The Recovering Choir Director

Music for 12:00 PM Mass, Franciscan Monastery, Washington, D.C.

Introit³: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (Chant, Mode VI)
Sign of the Cross¹: chanted, English
Greeting¹: chanted, English
Penitential Rite:²: Form A, chanted English
Kyrie²: Missa de feria (di Lasso, Orlando)
Gloria²: Mass VIII “De Angelis”
Collect/Opening Prayer¹: chanted, English
First Reading³: spoken
Verbum Domini dialogue³: spoken, English
Psalm³: spoken, English
Second Reading³: spoken, English
Verbum Domini dialogue³: spoken, English
Gospel Acclamation³: Alleluia… Omnes gentes (Chant, Mode I)
Dialogue before the Gospel: spoken, English
Gospel Reading³: spoken, English
Verbum Domini dialogue¹: spoken, English
Homily Topics: Placing Christ first in your life.
Credo²: III
General Intercessions²: “Lord, hear our prayer”, spoken
Offertory³: Ave verum corpus (Dupre)
Orate fratres dialogue: spoken, English
Prayer over the Gifts: spoken, English
Preface dialogue¹: spoken, English
Preface¹: spoken, English
Sanctus¹: Missa de feria/Mass XVIII (di Lasso, Orlando)
Eucharistic Prayer: III, spoken English
Mysterium Fidei: spoken, English
Anamnesis: Form A, spoken
Per ipsum: chanted, English
Amen: chanted
Lord’s Prayer invitation:¹ chanted, English
Lord’s Prayer¹: chanted, English
“Deliver us, Lord”¹: chanted, English
Lord’s Prayer, embolism¹: chanted, English
Pax Domini¹: chanted, English
Agnus Dei²: Missa de feria/Mass XVIII (di Lasso, Orlando)
Communion³: Inclina aurem tuam, with verses from Psalm 30(31) (Chant, Mode IV)
Postcommunion: O sacrum convivium (Gabrieli, Andrea)
Concluding prayer¹: chanted, English
“Ite, missa est” dialogue¹: chanted, English
Postlude: Organ improvisation

Notes:

• Celebrant: Rev. Robert Skeris, past president of the Church Music Association of America
• Organist: Horst Buchholz, choirmaster of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, Colorado
• Chant choirmaster: Gisbert Brandt, Cologne Archdiocesan Choir School
• Polyphonic choirmaster: Wilko Brouwers, director of the Monterverdi Choir and Ward Center, Netherlands
• Proper chants were preceded by brief organ improvisations based on the chant theme
• Gloria and Credo were sung antiphonally between choir and assembly.