Music Leader Thread Part IV—Song Lists, Suggestions, and Comments

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pnewton said:
For Ash Wed., I always start with Attende Domine. I will probably also us *Were You There. *
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Were You There on Ash Wednesday?? I wouldn’t…Christ wasn’t crucified on Ash Wednesday…
 
pianomany2k said:
Were You There on Ash Wednesday?? I wouldn’t…Christ wasn’t crucified on Ash Wednesday…
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I think I would have to agree. We never did “Were You There” until Good Friday or earlier during a Lenten concert. I love Attende Domine, though.
 
I have played ‘Were you there’ for Palm Sunday. This year I want to learn ‘Our Father we have wandered’ for lent and ‘O Sacred head surrounded’ for palm Sunday instead.
 
pianomany2k said:
Were You There on Ash Wednesday?? I wouldn’t…Christ wasn’t crucified on Ash Wednesday…
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I know, but not every song has to be about ashes. I use it off and on through Lent, just as I use At That First Eucharist on Sundays other than Holy Thursday.

I am also going to add this year, Only This I Want. I decided I am going to switch the setting to Jubilate Dei.
 
Sunday, February 10 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
Introit: Illuxerunt
Processional Hymn: O Lord of hosts, all heaven possessing
Offertory Hymn: O vision blest of heavenly light
Communion Hymns: Soul of my Saviour and The Lord’s my shepherd
Recessional Hymn: From glory to glory advancing we praise thee, O Lord

Ash Wednesday - Year C
Mass setting: Missa ‘Emendemus in melius’ —Palestrina
Introit: Misereris Omnium
Processional Hymn: Hear us O Lord, have mercy upon us
Distribution of the Ashes: Miserere Mei, Byrd
Offertory hymn: Forgive our sins as we forgive
Communion Hymn: Sweet Sacrament Divine
Recessional Hymn:Rock of Ages cleft for me (Petra)
 
This thread caught my eye. I hope people don’t take this as a rant. I’m not a music leader. I’m a music liker. How do I know if I like a piece of music? I’ll sing or hum it on my own time. I never find myself humming any of the tunes I hear at Mass. I’m not trying to be blasphemous, but I’d much rather listen to Neil Young, Van Morrison, The Allman Brothers, Los Lobos, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead. Lately, I’ve been listening to classical and I absolutely love that. But the last thing I would subject myself to (or anyone else) is the “music” we hear at Mass. (Could this be the reason my kids don’t go to Church???) I’m not talking about the ancient hymns I heard as a child. They are beautiful and still bring a tear to my eye when one of them occasionally surfaces. If the secular music moves me more than the Church music, something’s wrong. Lately, I’ve been attending the Neocatechumenate Way “Eucharists” on Saturday nights, not to escape the music at the regular Masses per se, but because God has me on this spiritual journey. Until a year ago, I never even heard of “The Way”. The music at these Masses is outstanding. It is accompanied by classical guitars, tamborines, bongos. And I do find it very moving. And I do find myself humming these tunes on my own time. I try to imagine what they would sound like at the regular Masses, with a thousand people raising the roof compared to only 50 people raising the roof.
 
I would avoid all the above 4 Mass settings. Their musical expression and tone does violence to the text and the environment of prayer. Recite/ proclaim the text by speaking rather than using these effeminate show tunes.
 
liturgyluver said:
Sunday, February 10 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
Introit: Illuxerunt
Processional Hymn: O Lord of hosts, all heaven possessing
Offertory Hymn: O vision blest of heavenly light
Communion Hymns: Soul of my Saviour and The Lord’s my shepherd
Recessional Hymn: From glory to glory advancing we praise thee, O Lord

Ash Wednesday - Year C
Mass setting: Missa ‘Emendemus in melius’ —Palestrina
Introit: Misereris Omnium
Processional Hymn: Hear us O Lord, have mercy upon us
Distribution of the Ashes: Miserere Mei, Byrd
Offertory hymn: Forgive our sins as we forgive
Communion Hymn: Sweet Sacrament Divine
Recessional Hymn:Rock of Ages cleft for me (Petra)
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This is quite refreshing! Great work.
 
Enim said:
I would avoid all the above 4 Mass settings. Their musical expression and tone does violence to the text and the environment of prayer. Recite/ proclaim the text by speaking rather than using these effeminate show tunes.
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Great. Don’t go. :rolleyes: I have enough to worry about pleasing people actually here than those that do not like this for such a unique reason as they consider like a show tune, or effiminate.

I think perhaps you are on the wrong thread. Go back and check the OP.
 
