Order of Service: Nov. 1, 2015, Remembrance Vespers
Date of Service:
November 1, 2015
November 1, 2015 Remembrance Vespers
“Love isn’t about what we did yesterday.
It’s about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after.”
- Grace Lee Boggs (1915 - 2015)
Prelude Introit & Kyrie
Chalice Lighting Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
*Opening Hymn #101 Abide with Me
Reading The End Mark Strand
James Hayden (1934 - 2014)
Selection Graduale
Silence
Responsive Reading We remember them.
Kevin Smith
Selection Dies Irae
Offering Offertorium
Colleen Keene, soprano; Jyvonne Haskin, mezzo soprano
Gabriel Paredes, tenor; James Hayden, bass
Litany You are not forgotten.
Candle Lighting Sanctus
Silence
Devotional Hymn #199 Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Reading The Gaffe Charles Kenneth Williams
Rima Snyder (1936 - 2015)
Selection Pie Jesu
Hymn #1002 Comfort Me
*Benediction Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
Postlude Agnus Dei
*Please stand in body or in spirit
Service Notes
Our offering tonight will benefit the Music Fund.
Service Participants: Dan Patterson, Mike Reivitis.
Grief is a natural reaction after the death of someone close. Yet in our society few people are prepared
for the intensity and duration of the grief process. Our House Grief Support Center was founded on
the premise that grievers need understanding, support, and connection. If you or someone you care
about is grieving, Our House is here to help. For support: 1.888.417.1444. www.ourhouse-grief.org.
A few thoughts about Luigi Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor
Music set for the occasion of loss, requiems being principal among them, usually fit into three distinct
categories, in my view. There are the dark and mournful settings, such as in the famous requiems by
Brahms and Mozart. There are the light and celestial settings, such as in the requiem by Durufle and
in Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna . And, there are the flashy fanfare settings, meant to be honorable and show
esteem, such as in Verdi’s requiem setting. In Cherubini’s rather characteristic setting, we clearly see
the transition from the reverent, though playful early classical composers like Mozart into the bolder
and more charismatic sounds of early romantic composers like Brahms. In this way, he was much like
his contemporary colleague and frenemy, Beethoven.
Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor is actually the first of two settings he wrote. It was composed to
commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the beheading of Louis XVI of France in the French Revolution.
It was later censored by the archbishop of Paris for its use of female voices, prompting Cherubini to
write a second requiem in D minor for men only.
We hope you enjoy this rarely performed work and that it can be meaningful to you and your loved ones
in this time of loss.
- DeReau K. Farrar, Director of Music