Saturday, April 30, 2011

May music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 unless otherwise noted)

May 1 – 2nd Sunday of Easter

Women of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Psalm 150 (John Harper, b.1941)
Anthem: I Will Sing with the Spirit (John Rutter, b.1945)
Postlude: Fugue in E, BWV 566 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

May 8 – 3rd Sunday of Easter
Chancel Choir
Introit: We Sing of Jesus Christ (Thomas Gieschen, 1931-2006)
Anthem: Ain’-A That Good News (Spiritual, arr. William Dawson)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

May 15 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Sanctus & Benedictus, from Missa Brevis (Oliver Hayes, b.1973)
Anthem: This Train (Spiritual, arr. Donald Moore)
Postlude: Fugue in G (Johann Ludwig Krebs, 1713-1780)

May 22 – 5th Sunday of Easter
Liberty Bell Choir
Selections TBA

May 29 – 6h Sunday of Easter (9:30 AM summer schedule begins this week)
Youth Sunday – music provided by members of the church youth group

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Holy Week music list

Apr. 17 – Palm Sunday
Chancel Choir
Introit: Palm Sunday Antiphons (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Anthem: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates (William Mathias, 1934-1992)
Postlude: Postlude in D. Op. 50 no. 2 (Denis Bédard, b.1950)

Apr. 21 – Maundy Thursday Communion Service (7:30 PM)
Chancel Choir
Prelude: Mein Jesu, Der Du Mich (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Introit: O Saviour of the World (Sir John Goss, 1800-1880)
Kyrie Eleison: Short Mass in C (Sir Richard Terry, 1865-1938)
Anthem: Thou, O Lord, Art in the Midst of Us (Kevin Dill)
Communion: Sarabande in Modo Elegiaco (Herbert Howells, 1902-1983)

Apr. 24 – Easter Sunday (9:00 & 11:00 AM)

Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir with guest instrumentalists
Preservice music: Toccata in C, BWV 564 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Prelude: Peal on ‘Llanfair’ (Michael Bedford, b.1949)
Interlude: Laudamus Te, from Gloria (Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741)
Motet: Heut Triumphieret Gottes Sohn (Dietrich Buxtehude, 1637-1707)
Choral Response: Alleluia (Dietrich Buxtehude, 1637-1707)
Postlude: Finale, from Organ Symphony I (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)