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Celebration of the Eucharist, April 20, 2008
Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music/ Mass Conductor
New York Archdiocesan Festival Chorale
Cathedral of St. Patrick Choir
Ulster County Vicariate Choir, Michael Sweeney, Director of Music
Donald Dumler, Organist
John Des Marias, Cantor
Joe Simmons, Psalmist
Entrance of concelebrants
Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Molto vivace
Entrance of the Holy Father
Hymnus Pontificius – Charles Gounod, arr. Alberico Vitalini
Dixit from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music for Mass
Jesus is Risen/ Cristo Jesús Resucitó – arr. John Rutter
Tu es Petrus – Dom Lorenzo Perosi
Kyrie, from Litany of the Saints - adapt. Richard Proulx
Gloria, from Missa O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis da Victoria
Psalm – Dr. Jennifer Pascual
Alleluia (VICTORY) - arr. Wm. Glenn Osborne
Credo III
Trilingual Intercessions – Michael Hay, orch. Wm. Glenn Osborne
How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place – Johannes Brahms
Sanctus from German Mass – Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
Christ Has Died/ Amen - Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
Agnus Dei from Missa O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis da Victoria
Panis Angelicus – Cesár Franck, Marcello Giordani, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera
Sicut Cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ave Verum – Alexandre Guilmant, orch. Deborah Jamini
Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo - John Schiavonne, orch. Carl MaultsBy
Let Us Break Bread Together – arr. Carl MaultsBy
This is the Feast – Richard Hillert, arr. Richard Kidd
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee/ Jubilosos te Adoramos – from Hymn to Joy Fantasy – Bruce Saylor
Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
IV. Presto
8 comments:
My biggest problem with the music is that it seems to be Missa Papae Potpourri. They cannibalize one part of this Mass and that part from another until they have a complete Mass. Why can't they choose something by Palestrina or Victoria and be done with it? They can also choose a more contemporary Mass, just be sure it venerates the ceremony.
Ha! That's quite funny, Tom....Missa Papae Potpourri. I'll have to remember that.
I think we have here in a larger forum what happens in ordinary parishes. Either there's a rejection of anything older than 1967, or an equally disastrous desire to please everyone. So you'll have a chant Sanctus mixed in with "Here I am, Lord". How many generations now have grown up with the Haugen/Haas/St. Louis Jesuit mess that they think that is traditional?
Just so long as people's lips are moving and you hear sound coming out of people's mouths...hey, that's active participation...which is the mentality with the Washington, DC Mass mess....
From a religious perspective it is very odd to have the 9th Symphony since this is decidedly a secular work.
What I miss in this program is any substantive use of Gregorian chant; the council said that Gregorian chant should have pride of place in the Roman rite, and Pope Benedict has expressed his preference for this. But there is not a single piece of a proper of the Mass in Gregorian chant. Especially the gradual (responsorial psalm) and alleluia are the epitome of Gregorian chant. Given the long time it takes for communion at such masses, surely a Gregorian comnion with a few psalm verses could have been incorporated. I appreciate the incorporation of several pieces of classical polyphony, but the Beethoven ninth is over the top.
Come on folks... This is pretty good music. Quit whining, or we could have a reprise of the Washington DC repertoire!
Was the Beethoven live or pre-recorded? It takes a huge orchestra and chorus and I saw neither. Whatever, I loved it.
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Unfortunate choice for postlude in the form of Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
IV. Presto. Regardless of its spiritual meaning, it was officially adopted by the EU as the official anthem in 1985. I don’t think the Head of the Vatican State, was too impressed by this clear diplomatic protocol gaffe. I don’t think anyone would propose the anthem of, let’s say, China to greet the Pope.
http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/anthem/index_en.htm
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