Music for OT-5-B (Feb 5)

Prelude:           Avant-propos: Lloyd
Processional Hymn: 288: The King Of Glory
Gloria:            94: Mass of Creation: Haugen
Readings:          591
Offertory:         (5) Christ Be Our Light: Farrell
                   (11) Geistliches Lied: Brahms
Acclamations:      103-104-105: Mass of Creation: Haugen
Agnus Dei:         108: Mass of Creation: Haugen
Communion Hymn:    468: Healer Of Our Every Ill
Final Hymn:        (5) Lord I Lift Your Name On High: Founds
                   286: Jesus Shall Reign
Postlude:          Sortie: Lloyd

Music Notes:


At the Sat 5 pm Vigil Mass the School Choir (directed by
Rebecca Monson) leads the music, and members of the
Faculty are lectors.


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) born in Hamburg Germany to a
musical but poor family; his father (a double bass player)
encouraged his piano and composition lessons. As conductor
and composer, worked in Dusseldorf, Detmold, Hamburg, Vienna;
his German Requiem (1869) brought critical acclaim and financial
security. Wrote symphonies, concertos, chamber pieces, art songs,
etc., and 15 organ pieces. Geistliches Lied (1856, "Sacred Song")
is one of several pieces which he wrote to improve his contrapuntal
skill; it looks back to earlier ages in its use of strict double
canon in the vocal parts with canonic writing in the organ too,
as well as in the choice of a poem by Paul Flemming (1609-1640)
who spent the end of his life in Hamburg.


Translation (by John Rutter):
Let no sad thoughts oppress thee, / Distress thee; / Fear nothing,
trust God’s own will, / And be thou still / My spirit. // Heed
not with care and sorrow / The morrow: / Our Father who all doth
see / Shall give to thee / Thy portion. // From righteous paths
then range not, / And change not; / Be steadfast, for God is
just; / Give him thy trust / Forever.


Richard H Lloyd (1933-), born near Manchester England, attended:
Lichfield Cathedral (1942-47 chorister), Rugby School (music scholar),
Jesus College Cambridge (organ scholar). Held posts at: Salisbury
Cathedral (assistant organist), Hereford Cathedral (organist and
master of choristers), Durham Cathedral (1974-85 organist), Salisbury
Cathedral (school). Now divides his time between examining and
composing. Despite their thoroughly English sound, the prelude
and postlude bear French titles: Avant-propos ("preface") is a
gentle introspective piece; Sortie ("exit, departure") is confident
and march-like with opportunities for melodic fragments to be
played on the gallery Fanfare Trumpet.