2004 - Fall

Schedule and Repertoire Plans

September

Sunday, September 12

Chancel Choir Sunday schedule resumes

9:00 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Psalm:

51:1-11 Plainsong

(Berkley Guse, Cantor)

Offertory:

"O How Amiable" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Chancel Choir)

Communion:

? (?)

Thursday, September 16

Thursday schedule for Chancel Choir resumes

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, September 19

9:15 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Psalm:

138 [Anglican Chant] - David Hurd

(Chancel Choir)

Offertory:

"Day by Day" - Martin How(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

? (?)

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November

Sunday, November 7 (All Saints)

9:15 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Psalm:

149 Anglican Chant - Fenstermaker (Chancel Choir)

Offertory:

New Oxford Easy Anthem Book p. 168 "O Thou, Whose All-Redeeming Might" - Plainsong arr. David Blackwell(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

Hymnal 1982 #560 "The Beatitudes" Russian Orthodox (Chancel Choir)

"Litany" Franz Shubert (Chad Graham, Tenor)

Wednesday, November 10

6:30 "Celebration of the new ministry of Martha Ann"

"With One Heart" (Junior Choir, with flute and Janet Stone, soloist)

Thursday, November 11

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, November 14

9:15 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Hymns:

Pro: 598

Gos: 413

Com: 490

Rec: 620

Psalm:

"Blessing" (Junior Choir, Sarah Saunders, violin)

Offertory:

"Cantate Domino" - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Sing Ye a Joyful Song" from Ten Biblical Songs - Antonin Dvorak(Betty Schubert, Soprano)

Thursday, November 18

7:15 rehearsal

Saturday, November 20

10:00 Brass and Organ (only) rehearsal

Sunday, November 21 (Christ the King)

9:00 rehearsal with brass

10:00 Eucharist

Hymns:

Pro: 410

Gos: 494

Com: 307

Rec: 460

Psalm:

"The Song of Zechariah" (S-248) Plainsong (Chancel Choir)

Offertory:

"Rigaudon" - Andre Campra

(Brass Quartet and Organ)

Communion:

"The Lord is King" Lee Hoiby (Chancel Choir w\ brass, timpani)

Jim Jackson, Trumpet

Charles Hokayen, Trumpet

Joyce Messer, Trombone

Jon Betlach, Trombone

Laura Guse, Timpani

Wednesday, November 24

6:30 Rehearsal at Luther Memorial for joint Thanksgiving Eve service

(meet in rear balcony with your vestment - scores will be provided)

7:00 Joint service at Luther Memorial

Thursday, November 25

Thanksgiving Day

NO REHEARSAL

Sunday, November 28

9:15 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Psalm:

122 Plainsong (Betty Schubert, Cantor)

Offertory:

Advent for Choirs p. 115 "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" - French carol arr. Stephen Cleobury (Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Thy Kingdom Come O God" Arr. Martin How(Berkley Guse, Tenor)

December

Thursday, December 2

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, December 5

9:15 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Psalm:

72:1-8 - (Jane Ferris, Cantor)

Offertory:

New Oxford Easy Anthem Book p. 2 "Advent Message" - Martin How

??"And the Glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" (p. 16) - G. F. Handel (Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Qui Sedes ad dexteram" from Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi (Jane Ferris, Alto)

Thursday, December 9

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, December 12 (Advent Lessons and Carols)

9:00 rehearsal

10:00 Lessons and Carols

Prelude:

La Nativité du Seigneur - Olivier Messiaen

III. Desseins Eternels

(Eternal Designs)

Greg Upward, Organist

Matin Responsory: [from rear of nave]

"I look from afar" Aspiciens a longe adapted by G.P. da Palestrina

(Chancel Choir and Cantors Betty Schubert, Don Stanislawski, and Berkley Guse)

[Advent for Choirs p. 130]

Bidding Prayer (Book of Occasional Services p.29-31)

[Clergy]

Procession

Hymnal 1982 #60 "Creator of the stars of night" w\ handbells\choir chimes\finger cymbals\tambourine - arr. Richard Proulx

[Congregation]

Advent Wreath

[advent wreath prayer for Advent 3]

[Berkley Guse, Cantor]

Lesson I

"The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon the Holy One" Isaiah 11:1-9

"Sleepers Wake" - J.S. Bach

"Zion Hears Her Watchmen's Voices" [p. 29]

