Spring 2017
January
Sunday, January 1 (The Holy Name - RCL Year A)
Volunteer Choir - vest, lead Christmas Service music, no choral repertoire
9:30 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 8 - (said)
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
(Antiphon sung by choir and repeated by all. Choir sings verses.)
Music: Thomas Pavlechko (born 1962)
Offertory:
"Of the Father's Heart Begotten" - arr. David Willcocks [100CFC p. 236]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
(organ, congregational)
Thursday, January 12
Thursday rehearsals resume
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 15 (Second Sunday after Epiphany - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 40:1-12 - Robert A. Hawthorne
(The antiphon is first sung by the Choir and then repeated by all.
The psalm verses are sung by the Choir.)
Offertory:
"Tu es Petrus" - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) score, audio
(Chancel Choir with Alec Brown, tenor)
Communion:
"Agnus Dei" - J.S. Bach, arr. Henry B. Herreid
(Chancel Choir with Erin K. Bryan, soprano)
Thursday, January 19
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 22 (Third Sunday after the Epiphany - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 27:1, 5-13 - - Robert A. Hawthorne
(The antiphon is first sung by the Choir and then repeated by all.
The psalm verses are sung by the Choir.)
Offertory:
"The Third Song of Isaiah" - Richard Warner
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
(organ, congregational)
Thursday, January 26
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 29 (Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 15 - Robert A. Hawthorne
(The antiphon is first sung by the Choir and then repeated by all.
The psalm verses are sung by the Choir.)
Offertory:
"The Beatitudes" - Harry Simeone
(Chancel Choir with Erin K. Bryan, soprano)
Communion:
(organ, congregational)
February
Thursday, February 2
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 5 (Fifth Sunday after Epiphany - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 112:1-9, (10) - Jerome Webster Meachen (born 1930)
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"O God of Mercy" - Simon Lole (b. 1957) [OBFA p. 177]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, February 9
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 12 (Sixth Sunday after Epiphany - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 119:1-8 - Jerome Webster Meachen (born 1930)
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Team Me, O Lord" - Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) [NOEAB p. 206]
"O Sing Joyfully" - Adrian Batten audio and score - IVE audio
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, February 16
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 19 (Seventh Sunday after Epiphany - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 119:33-40 - Edward John Hopkins (1818 - 1901)
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Lass Dich Nur Nichts Nicht Dauren" (Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee) - Johannes Brahms audio and score
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, February 23
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 26 (Last Sunday after Epiphany - Transfiguration - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 99
Music: Thomas Pavlechko (born 1962)
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair" - arr. Paul Halley
(Chancel Choir with Alec Brown, Tenor)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
March
Thursday, March 2
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 5 (First Sunday in Lent - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 32 - plainsong Tone II.1 [Episcopal Musician's Handbook]
(All) [Unaccompanied]
Offertory:
"Jesus, So Lowly" - Harold Friedell
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, March 9
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 12 (Second Sunday in Lent - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 121 - plainsong Tone II.1 [Episcopal Musician's Handbook]
(All) [Unaccompanied]
Offertory:
"I will Lift Up Mine Eyes" - Leo Sowerby
(Chancel Choir with Alaina Carlson, alto)
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, March 16
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 19 (Third Sunday in Lent - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 95 - plainsong Tone II.1 [Episcopal Musician's Handbook]
(All) [Unaccompanied]
Offertory:
"Like as the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks" - Herbert Howells audio, parts
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, March 23
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 26 (Fourth Sunday in Lent - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 23 - plainsong Tone II.1 [Episcopal Musician's Handbook]
(All) [Unaccompanied]
Offertory:
"Lor, for Thy Tender Mercies' sake" - Richard Farrant
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, March 30
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
April
Sunday, April 2 (Fifth Sunday in Lent - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 130 - plainsong Tone II.1 [Episcopal Musician's Handbook]
(All) [Unaccompanied]
Offertory:
"Psalm 130" - Paul O. Manz
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, April 6
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, April 9 (Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday - RCL Year A)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 31:9-16 - plainsong Tone II.1 [Episcopal Musician's Handbook]
(All) [Unaccompanied]
Offertory:
"Behold the Lamb of God" - Harry Wilkinson
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"The Crown Of Roses" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [100CFC p. 376] - audio 1, audio 2
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, April 13(Maundy Thursday)
Altered Schedule for Holy Thursday
6:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
6:15 The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday with Foot Washing
Entrance Hymn: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Song of Praise: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Psalm: 116:1, 10-17 (said in unison)
Sequence Hymn: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Foot Washing: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Offertory:
"Ubi caritas et amor" - Traditional plainsong melody arr. Alan Bullard (b. 1947) [OBFA p. 273]
(Chancel Choir)
Rehearsal starts after the service
7:30-9:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Friday, April 14 (Good Friday)
No Choir
Saturday, April 15 (Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil)
11:30am - 12:30pm - Brass/Organ rehearsal (Nave)
7:15 pm Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
8:00 pm Service - The Great Easter Vigil
The Procession: (Carol Smith)
[insert music from S-68 in the bulletin]
The Exsultet (?Margaret Irwin?)
