It's important to note that basically everyone else involved in the combined choir has done most of the music before, and usually many, times. On more than one occasion, our director asked "Who doesn't know this piece," and one hand went up. Mine. New guy!
Also, it turns out I need more purple in my wardrobe.
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Most of the music we sang at Mass was music we'd done before--the theme and continuity of the season of Advent is strong, and our director does not shy away from using the same music from week to week if that's what works with the readings and prayers for that Sunday. Christ, Be Our Light, of last week's fame, actually book-ended the service today as both the gathering and closing hymn, with different verses for variety. We also sang Bread of Life again--with optional Advent verses.
My favorite piece was less of a hymn for the congregation, though--we sang it for the preparation of the gifts, and we'll sing it again tonight at the Festival. Advent Cry has that pleading quality that I wrote about last week. We start it off softly, hopefully inviting Jesus to be more fully in our world, and that invitation eventually reaches something near a desperate plea. Like these guys, but imagine more dynamic range overall.
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