Fall 2016
September
Thursday, September 8
Thursday rehearsals resume
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, September 11 (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 19 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
Sunday schedule resumes
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 14 - James Turle [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"O How Amiable" - Ralph Vaughan Williams - audio
(Chancel Choir)
[Dedication in memory of Lynn Phelps]
Communion:
"There's a Wideness in God's Mercy" - Calvin Hampton (1938-1984) [Hymnal #469] - audio
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, September 15
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, September 18 (Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 20 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 79:1-9 - John Goss [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"A Clare Benediction" - John Rutter [OBFA p. 41] - audio
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"King of Glory, King of Peace" - Ubi caritas chant harmonized by Elmer Iseler
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, September 22
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, September 25 (Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 21 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 - Thomas Attwood Walmisley [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Fight the Good Fight with All Thy Might" - John Gardner (1917 - 2011) - audio
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Dives And Lazarus " - traditional carol
(Chancel Choir with Erin K. Bryan, soprano; Alaina Carlson, alto; Alec Brown, tenor; Nicholas Damiano, bass)
Thursday, September 29
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
October
Sunday, October 2 (Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 22 - RCL Year C - Track 1 - Feast of Francis of Assisi [moved from 10/4 to 10/2])
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm Lamentations 3:19-26 or Psalm 137 Psalm 148:7–14 - Thomas Attwood Walmisley [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"The Prayer of St. Francis" - John Sanders
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, October 6
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, October 9 (Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 23 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 66:1-11 - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Just as I Am" - K. Lee Scott
(Chancel Choir with Nicholas Damiano, bass)
Communion:
?"I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) [Hymnal #692]?
(?Chancel Choir?)
Thursday, October 13
Final Rehearsal - Festival Te Deum - Benjamin Britten (NOTE: Britten moved to 11/6)
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, October 16 (Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 24 - RCL Year C)
Festival Te Deum - Benjamin Britten (NOTE: Britten moved to 11/6)
9:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Song of Praise:
"Festival Te Deum" - Benjamin Britten [about 6'00" - 7'30"] audio
(Chancel Choir with soprano solo)
Psalm:
Psalm 119:97-104 - Edward John Hopkins [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"O Come, Ye Servants of the Lord" - Christopher Tye [from Four Motets] audio; audio
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, October 20
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, October 23 (Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 25 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
(Jonathan Sabbatical - Paula Harris)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 65 - Edward John Hopkins [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Psalm 150" - Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) [OBFA p. 203]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, October 27
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, October 30 (Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 26 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
(Jonathan Sabbatical - Franklin Wilson)
8:00 Eucharist
Offertory:
"The Lord's Prayer" - Michael Head
(Alec Brown, tenor)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 119:137-144 - Edward John Hopkins [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Teach Me, O Lord" - William Byrd audio
(Chancel Choir with Alec Brown, tenor)
Communion:
"The Lord's Prayer" - Michael Head
(Alec Brown, tenor)
November
Thursday, November 3
Final Rehearsal - Festival Te Deum - Benjamin Britten
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, November 6 (All Saints' Day transferred from 11/1 - RCL Year C)
(Jonathan Sabbatical - Margaret Irwin)
Festival Te Deum - Benjamin Britten
9:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Song of Praise:
"Festival Te Deum" - Benjamin Britten [about 6'00" - 7'30"] audio, audio
(Chancel Choir with Erin K. Bryan, soprano)
Psalm:
Psalm 149 [verses 1-5 only] - John Fenstermaker [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"?" - ?
(?)
Communion:
"Remember Your Servants Lord" - Russian Orthodox arr. Richard Proulx (1937-2010) [Hymnal #560]
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, November 10
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, November 13 (Twenty Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 28 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
(Jonathan Sabbatical - Franklin Wilson)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Canticle 9 [S-213]
(Antiphon is sung by the choir and repeated by all. Choir sings verses.)
Offertory:
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" - J. S. Bach [NOEAB p. 101]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, November 17
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Saturday, November 19
Noon Grace Presents Concert - Mark Brampton Smith (Organ)
Sunday, November 20 (Last Sunday after Pentecost - Christ the King - Proper 29 - RCL Year C - Track 1)
(Jonathan Sabbatical - Margaret Irwin)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Canticle 16 [S-213]
(Antiphon is sung by the choir and repeated by all. Choir sings verses.)
