March 25, 2018
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
ORISON: The royal banners forward go (Tune: Vexilla Regis prodeunt) – Plainsong, Mode I; harm. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474)
HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (Tune: Song 46) – Orlando Gibbons (c. 1583-1625)
PSALM 22:1-18 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
RESPOND: In manus tuas (Setting I) – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558); ed. Simon R. Hill
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone III.6
ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (Setting I) – Thomas Tallis
Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor
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Tyler’s reading on this day was close to perfect. The choir’s chanting was close to perfect. The cantor’s prayer was dark, but inspirational when death is around. Praise be to God.