This article originally appeared on Corpus Christ Watershed’s, “Views from the Choir Loft” — published March 27, 2015. ELCOME TO Holy Week. For many, preparations have been well underway and are still ongoing. But once the onslaught of liturgies begins, it’s a bit like the morning of a final exam: One can’t study or prepare…
Category: Uncategorized
The Lord Is My Shepherd | SSA Choir
HE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD is now available for digital download. Composed for SSA choir and piano, it can be learned quickly in one or two rehearsals.The text from Psalm 23 is taken from the universally known King James Bible. You may purchase a downloadable Digital PDF of the score. Upon purchase, you will receive…
Mardi Gras and Burying the Alleluia
HE HEBREW WORD, “הללויה” or “Hallelujah,” is a word of unsurpassed joy. It is an acclamation of praise, thanksgiving and victory. “Hallelujah” is really a two–word phrase meaning “Praise Yah.” It is a joyous and unabashed song of praise to God and appears many times in the Book of Psalms, most prominently in Psalms 111-117…
Ascent to Freedom
True freedom does not rise from the capacity to fulfill all desires. Freedom is captivity, followed by battle, followed by faith, followed by wisdom and compassion as seen through the eyes of love. Of this struggle, true liberation is born. The Boston Music Intelligencer writes: “… Its five movements are quite accessible, sometimes displaying a…
The Thoughts of His Heart
HAVE LONG BEEN FASCINATED with the text of the Introit for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cogitationes, Ps. 33 (32): 11, 19: “The thoughts of his heart stand from generation to generation: that he might deliver their souls from death, and nourish them in times of famine.” Digital PDF copy ($8.95 comes…
Free Communion Propers for the Easter Season | Years ABC
Follow @RichardJaClark HIS COLLECTION of communion propers for the Easter Season is an update which now includes settings for all three liturgical years (A, B, C). To sing these texts is to journey from Christ’s Resurrection to the descent of the Holy Spirit. It is quite an emotional experience when one realizes just HOW MANY…
Two Lenten Meditations
Follow @RichardJaClark Tweet The Ash Wednesday Collect from the Roman Missal refers to Lent as “this campaign of Christian service…” Through this campaign, Lent is marked by two themes: preparation for baptism and penance. But Lent is also a joyful season with its expectation of resurrection and as a time of healing. In the Introit…
Twelve Communion Propers for Lent
Free Download: PDF • “Twelve Communion Propers for Lent” (for Schola, Organ, SATB) • Includes settings from Ash Wednesday and each Sunday of Lent though Palm Sunday. Also included are the multiple settings for Sundays three, four, and five, appropriate for the various cycles of readings and scrutinies for RCIA. • All are chant based/inspired….
“Gaudens Gaudebo” at Methuen and Basilica of the National Shine | Rosalind Mohnsen, organ
Friday, September 21, 2012 @8PM organist Rosalind Mohnsen performs at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall for the Fall Scholarship Fund Organ Recital. On the program will be my “Gaudens Gaudebo — I Will Greatly Rejoice!” Click here to see Program Notes for Gaudens Gaudebo Rosalind’s Performance of Gaudens Gaudebo at the Basilica of the National Shine of the…
“Ascent to Freedom” in Russia Mark Husey, organ
My solo organ work of five movements “Ascent to Freedom” recently received its Russian Federation première this past week in the cities of Kislovodsk (Кислово́дск) and Yessentuki (Ессентуки́). These cities are in Southwest Russia in between the Black and Caspian Seas. Performed by virtuoso organist Mark Husey, Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Peter’s Church in Columbia,…