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)