The Sanctus
The Sanctus is probably the most important part of the Mass to be sung – it completes the introductory Preface, which specifies why we are giving thanks, and gives voice to our sense of being in the presence of the all-holy God, who is present to us and among us. So it is important that the music carrying the text is accessible to the whole congregation and that it has a link with the meaning of the words. The role of the choir with this text is not to replace the congregation but to support it and enrich the singing. No easy task, because the Sanctus begins with a sense of awe, then moves on to heaven and earth being full of glory and Hosannah! Then it continues with the comforting words of the psalm ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’.
Yes, lots of liturgical music simply carries or delivers the text, but it helps if the music enhances the words to help us to feel them in mind and heart.
The St Leo Sanctus and memorial 2023
recording: pending
Bellahouston Mass
Gloria: (c) Francis Duffy
Recording of the Gloria:
Sanctus and Memorial (c) Ronnie Leith
recording of the Sanctus
recording of the Memorial pending
Lamb of God: (c) Francis Duffy
Agnus Dei Bellahouston – Full Score
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Jubilee Mass
Gloria Jubilee 2014 full org – Full Score
Recording of Jubilee Gloria
jub-sanctus-mems-Agnus-org – Full Score
Recording of Jubilee Sanctus
Recording of Jubilee memorial
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St Andrew Mass
Melody line Kyrie, Gloria, Agnus Dei: St Andrew Mass unison – Full Score
Kyrie, eleison
St Andrew Gloria
St Andrew Sanctus
Schubert setting of Sanctus
Memorial
recorded by The St Mungo Singers
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St Gregory Mass
Kyrie:
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei
