SERVICE MUSIC
Sunday after Ascension (May 20, 2012)
Opening Hymn: “Hail the day that sees Him rise” (#104, llanfair)
Sequence Hymn: “Te Deum laudamus” (#613/617)
Sermon Hymn: “The Head that once was crowned with thorns (#106)
Communion Hymns: “Now, my tongue, the myst’ry telling” (#199, pange lingua)
“Therefore we, before him bending” (#200, tantum ergo)
Closing Hymn: “See the Conqu’or mounts in triumph” (#103, in babilone)
Anthem: “Ascendit Deus
Music: Peter Philips (c.1563-c.1635)
Text: Psalm 47:5
Translation: “God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Alleluia! The Lord in Heaven has prepared his throne. Alleluia!”
Communion Motet: “Sacerdotes Domini”
Music: William Byrd (1540-1623)
Text: Leviticus 12:6
Translation: “The priests of the Lord offer incense and loaves to God, and therefore they shall be holy to their God, and shall not defile His Name. Alleluia”
Choral Amen: “Amen” by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)