius)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ( Daily Daily)*
Take my life ( Nottingham )
During Communion:As the deer pants for the water
And can it be? ( Sagina)
* We’ve not sung it to this tune before.
A great choice of hymns. I am not familiar with the tune Daily Daily. I will have to look it up.
Daily, daily is often the tune used for the popular Marian hymn Ye who own the faith of Jesus...
We had the third and last of the *Scrutinies for our catechumens, so the gospel was the Raising of Lazarus.
Hymns were
Come back to me with all your heart (based on Hosea.) - Norbert
Return to God with all your heart - Haugen
Unless a grain of wheat shall fall - Farrell
Guide me O thou great redeemer - the usual and expected Principality Stadium tune.
* Scrutinies is an odd word for the candidates for baptism being called forward, presented to the congregation and prayed over on three successive Sundays in Lent. Where this happens there are special readings. They lead up to baptisms at the main Easter services.
One of the worship band started us off by saying that we are not a Good Friday people, we are an Easter Sunday people (not a sentiment I agree with); accordingly we sang:
Rise, my soul, the Lord is risen
Followed by:
Holy, holy, holy (Lift up his name with the sound of singing) You give life, you are love, you bring light to the darkness (new to me) I speak Jesus For the sake of the world, burn like a fire in me (another new one to me) Come, Lord Jesus (Great is the darkness that covers the earth)
I was serving this morning, for which I was most unusually thankful, as it meant I didn't have to sing most of the hymns*. We had tried to rehearse them yesterday, but J hadn't a clue how they were supposed to go, and listening to some bloke on You Tube wailing with a guitar didn't really help either.
Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex O sacred head, surrounded - Passion Chorale Come and see - We Worship at Your Feet Broken for me, broken for you - Broken for Me Fight the good fight - Duke Street
* I'll leave you to work out which ones I was happiest about not having to sing ...
I was serving this morning, for which I was most unusually thankful, as it meant I didn't have to sing most of the hymns*. We had tried to rehearse them yesterday, but J hadn't a clue how they were supposed to go, and listening to some bloke on You Tube wailing with a guitar didn't really help either.
Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex O sacred head, surrounded - Passion Chorale Come and see - We Worship at Your Feet Broken for me, broken for you - Broken for Me Fight the good fight - Duke Street
* I'll leave you to work out which ones I was happiest about not having to sing ...
OK - I'll bite...
I'm guessing that the first two hymns, and the final hymn, were all acceptable, and sung to the usual tunes*. Come and see is not one I'm familiar with (I note that it's a Kendrick opus), but Broken for me is sometimes sung at Our Place, and reasonably well-known.
I do agree, though, that they all need a reasonably competent organist or pianist, and rehearsal if possible. We're fortunate inasmuch as we have two competent players, and a cantor with a good voice who can lead from the front as required. The cantor lady has only recently taken on the job of choosing the hymns, and is making IMHO a good job of it, until FatherInCharge insists on some ghastly ditty, or something by Cliff Richard...
*BTW, I used to think Duke Street was a 19thC tune, but no - it's attributed to one John Hatton, who died in 1793, and I've seen a YouTube video where it's sung (by west gallery choir and congregation) to an even earlier work by Isaac Watts.
Come and see is one I know well, but would be cautious about using it in my current context as no-one but me really knows it. I've just checked my List of Lists, (the last 12 years worth of hymns choices) and I've only ever used it as background music whilst waiting for everyone to get back to their places for the Communion hymn.
I do get requests for Broken for me as it's well known to us. I could live without it, but others like it...
However, in a shrinking congregation, with few singers I'm getting more and more hardline about being asked at short notice to play hymn/songs I don't know as if I don't know them well enough to sing along with them, that way disaster lies... If I've got a month's notice, where I can at least play the tune often enough (usually during that communion slot, or points where I might improvise) for people to think they know it, then we will do our best. Luckily, I do the vast majority of our hymns choosing, and I do my best to play to our strengths, along with all other considerations.
I was serving this morning, for which I was most unusually thankful, as it meant I didn't have to sing most of the hymns*. We had tried to rehearse them yesterday, but J hadn't a clue how they were supposed to go, and listening to some bloke on You Tube wailing with a guitar didn't really help either.
Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex O sacred head, surrounded - Passion Chorale Come and see - We Worship at Your Feet Broken for me, broken for you - Broken for Me Fight the good fight - Duke Street
* I'll leave you to work out which ones I was happiest about not having to sing ...
I'm guessing Come and See and Broken for me, broken for you . In my experience they are really difficult to sing congregationally... and there are, shall we say, better songs available...
Come and see is one I know well, but would be cautious about using it in my current context as no-one but me really knows it. I've just checked my List of Lists, (the last 12 years worth of hymns choices) and I've only ever used it as background music whilst waiting for everyone to get back to their places for the Communion hymn.
I do get requests for Broken for me as it's well known to us. I could live without it, but others like it...
However, in a shrinking congregation, with few singers I'm getting more and more hardline about being asked at short notice to play hymn/songs I don't know as if I don't know them well enough to sing along with them, that way disaster lies... If I've got a month's notice, where I can at least play the tune often enough (usually during that communion slot, or points where I might improvise) for people to think they know it, then we will do our best. Luckily, I do the vast majority of our hymns choosing, and I do my best to play to our strengths, along with all other considerations.
I hear you on this one.
I usually get hymns at the earliest on Thursday for the Sunday, more often Friday or Saturday. If we've not sung it before and I can't get a midi file/electronic score I suggest an alternative. One advantage of our approach (I'm not a musician so I generate accompaniment digitally then record the vocals) is that I can get a "good enough" vocal lead recorded in advance so I'm not reliant on remembering how a new tune goes.
Part of the trouble is that, apart from the Psalm for Evensong, J only rehearses what we're singing the next day (although she's had a list for the last three months). Also, she comes hopelessly unprepared; she often doesn't have a clue how a tune is supposed to go if it's not a traditional hymn. I appreciate that these bouncy, syncopated tunes are hard to read, but as the "choir director" she really ought to put in a bit more effort.
“Be Thou My Vision”/SLANE
“We Are Forgiven”/WE ARE FORGIVEN
“How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord”/REPTON
“ Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song” (Jésus, je voudrais te chanter)/LES PETITS SOUERS
That last one is such a gem.
And the choir sang Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, which I know is one of those pieces that can evoke very different reactions. Some would call it a taste of Heaven, while others consider it vastly overrated. I’m firmly in the first group, partially because I do think it’s beautiful, but also because of some deep emotional and sentimental attachments. We had to be away Friday and yesterday for meetings and receptions, but came back last night so I wouldn’t miss singing it.
Mary anointing Jesus' feet, and Passion Sunday ("nearly Easter - but not quite").
“O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” - Was Lebet.
“Hosanna (Humble King, you chose the road" - we listened to this instead of singing it.
“Said Judas to Mary” - its own folky tune.
“Jesus, priceless treasure” - Jesu, meine Freude.
“Jesus shall reign where'er the sun” - Truro.
I'm guessing Come and See and Broken for me, broken for you . In my experience they are really difficult to sing congregationally... and there are, shall we say, better songs available...
I don't know Come and See - but Broken for Me is easy (if perhaps a bit dull?)
As it was the first Sunday of the month, we had sung Evensong, with the following:
Psalm 119: 145-152 - chant by George Martin
Glory be to Jesus - Caswall Morning glory, starlit sky - Song 13*
* This was supposed to be the opening hymn, but Rev'd Rosie forgot about it (<rolleyes>), however she announced that it would replace the last hymn, which was fine by me. You can't go wrong with a bit of Gibbons.
Part of the trouble is that, apart from the Psalm for Evensong, J only rehearses what we're singing the next day (although she's had a list for the last three months). Also, she comes hopelessly unprepared; she often doesn't have a clue how a tune is supposed to go if it's not a traditional hymn. I appreciate that these bouncy, syncopated tunes are hard to read, but as the "choir director" she really ought to put in a bit more effort.
Yes, that seems a very reasonable point to make!
But at least you've got a choir and an organist (I presume) to lead worship. We have neither and have to use recorded backing tracks.
Not here for high and holy things (MORNING SONG)
Lord, whose love in humble service (BLAENHAFREN)
A prophet-woman broke a jar (HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING)
King of glory, King of Peace (GENERAL SEMINARY)
Choir:
Ave Verum corpus, plainsong
Drop, Drop slow tears, Gibbons
Hymns:
King of glory, King of peace, / Gwalchmai
For the fruits of all creation, / Ar hyd y nos
Christians lift your hearts and voices, / Triumph
Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus, / Hyfrydol
It was Matins at our place. The sun was shining and we were presenting RSCM choir medals so had a massive congregation.
