Pentecost (2014)

Sunday, 8 June 2014

 

Entrance	Come down, O love divine
Gloria	Psallite
Psalm	Ps 103 (David Saint)
Gospel Acclamation	Easter Alleluia (plainchant; verse Aimee Presswood)
Rite of Confirmation	(i) Pentecost Sequence (arr. Richard Proulx) (ii) Spirit of the living God & Psalm 103 (John Ainslie) (iii) Hymn to the Holy Spirit (Randolph Currie) (iv) Send forth your Spirit (Christopher Walker) (v) Veni Sancte Spiritus (Gregorio Allegri, c. 1582-1652) (vi) Wisdom, come softly (Martin Barry & Diane Murden) (vii) Come, thou sweetest source of gladness (Louis Bourgeois, c.1510- c.1560)
Preparation of the Gifts	Alleluia Surrexit Dominus (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Mass of Creation (Marty Haugen)
Agnus Dei	Lamb of God II (mcb)
Communion	This is my body
Recessional	Come, Holy Ghost

 

The Cathedral was packed for today’s celebration. The large number of candidates set us the challenge of finding music to cover a very extended rite of Confirmation. In best Salford Cathedral fashion, the assembled musical feast ranged over ancient and modern, choral and congregational, from the plainchant Veni Creator Spiritus (in Randolph Currie’s atmospheric arrangement) to a battery of percussion instruments in Chris Walker’s setting of Ps 103. I like the thought that we covered all the bases.