Music Leader Thread Part III - Song Lists, Suggestions, and Comments

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hosea said:
I’ve noticed as I have read the lists over the years on this thread that most of you rarely, if ever, post the setting you use for the Responsioral Psalm. Since all of the Hymnals we use include settings for most of the Psalms I would be curious as to what settings you all use. I know some use chant. For me, the contemporary settings by various composers offer beautiful interpretations of the Psalms. I always try to verify the words by noting the ICEL copyright.
Just curious.
peace,
Terry
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At one of the parishes where I work, we mostly use the psalm settings from WLP. At another, they mostly use settings from OCP. The third parish where I work uses all different settings not confined to one psalm book and we also use some of the director’s own compositions.
 
hosea said:
I’ve noticed as I have read the lists over the years on this thread that most of you rarely, if ever, post the setting you use for the Responsioral Psalm. Since all of the Hymnals we use include settings for most of the Psalms I would be curious as to what settings you all use. I know some use chant. For me, the contemporary settings by various composers offer beautiful interpretations of the Psalms. I always try to verify the words by noting the ICEL copyright.
Just curious.
peace,
Terry
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My music director mostly uses Respond & Acclaim by Owen Alstott for the psalms and acclamation during the regular times of the year. During the Christmas season (Christmas Eve - Epiphany), he uses Jamie Cortez’s version of Psalm 98. During the Easter season (Easter Sunday - Seventh Sunday of Easter), he uses Scott Soper’s version of Psalm 118. During the Christmas season, he uses Grayson Warren Brown’s “Revelation Alleluia”, and during the Easter season he uses James Chepponis’ “Festival Alleluia”.
 
This weekend:

Sunday, May 13, 2012 - Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year B

Processional Hymn: #169 - “Christ, the Lord, Is Risen Today” LLANFAIR
Preparation of the Gifts: #472 - “God Is Love” ABBOT’S LEIGH
Communion Hymn: #456 - “We Remember” Haugen
Recessional Hymn: #178 - “Be Joyful, Mary” REGINA CAELI

At my music director’s parish:

Processional Hymn: #472 - “God Is Love” ABBOT’S LEIGH
Preparation of the Gifts: #460 - “Christians, Let Us Love One Another” PICARDY
Communion Hymn: #456 - “We Remember” Haugen
Recessional Hymn: #547 - “O God, Beyond All Praising” THAXTED

Thursday, May 17, 2012 - Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord - Year B

Processional Hymn: #184 - “Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise” LLANFAIR
Preparation of the Gifts: #179 - “Three Days” THAXTED
Communion Hymn: #426 - “Be Not Afraid” Dufford
Recessional Hymn: #751 - “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus” HYFRYDOL
 
For Trinity Sunday:

Sunday, June 3, 2012 - The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - Year B

Processional Hymn: #724 - “All Praise and Glad Thanksgiving” GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN
Preparation of the Gifts: #549 - “All Creatures of Our God and King” LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Communion Hymn: #210 - “Holy, Holy, Holy” NICAEA
Recessional Hymn: #729 - “All Hail, Adored Trinity” OLD HUNDREDTH

Next weekend:

Sunday, June 10, 2012 - Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) - Year B

Processional Hymn: #195 - “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” GROSSER GOTT
Preparation of the Gifts: #366 - “Panis Angelicus/Holy and Living Bread” SACRIS SOLEMNIIS
Communion Hymn: #361 - “I Received the Living God” LIVING GOD
Communion Meditation: #325 - “O Sacrament, Most Holy” FULDA
Recessional Hymn: #569 - “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” OLD HUNDREDTH
 
Here’s what I suggest for next weekend:

**Sunday, June 17, 2012 - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B **

Processional Hymn: #574 - “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” ST. DENIO
Preparation of the Gifts: #438 - “O God, You Search Me” Farrell
Communion Hymn: #692 - “The Lord Is My Light” Walker
Recessional Hymn: #450 - “Faith of Our Fathers” ST. CATHERINE

At my music director’s parish:

Processional Hymn: #550 - “Glory and Praise to Our God” Schutte
Preparation of the Gifts: #692 - “The Lord Is My Light” Walker
Communion Hymn: #348 - “Seed, Scattered and Sown” Feiten
Recessional Hymn: #450 - “Faith of Our Fathers” ST. CATHERINE

Well, we’re back to the Sundays of Ordinary Time already! This thread seems to be dying out a little bit.
 
