Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the Youth and Adult Choirs, sermon by the Rev’d William J. Eakins.
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Service Music:
Voluntary Meditation Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Processional Hymn 287 For all the saints, who from their labors rest Sine Nomine
Gloria in excelsis S278 William Mathias (1934-1992)
Sequence Hymn 293 I sing a song of the saints of God Grand Isle
Offertory Anthem Kyrie eleison from Requiem Maurice Duruflé
Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
In 1947, Maurice Duruflé was already working on a suite of pieces for organ based on the Gregorian chants for the requiem mass (the service for the dead), when he was commissioned by his publisher Durand to write a large-scale work based on those texts. The resulting Requiem, originally for orchestra and chorus, is the culmination of Duruflé’s style, mixing chant, quasi-Renaissance counterpoint, and sumptuous harmony derived from Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel.
Sanctus S128 William Mathias
Fraction Anthem S166 Agnus Dei Gerald Near (b. 1942)
Communion Anthem Agnus Dei from Requiem Maurice Duruflé
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
Hymn in Procession 286 Who are these like stars appearing Zeuch mich, zeuch mich
Voluntary Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Assisting Organist: Christa Rakich