Thursday 24 March 7pm – CHOIR

Maundy (Holy) ThursdayByz_LastSupper

Ex.12.1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor.11.23-26; Jn 13.1-15

  • Reception of the holy oils from the Metropolitan Cathedral: Priestly people (Deiss)
  • Mass: Mass for 5 voices (William Byrd)
  • Motet: Ubi Caritas – Where there is Charity and love (Maurice Duruflé ) + plainsong + Taize responsory
  • Communio: Hoc corpus quod pro vobis tradetur – This is My body, which is given up for you
  • Hymns: At the Lamb’s High feast we sing, Where there is charity and love, My song is love unknown LOVE UNKNOWN
  • Procession to the altar of repose: Pange lingua Sing my tongue (plainsong)
  • During the adoration: Ave Verum Corpus Hail true body (Mozart)
  • Organ Prelude: Le Banquet Celeste – Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
  • Organ Offertorium: Lamento – Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
  • Organ Voluntary: O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross BWV 622 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Organist: Bransby Byrne