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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Good Friday at Ennis Cathedral

The choir  dressed in black for the solemn Easter service were getting some last minute practice in upstairs in the choir gallery . The following selection of solo viola music served as a prelude to the liturgy.

Chaconne in G minor Purcell
Were You There   Spiritual
A Iosa Glan Mo Chriosa
Passion Chorale O Sacred Head Sore Wounded
Lament for Teremce McDonagh
Cead Moladh le Muire Beanaithe  based on Carolan air

An Culfhionn  on concertina
Pierced Saviour Furlong
Locus Iste Bruckner
Oh  Lord I Trust Alone In  Thee   Handel
Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré
An bhfaca tu mo gra geal  Caroline O Connor
So The Dawns for Me  Haas
In Paradisum Fauré

A feature of the ceremony was the draping of the wooden cross with  a patchwork of 'burden squares' during the first part of the liturgy. A number of wooden crosses were placed at different points for the final veneration of the cross. The was a good range voices  among the  readers .

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