Saturday, 4 April 2015
| The Service of Light | Lumen Christi (chanted) |
| Exsultet | Plainchant |
| After 1st reading (Genesis 1) | Send forth your Spirit (Stephen Dean) |
| After 2nd reading (Genesis 22) | Preserve me, God (Patrick Killeen) |
| After 3rd reading (Exodus 14-15) | I will sing to the Lord (Geoffrey Boulton Smith) |
| After 4th reading (Ezekiel 36: I shall give you a new heart) | Like the deer (mcb) listen |
| Gloria | Psallite |
| Easter Alleluia + Psalm 117 | Plainchant, verses by Paul Inwood |
| Blessing of Water | Springs of Water (Marty Haugen) |
| Sprinkling | Vidi Aquam (T.L. de Victoria, c.1548-1611) |
| Universal Prayer | Stay with us, Lord (mcb) listen |
| Preparation of the Gifts | Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus, 1532-1594) listen |
| Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen | Spring Sanctus (mcb) |
| Agnus Dei | Lamb of God II (mcb) |
| Communion | Now we remain (David Haas) |
| Dismissal | Go in peace, Alleluia (chanted) |
| Final Hymn | Thine be the Glory |
A mix-up involving an absent reader meant that we omitted what was going to be the fourth of five Old Testament readings (Isaiah 55, followed by an adaptation of Bob Hurd’s With joy you shall draw water). New this year was the second reading, telling the story of Abraham and Isaac. The accompanying psalm was our first from Patrick Killeen’s collection Sing a New Psalm.
Bishop John intoned the Gloria and the Alleluia (the latter to the simple Easter tone), and sang the Preface, and his part in the dialogues in the Eucharistic Prayer and at the Dismissal. In all, it was our customary musical feast, ranging from chant, through Victoria and Lassus, to Marty Haugen and David Haas. I’d like to think our music succeeded in serving the ritual needs of a rich and complex liturgy, in a welcoming diversity of musical idioms.
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