Who sang the Exsultet at your Easter Vigil?

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Did the priest or the deacon? Or a cantor? Or the choir?

I’m a cantor and have done it several times. It’s one of the greatest privileges I’ve ever had. I was not “working” for the Vigil this year, so we went to a different parish for a change. The program listed the tenor cantor as the one to sing it, and I was excited to hear him, as he has a gorgeous voice. I was so disappointed though, because he did not sing the melody that is usually associated with it. He used a very simple psalm tone instead. It didn’t have that wonderful, triumphant ascending fifth figure that just “makes” the Exsultet for me.

How was yours?
 
Our parochial vicar, who has a very melodious voice, sang the Exsultet. It was really beautiful.
 
Deacon Santiago Molina at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Tallahassee, FL and he did a wonderful job! HAPPY EASTER!
 
We have no deacon and the visiting priest didn’t sing anything during the Triduum. The choir director sang the Exsultet! as she has done for the last 9 years. It was beautiful.
 
Our priest/pastor sang the Exsultet. It was… well… he tried! He knows he doesn’t have a good singing voice but he does it anyway. Our parochial vicar doesn’t chant, and our deacon’s voice… well, let’s just say I’m glad it was our pastor and not our deacon!

We also had a transitional deacon with us for the whole Triduum. I wish he would have done the Exsultet. He has a great chanting voice.
 
baltobetsy said:
Did the priest or the deacon? Or a cantor? Or the choir?

I’m a cantor and have done it several times. It’s one of the greatest privileges I’ve ever had. I was not “working” for the Vigil this year, so we went to a different parish for a change. The program listed the tenor cantor as the one to sing it, and I was excited to hear him, as he has a gorgeous voice. I was so disappointed though, because he did not sing the melody that is usually associated with it. He used a very simple psalm tone instead. It didn’t have that wonderful, triumphant ascending fifth figure that just “makes” the Exsultet for me.

How was yours?
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A Seminarian of the Dominicans, it was actually beautiful! especially upon the altar, where all you could see is the outline of his head due to the positioning of the light, only the 2nd time i’ve attended the Vigil, but i shall always go, nothing matches the pure beauty of the Easter Vigil Mass, I’m jealous of anyone who can find a Solemn High Mass of the Vigil, i wonder if anything could match it’s beauty.
 
Our parochial vicar sang the Exsultet. It was amazing. Everything about that Mass was amazing. 😃
 
Our deacon, who will be ordained to the priesthood on April 30th sang the Exsultet. He has an excellent voice…probably baritone?
 
baltobetsy said:
Did the priest or the deacon? Or a cantor? Or the choir?

I’m a cantor and have done it several times. It’s one of the greatest privileges I’ve ever had. I was not “working” for the Vigil this year, so we went to a different parish for a change. The program listed the tenor cantor as the one to sing it, and I was excited to hear him, as he has a gorgeous voice. I was so disappointed though, because he did not sing the melody that is usually associated with it. He used a very simple psalm tone instead. It didn’t have that wonderful, triumphant ascending fifth figure that just “makes” the Exsultet for me.

How was yours?
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The Exsultet was beautifully sung at our parish by one of our deacons and accompanied by a four person scola.
 
One of our residential priests sang it. He sings (chants?) it every year. It’s always awesome!
 
baltobetsy said:
Did the priest or the deacon? Or a cantor? Or the choir?

I’m a cantor and have done it several times. It’s one of the greatest privileges I’ve ever had. I was not “working” for the Vigil this year, so we went to a different parish for a change. The program listed the tenor cantor as the one to sing it, and I was excited to hear him, as he has a gorgeous voice. I was so disappointed though, because he did not sing the melody that is usually associated with it. He used a very simple psalm tone instead. It didn’t have that wonderful, triumphant ascending fifth figure that just “makes” the Exsultet for me.

How was yours?
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Our vocations director sung it in the cathedral, and used the normal melody.
 
At our parish, Monsignor sung it as he always does and beautifully too.
 
I thought it had been replaced in the Vigil I attended but I was told by a choir member that something the deacon sang antiphonally while the people sang “Christ be our Light” was an “abbreviated form of the Exsultet”. I didn’t recognize it as such other than that it was chanted by the deacon and at the time when one would expect the Exsultet.
 
Our music director sang ours and did an AMAZING job! She has a wonderful voice and when she sings you can really tell she means what she is singing. 👍
 
baltobetsy said:
He used a very simple psalm tone instead. It didn’t have that wonderful, triumphant ascending fifth figure that just “makes” the Exsultet for me.

How was yours?
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Our new deacon sang it. It is his first year and he did a three note chant. I am with you on the classic chant.
 
MarkThompson said:
Not a half bad voice! I’m curious why you picked the tone or setting that you were using. Did it have refrains for the congregation to participate with or something?
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Thank you. The setting was based (at least) on that in the Roman Missal (Roman Missal, Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, 1985, page 175.) With a layman singing it the congregation responses are:
Lift up your hearts.
Response: We lift then up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Response: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

And at the end:
… your Son who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Response: Amen.
 
Our pastor sang it. He doesn’t have a good singing voice and can’t carry a tune… but I’m glad he did it anyway. 🙂
 
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