“Minor Propers At Church Of The Ascension,” An Interview With Thomas Wikman
Thomas Wikman was Choirmaster and Schola Director
at Chicago’s Church of the Ascension from 1984-2014.
Chant for Pentecost
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
Jan Jarvis, Schola organizer and Cantor
Recorded Sept. 29, 2016, St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
Introit Omnia quae fecisti Mode III
Gradual Oculi omnium Mode VII
Alleluia Paratum cor meum Mode III
Offertory Super flumina Babyonis Mode I
Communium Memento verbi tui Mode IV
Chant for Epiphany
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
Jan Jarvis, Schola organizer and Cantor
Recorded Sept. 29, 2016, St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
Introit: Ecce advenit Mode II
Gradual: Omnes de Saba Venient Mode V
Alleluia:: Vidimus Stella Mode II
Offertory: Reges Tharsis Mode V
Communion: Vidimus Stellam Mode IV
Cibavit eos: Introit for Corpus Christi
The Church of the Ascension Schola
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
He fed them also with the finest wheat flour, alleluia:
and with honey from the rock hath he satisfied them,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Sing we merrily unto God our strength;
make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
Ascendit Deus: Alleluia verse for the Ascension of our Lord
The Church of the Ascension Schola
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
Alleluia, alleluia. God has gone up with a merry noise:
and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Alleluia.
Factus est: Communion antiphon for the Day of Pentecost
The Church of the Ascension Schola
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
Suddenly, a sound came from heavan, like the rush of a mighty wind,
in the place where they were sitting, alleluia;
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak
the wonderful works of God, alleluia, alleluia.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
Antiphon: Cum Ortus Fueri
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
Gregorian Chant, Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
Introit: Invocabit me ~ Mode VIII
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre ~ Mode VII
Offertory: Jubilate Deo ~ Mode V
Gradual: Angelis suis ~ Mode II
Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director & Chironomer
Church of the Ascension-Chicago
Kyrie (Clemens rector) Mode I
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Chant for Nativity, the Birth of our Lord
Thomas Wikman, Schola Director
Introit: Puer natus est nobis (Third Mass for the Nativity)/ Mode VII
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (Third Mass for the Nativity)/ Mode II