Sunday, March 28th, 2021- Palm Sunday
Music for Sunday, March 28th, 11am Eucharist
Palm Sunday
Please arrive to rehearse at 9:30am
Themes from the Readings: He was pierced for our transgressions, surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; though He was in the form of God, He emptied himself, taking the form of a servant and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross; the Passion according to Mark.
Choral Prelude Outside: Palm Sunday Introit
Gospel Reading Outside: Luke 19:28-40
Procession of Palms: 157 Hosanna in the Highest (Ancient Gallican Chant)
Processional Hymn: 154 All glory, laud, and honor (Valet will ich dir geben)
First Reading: Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm: Psalm 22:1-11, or Psalm 22:1-21, Tone II.1
Second Reading: Phil 2:5-11
Gospel Hymn: 160, Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow (Cross of Jesus)
Gospel: Mark (14:32-72) 15:1-39 (40-47)
Offertory Anthem: Solus ad Victimam, By: Kenneth Leighton
Doxology: Hymn 380, Stanza 3
Sanctus: S125, Proulx
Communion Anthem: Sanctus from Deutsche Mass By: Franz Schubert
Processional Hymn: 449, O love, how deep, how broad, how high (Deo Gracias)
Music Notes
By: Ashley Sosis
Today’s communion meditation, “Herzlich tut mich verlangen,” a chorale prelude by Johannes Brahms, is listed in the program as, “O Sacred Head, Surrounded,” a Passiontide hymn that shares the same tune. The original text, written by Christoph Knoll (1563- 1630) for use in a funeral, is reprinted below. Both texts fully employ the weight of sorrow conveyed by the music. It is worth noting that Brahms had this text in mind when he composed the chorale prelude, not “O sacred head…”.
Herzlich tut mich verlangen My heart is filled with longing
Nach einen selgen End, To pass away in peace;
Weil ich hier bin umfangen For woes are round me thronging
Mit Trübsal und Elend. and trials will not cease.
Ich hab Lust abzuscheiden Oh fain would I be hasting,
Von dieser argen Welt, From thee, dark world of gloom,
Sehn mich nach ewgen Freuden, To gladness everlasting.
O Jesu, komm nur bald! O Jesus! Quickly come.
-Christoph Knoll, 1605 -Tr. Catherine Winkworth
The piece is one of eleven chorale preludes, Op. 122, the last collection of music that Brahms wrote. Brahms knew that it would be his last. The final piece in the collection is based on the chorale, “O Welt, ich muss dich lassen” (“O World, I Now Must Leave Thee”). Whether imagined with the original chorale text or “O sacred head…”, the organ meditation used today sonically represents three ideas at the same time: the chorale tune, a sense of longing, and a heartbeat. When you hear all three at the same time, it is quite moving.