10 December 2014
| Entrance | The Angel Gabriel |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriel (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Angels and Saints (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 97 | Sing a new song (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Salisbury Alleluia (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Ave maris stella (Elgar) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Creation (Marty Haugen) |
| Lamb of God | Angels and Saints (Steven Janco) |
| Communion | Verbum caro (Richards Dubra) |
| Final | Tell out my soul |
Our Feast day was transferred as the Principal Celebrant, +Richard Moth, was in Salford on Monday.
We have not sung Elgar's setting of Ave maris stella for a number of years. (Our University motto is drawn from the text Monstra te esse matrem — it has always struck me as a slightly odd motto for what was founded as a male institution.) I was far more impressed by Elgar's setting this time especially the unison entries of the other parts as a soft interjection during the soprano and alto verses. The Dubra piece was new to us. It is similar to O Crux Ave in being simple homophony but here more an accompanied Soprano melody. It is part of a larger cantata and it struck me as self-consciously lovely by which I mean it was written to sound lovely - this is not criticism as the piece achieves its aim.
You're only a couple more autocorrects away from Elsie the Mattress Monster, which must be a great children's book! I'll look out for the Dubra piece.
ReplyDeletePeters Edition have published 2 anthologies of Dubra. This was in a further Christmas selection of Baltic music.
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