My music director planned out the music for Ordinary Time from now until August 28, 2012, and he’s introducing the revised Mass of Creation. I was really hoping we weren’t going to learn it, but that was wishful thinking. 😃
 
CatholicZ09 said:
My music director planned out the music for Ordinary Time from now until August 28, 2012, and he’s introducing the revised Mass of Creation. I was really hoping we weren’t going to learn it, but that was wishful thinking. 😃
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At one of the parishes where I work, they continued on with the revised Mass of Creation. I’ve never been a fan of it, especially now that the Gloria is clumsy to sing. That said, the congregation is good singing-wise and they sing the entire thing. During Lent the music director introduced The Mass of St. Agnes by Mills which they also sang well.

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During the Christmas season she introduced the Schubert Deutsche Messe. And most of the music during mass is tasteful and done well by both the congregation and the musicians. So, I can’t complain about one mass setting I’m not crazy about. lol!
 
Sarabande said:
At one of the parishes where I work, they continued on with the revised Mass of Creation. I’ve never been a fan of it, especially now that the Gloria is clumsy to sing. That said, the congregation is good singing-wise and they sing the entire thing.
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I haven’t taught the Gloria in my parish yet, for that exact reason. The rest of the setting, we use for the summer, weddings, and funerals (when most visitors are here). The only other one I’ve taught so far is Haugen’s “Storrington Mass” which went over very well.
 
We’ve also learned Schutte’s Mass of Christ the Savior, and Alstott’s revised Heritage Mass. They actually sound very nice, but we have been using the Schutte setting since the Easter Vigil, and this comiing Sunday is the last time we will hear it, fortunately because it got very tiring to sing the same setting week after week. We learned it last September and used it all the way until Lent and then from the Easter Vigil until this coming Sunday, so the congregation knows it really well.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
My music director planned out the music for Ordinary Time from now until August 28, 2012, and he’s introducing the revised Mass of Creation. I was really hoping we weren’t going to learn it, but that was wishful thinking. 😃
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We have gotten back into this Mass setting, including the Gloria, not that Lent and Easter have passed and we tread into ordinary time.
 
We use simple english propers and the ICEL chants for all daily Masses when the cantor is there to lead.
 
I find the ICEL chants most uninspiring and I many in my congregation dislike them. I like Schubert’s Deutsche Messe and Murray’s A new people’s mass best.
 
liturgyluver said:
I find the ICEL chants most uninspiring and I many in my congregation dislike them. I like Schubert’s Deutsche Messe and Murray’s A new people’s mass best.
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As much as I like the chants, the Schubert is my favorite congregational mass setting, especially when a choir sings along with the harmony. I’ve never heard the Murray. Admittedly, I’d really like to hear the chants in organum. My husband and I will do it for fun on car rides, etc. , but it would be nice to hear it at mass.
 
Sarabande said:
As much as I like the chants, the Schubert is my favorite congregational mass setting, especially when a choir sings along with the harmony. I’ve never heard the Murray. Admittedly, I’d really like to hear the chants in organum. My husband and I will do it for fun on car rides, etc. , but it would be nice to hear it at mass.
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I agree that the Schubert setting is lovely in harmony. I think the Murray setting is one of the easiest to sing congregationally - I think it has been revised for the new translation. Another one that I forgot to mention is James MacMillan’s St Anne’s Mass - the Gloria and the Agnus Dei sung antiphonaly are lovely but the Sanctus is spectacular.
 
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