Mass last night
I helped Fred out at the Mac (Immaculate Conception) last night. Rore Missa a nota nere, Byrd Viri Galilei, Regnart Ascendit Deus, and part of a Senfl sequence setting (can't remember which; it was one axed at Trent), plus the Credo from Byrd in 3 (it was a solemn high, and they're liking to have polyphonic Credos for those now, and we didn't have the Rore Credo, or have it worked up). 5 parts, 6 singers, so a bit of a tightrope act, especially since the soprano had not been at the Friday rehearsal. We managed though, in spite of the work of the devil...which began when Fred turned the organ on for the prelude, to find a cypher. So no prelude. Then the thunderstorm hit, almost drowning out the Introit (the chant went particularly well, mybe because it was pitched a little lower than usual there.) There were some dropped cues later (we were expecting a homily, and there wasn't one). We repeated the Byrd motet as postlude; I would so love to be able to do the entire Gradualia during one liturgical year.
Nice crowd, about 75. I took a few surreptitious pictures before and after, which I haven't looked at yet. I may post them later, but I'm home for a long weekend and vacation, and uploading pics on a dialup is a bitch.
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