GOT LENT?

WE DO!

First Sunday of Lent - Be Merciful, O Lord
Second Sunday of Lent - Lord, Let Your Mercy Be on Us
Third Sunday of Lent - If Today You Hear His Voice
Fourth Sunday of Lent - The Lord Is My Shepherd
Fifth Sunday of Lent - With the Lord There Is Mercy

And let's not forget the Gospel Acclamation - Glory and Praise to You (all verses included)

You might just like these!
Peace,
BMP

YOUR LITURGY OF THE WORD IS PREPARED

for the Easter Vigil!

Psalms for ALL SEVEN readings, PLUS the three-verse Alleluia, are now available for free download at:


Reading 1 (two options): Lord, send out your Spirit... - OR - The earth is full of the goodness...
(Note: The Roman Missal does not specify any preference as to which of the two Psalms may be used, only that Lord, send out your Spirit... is listed first.)

Reading 2: You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Reading 3: Let us sing to the Lord; He has covered himself in glory.

Reading 4: I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

Reading 5: You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.

Reading 6: Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.

Reading 7 (three options): (If there are baptisms) Like a deer that longs... - OR - (If there are no baptisms) Create a clean heart... - OR - You will draw water joyfully...

Alleluia (after the Epistle), a festive adaptation of O Filii et Filiae with two trumpets and timpani (instrumental parts included).

Available with New American Bible OR Revised Grail Psalter translation. Your choice!

Happy rehearsing!
Peace,
BMP

THE NEXT THREE PSALMS

You'll find them at


They are:

Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2/27/11)


Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time (3/6/11)


Ash Wednesday (3/9/11) and First Sunday of Lent (3/13/11)


Click each antiphon above for its description and links to the actual PDF's, print, sing, and enjoy!
Peace,
BMP

PSALM FOR NEXT SUNDAY

The Lord Is Kind and Merciful
for 2/20/11 - Sunday VII



Unlike most of my settings, which have chant-like Psalm tones in the verses, this one has more of a Gelineau flavor to it (that is, the style used by the late great Père Joseph Gelineau, SJ). The antiphon includes a descant.

PDF - New American Bible translation
PDF - Revised Grail Psalter translation

Peace,
BMP

PS: You can find more settings at my newest blog, Christus Vincit Music.

NEWS FROM CHRISTUS VINCIT LAND

Sorry it's been a while since I've last blogged here. Lots has happened as of late.

Let's go back to just a few months ago. My landlord, well, now ex-landlord, is what some like to call a "lying sack of shit". Last summer, on the weekend of my wife's birthday, he approached us and said "I have family coming in from California and I need to give them the apartment." Now, we had just moved there at the end of last February. Rent's paid up and he gives us that line of crap. So, he gave us until the end of August to pack up our duds and skedaddle on out.

We landed up leaving at the end of September and stayed at my mom's for about two weeks. Didn't work out. Long story that cannot be discussed in an open forum such as Facebook or this blog. Anyhoo, we went to my mother-in-law's instead and stayed there until just after Thanksgiving. (Incidentally, two days after we got to my mom's, my daughter Brittany discovered a "For Rent" sign in front of our old place. Thus, we caught our ex-landlord in a bold-faced lie!)

That weekend we got our own little "pot to piss in" (my mother would often say that - usually in contexts such as "How the hell can you afford that when you don't even have a pot to piss in?"). We're actually in an apartment building now, and it's quite nice. Heat's included in the rent (a major plus when you live in New England), and I'm paying $5 a month LESS than at our previous apartment where we had to pay for our heat.

Now that we've gotten established, and past Christmas in one piece (I hope you all had a happy and blessed one), and now that I'm caught up on another new project, I can finally post here.


Christus Vincit Music is finally available in blog form! YES YES YES it is! Easy to reach at christusvincitmusic.blogspot.com. My new Holy Angels Mass is posted there. My Psalm settings are getting posted there, feast by feast - yes, the very Psalms (some updated) that you can also find at the Chabanel site. I'm dubbing the my own Psalm collection by the name I had given it a decade and a half ago: Psalm 151. And with the Revised Grail Psalter being released in just one week, I can FINALLY get started on adapting the settings to the RGP translation. That last sentence alone truly excites me!

Well, off to do some more re-writing!
Peace,
BMP

THE PSALMS FOR SUNDAYS IV-V-VI

My own settings of the Psalms for the rest of winter Ordinary Time 2010 is up at Chabanel:

1) Sunday IV - I Will Sing of Your Salvation (Psalm 71 / verses written in a Gelineau style)
2) Sunday V - In the Sight of the Angels (Psalm 138 / verses written in a chant style)
3) Sunday VI - Blessed Are They Who Hope (Psalm 1 / Psalm tone same as tone for Psalm 138)

Enjoy!
Peace,
BMP

NOW AVAILABLE...

...at NO COST to you at all...

At the Chabanel Psalms website:
Two added Psalm settings by yours truly:

1) Proclaim His Marvelous Deeds (Psalm 96) for Sunday II (Year C)

2) Your Words, Lord, Are Spirit and Life (Psalm 19) for Sunday III (Year C) and the Sunday XV (Year C, second option)

The second appears to be in the form of a straightforward chant style. The first has a metrical refrain (6/8 time, with a descant), with chant-style verses that end with a hint of Peloquin influence in the organ accompaniment. In fact, those who might have used my own Today Is Born Our Savior (which comes with antiphon parts for two trumpets in B-flat, handbells, and timpani, as well as descant) might recognize the Psalm tone. (Like Joseph Gelineau did with his Psalms in the '50s and '60s, I keep the Psalm tone the same for the Psalm verses, regardless of its antiphon.)

