Thursday, January 7
NO CHOIR - Christmas Break
Sunday, January 10 (First Sunday after the Epiphany - The Baptism of our Lord)
Sunday schedule resumes
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 29 - - Jerome Webster Meachen (b. 1930) [Tone S-415]
(all)
Offertory:
"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" - Traditional arr. Berkley Guse
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Come Down, O Love Divine" - Norman Gilbert
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, January 14
Thursday rehearsals resume
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 17 (Second Sunday after the Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 36 - plainsong Tone VI
(Cantor, congregational antiphon)
Offertory:
"O Taste and See" - Ralph Vaughan Williams [NOEAB p. 166]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"All Who Hunger Gather Gladly" - Holy Manna, from The Southern Harmony, 1835 [Wonder, Love, and Praise #761]
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, January 21
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 24 (Third Sunday after the Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 19 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Almighty and Everlasting God" - Orlando Gibbons
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God" - Karren Lafferty
[Hymnal 1982 #711]
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, January 28
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 31 (Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 71:1-6 - Carl P. Daw, Jr. and Kevin R. Hackett
(Chancel Choir w\ congregational refrain)
Offertory:
"The Third Song of Isaiah" - Richard Warner
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"O Love That Casts Out Fear" - Bach" - J.S. Bach
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
February
Thursday, February 4
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 7 (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 138 - David Hurd [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"My Eyes for Beauty Pine" - Herbert Howells
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us" - Wm. Bradley Roberts
(Jane Ferris, alto)
Thursday, February 11
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 14 (Last Sunday after Epiphany - Transfiguration)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 99 - Thomas Atwood [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Transfiguration" - Craig Phillips
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(Emily Birsan, soprano)
Wednesday, February 17 (Ash Wednesday)
7:00 am NO CHOIR
12:10 pm NO CHOIR
6 :00 pm NO CHOIR
Communion:
"Hear My Prayer, O Lord" Op. 99, No. 6 From Ten Biblical Songs - Antonin Dvorak
(Lynn Morgan, soprano)
Thursday, February 18
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 21 (First Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 - plainsong Tone II.1
(Congregation)
Offertory:
"Hear the Voice and Prayer" - Thomas Tallis
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Day and Night I Call To Thee" - C.P.E. Bach
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, February 25
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 28 (Second Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 27- plainsong Tone II.1
(Congregation)
Offertory:
"Benedictus" - Healey Willan
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
?"A Hymn for Lent" - Alec Wyton?
(?Jane Ferris, alto?)
March
Thursday, March 4
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 7 (Third Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 63:1-8 - plainsong Tone II.1
(Congregation)
Offertory:
"Sicut Cervus" - G.P. da Palestrina
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(Emily Birsan, soprano)
Thursday, March 11
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 14 (Fourth Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 32- plainsong Tone II.1
(Congregation)
Offertory:
"Thou art God" - Lionel Bourne (b. 1960) [NOEAB p. 231]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Lord, to Thee My Heart I Proffer" from St. Matthew Passion Part I, No. 13 J.S. Bach
(Lynn Morgan, soprano)
Thursday, March 18
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 21 (Fifth Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
4:00 pm University of Chicago Choir at Grace
Psalm:
Psalm 126- plainsong Tone II.1
(Congregation)
Offertory:
"Thou Knowest Lord" - Henry Purcell (1659-95) [NOEAB p. 236]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Now Let Us All with One Accord" - plainsong, Mode 2 [Hymnal 1982 #146]
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, March 25
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 28 (Sunday of the Passion - Palm Sunday)
9:00 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Opening Anthem: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]
Opening Collect
Blessing over the Branches: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]
Gospel Reading for the Palm Blessing and Procession
Acclamation and Response: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]
At the Procession: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]
Procession to nave: Psalm 118:12-29: H82 #157 [Last phrase of Antiphon(Hosanna in the highest)printed in bulletin with the instruction "The people join the choir in singing the refrain "Hosanna in the highest"]
Processional Collect
Processional Hymn: 154 "All glory, laud, and honor" Valet will ich dir geben
Psalm:
Psalm - 31:9-16 - plainsong
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Were You There?" - Spiritual arr. Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) [AW2E p. 126]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Ave Verum" - Jean Langlais
(Jane Ferris, alto)
April
Thursday,April 1(Maundy Thursday)
6:00 Service [NO CHOIR]
7:30-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Friday, April 2(Good Friday)
Noon Service NO CHOIR for Good Friday Service
Saturday,April 3(Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil)
8:30 am brass/organ rehearsal
7:15 pm rehearsal
8:00 pm Service
The Procession: (Margaret Irwin)
[insert music from S-68 in the bulletin]
The Excultet: (Margaret Irwin)
[insert music from S-69 in the bulletin]
The Service of Lessons
1. Creation, Gen 1: 1-22
Hymn 385 "Many and great, O God, are thy works" Dakota [all sing, unaccompanied]
2. Flood, Gen 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13.
Hymn 641 "Lord Jesus, think on me" Southwell [all sing, unaccompanied]
3. Red Sea Ex 14:10-15:1
Hymn 648 "When Israel was in Egypt's Land" Go Down, Moses [all sing, unaccompanied]
4. Valley of Dry Bones, Ez 37:1-14
Hymn 508 "Breathe on me, Breath of God" Nova Vita [all sing, unaccompanied]
5. Gathering of God's People, Zeph 3:12-20
Hymn 413 "New songs of celebration render" Rendez a Dieu [all sing, unaccompanied]
The First Eucharist of Easter
The Easter Acclamation - [insert S-72 from hymnal]
After acclamation
S-278 Gloria William Mathias [with organ for this and following]
After Epistle...
