Easter Alleluias
This Sunday, the very young children of our church will sing in the worship service. Now that it's Easter season, I chose two pieces with lots of "Alleluias" in them. It's a welcome change from the season of Lent, when we stop singing this word for a time.Besides these two songs, Kola is also singing EASTER HYMN with the family as our devotional hymn after supper:
Jesus Christ is ris’n today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
In many pieces, the musical setting of the word "alleluia" is very melismatic (several notes per syllable of text). I've learned that congregations really enjoy melismatic hymns if they are familiar. A good example is "Angels We Have Heard on High" with its ornate (Latin!) refrain "Gloria in excelsis Deo."
As Kola and I drove across Chicago today for his psychological testing, he asked to sing the children's songs for Sunday's service. Then he requested our family's devotional hymn. After singing the three songs about ten times each, he told me:
"Mom, I like singing the squiggly stuff!"
posted by Stahlkes @ 11:25 AM
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