Music for OT-7-C (Feb 18)

Prelude:           Reflective Processional: Mawby
Processional Hymn: 350: Lord Of All Nations
Kyrie:             -spoken-
Gloria:            (5) Gloria: Anderson
                   Gloria de Lourdes: Lecot/Berry
Readings:          598
Intercessions:     -spoken-
Offertory:         335: Seek Ye First
                   (11) Alleluia: Thompson
Acclamations:      103-104-105: Mass of Creation: Haugen
Agnus Dei:         108: Mass of Creation: Haugen
Communion Hymn:    357: You Are Mine
Final Hymn:        (5) 404: This Day God Gives Me
                   300: All Creatures Of Our God And King
Postlude:          Festal Recessional: Mawby

Music Notes:


This weekend at the Sat 5 pm Vigil Mass, the Music is led by
the School Choir (directed by Rebecca Monson).


Mid-week is Ash Wednesday and the character of our liturgies
changes: the Gloria is suspended except for Solemnities;
the Alleluia is not used from Tue Feb 20 after Compline
(Night Prayer) until well after sunset Sat Apr 7 (Easter Vigil).
Therefore, sing heartily today, particularly the Gloria and Alleluia!


Ira Randall Thompson (1899-1984) born in New York, attended
Harvard (1916-22), American Academy (Rome, 1922-25), U Rochester (PhD 1933);
taught at Wellesley College, UC Berkeley, Curtis Institute, U Virginia,
Princeton, Harvard. He wrote few instrumental (3 symphonies, 2 string
quartets, misc other pieces) but many choral works.


His Alleluia (1940) was commissioned by Serge Koussevitsky and
Boston Symphony Orchestra trustees to premiere at the inaugural
session of the Berkshire Music Festival (Tanglewood MA). Written
July 1-5, the composer distributed it 45 minutes before the performance
(July 8) to chorus and conductor. The latter reassured his charges:
"Well, text at least is one thing we won't have to worry about."