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+  HOLY WEEK & EASTER MUSIC 2011  +

 

 

                                            PALM SUNDAY, April 17

                                                                  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 Matthew's Gospel:  chant recitation in English

                                                  with choral responses by William Byrd

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

                                               Motet:  Christus factus est, Felice Anerio

                                               Motet:  O vos omnes, Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                               Motet:  Tristis est anima mea, Jackson Hill

                                                    (from Three Motets, commissioned by Corpus Christi Church in 1977)

 

HOLY THURSDAY, April 21

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

Gloria:  Glory to God, Timothy L. Heavner (2001)

Agnus Dei:  Mass in F-sharp, Harvey Burgett

     (The Mass was commissioned by Corpus Christi Church in 1986 in celebration of the 80th  

     anniversary of its founding and the 50th anniversary of the church's dedication.)

Motet:  Domine non sum dignus, Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet:  O Domine Iesu Christe, Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet:  Pan divino, graçioso, sacrasancto, Francisco Guerrero 

 

GOOD FRIDAY, April 22

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

                                                       Antiphon:  Christus factus est, F. Dentice

                                                       Benedictus:  Felice Anerio

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: Frank Barr, bass;

                                                          Speaker: David Ronis, tenor)

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

                                                          Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                                       Motet:  Ha! Plange filia Jerusalem, Guillaume Bouzignac

                                                       Motet:  Tenebrae factae sunt, Johannes Nucius

                                                                Liturgy of the Word 

                                                                General Intercessions

                                                                Veneration of the Cross

                                                                Holy Communion

 

HOLY SATURDAY, April 23

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

Antiphon:  Christus factus est, F. Dentice

Benedictus:  Felice Anerio

               THE EASTER VIGIL (bilingual)  8:30 p.m.

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

                  Easter proclamation Exsultet, Antiphon Vidi aquam,

                  Communion Pascha nostrum

               Gloria:  Glory to God, Timothy L. Heavner (2001)

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

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

               Motet:  Ardens est cor meum, Richard Dering

               Motet:  Haec dies, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

                         Service of Light

                         Liturgy of the Word

                         Baptism and Confirmation

                         Eucharist

 

EASTER SUNDAY, April 24

MASS FOR EASTER SUNDAY  11:15 a.m.

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

                                   Agnus Dei:  Missa Brevis, Andrea Gabrieli

                                   Motets for Easter from the Gradualia:  William Byrd

                                      Victimae paschali (Sequence), Pascha nostrum,

                                      Resurrexi, Haec dies, Terra tremuit

                                      (The Gradualia is Byrd's monumental collection of compositions which systematically

                                      encompass the proper or appropriate texts for the Mass of all the major feasts of the

                                      Roman Catholic liturgical year.)

                                   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

Michael Denos, David Ronis, tenors

Thomas Baker, Frank Barr (Solemn Liturgy), Phillip Gleason, Robert Kuehn, basses

Louise Basbas, Director of Music and Organist