These Forty Days [CD]
These Forty Days; Music for Lent, Passiontide and Ordinary Time - A refreshingly joyful approach to Lent and PassiontidePreparing for Easter -- and heaven -- our hearts should sing for joy, knowing that Lenten prayers and practices only speed us along. With These Forty Days, Janèt Sullivan Whitaker gives the Church a refreshingly joyful, major-key approach to this holy season.14 songs, including five psalms, for throughout the yearThe 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, spiritualsKnown for her ability to compose in a wide range of styles, Janèt 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 crossShe wrote "Greater Love" for a parish with a Good Friday tradition of venerating an enormous, wormwood cross by passing it over the upraised h
JanÃ¨t Sullivan Whitaker  (Artist)    Format: Hardcover
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