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