As part of the festivities to dedicate the new bronze statue of St. Michael at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, I have been asked to compose a short brass fanfare arrangement and setting of the hymn tune “National Hymn” that will be used for the entrance banner procession. As this is a last minute request, I’m delighted that the project is small in scope. Audio of the piece is now available here.
On Sunday, September 29, a new statue of St. Michael will be dedicated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe. Discovering that there would be an additional procession of banners, music director Bill Picher asked if I would make a short fanfare arrangement of the tune “National Hymn’ to provide music for the extra procession. With only a few days to complete the project, I got to work as quick as I could.
Here’s a video from a rehearsal at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen:
The 3rd annual Summer Classical Series concert of the Central Florida Community Choir will be a performance of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.
Jacob Haines, music director
Central Florida Community Arts Orchestra
with Wm. Glenn Osborne, Organist
Trumpet Recital by William Luckett
Wm. Glenn Osborne, piano and organ
While looking around on-line today, I discovered that TampaKurt had posted videos from the Festival Singers of Florida concert in January. The video playlist includes 11 selections from The British Way! and may be seen here. It was a pleasure to work with Dr Kevin Fenton and the Festival Singers.
As a teaser, here’s the first piece on the program: ‘Let The People Praise Thee, O God’ by William Mathias
A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with the Basilica Choir and the Emerald String Quartet
Erin Go Bragh! Hear traditional Irish favorites along with new with a Celtic flavor composed by Robert Kerr.
Wm. Glenn Osborne, organist
Dr. William Picher, director
Trumpet Recital by William Luckett
Wm. Glenn Osborne, piano and organ
INTERMISSION
04/09/2013
7:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Maitland341 North Orlando AvenueMaitland, FL 32751
Event Description:A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with the Basilica Choir and the Emerald String Quartet
Erin Go Bragh! Hear traditional Irish favorites along with new with a Celtic flavor composed by Robert Kerr.
Wm. Glenn Osborne, organist
Dr. William Picher, director
Tickets $10
Sunday, 3/17/2013
3:00pm
Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe
8300 Vineland Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32821
407-239-6600
One of the difficulties in using a historical musical setting of the Latin Mass in the Novus Ordo is the lack of Memorial Acclamation and Amen. With only two syllables, it’s usually pretty easy to do some text replacement and derive an Amen from material in other movements. It may even be possible to simply use the amen found at the end of the Gloria or Credo as a stand alone Eucharistic acclamation. The Memorial Acclamation, regardless of the text option chosen, proves a much tougher challenge.
For the Choral Mass on February 22, 2013, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, Dr. William Picher gave me the task of creating something for him to use alongside Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli. While I initially wrote something for the SATTBB voicing that Palestrina uses, I forgot that this was to be a Latin Mass and set the English response “Save Us, Savior of the World.” Mea culpa. As six contrapuntal voices seemed a bit of a stretch for me in the limited time I had to prepare the piece, when I started over again with the equivalent Latin text, I opted for the more traditional (and perhaps more useful) SATB voicing.
I hope to have a recording of live singers performing the piece after February 22. In the meantime, the music notation program Finale has provided this rendering:
Salvator mundi, salva nos, qui per crucem et resurrectionem tuam liberasti nos.
Lord, by your cross and resurrection you have set us free. You are the Savior of the world.
This recording by the Basilica Choir and William Picher includes my composition Salve Regina. The piece was written specifically for them, and I was delighted that they chose to include it on their recording.
The CD is available for sale for $15 plus shipping and handling. It is also available at iTunes for immediate download here. This is the complete track list: