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We are recovered from our hectic Triduum and Easter Day schedule.
Apologies for not giving details for the Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Day services when we initially posted them. Maundy Thursday was recorded in analog rather than digital format, so it will take a little longer to extract the sermon for the website. Keep checking the sermon page for our latest postings.
To remedy this, we are sharing the music and service details now. Better Late than Never...but Always Better On Time! We are hoping to soon provide copies of the weekly bulletins with our audio, but the office had enough to do with getting everything set for Holy Week. Our team didn't want to add any more to their workload.
Good Friday
The service starts with a silent procession in. The altar is bare; the cross is shrouded in black cloth. Choir and priests are in black. Moments of silence allow for reflection and remembrance.
The women of the choir sing the plainsong psalm. All is stillness.
At the time of the Gospel, members of the choir take their positions at the lectern and pulpit and steps to the choir stalls. The Gospel is chanted. This year, our chorister who sang Jesus' words got a frog in his throat near the end. How appropriate for him to have difficulty when Jesus says from the cross, 'I am thirsty' and 'It is finished.' Somehow, this moment conveyed a hint of the realness of Jesus' suffering.
Why, some ask, did the church use chant instead of reading texts? In the days before audio amplification, when not everyone could read, when there were not lots of books in pews with which to follow along, one voice had to reach many ears in a large space. Spoken sound does not carry as far as sung or chanted sound. Hence, chanting was a way to make sure people could hear the prayers and lessons.
Music during the service:
Psalm: 40:1-14
Gradual Hymn: 442 (In the Cross of Christ I glory)
Passion Gospel of John
Anthem: My Lord, My Love, Was Crucified
Choral Response: The Ballad of the Judas Tree
Hymn at Procession of the Blessed Sacrament: 330 (Therefore we before him bending)
Motet at Communion - yes, we had one, and - yes, the sound system did a bunk on it. Sigh. We suspect that the amount of silence at communion made the system suspend processing. It recovered in time for the final prayer.
Easter Vigil
We can think of one good thing about Easter being as early in the year as it is this year: It was dark enough at the Vigil for us to be truly dependent on the candles we all held!
The Paschal Candle leads the procession into the church where all sit in the deepening darkness of evening. We hear the call, 'The light of Christ' and respond with 'Thanks be to God' three times during the procession. Once the Paschal Candle reaches the front of the church, the flame is used to light the candles of the choir and congregation.
A cantor sings the Exsultet - an ancient hymn (you can follow along here or in your Book of Common Prayer, p. 286) and then begins the Liturgy of the Word. This portion of the Vigil focuses on readings that remind us of the long history of humankind being saved and redeemed by God.
You will hear the second lesson's reader have difficulty at first. Her candle was low and it was difficult to read the passage in the dimness. One of our young folk in the choir came to her aid with another candle and all was well.
When we sing the Gloria, the candles in the congregation are blown out as the lights come on and the acolytes light the candles on the altar. Now it is the first Eucharist of Easter. The Alleluias have returned from their Lenten exile.
Music during the Vigil
Liturgy of the Word:
Hymns 648, 679, 413
Gloria: S278
Procession of the Gospel: S70
Offertory Anthem: Sing Ye to the Lord
Offertory Hymn: 200
Sanctus: S218
Fraction Anthem: Christ our Passover
Anthem at Communion: This is the Day the Lord hath Made
Communion Hymns: 204, 190
Closing Hymn: 207
Voluntary: Processional in G Major (Stanley)
Easter Day Eucharist
The recording we have posted for you is the 11:00 a.m. service from Easter Day (the 9:00 a.m. service had the same structure as the 11:00 a.m.). The church is decorated with lilies and tulips and hydrangea and daffodils and pansies. Lots and lots of pansies in all the windows. Every child is encouraged to take a pot of pansies home with them. And every year, we wonder if we will run out, and every year we don't! This year, we had an Easter Egg hunt between the 9:00 and 11:00 o'clock services which all enjoyed, young and old.
Our sound system behaved itself except for a little bit during communion. It seems when things go quiet, such as when the choir takes communion before the communion hymns, the system sometimes stops responding. Then when it comes back, we have some distortion for a few seconds before it kicks into gear. This is advance notice that you won't hear the organ introduction to the first communion hymn.
Music:
Voluntary: Entrada (Ives)
Processional Hymn: 205
Introit: This is the Day the Lord Hath Made
Gloria: S278
Psalm 118:14-17, 22-23 (setting: R.S. James)
Gospel Procession: 180
Gospel Response: Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) with the entire congregation
Offertory Anthem: Sing Ye to the Lord
Offertory Hymn: 200
Sanctus: S128
Fraction Anthem: Christ our Passover
Communion Hymns: 178, 204, 190
Closing Hymn: 207
Voluntary: Toccata (Widor)
Apologies for not giving details for the Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Day services when we initially posted them. Maundy Thursday was recorded in analog rather than digital format, so it will take a little longer to extract the sermon for the website. Keep checking the sermon page for our latest postings.
