9th Sunday after Pentecost 2024
Processional hymn: Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates, 931
Recessional hymn: Soul of My Savior, 938
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo IV, 780
Motet after Offertory: Tollite portas, Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784)
Communion Antiphon: Qui Manducat, Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517)
The communion antiphon sung this Sunday is another a setting by Heinrich Isaac: He who eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, abides in Me, and I in him, says the Lord. In this composition the Tenor voice retains the Gregorian melody with only slight ornamentation throughout. Unlike the setting heard last week, all the voices enter immediately following the incipit and maintain homophony (all voices moving as one voice) for the text, “and drinks My Blood.” Then each voice enters at different times weaving in and out, cross, and occasionally meet on the same tone and move apart—this movement between voices portrays “abide in Me and I in him” musically.
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517) was a Renaissance composer from the South Netherlandish region. His output was rivaled only by Orlandus Lassus in number and variety of composition. Most notable of his collections is Choralis Constantinus which contains nearly 400 Gregorian chant based motets of propers for the Mass.