1 April 2012
| Entrance | Hosanna from Gathering Mass (Paul Inwood) |
| Psalm 21 | My God, my God (Christopher Walker) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Christus factus est (Anerio) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion | Ours were the griefs (Stephen Dean) |
| Final | My song is love unknown |
It is strange that after many years use the vestige of the Gathering Mass will be the entrance chant on Palm Sunday. Possibly in years to come a student will look at this at wonder at the time when this different translation was used - as I once did with for example Bevenot Masses of 1960s.
More than the liturgies of the Triduum today is a day of contrasts which is well expressed in My song is love unknown. It also found in the psalm in the contrast in the between the last verse and the rest. The text of the refrain is one of the most powerful in the liturgy (and when we sing unmediated the words of Christ) which is heard again in the Passion reading again. The Walker setting gives you a refrain to get space to express this. As it was being sung I reflected on the pros and cons of different types of settings. This which tries to express the word through melody, harmony and tessitura or perhaps a simple unaccompanied setting - which offers a starkness. The contrast between glory and sorrow, which will return on Good Friday, can also be found in the text common to both days - Philippians 2 - Anerio's seting with its quicker middle section - and raised above al.l
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