VeniteSouth in C Psalm 126plainsong BenediciteSumsion in B flat JubilateTonus Peregrinus Anthem
When the Lord turned again Batten Hymns
The royal banners forward go plainsong O dearest Lord, thy sacred head Belmont
And can it be Sagina Voluntary Concerto in G BWV 592 Bach (1st movement only)
That's the good news. The bad news is that 3 of our singing families are going away and won't be back for Easter ...
Our Place usually does quite well attendance-wise on Easter Day, so hopefully this will be the case this year, too. One stalwart family, nearly always Away at Easter, will be present, for the first time in several years, and may swell the otherwise minimal numbers on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
Thought people may be interested -- if you haven't been told earlier -- that in the Byzantine Rite the day before Palm Sunday is Lazarus Saturday. This week we have verses mentioning Lazarus getting sick then dying; here are 3 from today's [Thu] Matins in case any are curious:
Lazarus has been dead now for two days, and his sisters Martha and Mary shed tears of grief for him, gazing at the stone before his tomb. But the Creator has come with His disciples, to despoil death and bestow life. Therefore let us cry to Him: O Lord, glory to Thee.
O all-destroying death, expect now thine own dissolution. Let thy doorkeepers look to the bolts and bars: for Christ shall raise up Lazarus and shatter thy gates by His word. With us the Prophet cries to thee, ‘O hell, drink this first.’
Yoking contemplation to action, let us make haste to offer up our prayers to Christ, that by His dread authority He may call our spiritual understanding back from the tomb to life, like another dead Lazarus; and we shall bring Him palms of righteousness and cry: Blessed art Thou who comest.
Palm Sunday
Procession of Palms - Chris Walker
Responsorial Psalm 22
The Servant King
Celtic Mass
Unless a grain of wheat shall fall - Farrell
My song is love unknown
Quite a good selection (IMHO) for Palm Sunday at Our Place:
Procession - All glory, laud and honour (St Theodulph)
Introit - Ride on, ride on in majesty (either Winchester New or St Drostane)
Offertory - Take up thy cross, the Saviour said (Breslau)
Communion - There is a green hill far away (Horsley)
Post-communion - Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (traditional tune - verse 5 omitted, and replaced by a repeat of verse 1)
Were you there? segues nicely into Holy Week, with its vital open meeting about the Hall ceiling, and car parking problems. I think they're doing some religious stuff as well.
I don't think I've ever heard Ride on, ride on...; but I know it exists. I'll look it up after posting this. Hope the meeting goes well.
I remember uneducated me thinking "without a city wall" in There is a green hill far away meant none existed when I first heard it.
Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday have the same main hymns in Byzantium:
By raising Lazarus from the dead before Thy passion, Thou didst confirm the universal resurrection, O Christ God! Like the children with the branches of victory, we cry out to Thee, O Vanquisher of Death: Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! (Troparion)
Christ —the Joy, the Truth and the Light of All, the Life of the world and its Resurrection—has appeared in his goodness to those on earth. He has become the Image of our Resurrection, granting divine forgiveness to all. (Kontakion)
Hosanna to the Son of David* All glory, laud and honour Take up your cross** Christus factus est [choir; I forgot who one of the choir member's told me set it, sorry] Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory [Communion] Hail, Redeemer, King divine!
* processed from behind the cathedral in cool and drizzle after a holy water blessing and reading of the Triumphal Procession
It’s called a fermata. It generally means that the note should be held longer than the normal duration of the note. How much longer is more or less up to the musician.
In some styles of music, such as Bach chorales, it can be interpreted as simply indicating the end of a phrase, so any lengthening of the note is minimal.
April 13th, Palm Sunday
Choir:
The Children of the Hebrews, / Palestrina
Christ is our cornerstone, / Thorne
Hymns:
The Servant King, / Servant King
Sing Praise and Thanksgiving, / Kremser
Ride on, Ride on, / Winchester New
Christ is the World’s Light, / Christe Sanctorum
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Hyfrydol)
I Cannot Tell Why He, Whom Angels Worship (Londonderry Air)
How Deep the Father’s Love For Us (Townend)
There Is a Green Hill Far Away (Horsley)
“Make way!” - Kendrick.
