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These Forty Days (CD) Janet Sullivan Whitaker | Lenten Music CDs
These Forty Days (CD) Janèt Sullivan Whitaker
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These Forty
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Music for Lent, Passiontide and Ordinary Time
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Janet Sullivan Whitaker
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Be
Merciful |
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Calvary |
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Christ Before Us
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4)
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Greater
Love |
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5)
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Immortal
One |
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Lenten
Gospel Acclamation |
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7)
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Libera
Nos |
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8)
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Lord,
You Are Merciful to All |
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9)
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Magnificat |
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10)
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Our Blessing Cup |
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Taste
and See |
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12)
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The
Lord Is My Light (Psalm 27) |
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The
Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) |
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14) |
Wash
Me Clean |
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A refreshingly joyful approach to
Lent and Passiontide
Preparing for Easter -- and heaven -- our hearts
should sing for joy, knowing that Lenten prayers and practices only
speed us along. With These Forty Days, Janet Sullivan Whitaker gives
the Church a refreshingly joyful, major-key approach to this holy
season.
14 songs, including five psalms, for throughout the year
The 14 new songs include five psalm settings with
verbatim Lectionary texts, a Lenten Gospel acclamation and two songs
with children's choir accompaniment. Though intended primarily for Lent
and Holy Week, many titles are perfectly suited for celebrations
throughout Ordinary Time, weddings, funerals and more.
Traditional hymns, R&B and gospel-style songs, spirituals
Known for her ability to compose in a wide range of
styles, Janet has put together yet another eclectic mix of music. She
recorded five new, traditional-style hymns in a church with a pipe
organ and fabulous acoustics. Two songs feature an authentic
R&B band accompanied by a gospel choir. Her setting of
"Calvary," the traditional spiritual, has parts for guitar, mandolin
and blues harmonica.
Music for RCIA and communal reconciliation services
"Wash Me Clean" is an uplifting, gospel-style song
for communal reconciliation services and the RCIA scrutinies. In her
generous performance notes, Janèt suggests that the verses of "The Lord
Is My Light (Psalm 27)" be sung with "freedom, energy, and relaxed
animation." Adding tambourine or shakers will give it a warm, Latin
flavor.
A stirring new anthem for veneration of the cross
She wrote "Greater Love" for a parish with a Good
Friday tradition of venerating an enormous, wormwood cross by passing
it over the upraised hands of the assembly. A stirring rock anthem, it
features an easily memorized refrain (freeing hands to hold the cross)
and verses that match the emotional weight of the ritual.
Music that builds on ancient Hebrew songs of supplication
The refrain of "Immortal One" is an expansion of the
"Trisagion," a traditional Eastern Orthodox hymn. She drew the verses
from Psalms 25, 31, 130 and 142 -- ancient Hebrew songs of supplication
in times of adversity.
Meditative Communion processionals for Lent
An ostinato refrain, as in Taizé-style chant, serves
as the foundation for "Líbera Nos" (Latin for "free us"). A meditative
Lenten Communion processional, it could also accompany the RCIA
scrutinizes or veneration of the cross. Janèt suggests that a dramatic
soprano, tenor or "reedy-voiced older child," sing the descant. Verses
and refrains are in Latin and English.
A bold new setting for the Magnificat based on FINLANDIA
Her "Magnificat" uses Jean Sibelius" FINLANDIA, one
of the most beloved hymn tunes of all time. It makes an ideal vehicle
for Mary's song of praise for God's liberating covenant. Janet added an
original introduction, text, clarinet obbligato and soprano descant. A
versatile piece for evening prayer, it's adaptable for use in both
intimate chapels and grand cathedrals.
The work of one of the Church"s most innovative liturgical composers
Blessed with a rich, powerful voice, Janet Sullivan
Whitaker is also one of the more innovative liturgical composers in the
Church today. Her third collection celebrates Lent and Passiontide with
a joy that is proper to this time of preparation and conversion.
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