As is our annual custom, the Wyoming Catholic College community came together to celebrate Palm Sunday in the
usus antiquior, with the congregation joining in hymns and sung portions of the Ordinary, the schola singing the propers, and the choir furnishing polyphony. Given the unpredictable springtime weather in Wyoming, it's not terribly surprising that the night before and all through the day it was snowing outside (even after a week of sunny weather in the 60s), so the original lengthy outdoor procession was curtailed in favor of a simpler indoor procession of the sacred ministers.
Over and above the chants in the
Liber usualis, the student College Choir sang:
Kyrie: Michael Haller,
Missa PrimaOffertory motet: Felice Anerio,
Christus factus estSanctus: Franz Schubert,
Sechs Antiphonen zum Palmsonntag, D.696, n. 3
Communion motet: Tomas Luis de Victoria,
O vos omnesRecessional: Bach/Hassler,
O Sacred Head Surrounded
