{"id":8299,"date":"2020-12-02T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T19:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/?p=8299"},"modified":"2020-12-05T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:37:08","slug":"mount-calvary-music-december-6-2020-advent-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/mount-calvary-music-december-6-2020-advent-ii-8299.htm","title":{"rendered":"Mount Calvary Music: December 6, 2020: Advent II"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John the Baptist preaching in the Desert, Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Mount Calvary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Roman Catholic Parish<\/p>\n

The Personal Ordinariate of S. Peter<\/p>\n

Eutaw Street and Madison Avenue<\/p>\n

Baltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n

Rev. Albert Scharbach, Pastor<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Johnson, Organist and Music Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Advent II<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

December 6, 2020<\/p>\n

8:00 A.M. Said Mass<\/p>\n

10:00 A.M. Sung Mass<\/p>\n

This mass will be livestreamed<\/p>\n

__________________<\/p>\n

Organ Prelude<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEs ist ein Ros’ entsprungen<\/a> (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming),\u201d Johannes Brahms<\/p>\n

This setting of \u201cLo, How a Rose E’er Blooming\u201d comes from the composer\u2019s <\/span>Eleven Chorale Preludes<\/span><\/i> written in the last year of his life. Brahms takes the chorale \u201cbud,\u201d nurtures it with his highly-chromatic language, and offers us this beautiful blossom of a chorale prelude.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Organ Postlude<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo\u0451l Suisse\u201d<\/a> Louis-Claude Daquin<\/p>\n

Daquin (1694-1772) was titular organist at Notre-Dame in Paris from 1755 until his death. The postlude is the last of his Twelve No\u0451ls<\/em> for organ or harpsichord.<\/p>\n

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Offertory Anthem<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Comfort Ye, My People & Every Valley Shall Be Exalted<\/a>” from Messiah<\/em>, G.F. Handel <\/span><\/p>\n

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
\nSpeak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,
\nthat her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.
\nThe voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
\nPrepare ye the way of the Lord,
\nmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.<\/p>\n

Every valley shall be exalted,
\nand every mountain and hill made low;
\nthe crooked straight, and the rough places plain.<\/p>\n

Handel (1685-1759) was a renowned German\/English composer of the 18th century, whose popularity far exceeded that of J.S. Bach during their lifetime. These two pieces constitute the first recitative and air from the composer\u2019s beloved oratorio, Messiah.<\/p>\n

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Communion Anthem<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cE\u2019en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come\u201d<\/a> Paul Manz<\/p>\n

Peace be to you and grace from Him
\nWho freed us from our sins,
\nWho loved us all and shed His blood
\nThat we might saved be.<\/p>\n

Sing Holy, Holy to our Lord,
\nThe Lord, Almighty God,
\nWho was and is and is to come,
\nSing Holy, Holy, Lord!<\/p>\n

Rejoice in heaven, all ye that dwell therein,
\nRejoice on earth, ye saints below,
\nFor Christ is coming, is coming soon,
\nFor Christ is coming soon!<\/p>\n

E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come,
\nAnd night shall be no more;
\nThey need no light nor lamp nor sun,
\nFor Christ will be their All!”<\/p>\n

Manz (1919-2009) was a renowned American organist, conductor, and composer best known for his improvisations and hymn festivals. This motet is his most well-known choral work, having been sung at the Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols at King\u2019s College in 2004.<\/p>\n

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Hymns<\/strong><\/p>\n

C<\/em><\/strong>omfort, comfort ye <\/em><\/strong>my <\/em><\/strong>people<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Tr\u00f6stet, tr\u00f6stet meine Lieben) was written by Johann Olearius (1611\u20131684), a Lutheran pastor at Halle and translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827\u20131878). The hymn is a paraphrase of Isaiah 40:1-5, in which the prophet looks forward to the coming of Christ. More specifically, the coming of the forerunner of Christ \u2013 John the Baptist \u2013 is foretold. Though Isaiah\u2019s voice crying in the desert is anonymous, the third stanza ties this prophecy and one from Malachi (Malachi 4:5) to a New Testament fulfillment. \u201chttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2sfDESOjN0I&t=20sFor Elijah\u2019s voice is crying In the desert far and near\u201d brings to mind Jesus\u2019 statement, \u201c\u2019But I tell you that Elijah has already come.\u2019 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tune GENEVAN 42 is an adaptation by Louis Bourgeois (1510\u20131559) of a tune by Claude Goudimel (1501\u20131572), a French Calvinist who was killed in the St. Bartholomew\u2019s Day Massacre.<\/p>\n

O Saviour, rend the heaven\u2019s wide<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>(O HEILAND REI\u00df) is by Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591-1635). He was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most noted as an opponent of trials for witchcraft. Spee was the first person in his time to present strong written and spoken arguments against torture, especially with regards to its unreliability in obtaining \u201ctruth\u201d from someone undergoing painful questioning. His hymn is based on Isaiah 64: 1 (\u2018Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down\u2019) and the \u2018Rorate coeli desuper\u2019 of Isaiah 45: 8 (\u2018Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness\u2019). It uses the traditional images of bringing light out of darkness and bringing new life. It conveys the overwhelming power of the Advent of Christ at the end of time, when He will break down the doors of the grave and abolish sin and death forever. O HEILAND\u00a0 REI\u00df is a German chorale melody in the Dorian mode published anonymously in Rheinfelsisches Deutsches Catholisches Gesangbuch<\/em> (1666 edition)<\/div>\n
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  Mount Calvary A Roman Catholic Parish The Personal Ordinariate of S. Peter Eutaw Street and Madison Avenue Baltimore, Maryland Rev. Albert Scharbach, Pastor Andrew Johnson, Organist and Music Director Advent II December 6, 2020 8:00 A.M. Said Mass 10:00 A.M. Sung Mass This mass will be livestreamed __________________ Organ Prelude \u201cEs ist ein Ros’ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1229,1318,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hymns","category-mount-calvary-church","category-music","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8299"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8320,"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299\/revisions\/8320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}