Order of Service: Nov. 5, 2017 - Evening Vespers Service
Date of Service:
November 5, 2017
November 5, 2017 Remembrance Vespers
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Prelude Requiem; Kyrie; Dies Irae W. A. Mozart, (1756-1791)
“Eternal Rest; Lord Have Mercy; Day of Wrath”
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #101 Abide with Me
Responsive Reading #721 They Are Still With Us
Selection Confutatis and Lacrymosa
“Confounded” and “Day of Tears”
Silence
Responsive Reading #468 We Need One Another
Offering Hostias
“Oblations”
Sung Litany Response: You are not forgotten.
Candle Lighting
Responsive Reading Response: We Remember Them.
Closing Hymn #1002 Comfort Me
*Benediction and Chalice Extinguishing
Postlude Lux Aeterna
“Eternal Light”
Dismissal
*Please stand in body or in spirit
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s R equiem K. 626
The ancient liturgy of the Roman Requiem Mass deepens the solemnity and grace of our Vespers service, as we turn toward that which is sacred in remembrance of those who have passed from this life to the next.
Considered one of the great works of Classical music, the R equiem Mass in D minor K. 626 by W. A. Mozart was left largely unfinished at the composer's death in 1791. Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Mozart’s copyist, is credited with the work’s completion. Despite the controversy over how much of the music is actually Mozart's, the commonly performed Süssmayr version has become the most widely accepted.
Mozart composed over 600 works, including many which today are acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most esteemed and beloved of classical composers, and his influence on subsequent Western music is profound.
- Notes by Melissa Hoagland, San Gabriel Valley Choral Company
adapted by Dr. Zanaida Robles, UUCCSM Director of Music
Service Notes
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