“Hosanna, hosanna” - Carl Tuttle.
“My song is love unknown" (Love Unknown).
“A cheering, chanting, dizzy crowd” (St Magnus).
“Ride on, ride on, in majesty!” (Winchester New).
Predictable Palm Sunday hymns (but none the worse for that!) at our 9 o'clock communion:
I Will Sing the Wondrous Story / HYFRYDOL
My Song is Love Unknown / LOVE UNKNOWN
Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! / WINCHESTER NEW
We would normally have processed through the church, outside and back in during the first hymn but for some reason we didn't (Rev'd Rosie said something about it before the start of the service, but when she's talking into the hands-free mike I find it very hard to catch what she's saying). It was probably because it's a tradition that dates from before 1982 ...
We had the Passion according to St Luke (or an approximation thereof) read out by several of us in lieu of a sermon, and sang the following:
Ride on, ride on in majesty - Winchester New You are the King of Glory - Hosanna to the Son of David* From heaven you came - The Servant King (bloody K*ndr*ck again) My song is love unknown - Love Unknown All glory, laud and honour - St Theodulph
* sadly, not a patch on any of the three excellent choral settings available (Weelkes, Gibbons and Hutchings)
Going from memory and I think I've forgotten something but:
At Chichester Cathedral this morning we processed from the Cathedral Green singing All glory laud and honour.
Once inside we had:
Ride on ride on in majesty
My song is love unknown
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Yours the glory and the crown
The choir, as ever, did us proud with beautiful anthems and Mass setting- apologies my memory is letting me down so I can't reference them.
The Nave was full, lots of visitors and a noticeably "affectionately bemused" reception from bystanders as we processed in!
But a truly moving and beautiful start to Holy Week.
An excellent lot of hymns @MrsBeaky - I guess the final hymn was the one that begins Christ triumphant, ever reigning...
My Spy reports that Palm Sunday at Our Place went very well, with a rather larger congregation than usual, including some visitors. Only one under 16, alas, but several of our regular-as-they-can-make-it students were present.
I've asked my Spy to let me know what they sing on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil.
An excellent lot of hymns @MrsBeaky - I guess the final hymn was the one that begins Christ triumphant, ever reigning...
My Spy reports that Palm Sunday at Our Place went very well, with a rather larger congregation than usual, including some visitors. Only one under 16, alas, but several of our regular-as-they-can-make-it students were present.
I've asked my Spy to let me know what they sing on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil.
Yes, that's the one! Thank you for aiding my failing memory 😆
An excellent lot of hymns @MrsBeaky - I guess the final hymn was the one that begins Christ triumphant, ever reigning...
My Spy reports that Palm Sunday at Our Place went very well, with a rather larger congregation than usual, including some visitors. Only one under 16, alas, but several of our regular-as-they-can-make-it students were present.
I've asked my Spy to let me know what they sing on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil.
Yes, that's the one! Thank you for aiding my failing memory 😆
The service is on YouTube - the procession wasn't filmed, but the entrance hymn (Ride on, ride on) is about 26 minutes in:
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Praise to the holiest ( Gerontius)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ( Daily Daily)*
Take my life ( Nottingham )
During Communion:As the deer pants for the water
And can it be? ( Sagina)
* We’ve not sung it to this tune before.
I've sung TAWIGM to Daily daily - which fits it quite well IMHO.
You also had a fine selection this morning, though.
The prophet woman broke a Jar
Come one, come all - a video which no one sang!!
I the Lord of sea and sky
A great choice of hymns. I am not familiar with the tune Daily Daily. I will have to look it up.
Daily, daily is often the tune used for the popular Marian hymn Ye who own the faith of Jesus...
Hymns were
Come back to me with all your heart (based on Hosea.) - Norbert
Return to God with all your heart - Haugen
Unless a grain of wheat shall fall - Farrell
Guide me O thou great redeemer - the usual and expected Principality Stadium tune.
* Scrutinies is an odd word for the candidates for baptism being called forward, presented to the congregation and prayed over on three successive Sundays in Lent. Where this happens there are special readings. They lead up to baptisms at the main Easter services.
