Low Sunday
Processional hymn: In Our Risen Lord Rejoice, 851
Recessional hymn: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven, 933
Credo III, 776
Kyriale: Missa Puisque J'ai Perdu, Orlandus Lassus (c. 1532–1594)
Motet after Offertory: Surge, Amica Mea, Giovanni Matteo Asola (c. 1532–1609)
Motet during communion: Sicut Cervus, G.P. Palestrina
Surge, Amica Mea is text taken from the Song of Solomon 2:14: Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, who is in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is beautiful.
The motet Sicut Cervus by G.P. Palestrina is one of his most well known works and is regarded as the culminating example of Sacred Roman Polyphony. The text is taken from Psalm 41: As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
G.P. Palestrina (c. 1525–1594) is highly regarded for his contributions of Sacred Polyphony and development of counterpoint in the late 16th Century. In the post-Tridentine period he earned the reputation of the ideal Catholic composer for his success in reconciling the functional and aesthetic aims of Catholic church music. Palestrina wrote over 105 Masses and 250 sacred motets in addition to many other works.