[insert music from S-69 in the bulletin]
The Service of Lessons
1. Creation - Gen 1: 1-22
Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26 - plainsong
(Chancel Choir with all on Antiphon)
2.Abraham and Isaac - Genesis 22:1-18
Psalm 16 [16:5-11 Tone IVe]
(Chancel Choir with all on Refrain)
3. Red Sea - Ex 14:10-15:1
Canticle 8, The Song of Moses - S208
(Chancel Choir with all on Antiphon)
4. Invitation to the Thirsty - Isaiah 55:1-11
Canticle 9, The First Song of Isaiah - S213
(Chancel Choir with all on Antiphon)
5. A new heart and a new spirit - Ezekiel 36:24-28
Psalm 43 - plainsong Tone VIIIg
(Chancel Choir - All alternating)
6. Zephaniah 3:12-20
Psalm 98 [98:1-6 Plainsong arr. James McGregor]
(Chancel Choir with all on Refrain)
The Holy Baptism
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:
"Sing to the Lord a New Song" - Stuart Forster
(Chancel Choir with Erin K. Bryan, soprano; Alaina Carlson, alto; Alec Brown, tenor; Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, bass)
Sursum corda S-120
Sanctus S-128 William Mathias
The Lord's Prayer S-119
Fraction Anthem S-154 David Hurd
Communionn:
[organ]
Hymn 184 Christ the Lord is risen again Christ ist erstanden
Recessional Hymn
Hymn 296 "We know that Christ is raised and dies no more" Engelberg
Sunday, April 16 (Easter Day - RCL Year A)
8:00
Offertory:
"Let the Bright Seraphim" -George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
(Erin K. Bryan, soprano)
9:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist
Introit: Victimae Paschali Laudes
(Chancel Choir)
Psalm:
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 - ?
Psalm: "Sing to the Lord a New Song" - Stuart Forster
(Chancel Choir with Erin K. Bryan, soprano; Alaina Carlson, alto; Alec Brown, tenor; Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, bass)
Offertory:
"Lord of the Dance" - arr. John Bertalot - audio portion, full audio
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Let the Bright Seraphim" -George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
(Erin K. Bryan, soprano and John Aley, trumpet)
"Angelus Domini" - Giovanni Gabrieli - score - audio
(Chancel Choir, brass, organ)
"Easter", from Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
(Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, baritone)
Thursday, April 20
No Rehearsal - Easter Break
Sunday, April 23 (Second Sunday of Easter - RCL Year A)
Sunday schedule resumes (Open Doors Madison Event)
Full Choir
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 16
(said)
Offertory:
"This Joyful Eastertide"
(Chancel Choir)
Words: George R. Woodward (1848-1934)
Music: Dutch Carol arr. Charles Wood (1866 - 1926)
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, April 27
Thursday rehearsals resume
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, April 30 (Third Sunday of Easter - RCL Year A)
(Bishop Visitation and Confirmation)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17 - William Crotch [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"O For a Closer Walk with God" - Stanford [OBFA p. 172]
(Chancel Choir)
Words: William Cowper (1731–1800)
Music: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
(Melody from the 1635 Scottish Psalter)
Communion:
"The True and Living Bread" - Blackwell [OBFA p. 255]
(Chancel Choir)
Words: Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926)
Music: David Blackwell (born 1961)
May
Thursday, May 4
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, May 7 (Fourth Sunday of Easter - RCL Year A)
8:00
Offertory:
The Bird's Song from The Pilgrim's Progress
(Alec Brown, tenor)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 23
The Bird's Song from The Pilgrim's Progress
(Alec Brown, tenor)
Offertory:
"Like a Shepherd God Doth Guide Us" from Cantata No. 208 - J.S. Bach arr. Katherine K. Davis
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
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(?)
Thursday, May 11
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, May 14 (Fifth Sunday of Easter - RCL Year A)
8:00
Offertory:
The Bird's Song from The Pilgrim's Progress
(Alec Brown, tenor)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 - Henry Purcell
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"A Clare Benediction" - John Rutter [OBFA p. 41] - audio
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, May 18
Final Thursday Rehearsal
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Friday, May 19
Spring Choir Party (At the Morgan home)
After 6:00pm - arrival
7:00pm - dinner
(Morgans will supply the main course for veggie and meat-eating tastes if you can bring appetizers, sides, desserts. Morgans will also have some beer/wine/soft drinks available, but if you have favorites, please feel free to bring them too.)
Sunday, May 21 (Sixth Sunday of Easter - RCL Year A)
Final Sunday Schedule
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room/Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 66:7-18 - C. Villiers Stanford [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"If Ye Love Me" - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) [NOEAB p.98]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd" from Messiah - G.F. Handel
(Erin K. Bryan, soprano and Alaina Carlson, mezzo-soprano)
"O, Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem" - Herbert Howells
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, May 25
No Rehearsal - Summer Break
Sunday, May 28 (Seventh Sunday of Easter - RCL Year A)
No Choir - Summer Break
June, July, August
No Choir - Summer Break
September
Thursday, September 7
Thursday rehearsals resume
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, September 10 (Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 18 - RCL Year C)
Sunday schedule resumes
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm ? - ?
(?)
Offertory:
"?" - ?
(?)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)