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+  HOLY WEEK & EASTER MUSIC 2010  +

 

 

                                            PALM SUNDAY, March 28

                                                                  BLESSING & PROCESSION OF PALMS,

MASS OF PALM SUNDAY  11:00 a.m.

                                               Gregorian chant:  Antiphon Hosanna, Communion Pater, si non potest

                                               Passion of Christ from Mark's Gospel:  chant recitation in English

                                                    (Narrator: David Ronis, tenor; Christ: Robert Kuehn, baritone; Speaker: Scott Fraser)

                                               Motet:  Christus factus est, Felice Anerio

                                               Motet:  Crucifixus, Antonio Lotti

                                               Motet:  In monte Oliveti, Jackson Hill (from Three Motets,

                                                    commissioned by Corpus Christi Church in 1977)

 

HOLY THURSDAY, April 1

MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER (bilingual)  7:30 p.m.

Gregorian chant:  Introit Nos autem; Antiphons Postquam surrexit Dominus; Ubi caritas;

   Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes; Mandatum novum do vobis; Maneant in vobis;

   Communion  Hoc corpus; hymn during final procession Pange lingua

Agnus Dei:  Missa tertii toni, Costanzo Porta

Motet:  Christe, adoramus te, Claudio Monteverdi

Motet:  Credidi propter quod locutus sum, à 8, Claudio Monteverdi

Motet:  Pan divino, graçioso, sacrasancto, Francisco Guerrero 

 

GOOD FRIDAY, April 2

TENEBRAE SERVICE  10:00 a.m.

                                                       Following the monastic Offices of Matins & Lauds for Good Friday

                                                       A traditional and ancient service with Gregorian chant antiphons,

                                                          psalms, lessons (Lamentations of Jeremiah)

                                                       Motets:  Ludovico Viadana, Marc'Antonio Ingegnieri

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S PASSION:
THE SOLEMN LITURGY  3:00 p.m.

                                                       Gregorian chant:  Gradual Christus factus est

                                                       Passion of Christ from John's Gospel:  chant recitation in English

                                                          with choral responses by William Byrd

                                                          (Narrator: Robert Kuehn, baritone; ; Christ: Kurt-Owen Richards, bass;

                                                          Speaker: David Ronis, tenor)

                                                       Improperia:  Popule meus, quid feci tibi? (The Reproaches),

                                                          Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                                       Motet:  O Domine Iesu Christe (Passionsgebet),

                                                          Johann Hermann Schein

                                                       Motet:  Attende Domine & Innocens captus, Harvey Burgett

                                                          (from The Passion of Jesus Christ According to St. John

                                                          commissioned by Music Before 1800,

                                                          first performed at Corpus Christi Church March 23, 1997)

 

HOLY SATURDAY, April 3

TENEBRAE SERVICE  10:00 a.m.

Following the monastic Offices of Matins & Lauds for Holy Saturday

A traditional and ancient service with Gregorian chant antiphons,

   psalms, lessons (Lamentations of Jeremiah)

Motets:  Ludovico Viadana

               THE EASTER VIGIL (bilingual)  8:00 p.m.

               Gregorian chant:  Psalms & canticles, The First Canticle of Moses,

                  Easter proclamation Exsultet, Antiphon Vidi aquam,

                  Communion Pascha nostrum

               Agnus Dei:  Mass for Four Voices, William Byrd

               Anthem:  Salve festa dies (Hail thee, festival day!), Ralph Vaughan Williams

               Motet:  Anthem for Easter, Christ Rising again from the Dead, Thomas Tomkins

 

EASTER SUNDAY, April 4

MASS FOR EASTER SUNDAY  11:15 a.m.

                                   Gregorian chant:  Introit Resurrexi; Gloria & Sanctus, Missa VIII "De angelis"

                                   Agnus Dei:  Missa "In illo tempore," Claudio Monteverdi

                                   Motet (Sequence):  Victimae Paschali, Eustache du Caurroy

                                   Motet:  Surrexit Christus hodie, Melchior Vulpius

                                   Motet:  Surrexit Dominus, Jacob Handl

                                   Motet:  Christ lag in Todesbanden, Johann Hermann Schein

                                       (Marion Beckenstein, Leslie Zlabinger, sopranos; Michael Denos, David Ronis, tenors)

                                   Organ chorale preludes for Easter from the Orgelbüchlein,

                                      Johann Sebastian Bach

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The Choir of Corpus Christi Church

Marion Beckenstein, Lesley Zlabinger, sopranos

Phyllis Farmer, Scott Fraser, altos

Scott England, David Ronis, tenors

Thomas Baker, Phillip Gleason, Robert Kuehn, Kurt-Owen Richards (Solemn Liturgy), basses

Louise Basbas, Director of Music and Organist