Rise, my soul, the Lord is risen
Followed by:
Holy, holy, holy (Lift up his name with the sound of singing)
You give life, you are love, you bring light to the darkness (new to me)
I speak Jesus
For the sake of the world, burn like a fire in me (another new one to me)
Come, Lord Jesus (Great is the darkness that covers the earth)
Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex
O sacred head, surrounded - Passion Chorale
Come and see - We Worship at Your Feet
Broken for me, broken for you - Broken for Me
Fight the good fight - Duke Street
* I'll leave you to work out which ones I was happiest about not having to sing ...
OK - I'll bite...
I'm guessing that the first two hymns, and the final hymn, were all acceptable, and sung to the usual tunes*. Come and see is not one I'm familiar with (I note that it's a Kendrick opus), but Broken for me is sometimes sung at Our Place, and reasonably well-known.
I do agree, though, that they all need a reasonably competent organist or pianist, and rehearsal if possible. We're fortunate inasmuch as we have two competent players, and a cantor with a good voice who can lead from the front as required. The cantor lady has only recently taken on the job of choosing the hymns, and is making IMHO a good job of it, until FatherInCharge insists on some ghastly ditty, or something by Cliff Richard...
*BTW, I used to think Duke Street was a 19thC tune, but no - it's attributed to one John Hatton, who died in 1793, and I've seen a YouTube video where it's sung (by west gallery choir and congregation) to an even earlier work by Isaac Watts.
Here's that hymn by Isaac Watts - Thus far the Lord has led me on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGi3ybJ96B8
Good solid stuff, like a lot of hymns by Watts.
(Click on subtitles to see the text on screen)
I do get requests for Broken for me as it's well known to us. I could live without it, but others like it...
However, in a shrinking congregation, with few singers I'm getting more and more hardline about being asked at short notice to play hymn/songs I don't know as if I don't know them well enough to sing along with them, that way disaster lies... If I've got a month's notice, where I can at least play the tune often enough (usually during that communion slot, or points where I might improvise) for people to think they know it, then we will do our best. Luckily, I do the vast majority of our hymns choosing, and I do my best to play to our strengths, along with all other considerations.
I'm guessing Come and See and Broken for me, broken for you . In my experience they are really difficult to sing congregationally... and there are, shall we say, better songs available...
I hear you on this one.
I usually get hymns at the earliest on Thursday for the Sunday, more often Friday or Saturday. If we've not sung it before and I can't get a midi file/electronic score I suggest an alternative. One advantage of our approach (I'm not a musician so I generate accompaniment digitally then record the vocals) is that I can get a "good enough" vocal lead recorded in advance so I'm not reliant on remembering how a new tune goes.
“Be Thou My Vision”/SLANE
“We Are Forgiven”/WE ARE FORGIVEN
“How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord”/REPTON
“ Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song” (Jésus, je voudrais te chanter)/LES PETITS SOUERS
That last one is such a gem.
And the choir sang Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, which I know is one of those pieces that can evoke very different reactions. Some would call it a taste of Heaven, while others consider it vastly overrated. I’m firmly in the first group, partially because I do think it’s beautiful, but also because of some deep emotional and sentimental attachments. We had to be away Friday and yesterday for meetings and receptions, but came back last night so I wouldn’t miss singing it.
“O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” - Was Lebet.
“Hosanna (Humble King, you chose the road" - we listened to this instead of singing it.
“Said Judas to Mary” - its own folky tune.
“Jesus, priceless treasure” - Jesu, meine Freude.
“Jesus shall reign where'er the sun” - Truro.
Fight the Good Fight
Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us
There is a Green Hill Far Away
Psalm 119: 145-152 - chant by George Martin
Glory be to Jesus - Caswall
Morning glory, starlit sky - Song 13*
* This was supposed to be the opening hymn, but Rev'd Rosie forgot about it (<rolleyes>), however she announced that it would replace the last hymn, which was fine by me. You can't go wrong with a bit of Gibbons.
Yes, that seems a very reasonable point to make!
But at least you've got a choir and an organist (I presume) to lead worship. We have neither and have to use recorded backing tracks.
Not here for high and holy things (MORNING SONG)
Lord, whose love in humble service (BLAENHAFREN)
A prophet-woman broke a jar (HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING)
King of glory, King of Peace (GENERAL SEMINARY)
Choir:
Ave Verum corpus, plainsong
Drop, Drop slow tears, Gibbons
Hymns:
King of glory, King of peace, / Gwalchmai
For the fruits of all creation, / Ar hyd y nos
Christians lift your hearts and voices, / Triumph
Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus, / Hyfrydol
What? In Lent?
