Sunday by Sunday, Collection 2
$55
Choral Music for the Sunday Eucharist
on CD-ROM
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WE'VE GOT THIS COLLECTION ON CD-ROM! Of course, you COULD purchase the book from your local music dealer that carries materials from the RSCM. It will cost (depending on the exchange rate) somewhere close to $110 plus shipping). Also, the book will be formatted for A4 (British size) paper so you may have to do some adjusting to get the pages copied correctly.
ANTHEMS
1. Ave verum corpus
Geoff Weaver
2. Almighty God, you search us and you know us
Andrew March
3. Almighty God, we thank you
Martin How
4. Behold, O God our defender
Noel Rawsthorne
5. Bread of the world in mercy broken
Anthony Baldwin
6. Bread of the world in mercy broken
Peter Aston
7. Christ be with me
Noel Rawsthorne
8. Christ is our corner-stone
David Ogden
9. Christ, our God, descends from heaven
Alan Bullard
10. Creator of the heavens
Andrew March
11. Christ was the Word
Christopher Maxim
12. Go forth and tell!
David Ogden
13. Gospel Alleluias and Acclamation
David Ogden
14. God of glory
Andrew March
15. Holy God, faithful and unchanging
Anthony Marks
16. I will sing with the Spirit
David Goodenough
17. If God is building when we build
John Barnard
18. Lord, who hast formed me
Philip Godfrey
19. May the grace of Christ our Saviour
Simon Lole
20. My spirit longs for thee
Philip Godfrey
21. My spirit longs for thee
Simon Lole
22. O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit
John Harper
23. O Trinity of blessed light
Sam & Ally Barrett
24. O sacrum convivium
William Byrd
25. O voice of the beloved!
Grayston Ives
26. Our lives are laid open
Andrew March
27. Responses to intercessions
Peter Moger
28. Sent by the Father
Andrew March
29. Out of the stillness
Richard Shephard
30. A Song of Reflection
Colin Mawby
31. Spirit of God
Simon Lole
32. The Baptism of Christ
Andrew March
33. Verbum caro factum est
Louis Halsey
34. Verily, verily I say unto you
Thomas Tallis
35. Yours, Lord, is the greatness
Martin How
36. Mass of St Cedd
Peter Nardone
PREFACE from Sunday by Sunday 2
Choirs want to sing.
This is number one of ‘Ten things you need to know about choirs’ that I present at clergy training workshops. Choirs want to sing. To maintain and develop a strong choir it is important to give them opportunities to sing, not only with the congregation but also separately. Today, with more congregational involvement in the sung parts of the Eucharist, the opportunity for choirs to sing alone is often restricted to during the distribution of communion. In some churches, the choir is also encumbered by the congregation filing past between the choir stalls. This second Sunday by Sunday Collection contains short pieces that the choir can sing not only at communion but at other times during the Eucharist so as to enrich, support and respond to the liturgy rather than be an opportunity for the choir to show off. In the collection, we have included introits, acclamations, blessings, prayer responses, a mass setting, and anthems – some that are reflective and some that are more forthright.
An introit can set the right mood at the start of a service either in the manner of a fanfare or as a reflection for the congregation to prepare for worship. This could be sung just before the service begins.
A choral piece sung after a reading or sermon can help people reflect on a passage of scripture or the preacher’s words. It can break up the wordy nature of some services.
Anthems during the distribution of communion are often effective, although, as the congregation is often on the move, these pieces can become relegated to ‘background music’. An anthem sung after communion can be very effective.
Many anthems are never sung during the Eucharist because they are supposedly too loud to sing during communion. Now and again, try singing a blessing or even a choral voluntary just before the dismissal or at the end of the service.
In this collection, there are plenty of other pieces that can be inserted into the liturgy, not for the sake of it, but to give emphasis and make the worship interesting and alive. Boredom sets in when everything is the same every week. However, one word of warning: if you want to insert a short choral piece in the service, make sure that the clergy and the other ministers are aware of it in advance. Successful liturgy is achieved when all the participants are confident they know what is happening. Maybe another part of the service could be shortened or even omitted, but this needs planning, negotiation and common consent. Good luck!
I hope you enjoy these pieces and they enrich your Sunday Eucharist. Of course they can be used at other times as well. There are liturgical and seasonal indexes to help you select pieces and, like the Sunday by Sunday Collection Vol. 1, you can legally photocopy as many copies as you need. So keep your treasurer happy and just buy one book; keep your choir happy and let them sing!
David Ogden, editor
Bristol 2006
