Bernard of Clairvaux, who is known for proliferating the Cistercian monastic order (though the dog breed is named for a different St. “O Jesus, joy of loving hearts” talks of trust in God with a Eucharistic bent and is a translation of a text attributed to St. This is paired with a tranquil tune of a similar vintage by Henry Percy Smith. “O master let me walk with thee,” a late-19th Century text, talks about serving God, and works well with both the Epistle and Gospel, in which, respectively, Paul and the fishermen drop everything to follow Jesus. The text, however which translates a 17th Century German text by Joachim Neander, speaks of trust in God above all else. We start with Herbert Howells’s excellent tune (and one of my favorites if you haven’t noticed!), Michael, named for his young son who sadly died of polio. The hymns, therefore, turn a bit more introspective than they have been, and I went for a theme of trust in God for this week, especially present in the Epistle and Gospel appointed. When the season after Epiphany goes on this long (that is, when Easter is on the late side, which it is this year), the tone of the Sunday lectionary tends to turn slightly more penitential, perhaps echoing the old Pre-Lenten season (called “Septuagesima” or “Shrovetide”) which most Western churches did away with in the 1960’s. A Canon is a piece in which a voice follows the melody, imitating it a bit later (for a simple example, think “Row, row, row your boat”). Naturally, Robert wanted to try out some of that study on this new instrument! The canon in B Major is the last and slowest in the set. The Schumann household bought one in the 1840’s at the same time that Robert and Clara did some focused study on counterpoint. As its name would suggest, a pedal piano is simply a piano with an organ-style pedalboard, and was a popular practice instrument for organists in the 19th Century. The organ prelude, by contrast, is a slow and tranquil canon by Robert Schumann from his collection of six canons for pedal piano. The organ postlude for this Sunday is also a postponed one, which I had originally planned to play on January 2nd before we decided to worship remotely for the month! Though the chorale, In dir ist Freude is associated with the new year, it’s a general hymn of praise, and is one of the more substantial and “fun” preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein, with the chorale theme being passed among different voices in imitative counterpoint over a repeating pedal figure. As you may have noticed, “E la don don” is quite a bit more up-tempo than “Gozate,” and may have benefitted from a drum (though we didn’t have one handy)! The author and composer of both is unknown, though “E la don don” may be attributed to either Mateo Flecha el Viejo (best known for his Villancico, “Ríu, ríu, chíu,” which is also in this collection) or Bartomeu Càrceres. Both “E la don don” and “Gozate” are villancicos in old Spanish meant for Christmas. Though it seems confusing that a collection with “Uppsala” in its name would contain Spanish music, it does, and it’s just called that because the only manuscript is currently housed in the library at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. Instead, we did two Villancicos in honor of the Virgin Mary from a collection commonly called the Canionero de Upsala, published in 1556. I’ve moved the two choral anthems from last week to this week, so see last week’s notes for those! Well, the best laid plans for last week were foiled by a singer’s last-minute travel difficulties, so we did something entirely different than planned. Offertory Hymn: 649 “O Jesus, joy of loving hearts” (Dickinson College)Ĭommunion Anthem: Nunc Dimittis from Second Service – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)įinal Hymn: 410 “Praise, my soul, the King of heaven” (Lauda anima) Offertory Anthem: Alleluia: Senex puerum – William Byrd (c. Sequence Hymn: 660 “O master let me walk with thee” (Maryton) Opening Hymn: 665 “All my hope on God is founded” (Michael) Prelude: Canon in B Major – Robert Schumann (1810-1856) James Hopkinsįor the Fifth Sunday following Epiphany 2022
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