Venite South in C
Psalm 126 plainsong
Benedicite Sumsion in B flat
Jubilate Tonus Peregrinus
Anthem
When the Lord turned again Batten
Hymns
The royal banners forward go plainsong
O dearest Lord, thy sacred head Belmont
And can it be Sagina
Voluntary
Concerto in G BWV 592 Bach (1st movement only)
That's the good news. The bad news is that 3 of our singing families are going away and won't be back for Easter ...
There ought to be a law against that!
Procession of Palms - Chris Walker
Responsorial Psalm 22
The Servant King
Celtic Mass
Unless a grain of wheat shall fall - Farrell
My song is love unknown
Procession - All glory, laud and honour (St Theodulph)
Introit - Ride on, ride on in majesty (either Winchester New or St Drostane)
Offertory - Take up thy cross, the Saviour said (Breslau)
Communion - There is a green hill far away (Horsley)
Post-communion - Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (traditional tune - verse 5 omitted, and replaced by a repeat of verse 1)
Were you there? segues nicely into Holy Week, with its vital open meeting about the Hall ceiling, and car parking problems. I think they're doing some religious stuff as well.
I remember uneducated me thinking "without a city wall" in There is a green hill far away meant none existed when I first heard it.
Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday have the same main hymns in Byzantium:
Singing that was a biggie on my bucket list. It is sublime.
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Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday) / Year C
Hosanna to the Son of David*
All glory, laud and honour
Take up your cross**
Christus factus est [choir; I forgot who one of the choir member's told me set it, sorry]
Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory [Communion]
Hail, Redeemer, King divine!
* processed from behind the cathedral in cool and drizzle after a holy water blessing and reading of the Triumphal Procession
** could some kind person tell me what the semi-circle with a dot on the second line means?
In some styles of music, such as Bach chorales, it can be interpreted as simply indicating the end of a phrase, so any lengthening of the note is minimal.
Choir:
The Children of the Hebrews, / Palestrina
Christ is our cornerstone, / Thorne
Hymns:
The Servant King, / Servant King
Sing Praise and Thanksgiving, / Kremser
Ride on, Ride on, / Winchester New
Christ is the World’s Light, / Christe Sanctorum
I Cannot Tell Why He, Whom Angels Worship (Londonderry Air)
How Deep the Father’s Love For Us (Townend)
There Is a Green Hill Far Away (Horsley)
“Make way!” - Kendrick.
“Hosanna, hosanna” - Carl Tuttle.
“My song is love unknown" (Love Unknown).
“A cheering, chanting, dizzy crowd” (St Magnus).
“Ride on, ride on, in majesty!” (Winchester New).
I Will Sing the Wondrous Story / HYFRYDOL
My Song is Love Unknown / LOVE UNKNOWN
Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! / WINCHESTER NEW
We had the Passion according to St Luke (or an approximation thereof) read out by several of us in lieu of a sermon, and sang the following:
Ride on, ride on in majesty - Winchester New
You are the King of Glory - Hosanna to the Son of David*
From heaven you came - The Servant King (bloody K*ndr*ck again)
My song is love unknown - Love Unknown
All glory, laud and honour - St Theodulph
* sadly, not a patch on any of the three excellent choral settings available (Weelkes, Gibbons and Hutchings)
Alas! so few people seem to go to church on Maundy Thursday that it makes sense to give TSK an outing today, as Holy Week begins.
At Chichester Cathedral this morning we processed from the Cathedral Green singing All glory laud and honour.
Once inside we had:
Ride on ride on in majesty
My song is love unknown
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Yours the glory and the crown
The choir, as ever, did us proud with beautiful anthems and Mass setting- apologies my memory is letting me down so I can't reference them.
The Nave was full, lots of visitors and a noticeably "affectionately bemused" reception from bystanders as we processed in!
But a truly moving and beautiful start to Holy Week.
My Spy reports that Palm Sunday at Our Place went very well, with a rather larger congregation than usual, including some visitors. Only one under 16, alas, but several of our regular-as-they-can-make-it students were present.
I've asked my Spy to let me know what they sing on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil.
Yes, that's the one! Thank you for aiding my failing memory 😆
The service is on YouTube - the procession wasn't filmed, but the entrance hymn (Ride on, ride on) is about 26 minutes in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaBaLDI6ok