Schedule and Repertoire Plans
September
Thursday, September 7
Thursday schedule for Chancel Choir resumes
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, September 10 (Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18)
Junior Choir Sunday schedule resumes with 8:45-9:15 rehearsal.
Chancel Choir Sunday schedule resumes with 9:15 rehearsal.
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
146:4-9 - "I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath" - melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, harm. Vicar Earle Copes [Hymnal 1982 #429] (Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"O How Amiable" - R. Vaughan Williams(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Panis Angelicus" - Cesar Franck
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, September 14
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, September 17 (Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
116:1-8 - William Crotch [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Day By Day" - Martin How [NOEAB p. 49]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Pieta, Signore!" - Alessandro Stradella
(Jane Ferris, alto)
Thursday, September 21
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, September 24 (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
After service, Chancel Choir Fall Party hosted by Tom and Mary Ann Germanson at their home.
Psalm:
54 - Plainsong Tone If
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Thy Perfect Love" - John Rutter [s, SATB]
(Chancel Choir)
"O Come, Ye Servants of the Lord" - Christopher Tye [from Four Motets]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Bring to the Lord God" - Heinrich Schutz
(Betty Schubert, soprano)
Thursday, September 28
7:15 rehearsal
October
Sunday, October 1 (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21)
Psalm:
19:7-14 - "The Stars Declare His Glory" - Richard Proulx [Hymnal 1982 #431]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Give Ear Unto Me" - Benedetto Marcello [SS or SA]
(Betty Schubert, soprano; Jane Ferris, alto)
"Thy Perfect Love" - John Rutter [s, SATB]
(Chancel Choir, with Betty Schubert, soprano)
Communion:
"Thy Word is a Lantern" - Henry Purcell (atb, SATB)
(Chancel Choir)
"Give Ear Unto Me" - Benedetto Marcello [SS or SA]
(Betty Schubert, soprano; Jane Ferris, alto)
Thursday, October 5
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, October 8 (Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
"Majestic Your Name, O God" - David Cherwien
based on psalm 8:1-5, 9
(Junior Choir [with Joe Meland, trumpet])
Offertory:
"Cantate Domino" - Giuseppe Pitoni
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Tantum ergo" - Gabriel Fauré
(Betty Schubert, soprano)
October 12,13, and 14(?) - Ecclesiastical trial at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
Thursday, October 12
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, October 15 (Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
90:1-8,12 - Plainsong Tone VIII.1
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" - Leo Sowerby
(Chancel Choir, with Jane Ferris, alto)
Communion:
"Day and Night I Call to Thee" - CPE Bach
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
Wednesday, October 18
7:30 pm Organ and Flute Concert at Grace
free-will offering
(reception will follow)
Thursday, October 19
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, October 22 (Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
91:9-16 - Plainsong Tone Va
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"O Taste and See" - R. Vaughan Williams
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"How Beautiful are the Feet of Them" from The Messiah- George Frideric Handel
(Betty Schubert, soprano)
Thursday, October 26
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, October 29 (Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 13 - Walter Parratt [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" - Virgil Thomson
(Jane Ferris, alto)
Communion:
"Thy Word is a Lantern" - Henry Purcell (atb, SATB)
(Chancel Choir - with Jane Ferris, alto; Michael Gallagher, tenor; and Don Stanislawski, bass)
November
Thursday, November 2
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, November 5 All Saints
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
149 - John Fenstermaker [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Agnus Dei" from Requiem- Gabriel Fauré (Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Litanei" - Franz Schubert
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, November 9
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, November 12 (Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 )
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
"Psalm 96" Joe Ridenour
(Angel Choir (debut) and Junior Choir Jane Ferris, Director and Anne Stone, Accompanist)
Offertory:
"Soul of My Saviour" - Richard Shephard
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Agnus Dei" - Georges Bizet (Betty Schubert, soprano)
Thursday, November 16
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, November 19 (Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 )
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
16:5-11 - Plainsong Tone VIIIg
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come" - Paul Manz
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"O Rest In the Lord" from Elijah - (Jane Ferris, alto)
Thursday, November 23
NO REHEARSAL - Thanksgiving Break
Sunday, November 26 (Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King - Thanksgiving Weekend)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
93 - Plainsong Tone VIII.1
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"King of Glory, King of Peace" - J.S.Bach arranged by W.H. Harris (Chancel Choir) -
Communion:
"Adagio" from Sonata in A Minor - Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant (Alison Bush, flute)
Thursday, November 30
7:15 rehearsal
December
Friday, December 1, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
The Fayrfax Ensemble will perform their annual Christmas program.
Admission: Free-will offering.
http://www.fayrfaxensemble.com/
Sunday, December 3(Advent 1) [switch from BCP to RCL lectionary]
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 25:1-9 - Plainsong Tone I.7
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"Wachet auf!" - Philipp Nicolai [AFC p. 211 in German]
Communion:
"Quia fecit mihi" from Magnificat- J.S. Bach (Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, December 7
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, December 10(Advent 2)
9:00 rehearsal
10:00 Advent Lessons and Carols
Matin Responsory - "I look from afar" - adapted by G.P. da Palestrina (Chancel Choir) [AFC p. 130]
Procession: #56 "O come, O come, Emmanuel" - Veni, veni, Emmanuel (Choir stanza 1 in Latin, All on rest in English)
Lesson I "The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon the Holy One." Isaiah 11:1-9
"Wachet auf!" - Philipp Nicolai [AFC p. 211 in German]
Lesson II "The Prophet proclaims good news to a people in exile." Isaiah 40:1-11
"Prepare Ye!" - Karin Thomas Shovic
(Junior Choir)
#65 "Prepare the Way, O Zion" - Bereden vag for Heran (All)
Lesson III "God promises that a child shall be conceived who will be known as 'God withUs'." Isaiah 7:10-15
"Watchman, Tell Us of the Night" - Alan Hovhaness (Chancel Choir with Don Stanislawski, bass and Alison Bush, flute)
Lesson IV "The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary." Luke 1:26-38
"Dixit Maria" - Hans Leo Hassler (Chancel Choir)
#266 "Nova, nova, Ave fit ex Eva" - Nova, Nova (All)
Lesson V "St. Matthew tells of the coming birth of the Saviour." Matthew 1:18-23
"On Jordan's Bank" - Malcolm Archer (Chancel Choir) [AFC p. 146]
Lesson VI "Jesus is baptized by John and proclaims the coming of the kingdom of God" Mark 1:1-15
"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" - Traditional arr. Berkley Guse (Chancel Choir)
#59 "Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding" - Merton (All)
Vesper Responsory (All - spoken)
Procession(out):
#57 "Lo! he comes, with clouds descending" - Helmsley (All)
Thursday, December 14
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, December 17(Advent 3)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Canticle 9 - Ray Urwin [Hymnal 1982 #679]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"On Jordan's Bank" - Malcolm Archer [AFC p. 146]
Communion:
"Veni, veni, Emmanuel" - 15th Century French Plainsong melody
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, December 21
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, December 24(Advent 4 and Christmas Eve)
10:00 morning service - Morning Prayer - NO CHOIR
3:00pm rehearsal - Jr and Sr. Girls/sanctuary with Greg
3:20pm reheasal- Angel Choir/sanctuary
4:00 Family Eucharist
Psalm - "The Baby Jesus" (Angel and Junior Choir)
Offertory: "The Angel Carol" (Junior Choir and Senior Choir Girls)
Communion: "How Far is it to Bethlehem?" - Geoffrey Shaw (Janet Stone, Elsie Raymer, Sarah Morgan, Martha Ferris)
9:10 rehearsal
9:30 pre-service music
7' 30"
Pieces (7) for Org, Op 145: no 3, Weihnachten - Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
(Greg Upward, organist)
1' 30"
"Here a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" - 16th Century Old Provencal Noel arr. Charles Fonteyn Manney
"from Six Old French Christmas Carols" (Chancel Choir)
2' 30"
"Suscepit Israel" from Magnificat - J.S. Bach (Lynn Morgan, Betty Schubert, and Jane Ferris)
2' 00"
"Prelude for organ 'Whence is that goodly fragrance?'" - Harrison Oxley(1933 - )
(Greg Upward, organist)
3' 00"
"Good King Wenceslas" - Melody from Piae Cantiones(1582) arr. David Willcocks
[100 Carols for Choirs p. 102]
6' 00"
"O Holy Night!" - Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
(Chancel Choir with Betty Schubert, soprano)
3' 00"
Choral prelude for organ ("Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"), Op. posth. 122/8 - Johannes Brahms (1833-1887)
(Greg Upward, organist)
3' 30"
"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" - English traditional carol arr. Berkley Guse
(Chancel Choir)
2' 15"
"Still, Still, Still" - German carol arr. Philip Ledger(b. 1937) (Chancel Choir)
[100 Carols for Choirs p. 306]
2' 00"
"Tambourin des Noels" - Marc-Antoine Charpentier(1643-1704)
(Greg Upward, organist)
1' 30"
"Hodie Christus natus est" - Procession from A Ceremony of Carols - B. Britten
(Chancel Choir)
10:15 Festive Choral Eucharist
Offertory:
"Suo Gan [Lullaby]" - traditional Welsh lullaby arr. George Guest (Chancel Choir with Betty Schubert, soprano and Jane Ferris, alto)
[#3 in Two Advent Carols and a Lullaby]
Communion:
"Peace Today Descends From Heaven" - Alessandro Grandi
(Betty Schubert, soprano and Jane Ferris, alto)
Monday, December 25
NO CHOIR- Christmas Break
Psalm: 96:1-4,11-12 (spoken)
Communion:
"I Saw Three Ships" - traditional
(Susan Brooks, soprano; Mary Ann Germanson, alto; Tom Germanson, tenor; Sidney Boone, bass)
Thursday, December 28
NO REHEARSAL - Christmas Break
Sunday, December 31
NO CHOIR - Christmas Break
Psalm 147:13-21 (spoken)
January
Thursday, January 4
NO REHEARSAL - Christmas Break
Sunday, January 7
NO CHOIR - Christmas Break
Thursday, January 11
Thursday schedule for Chancel Choir resumes
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, January 14
Chancel Choir Sunday schedule resumes
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
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Offertory:
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Communion:
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Saturday, January 20
Postponed until further notice.
Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by students and colleagues from the Department of Music, the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
(4pm? or 7pm?)
February
Sunday, February 18
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
following Eucharist
Choir Appreciation Chili Lunch - hosted by Rector's Guild
(Junior and Chancel Choirs)