Great Alleluia [insert S-70 from hymnal]
Offertory:
"Psalm for Easter Day" - 14th Century French Melody - setting Richard Proulx
(Chancel Choir, organ)
Sursum corda S-120
Sanctus S-128 William Mathias
The Lord's Prayer S-119
Fraction Anthem S-152
Communion Hymn
Hymn 183 "Christians, to the Paschal victim" Victimae Paschali luades
Hymn 205 "Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing" Gelobet sei Gott
Recessional Hymn
Hymn 296 "We know that Christ is raised and dies no more" Engelberg
Sunday, April 4 (Easter)
9:00 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Choral Introit:
"The Whole Bright World Rejoices Now" - Hilariter [Hymnal #211]
(Chancel Choir - unaccompanied)
Processional Hymn: #175 "Hail Thee, Festival Day!" Salve Festa Dies
[Chancel Choir - descant and coda]
Song of Praise: S-278 Gloria William Mathias
Psalm: 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
"Psalm for Easter Day" - 14th Century French Melody - setting Richard Proulx
(Congregation, Chancel Choir, brass, organ)
Sequence Hymn: "Christ Has Conquered" Christus Vincit - Joseph Noyon
(Congregation, Chancel Choir, brass, organ)
Offertory:
"The Strife is O'er" - Richard Shephard
(Chancel Choir, brass, organ, with Emily Birsan, soprano; Jane Ferris, alto; Will Raymer, tenor; Don Stanislawski, bass)
Sursum corda S-120
Sanctus S-128 William Mathias
The Lord's Prayer S-119
Fraction Anthem S-152
Communion:
O Filii et Filiae Jean-Francois Dandrieu 1682-1738
(Greg Upward, organist)
"Let the Bright Seraphim" -George Frideric Handel (1685-1759).
(Emily Birsan, soprano and Megan Elizabeth Aley, trumpet)
Hymn #186 "Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands" Christ lag in Todesbanden
Final Hymn: 207 "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" Easter Hymn
Thursday, April 8
NO CHOIR - Easter Break
Sunday, April 11
NO CHOIR - Easter Break
Thursday, April 15 (rehearsals resume)
7:15 - 8:15 Evensong choir rehearsal
8:15 - 8:45 Grace choir rehearsal
Sunday, April 18 (Third Sunday of Easter)
9:15 rehearsal (Sunday schedule resumes)
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 30 - "Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded" [WLP #738]
(Congregational refrain, Chancel Choir sings the verses)
Offertory:
"Lead Me, Lord" - S.S. Wesley [NOEAB p. 127]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Lift Your Voice Rejoicing, Mary" - Thomas Foster [H82 #190]
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, April 22
7:15 - 8:15 Evensong choir rehearsal
8:15 - 8:45 Grace choir rehearsal
Sunday, April 25 (Fourth Sunday of Easter)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 23 - "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" [H82 #645]
(All)
Offertory:
"Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep" - Philip Ledger [NOEAB p. 148]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Psalm 23" - Howard Goodall
(?Jane Ferris?)
Thursday, April 29
7:15 - 8:15 Evensong choir rehearsal
8:15 - 8:45 Grace choir rehearsal
May
Sunday, May 2 (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 148 - "Creating God, Your Fingers Trace" [H82 #395]
(All)
Offertory:
"Nunc Dimittis" - Thomas Attwood Walmisley
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"The Call" from Five Mystical Songs- Ralph Vaughan Williams
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, May 6
NO CHOIR - Chanticleer Concert
Sunday, May 9 (Sixth Sunday of Easter)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 67 - "God of Mercy, God of Grace" [H82 #538]
(All)
Offertory:
"Magnificat" - Thomas Attwood Walmisley
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Jesus Christ the Apple Tree" by Elizabeth Poston
(Lynn Morgan, soprano)
Wednesday, May 12
7:15 p.m. Evensong choir rehearsal
Thursday, May 13
6:00 p.m. Evensong choir rehearsal
7:00 p.m. Evensong service with Madison Area Episcopal singers
Sunday, May 16 (Seventh Sunday of Easter)
NO CHOIR - YOUTH SUNDAY
Season End Party following service
Party hosted by Michael and Jane Ferris
Thursday, May 20
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, May 23 (Day of Pentecost - Whitsunday)
9:15 rehearsal (Final Sunday for season)
10:00 Eucharist
Introit:
"Veni Sancte Spiritus" - plainsong, Tone 1 [H82 #226]
Psalm:
Psalm 104:25-35, 37 - "O Worship the King" [H82 #388]
(All)
Offertory:
"Holy Spirit, Truth Divine" - Andrew Carter [NOEAB p.84]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Laudamus te" from Mass in C - W.A. Mozart
"Alma Redemptoris Mater" - Benedict Biechteler 1689-1759
(Emily Birsan, soprano; Laura Burns, violin)
Summer Break