Enjoy!
Peace,
BMP

LET'S HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN

Let's pray that Rome does NOT approve the use of the Revised Grail Psalter, especially if it's the version I think it is - the "bastardized for so-called inclusive language version" which even neuters the Lord. Another ghastly alteration - "The Lord is my shepherd" becomes "Lord, you are my shepherd" - yes, from third person to second. The Latin "Dominus regit me" is clearly third person. Worse than that - it gives GIA an even bigger copyright monopoly on the liturgy. Their composers (namely Marty Haugen and David Haas) will be given pride of place in terms of their musical settings. If it's anything like that "Celebration Series" of Psalm settings that sold big in the 1980's and 1990's, prepare yourselves for a liturgical disaster in the making.

RSCT to Jeffrey Tucker.

Peace,
BMP

UPDATE ON THE PSALMS I'VE WRITTEN

Last week, when I returned online, I mentioned the Psalm settings I have written. In this post, I mentioned setting a price on each of these. Today I did one better - I wrote to Jeff Ostrowski, the pilot of the Chabanel Psalm Project, and sent him a copy of my Psalm 122 with a footer "If you like this, I'll send you the rest of what I have."

In the meantime, I just finished the Psalms for the First Sunday of Lent (all three years):

Be Merciful, O Lord - in unison, completely adapted to Parce, Domine.
Your Ways, O Lord - refrain in SATB, Psalm tone exactly the same as the one I used for To You, O Lord (since they're both Psalm 25).
Be with Me, Lord - refrain in SATB, Verses set to Tonus Peregrinus.

Although an accompaniment (organ, not "piano" or "keyboard" like the "big three" often indicate in their scores) is included for these three, these can be very easily (and effectively) rendered a cappella.

Peace,
BMP

CANTATE DOMINO / SING A NEW SONG TO THE LORD

Jeffrey Tucker rightly points out today's Introit: Cantate Domino.

I wonder how many musicians out there will do one of the following:
A) Cantate Domino in the chant setting (If you don't have a Liber or a Graduale, Jeffrey posted the music in chant notation in his post linked at the top)
B) Cantate Domino in a choral setting of some sort (I'm doing the d'Indy setting tonight at St. Leo's)
C) Cantate Domino sung to a Psalm Tone
D) Sing a new song to the Lord (tune: CANTATE DOMINO, aka ONSLOW SQUARE, by David G. Wilson - this one's not bad for something in 6/8)
E) Alleluia! Alleluia! Sing a new song to the Lord (the text by John Dunn - even better!)

OR these:
F) Sing a new song unto the Lord (the infamous Schutte setting that makes you want to pirouette about in your pew)
G) All the ends of the earth (as set to music by Haugen-d'Hass or Bob Dufford - both settings are hideous, IMO)
H) the so-called "other suitable song"

What did you play? Or what were you forced to endure? Inquiring snarks want to know! :)

Peace,
BMP

ADOREMUS INTERVIEWS JEFF OSTROWSKI

The October 2007 edition of the Adoremus Bulletin has an interview with Jeff Ostrowski that is well worth reading. Jeff Ostrowski is the composer of the Chabanel Psalm Project, from which we drew our Responsorial Psalm settings for the previous two Sundays at Holy Ghost. Jeff writes excellent music for his antiphons and uses a Psalm Tone (usually) for the verses. The accompaniments for the Psalm Tones are also very good. Although I'm going with a Gelineau (Worship III) setting for this Sunday coming, last Sunday will definitely NOT be the last time I use one of the Chabanel settings. Like I've said before - forget OCP's Singing the Psalms or GIA's Celebration Series/Psalms for the Church Year. Jeff Ostrowski has probably THE best in English Psalm settings since Gelineau.

RSCT to Lyn the Organ-ic Chemist. (BTW, Lyn is a friend of the snark trio, who also frequents the RPInet boards, who finally moved her blog over to Blogger.)

Peace,
BMP

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

For those still stuck in the Responsorial Psalm syndrome (like myself and many others), Jeff Ostrowski has a WAY COOL FAR OUT EXCELLENT complete Responsorial Psalm project for the entire three-year liturgical cycle. What's nice too is that they are free (but please give the guy proper credit, ok). The Psalms are extremely well-written, with accompaniment (intended for ORGAN, not piano or keyboard) - metrical refrain (some with multiple melodies and/or multiple harmonies) with Psalm Tone verses.

I very highly recommend these and may start programming these for some Sundays of the 2007-2008 choral season at Holy Ghost Church.

RSCT to Jeffrey Tucker/NLM.

Peace,
BMP

CHRISTUS VINCIT PODCASTING 47

You can listen below, or save the file by clicking here. (35:11/24.1 MB)

We discuss the Psalms of Peres Joseph Gelineau, SJ (left), and Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp. (right).

Introduction and the evolution of Faith of our Fathers

Feasts for the Week:
St. Januarius;
SS. Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasang and companions;
St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist; St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)

Music List: Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Music:
Faith of Our Fathers (tune: St. Catherine); Our Blessing Cup (written by yours truly)
Triumph by Mark Heimonen, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

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Shamus, the Christus Vincit Weatherman returns!
Top Ten List: Top Ten Signs You're at a Bad Mass (Encore from Podcast #7 from 1/14/2006), brought to you by Tith-O-Matic.
Last things (Blog mentioned: The Cafeteria Is Closed), featuring Faith of Our Relatives

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