#679 Surely it is God who saves me Thomas Merton
WLP #889 Blessed be the God of Israel - Shepherd’s Pipes [metrical setting of Canticle 16]
(all)
Offertory:
"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" - French Carol arr. Stephen Cleobury [OBFA p. 148]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, November 24
(No Rehearsal - Thanksgiving)
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, November 27 (First Sunday of Advent - RCL Year A)
Thanksgiving Weekend - Note that the choir will sing with repertoire on Advent 1 this year.
(Jonathan Sabbatical - Paula Harris)
8:00 Eucharist
Offertory:
(Nicholas Damiano, bass)
"Zion hört die Wächter singen" from Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 - J.S. Bach
(Alec Brown, tenor)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 122 - plainsong
(All)
Offertory:
“Creator of the Stars of Night” - Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
(Chancel Choir) [AFC p. 56]
Communion:
(Nicholas Damiano, bass)
"Zion hört die Wächter singen" from Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 - J.S. Bach
(Alec Brown, tenor)
December
Thursday, December 1
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, December 4 (Second Sunday of Advent - RCL Year A)
(Jonathan returns from sabbatical)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 - plainsong
(All)
Offertory:
“The great forerunner of the morn” -Traditional arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
(Chancel Choir with Alaina Carlson, alto; Nicholas Damiano, bass - unaccompanied) [Hymnal #272 - Stanza 1 - Alaina, Stanza 2 choir parts, Stanza 3 - Nicholas, Stanza 4 choir parts, Stanza 5 choir unison]
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Monday, December 5
Volunteer Choir singing Carols for Shelter Guest Meal
6:00 Rehearsal and Caroling for Shelter Meal (Choir Room/Guild Hall) - lead by Anne S
Thursday, December 8
Final Rehearsal for Advent Lessons and Carols
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
Sunday, December 11 (Third Sunday of Advent - RCL Year A - Advent Lessons and Carols)
Sunday schedule resumes
Advent Lessons & Carols
9:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Advent Lessons & Carols (Nave)
Prelude: Organ Voluntary <from Mark>
Introit: "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel"
(Chancel Choir)
Procession: #56 "O come, O come, Emmanuel"
Opening Sentences
Bidding Prayer
The First Sequence
(Of the one who comes and of his reign)
Zechariah 9:9-10 (Rejoice greatly, your king comes to you)
(~5’00”) “Rejoice greatly, o Daughter of Zion” from Messiah - George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
(Erin K. Bryan, soprano)
Matthew 25: 1-13 (Keep awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour)
Collect
#61 "Sleepers, wake! A voice astounds us" - Wachet auf
The Second Sequence
(Of the forerunner)
Isaiah 52:7-10 (How beautiful the mountains)
(~3’30”) “The great forerunner of the morn” -Traditional arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
(Chancel Choir with Alaina Carlson, alto; Nicholas Damiano, bass - unaccompanied) [Hymnal #272 - Stanza 1 - Alaina, Stanza 2 choir parts, Stanza 3 - Nicholas, Stanza 4 choir parts, Stanza 5 choir unison]
Luke 1:5-25 (The birth of John the Baptist is foretold)
Collect
#76 "On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry" - Winchester New
The Third Sequence
(of a vigil for prisoners and those who sit in darkness)
Isaiah 42:5-9 (Bring the prisoners out of darkness)
(~3’00”) "Veiled in Darkness" - Glenn L. Rudolph (b. 1951)
(Chancel Choir with Alec Brown, tenor) [AFC p. 199]
Matthew 25:31-46 (I was in prison and you visited me)
Collect
#65 Prepare the way, O Zion - Bereden väg för Herran
The Fourth Sequence
(of looking for light)
Genesis 1:1-5 (Let there be light)
(~4’00”) “Creator of the Stars of Night” - Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
(Chancel Choir) [AFC p. 56]
John 3:16-21 (I am the light of the world)
Collect
Announcements
Offertory
"Break Forth, O Beautious, Heav'nly Light" - J.S. Bach [Hymnal #91]
(Chancel Choir)
The Holy Communion
<Communion music from Mark>
Procession(out):
Hymnal #59 "Hark a Thrilling Voice is Sounding" Merton
Postlude: Organ Voluntary <from Mark>
Thursday, December 15
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, December 18 (Fourth Sunday of Advent - RCL Year A - Christmas Pageant)
8:00 Eucharist
Offertory:
