17 April 2014
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 115 | The blessing cup (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Washing of the Feet | A new commandment (Peter Nardone) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion Antiphon | This is the Body (mtgf) |
| Communion | Ave verum Corpus (Byrd) |
| Procession | Pange lingua (Ricky Manalo) |
| Tantum ergo (chant) | |
| Watching | Tantum ergo (Maurice Duruflé) |
| Stay with me (Taizé) |
The principle suggested last year of retaining much and changing c. 2 works applied again this year. Peter Nardone's short anthem A new commandment is satisfying to sing. There is a danger of taking it too quickly on the first page so that the entry of the men with the Ubi caritas chant is too rushed. In the liturgy booker which covers the three days and includes a simple commentary there was a note linking the chant with the Mass setting.
In the crypt we sang Duruflé's setting of Tantum ergo as a reflection after we had intoned the chant version. It struck me that in the 4 motets that Duruflé is exploring different ways of treating a plainchant cantus firmus. Here contrapuntally with the tenor part as a quasi-canon. For those interested in such thing the French publishers now publish a collection of French Sacred Choral Music which includes both the Duruflé motets and the Poulenc Christmas motets among other things for cost of not much more than either the above two items singularly.
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