The Cathedral’s music director, Leo Abbott, has pulled in about 40 singers from several choirs, including ours, to help with the Archbishop’s installation Mass on Wednesday, so I’ve got the list of music. It runs quite a gamut from the beautiful to the banal. Leo knows how to cover all the bases.
As you might expect on such an occasion, the Mass itself will be multi-culti with readings in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, and supposedly will fit the whole thing within two hours. To achieve that, the procession starts 20 minutes before the scheduled time of the Mass.
Nicely enough, His Excellency popped in during the rehearsal to greet the faithful and thank us for coming.
Now, the list:
Procession: “All the Ends of the Earth”, Haas/Haugen (GIA)
Melodic Gloria, James Chepponis (GIA)
Psalm (23): “The Lord is my shepherd”, William Ferris (WLP)
“Celtic” Alleluia, O’Carroll-Walker (OCP)
Mass ordinary parts: “Mass of the Divine Word”, H. Hughes (GIA)
Agnus Dei XVIII (chant)
Communion:
(1) “O Blessed Savior”, Westendorf-Brubaker (WLP)
(2) “Pan de Vida”, Bob Hurd (OCP)
(3) (Choir) “The Lord is My Shepherd”, Thomas Matthews
Hymn of Thanksgiving: “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name”
Recessional Hymn: “Lift High the Cross”
Also, we’re doing these at some point:
“O How Amiable”, R. Vaughan Williams
“How Lovely are the Messengers”, Mendelssohn
Prayer of St. Francis (“Make me a channel of your peace”)
Update: A subset of the choir performed these two:
“Alleluia”, Randall Thompson
“O Send Thy Light Forth”, Balakireff/Henderson
In two hours? Good luck with that.
something for everyone…