17 April 2011
| Entrance | Hosanna — Gathering (Paul Inwood) |
| Psalm 21 | My God, my God (Christopher Walker) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Passion Acclamation | Behold the Lamb of God (John Bell) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Calvarie Mount (Tallis) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Remembrance (Marty Haugen) |
| Communion | Ours were the griefs (Stephen Dean) |
| Final | My song is love unknown |
This Holy Week will be tinged by a certain poignancy as we celebrate using the present translation of the Missal for the last time. It is perhaps ironic that some settings we have used for Mass parts may live on once a year as acclamations. For example, Behold the Lamb of God we gave up as a Lamb of God in the Autumn but it is retained as a Passion acclamation.
We hoped to sing Christus factus est by Anerio but were short of one part and has I have noted before polyphony is less forgiving of absence than other music.
I think today's psalm setting is a good example of a long response where the congregation has something to get it's teeth into. Listening it is sung with the quiet intensity that the composer asks for and acts a suitable contrast to the more dramtic verses.
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