To remedy this, we are sharing the music and service details now. Better Late than Never...but Always Better On Time! We are hoping to soon provide copies of the weekly bulletins with our audio, but the office had enough to do with getting everything set for Holy Week. Our team didn't want to add any more to their workload.
Good Friday
The service starts with a silent procession in. The altar is bare; the cross is shrouded in black cloth. Choir and priests are in black. Moments of silence allow for reflection and remembrance.
The women of the choir sing the plainsong psalm. All is stillness.
At the time of the Gospel, members of the choir take their positions at the lectern and pulpit and steps to the choir stalls. The Gospel is chanted. This year, our chorister who sang Jesus' words got a frog in his throat near the end. How appropriate for him to have difficulty when Jesus says from the cross, 'I am thirsty' and 'It is finished.' Somehow, this moment conveyed a hint of the realness of Jesus' suffering.
Why, some ask, did the church use chant instead of reading texts? In the days before audio amplification, when not everyone could read, when there were not lots of books in pews with which to follow along, one voice had to reach many ears in a large space. Spoken sound does not carry as far as sung or chanted sound. Hence, chanting was a way to make sure people could hear the prayers and lessons.
Music during the service:
Psalm: 40:1-14
Gradual Hymn: 442 (In the Cross of Christ I glory)
Passion Gospel of John
Anthem: My Lord, My Love, Was Crucified
Choral Response: The Ballad of the Judas Tree
Hymn at Procession of the Blessed Sacrament: 330 (Therefore we before him bending)
Motet at Communion - yes, we had one, and - yes, the sound system did a bunk on it. Sigh. We suspect that the amount of silence at communion made the system suspend processing. It recovered in time for the final prayer.
Easter Vigil
We can think of one good thing about Easter being as early in the year as it is this year: It was dark enough at the Vigil for us to be truly dependent on the candles we all held!
The Paschal Candle leads the procession into the church where all sit in the deepening darkness of evening. We hear the call, 'The light of Christ' and respond with 'Thanks be to God' three times during the procession. Once the Paschal Candle reaches the front of the church, the flame is used to light the candles of the choir and congregation.
A cantor sings the Exsultet - an ancient hymn (you can follow along here or in your Book of Common Prayer, p. 286) and then begins the Liturgy of the Word. This portion of the Vigil focuses on readings that remind us of the long history of humankind being saved and redeemed by God.
You will hear the second lesson's reader have difficulty at first. Her candle was low and it was difficult to read the passage in the dimness. One of our young folk in the choir came to her aid with another candle and all was well.
When we sing the Gloria, the candles in the congregation are blown out as the lights come on and the acolytes light the candles on the altar. Now it is the first Eucharist of Easter. The Alleluias have returned from their Lenten exile.
Music during the Vigil
Liturgy of the Word:
Hymns 648, 679, 413
Gloria: S278
Procession of the Gospel: S70
Offertory Anthem: Sing Ye to the Lord
Offertory Hymn: 200
Sanctus: S218
Fraction Anthem: Christ our Passover
Anthem at Communion: This is the Day the Lord hath Made
Communion Hymns: 204, 190
Closing Hymn: 207
Voluntary: Processional in G Major (Stanley)
Easter Day Eucharist
The recording we have posted for you is the 11:00 a.m. service from Easter Day (the 9:00 a.m. service had the same structure as the 11:00 a.m.). The church is decorated with lilies and tulips and hydrangea and daffodils and pansies. Lots and lots of pansies in all the windows. Every child is encouraged to take a pot of pansies home with them. And every year, we wonder if we will run out, and every year we don't! This year, we had an Easter Egg hunt between the 9:00 and 11:00 o'clock services which all enjoyed, young and old.
Our sound system behaved itself except for a little bit during communion. It seems when things go quiet, such as when the choir takes communion before the communion hymns, the system sometimes stops responding. Then when it comes back, we have some distortion for a few seconds before it kicks into gear. This is advance notice that you won't hear the organ introduction to the first communion hymn.
Music:
Voluntary: Entrada (Ives)
Processional Hymn: 205
Introit: This is the Day the Lord Hath Made
Gloria: S278
Psalm 118:14-17, 22-23 (setting: R.S. James)
Gospel Procession: 180
Gospel Response: Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) with the entire congregation
Offertory Anthem: Sing Ye to the Lord
Offertory Hymn: 200
Sanctus: S128
Fraction Anthem: Christ our Passover
Communion Hymns: 178, 204, 190
Closing Hymn: 207
Voluntary: Toccata (Widor)
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