Were You There?
A Service for Holy Week By Carla Giomo
Readings from Luke's Passion Gospel are interspersed with choral settings of hymns and spirituals, and the extinguishing of candles. The choral arrangements are not difficult and provide compelling commentaries on Jesus' suffering and death and on the human condition. In the composer's words, "The songs carry the theme of overcoming suffering in order to go home.
African-American spirituals are powerful testimony to a faith that can sustain hope in the face of suffering that will never end until the everlasting home is reached." This edition includes the complete order of service and the octavos which comprise the musical part of the liturgy. Choral settings are for SATB choir, soloists, and piano. Also included on this CD is Giomo's Vespers: A Service for Evening Prayer, which is useful for parishes that hold midweek Lenten worship services.
CONTENTS:
Were You There, stanza 1 (G-5831)
Introduction
Were You There, stanza 2
First Reading
Were You There, stanza 3
Second Reading
Trying to Get Home (G-5832)
Third Reading
Fourth Reading
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile (G-5833)
Fifth Reading
Sixth Reading
Seventh Reading
He Nevuh Said a Mumbalin' Word (G-5834)
Eighth Reading
Forgive Them, Forgive Us (G-5835)
Ninth Reading
Soon I Will Be Done (G-5836)
Tenth Reading
Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee (G-5837)
Eleventh Reading
Were You There, stanza 4
Vespers Service of Light (G-5252A)
Evening Hymn
Evening Thanksgiving
Psalm 141
Gospel Canticle: The Magnificat
Litany
Offering Response
Blessing
Choral AnthemA Blessing (G-5673).
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