Music for Holy Week 2009

Palm Sunday

Ann De Renais soprano

Meditation

J. S. Bach

Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (St. Matthew Passion)

Translation:
I will give my heart to Thee;
Sink Thyself in it, my Salvation.
I will submerge myself in Thee.
And if the world is too small for Thee,
Ah, then for me alone shalt Thou
Be more than world and heaven.
I will give my heart&helip;

Music during Communion

J. S. Bach

Zerfliesse, mein Herze (St. John Passion)

Translation:
Dissolve then, heart, in floods of tears
As your tribute to our God.
Tell earth and heaven the grievous news,
Your Jesus is dead.

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Maundy Thursday

Richard Fallas bass

Music before service

J. S. Bach

Gladly would I take upon me (St. Matthew Passion)

Gladly would I take upon me
Cross and Cup, and all His burden,
Could I follow Christ my Lord.

Lo, our Lord, in love our burden sharing,
Bears for us The Cross with all its shame.
He has lighten’d all our sorrow.

Music during Communion

Vaughan Williams

Love bade me welcome (Five Mystical Songs)

Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lack'd any thing.

‘A guest,’ I answer'd, ‘worthy to be here:’
Love said, ‘You shall be he.’
‘I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee.’
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
‘Who made the eyes but I?’

‘Truth Lord, but I have marr'd them: let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.’
‘And know you not,’ says Love, ‘who bore the blame?’
‘My dear, then I will serve.’
‘You must sit down,’ says Love, ‘and taste my meat:’
So I did sit and eat.

George Herbert

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Good Friday

PERGOLESI     STABAT MATER

A performance of the famous early 18th-century setting of the 13th-century Latin poem, as part of the first two hours of the 3-Hour Service, with the movements interspersed with prayers, readings and meditation.

Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius

The sorrowful Mother stood
Close to the cross in tears
As her Son hung there

Ann De Renais soprano
Andrew Radley countertenor
Graham Caldbeck organ

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Easter Sunday

Helen Semple soprano

Music before service

Mozart

Exsultate, jubilate K165

Exsultate, jubilate
O vos animae beatae,
Summa Trinitas revelatur
Et urbique adoretur,
Date illi gloriam.

Exult and rejoice,
O blessed spirits,
The most exulted Trinity is revealed
and everywhere adored;
give glory to the Three-in-One.

Music during Communion

Handel

I know that my redeemer liveth (from Messiah)

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. (Job 19:25-26)

For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep. (I Corinthians 15:20)