"Et exultavit" from Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 - J.S. Bach
(Alaina Carlson, mezzo-soprano)
9-9:30 Pageant Rehearsal (Nave)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room)
9:30 Rehearsal (Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 - plainsong
(All)
Offertory:
"Veiled in Darkness" - Glenn L. Rudolph (b. 1951)
(Chancel Choir with Alec Brown, tenor) [AFC p. 199]
Communion:
"Et exultavit" from Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 - J.S. Bach
(Alaina Carlson, mezzo-soprano)
6:00pm - 9:00pm Choir Christmas Party (at Michael F and Jane F home)
Thursday, December 22
(Christmas Eve - final rehearsal)
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Saturday, December 24 (Christmas Eve - RCL Year A)
8:15-8:25 warm-up (Choir Room)
8:30 - 9:00 vested rehearsal (Choir Chairs)
9:15pm Pre-Service Candlelight Carols of Christmas
[anthems, organ, solos, instrumental music of Christmas]
(~5'00") solo, choir, congregation, organ
Hymnal #102 [text in bulletin from 100CFC p. 260] - "Once in Royal David's City" - Irby
Stanza 1 (solo - Erin K. Bryan, soprano); Stanza 2-3 choir; Stanza 4-6 all (Stanza 6 descant)
[choir starts in rear and processes on stanza's 4-6]
(~6?’00?”) organ
Rhapsodie sur des noëls Eugène Gigout
(Mark Brampton Smith, organist)
(~1’30”) choir and organ
“Deo Gracias” from “A Ceremony of Carols” Op. 28 - Benjamin Britten
(~3'30") choir and organ
"Joys Seven" - English Traditional Carol arr. Stephen Cleobury (b. 1948) [CFC p. 316]
(Chancel Choir)
(~?3'00?") congregation
Hymnal #105 - "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" - God Rest You Merry
(~?’?”) organ
<tbd from Mark>
(~2’45”) choir unaccompanied
“Resonet in Laudibus” - Traditional harmonized by Jacob Handl arranged by Philip Ledger
(Chancel Choir)
(~2’45”) congregation, organ
Hymnal #114 - 'Twas in the moon of wintertime - Une jeune pucelle
(~16’-20’) solo, choir, violins, organ
To Us a Child Is Born (Johann Kuhnau - formerly J.S. Bach) - in English
(Chancel Choir, Erin K. Bryan, soprano; Alaina Carlson, alto; Alec Brown, tenor; Thalia Coombs, violin; Mikko Utevsky, violin; Ben Ferris, bass; Mark Smith, organ)
Concerto
Chorus - To us a child is born, to us a child is given.
Aria - And the government of nations (Erin K. Bryan, soprano)(Nicholas Damiano, bass)
Chorus - With joyful songs
Aria - Those who walk in deepest darkness (Alec Brown, tenor)
Recitative - Behold, the Lord himself gives you a sign (Alaina Carlson, alto)
Aria - The voice that cries in the wilderness (Alaina Carlson, alto)
Chorale - Alleluia! For unto us a child is born, Emmanuel.
(~2’45”) choir unaccompanied or w\ handbells?
"Hodie Christus natus est" - Procession from A Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten
(Chancel Choir)
[alleluia extension for choir to process to rear of nave at the end of this chant]
10:00pm Eucharist
Song of Praise: Gloria In Excelsis Deo" - G. F. Händel
(Erin K. Bryan, soprano; Thalia Coombs, violin; Mikko Utevsky, violin; Ben Ferris, bass; Mark Smith, organ)
(~2’15”) Movement 3 only - Laudamus Te
Psalm:
Hymnal #96 - “Angels We Have Heard on High” - Gloria
(sung by all standing)
Offertory:
"Christmas Lullaby" - John Rutter
(Chancel Choir)
Sanctus/Benedictus: S129 Powell
Fraction: S152 Ambrosian Chant - Martens
Communion:
"Break Forth, O Beautious, Heav'nly Light" - J.S. Bach [Hymnal #91]
(Chancel Choir)
Sunday, December 25 (Christmas Day - RCL Year A)
No Choir - Christmas Break
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm ? - ?
(said)
Offertory:
"?" - ?
(organ)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(organ)
Thursday, December 29
No Choir - Christmas Break
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
January
Sunday, January 1 (The Holy Name - RCL Year A)
No Choir - Christmas Break
Volunteer Choir - vest, lead Christmas Service music, no choral repertoire
9:30 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm ? - ?
(?)
Offertory:
"?" - ?
(?)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, January 5
No Choir - Christmas Break
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 8 (First Sunday after the Epiphany - The Baptism of Our Lord - RCL Year A)
Sunday schedule resumes
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 29 - ?
(?)
Offertory:
"?" - ?
(?)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, January 12
Thursday rehearsals resume
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)