(Chad Graham, Tenor)

"Glory Now to Thee" [p.43]

[Chancel Choir]

Hymnal 1982 #68 "Rejoice! Rejoice, Believers" -Llangloffan

[Congregation]

Lesson II

"The Prophet proclaims good news to a people in exile." Isaiah 40:1-11

"And the Glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" - G. F. Handel

[Chancel Choir]

[p. 16]

Lesson III

"God promises that a child shall be conceived who will be known as 'God with Us'." Isaiah 7:10-15

"O Come, O Come Immanuel" - Melody: 15th-century French adapted/arr. by John Rutter

[Chancel Choir with Don Stanislawski, Bass]

[Don sings stanzas 1 and 2 as solo - choir joins on stanzas 3-5]

[Advent for Choirs p. 141]

Hymnal 1982 #54 "Savior of the Nations, Come!" - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

[Congregation]

Lesson IV

"The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary." Luke 1:26-38

Hymnal 1982 #265 "The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came" Basque carol

[Congregation]

"Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia" from "All-Night Vigil" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

[Chancel Choir]

Lesson V

"St. Matthew tells of the coming birth of the Saviour." Matthew 1:18-23

"Angelus ad Virginem" - Melody: 13th century arr. Andrew Carter

[Chancel Choir with Chad Graham, Tenor and Betty Schubert, Soprano]

[Advent for Choirs p. 24]

[Chad sings stanza 1, Betty sings stanza 2, choir sings stanza 3 and then 'choir 2' part for stanza 4]

Hymnal 1982 #76 "On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry" Winchester New

[Congregation]

Lesson VI

"Jesus is baptized by john and proclaims the oming of the kingdom of God." Mark 1:1-15

"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" - John Gardner

[Chancel Choir]

[singing unison on melody]

Hymnal 1982 #72 "Hark, the Glad Sound!" Richmond

[Congregation]

The Collect for Advent III

[BCP p. 160]

[Clergy]

The Blessing

[seasonal for Advent]

[Clergy]

Exit Procession

Hymnal 1982 # 57 "Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending" Helmsley

[Congregation]

Postlude

Thursday, December 16

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, December 19

9:15 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Psalm:

24:1-7 - Plainsong (Don Stanislawski, Cantor)

Offertory:

"The Song of Mary" Magnificat Henry Walford Davies

Hymanl 1982 #S-188

Communion:

"My Friend is Mine" from Sleepers, Wake! - J. S. Bach (Don Stanislawski, Bass and Betty Schubert, Soprano)

4:00 Service/Pageant Christmas Anthem TBA (Junior Choir)

Thursday, December 23

7:15 rehearsal

Friday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)

9:00 rehearsal

9:20 pre-service music

"Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia" from "All-Night Vigil" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

"Angelus ad Virginem" (Advent for Choirs p. 24) - Melody: 13th century arr. Andrew Carter

"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" - John Gardner

"Sans Day Carol" - Cornish traditional carol arr. John Rutter [100 Carols for Choirs p. 219]

"Christmas Night" - melody from Arbequ's Orchésographie(1588) arr. John Rutter [100 Carols for Choirs p. 310]

"Of the Father's Heart Begotten" melody from Piae Cantiones(1582) arr. David Willcocks [100 Carols for Choirs p. 236]

10:00 Eucharist

Offertory:

"In the Bleak Mid-Winter" -Harold Darke (Chancel Choir)

[100 Carols for Choirs p. 174]

Communion:

"I Sing of a Maiden" - Patrick Hadley

(Betty Schubert, Soprano and Jane Ferris, Alto)

Sunday, December 26

Christmas Break

NO CHANCEL CHOIR

Psalm:

147:13-21 (spoken)

Offertory:

"Mary's Cradle Song" - Max Reger

(Betty Schubert, Soprano)

[this is tentative]

Thursday, December 30

Christmas Break

NO REHEARSAL

January

Sunday, January 2

Christmas Break

NO CHANCEL CHOIR

Psalm:

Psalm 84:1-8 (spoken)

Offertory:

"Sussex Carol(On Christmas Night)" - arr. David Willcocks

(Berkley Guse, Tenor)

Communion:

"The Holy Boy" - John Ireland

(Berkley Guse, Tenor)

Thursday, January 6

Christmas Break

NO REHEARSAL