MUSIC for ASCENSION THURSDAY and VII EASTERat TWO DESTINATIONS

at HOLY GHOST CHURCH

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2006 - 7 PM
Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven
Celebrated as a Holy Day of Obligation in the Diocese of Providence
(and a good chunk of other right coast dioceses too)

Introit: LLANFAIR - Hail the day that sees him rise (Missalette, #79)
Penitential Rite: parrot the celebrant
Gloria: Peloquin - Mass of the Bells
Responsorial Psalm: Page - God mounts his throne to shouts of joy, a blare of trumpets for the Lord
Alleluia: Mode II - from O Filii et Filiae
Offertory: ABBOT'S LEIGH - Lord, you give the great commission (Music Issue, #362)
Eucharist: Peloquin - Mass of the Bells (includes Agnus Dei)
Lord's Prayer: chant, English
Communion: FESTIVAL CANTICLE - This is the feast of victory (Music Issue, #597)
Recessional: HYFRYDOL - Alleluia! sing to Jesus (Music Issue, #741)

SATURDAY/SUNDAY, MAY 27/28, 2006
The Seventh Sunday of Easter

Introit: LLANFAIR - Hail the day that sees him rise (Missalette, #79)
Penitential Rite: parrot the celebrant
Gloria: Peloquin - Mass of the Bells
Responsorial Psalm: Tone 8G - The Lord has set his throne in heaven
Alleluia: Mode II - from O Filii et Filiae
Offertory:
(except 10:30) ABBOT'S LEIGH - God is love, let heav'n adore him (Music Issue, #426)
(10:30) Page - God mounts his throne to shouts of joy
Eucharist: Jubilate Deo
Lord's Prayer: chant, English
Communion: UNDE ET MEMORES - Lord, who at thy first Eucharist didst pray (Music Issue, #356)
Meditation (10:30): Lotti - Regina caeli
Recessional: HYFRYDOL - Alleluia! sing to Jesus (Music Issue, #741)

at the CHAPEL OF THE ANNUNCIATION,
BISHOP STANG HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA

SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 - 11 AM on WLNE Channel 6 (Providence RI/New Bedford MA)
The Seventh Sunday of Easter (taped yesterday 5/20, will air 5/28)

We'll see how much editing will be done between the TV station and the Fall River diocesan communications department. Mind you, this Mass only gets a half-hour slot on TV.
Celebrant: Fr. Thomas Kocik, author of The Reform of the Reform?

Introit: Mode I - Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam (Gregorian Missal, page 387, antiphon only)
Penitential Rite and Gloria recited (again - that push from officials: HALF HOUR)
Responsorial Psalm: Tone 8G - The Lord has set his throne in heaven
Alleluia: Mode II - from O Filii et Filiae (verse sung in English)
Offertory: Mode I - Ascendit Deus in jubilatione (Gregorian Missal, page 389)
Eucharist: Jubilate Deo
Lord's Prayer: recited
Communion: UNDE ET MEMORES - Lord, who at thy first Eucharist didst pray (Music Issue, #356)
Recessional: (organ postlude) Campra - Rigaudon, first 16 bars (just enough to cover)

Side note: Fr. Kocik does a great Mass. I took no dough. Instead, I took pride in helping Fr. Kocik promote the reform of the reform on the small screen, and hearing music you hardly hear in the Fall River Diocese, sad to say. The organ in the chapel we taped at, however, is a Hammond. You be the judge: instrument or appliance? I also heard the tail end of a previous taping (which probably aired today), celebrated by a different priest. The usuals - Massive Cremation, and the out hymn was Rescucito! rendered on the organ like a tango. If I wanted to hear that kind of trash, I would have put on my dad's old Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass albums and kicked back at my desk (Herb was a killer trumpeter in his day too, so don't think I don't like his music; just not at church).

Peace,
BMP