13 September 2009
| Entrance | All that is hidden (Bernadette Farrell) |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriels (mtgf) |
| Gloria | St Gabriels (mtgf) |
| Psalm 114 | I will walk in the presence (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati(Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | He became poor (John Bell) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Creation (Marty Haugen) |
| Lamb of God | St Gabriels (mtgf) |
| Communion | I am the way (Collegeville Composer's Group) |
| Final | Praise to the Holiest (John Henry Newman) |
We expected to be unaccompanied today - and were. This often means that the first hymn needs to be familiar so that people can sing with confidence and recognise that we can do this without accompaniment. All that is hidden seemed to work well. I have long thought that it is a piece that is not immediately attractive or easy. In part this is because it needs to be sung with conviction to actually work.
Alleluia Beati was new and will accompany us through to Advent. People picked it up without any rehearsal. As the music was on the leaflet perhaps we have a congregation of closet sight readers! The repetition of the same melody twice seemed to work and it was effective to diminuendo into the gospel.
We pair He became poor with verses from Philippians 2 sung to a simple French tone. This in part dates back to an uncomfortableness with simple ostinatos which some musicians have - not believing that the ostinato might be enough. As a reflection on the Paschal Mystery this picked up on the Gospel. The choice of music this Sunday more reflected the prophecy of the Passion rather than Peter's statement of faith.
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