Preces & Responses
Music by Graham Keitch
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US premiere by Schola Cantorum at evensong St Thomas Episcopal Church, Battle Creek, Michigan, March 2nd, 2014, dir Dr Stephen White. UK premiere by The King's Counterpoint at Wells Cathedral evensong July 11th, 2016, dir David Acres and sung at evensong / matins throughout the choir's residency at the cathedral, July 11 - 17th.
Preces and Responses (SATB with Sop divisi only)
Words: Book of Common Prayer
PART 1 Sop / Alto
Ten / Bass
S/A
5
T/B
espress.
x
O Lord, open
mp
thou- our lips.
And our
legato
x
mp
O
9
mp
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Ho - ly Ghost.
x
As
Lord,
make haste to
help
us.
poco piu mosso e espress.
forth thy praise.
(The cantor may recite on 'F' throughout)
f
mouth shall shew
O God make speed - to save us.
T/B
S/A
Music: G S Keitch, 2013 (rev 2015)
it
was
in
the
f
be - gin
-
ing,
Copyright 2017, Graham S Keitch
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2 S/A
S/A
T/B
calmando
13
mf
T/B
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is
now and ev - er
shall
19
Praise ye - the Lord.
x
p pp
be:
a tempo e tranquillo
meno mosso e sostenuto
world with - out
The Lord's Name
p
A
espress.
mf
end.
f
The Lord's Name be prais -
-
-
men.
- ed.
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S/A
T/B
S/A
T/B
S/A
PART 2 (after the Creed)
23
27
p
The Lord
be - - with you.
x
Let
x
pray.
us - - - - -
with
And
thy
Lord,
have mer - cy up
-
dim. Christ, have mer - cy up - on
spi
us
p
rit.
on
us.
poco rit.
Lord, have mer - cy up - on
dim.
-
3
30
mp
T/B
legato
G S Keitch: Preces and Responses
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us.
4 S/A
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34
p
T/B
S/A
Our
Fa
-
ther,
S/A
S/A
a tempo
41
Give
day
our
45
tres - pass - es,
mf
3
3
Thy will be done in
us this
3
Hal - low - ed be
Thy
name.
dim. poco rit.
earth as it is in hea - ven. poco cresc. dim.
our
T/B
mp
mp
T/B
hea - ven,
poco cresc.
37
Thy king - dom come.
T/B
which art in
3
As
dai
-
ly bread.
p
And
for - give
us
dim.
we for - give
them that
dim.
mp
tres - pass
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a -
G S Keitch: Preces and Responses S/A
49
gainst
mp
us.
And
lead us not in - to
T/B
S/A
52
T/B
mf
from
e
temp
-
ta - tion;
calmando
espress.
But de - liv - er us
-
vil. dim.
tranquillo
p
A
-
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men.
5
6 S/A
T/B
S/A
T/B
S/A
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57
S/A
T/B
mp
O Lord, shew thy mercy up - - on us.
62
O Lord,
68
call
up
piu mosso e con brio
Endue thy ministers with right-eous-ness.
-
-
va - ti
on
And make thy
calmato
mer - ci - ful - ly hear
on.
-
And
mf
sal
we
x
us thy
save - the Queen / State.
x
dolce
grant
poco espress.
66
And
x
when
T/B
legato
us
thee.
cho - sen peo - ple
f
joy - ful.
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p
G S Keitch: Preces and Responses S/A
T/B
S/A
T/B
S/A
72
76
O Lord,
x
S/A
T/B
Give peace in our
x
us,
And
bless
in - her
mf
time, - O Lord.
3
p
Be - cause there is none
calmando
3
3
but on - ly Thou,
3
-
O
3
O God, make clean our hearts with - - in us.
And
con brio
3
oth - er that fight - eth
3 3
God.
meno mosso e sostenuto
p
i - tance.
x
thine
espress.
79
82
for
T/B
p
save thy peo-ple.
tranquillo
a tempo e legato
take not
thy
ho - ly
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7
8 S/A
rit.
85
Spi
T/B
S/A
T/B
S/A
T/B
-
poco meno mosso
mp
A
-
-
-
-
men.
tranquillo
Collect III (III) .................... Je - - sus Christ.
x
a tempo e grazioso
Collects I and II (I) ......................... Christ our Lord. (II) ........................ Sav - - i - our.
x
us,
90
from
tranquillo
rit
87
G S Keitch: Preces and Responses
A
-
-
-
-
mf
-
men.
p
A
-
men.
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