November music list posted

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

Nov. 1 – (9:30 AM) Gospel of John dramatic presentation – no choirs or bells

Nov. 8 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Stewardship Sunday
Chancel Choir & Musica Divina Chamber Choir
Introit: Give Almes of Thy Goods (Christopher Tye, c.1500-1573)
Anthem: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (arr. Gilbert M. Martin)
Postlude: Menuet, from Suite Gothique (Léon Boëllmann, 1862-1897)

Nov. 15 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Junior Choir & Chancel Choir
Introit: I To The Hills Lift Up Mine Eyes (Jean Berger, 1909-2002)
Anthem: O Ye Butterflies and Moths (Andrew Carter, b.1939)
Postlude: Fugue in g minor (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

Nov. 22 – 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time; PW Thank Offering Sunday
Chancel Choir & Liberty Bells
Prelude: Fanfare-Rondeau (Jean-J. Mouret, 1682-1738, arr. Thompson)
Anthem: Praise (Alec Rowley, 1892-1958)
Postlude: Toccata Gioiosa (William Mathias, 1934-1992)

Nov. 29 – 1st Sunday in Advent
Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Introit: O Sapientia – O Adonai (plainsong, mode ii)
Anthem: Zion Hears the Watchmen’s Voices (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Communion: Advent Prose (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland (J. S. Bach, 1685-1750)

October music list posted

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


Oct. 4. – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Communion Sunday
Chancel Choir
Introit: Sanctus, Missa Orbis Factor (plainsong, mode II)
Motet: Veni Sancte Spiritus, K. 47 (W.A. Mozart, 1756-1791)
Communion: Adoro Te Devote (arr. Gerald Near, b.1942)
Postlude: Postlude in D, op. 50 no. 2 (Denis Bédard, b.1950)

Oct. 11 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Prelude: Carol (Kenneth Meek, 1908-1976)
Anthem: We Have Waited in Silence (Bruce Neswick, b.1956)
Postlude: Postlude in G (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)

Oct. 18 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liberty Bells & Women of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Dulcis Christe (Michaelangelo Grancini, 1605-1669)
Offertory: Sarabande in d minor (G.F. Handel, 1685-1759, arr. Dill)
Postlude: Fugue in C, BWV 545 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Oct. 25 – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Reformation Sunday
Junior Choir & Chancel Choir
Introit: God’s Word is Our Great Heritage (arr. Carolyn Jennings)
Anthem: My Jesus is My Lasting Joy (D. Buxtehude, 1637-1707, arr. Bitgood)
Postlude: Fanfare (Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, 1823-1881)

Brass & Organ Extravaganza

First Presbyterian is hosting a brass and organ extravaganza on Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30 PM. Join faculty and students from Allegheny College, along with organist Kevin Dill, as they present solo and ensemble music for brass and organ by Buxtehude, Gigout, Telemann, Galliard, Trombetti, Faure, and more. Admission is free!