Sunday, 30 December 2012
| Entrance | Unto us is born a son |
| Sending out of the children to LotW | We are marching (Siyahamba) |
| Gloria | Isobel Kennedy |
| Psalm | Ps 83 (Paul Simon, adapted) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Isobel Kennedy |
| Preparation of the Gifts | O little town of Bethlehem |
| Sanctus | St Anne’s Mass (James MacMillan) |
| Acclamation B | St Columba (Irish melody) |
| Amen | Missal tone |
| Agnus Dei | Isobel Kennedy |
| Communion | In the bleak midwinter (Harold Darke) Away in a manger |
| Recessional | What child is this? |
The Cathedral choir had its customary week off for good behaviour, and I visited the parish where I spent my teenage years. Music in the parish is in the immensely capable hands of Isobel Kennedy, who with her husband Tom was today celebrating forty years of marriage. The choir did them proud, especially in the Darke In the bleak midwinter and in an energetic rendition of the MacMillan Sanctus. The responsorial psalm was cheekily adapted from Bridge over troubled water (a favourite song, I’m told, of the celebrating couple) and performed with panache by Mark Kennedy. Parish priest Fr Martin Joyce sang his part with confidence in the Eucharistic Prayer.
In all, this is a parish that knows what it’s doing.
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