7th Sunday after Pentecost 2024
Processional hymn: Blessed Lamb on Calvary’s Mountain, 864
Recessional hymn: Soul of My Savior, 938
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo IV, 780
Hymn after Offertory: Anima Christi, Chant
Motet at communion: Caro mea, Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532–1585)
Caro Mea by Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532–1585) is a setting of John 6:56–57 composed for the feast of Corpus Christi: “My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.” Gabrieli’s motet is an excellent example of a Renaissance motet containing short a motive that is repeated by all voices in their respective ranges, imitative lines throughout and reaching the climax about two thirds through the work and ending with a final major chord, though the work was in minor throughout.
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532–1585) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli and contemporary of Orlandus Lassus. From 1566 until his death he held the post as organist at St. Mark’s in Venice, which was one of the most prominent music positions in Italy. His works include over a hundred motets and madrigals, as well as a smaller number of instrumental works.