Enim said:
I would avoid all the above 4 Mass settings. Their musical expression and tone does violence to the text and the environment of prayer. Recite/ proclaim the text by speaking rather than using these effeminate show tunes.
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Welcome to the forums, Enim! It is very nice to have you on here and I enjoyed seeing the choices you have made for your Ash Wednesday liturgy. Since you are new, you are probably not aware of what the “rules” were for this particular thread and the past three editions. Everyone on the thread has differing opinions and tastes at various levels on liturgical music, yet we have been able to keep the thread alive through over 3000 posts because we have basically agreed not to express our opinions in the manner that is bolded above. We try our best to leave it at the door, so-to-speak, when we enter here and save it for other threads open to that kind of expression of opinion, only because it does cause debate which is not the purpose of this thread.

This has been a wonderful thread to exchange ideas and to see what others are doing in their own parishes, without getting into debate or argument. ( I hope I wasn’t overstepping my boundaries with anyone here by expressing this. )
 
Sarabande said:
( I hope I wasn’t overstepping my boundaries with anyone here by expressing this. )
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Not at all. Very congenial, and it’s very appreciated.

Enim, we all have different musical preferences, you included; however, if this thread wants to last, we need to be more cooperating with people. If you would go back probably thousands of pages, you would see the original thread. If you read that thread, then you would understand why we need the set of rules we do.

I hope you continue posting but in a more mannerly, congenial way.
 
I know I bring this up probably too often, but can we get a decree from the Vatican about the song Go Make a Difference? I absolutely detest the tune and the simplistic lyrics. Please, let it never be heard in Mass again!
 
liturgyluver said:
Sunday, February 10 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
Introit: Illuxerunt
Processional Hymn: O Lord of hosts, all heaven possessing
Offertory Hymn: O vision blest of heavenly light
Communion Hymns: Soul of my Saviour and The Lord’s my shepherd
Recessional Hymn: From glory to glory advancing we praise thee, O Lord

Ash Wednesday - Year C
Mass setting: Missa ‘Emendemus in melius’ —Palestrina
Introit: Misereris Omnium
Processional Hymn: Hear us O Lord, have mercy upon us
Distribution of the Ashes: Miserere Mei, Byrd
Offertory hymn: Forgive our sins as we forgive
Communion Hymn: Sweet Sacrament Divine
Recessional Hymn:Rock of Ages cleft for me (Petra)
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Jealous! 👍
 
February 10, 2013

Processional: Here I Am, Lord
Offertory: The Summons
Communion: Lord, When You Came to the Seashore
Recessional: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

I know a lot of people don’t like some of these, but I really like “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus.” We sung it a lot at the school Mass when I did my student teaching at a Catholic school, but they sang it too fast. Sung at the proper pace, I think it’s great!
 
smndtupidisaftr said:
I know I bring this up probably too often, but can we get a decree from the Vatican about the song Go Make a Difference? I absolutely detest the tune and the simplistic lyrics. Please, let it never be heard in Mass again!
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haha! That was a favorite recessional at our school Masses, complete with hand motions. I always thought it was hokey, but man did the kids love it. When it was announced, they smiled ear to ear and almost jumped up and down.
 
anp1215 said:
Recessional: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

I know a lot of people don’t like some of these, but I really like “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus.” We sung it a lot at the school Mass when I did my student teaching at a Catholic school, but they sang it too fast. Sung at the proper pace, I think it’s great!
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I was going to use it until I thought about our procedure at this Mass. We do this thing during the Alleluia where we take down the banner and bury it for Lent. It just seemed strange to go back to it after that reverberating slam of the chest lid.

I *did *use Here I Am though.
 
Our parish also used “Here I Am, Lord” and “The Summons” yesterday. Even though I’m not particularly fond of “Here I Am, Lord”, the text did fit right in with the readings… and I know that there are people there who really like that hymn.
 
anp1215 said:
Recessional: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

I know a lot of people don’t like some of these, but I really like “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus.” We sung it a lot at the school Mass when I did my student teaching at a Catholic school, but they sang it too fast. Sung at the proper pace, I think it’s great!
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Yes, I also like Alleluia! Sing to Jesus. We’ve done it for communion or the offertory in the past and it actually was so nice to hear it and sing it done at a more gentle and slower pace than how it is sometimes taken for a recessional or processional.
 
anp1215 said:
haha! That was a favorite recessional at our school Masses, complete with hand motions. I always thought it was hokey, but man did the kids love it. When it was announced, they smiled ear to ear and almost jumped up and down.
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It makes sense that kids would love it. It’s a very upbeat song. Why it’s played in a parish with most retirees and very few kids I can’t understand (not that I’m a retiree, not even close ;)).
 
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