During August, the choir in the parish has a well-earned rest and we do not struggle to keep things going while half the regulars are on holiday at any given time. So our EF Latin Mass is a low Mass. It was great this morning to return to the Missa Cantata. Thanks to the addition of two boys from a visiting family we were able to field nine servers which meant that we could have six torch bearers with one of the acolytes doubling-up as torch bearer.
For the "green" Sundays, we sing Mass XI, the Missa Orbis Factor. I find the Kyrie from this Mass one of the most beautiful pieces in the repertoire of Gregorian Chant. The titles for the Masses (Lux et origo, Orbis factor etc.) were taken from the tropes that were sung to "fill them out." H/T Fr Ray Blake who posted the above troped version.
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Our choir here in Ireland "did" the Orbis Factor Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei for Christmas Eve and Day Masses, and also Easter vigil and Sunday. It was totally new to me! And I'm 50 and thought I knew most of the chant settings. I (and I think most of the choir) found the Sanctus to be the most difficult in terms of phrasing and breathing. But then, we were doing it with organ accomp. and no conductor. Probably not ideal. Would love to do it a cappella. Not to mention completing it with Gloria and Credo (we did modern Gloria and no Credo... as ever). Still, such would have been unthinkable 10 years ago. Festina lente.
The new Ordinary will be used in Ireland from next Sunday. So looking forward to the full implementation. Festina felix Advente, et tecum tota nova translatio.
Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing that.
The Kyrie is beautiful; it has a haunting quality to it. One feels transported to another world, which I guess is the point.
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