Bach 325: an anniversary celebration

Sonatas, Suites, and other instrumental works

Juanita Shutsa, flute
Audrey Slote, cello
Jennifer Dearden, trumpet
Kevin Dill, organ and piano

Sunday, March 28, 3:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church
890 Liberty St, Meadville

free admission

March music list posted

Mar. 7 – 3rd Sunday in Lent
Chancel Choir
Introit: Try Me, O God (James Nares, 1715-1783)
Anthem: What Wondrous Love is This (arr. William Witherup, b. 1945)
Postlude: Pater Noster (Denis Bédard, b.1950)

Mar. 14 – 4th Sunday in Lent
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Introit: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R. R. Terry, 1864-1938)
Offertory: Interlude (Eugene Butler, b.1935)
Postlude: Fugue in G (Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847)

Mar. 21 – 5th Sunday in Lent – music director on vacation

Mar. 28 – Palm Sunday
Junior Choir & Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Pueri Hebraeorum (plainsong, mode i)
Anthem: On Humble Beast Now Rides the King (Hal Hopson, b.1933)
Postlude: Valet Will Ich Dir Geben (J. S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Ash Wednesday Service

First Presbyterian's annual Ash Wednesday service takes place on February 17th at 6 PM in the Fellowship Hall. The deacons will serve a simple meal of bread and soup. Following the meal, the service will include the sacrament of Holy Communion and the imposition of ashes (for those who choose).

Parents of children in the junior choir: please remember that the children are singing at this service. Please have your child at the church by 5:45 for a warmup in the music room.

February music list posted

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


Feb. 7 – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Women of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Dulcis Christe (Michaelangelo Grancini, 1605-1669)
Anthem: Wir Eilen Mit Schwachen, Cantata 78 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Finale, Concerto in a minor (A. Vivaldi, 1678-1741, arr. Bach)

Feb. 14 – The Transfiguration of the Lord
Chancel Choir
Introit: Oculi Omnium (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Anthem: Thine, O Lord, is the Greatness (James Kent, 1700-1776)
Postlude: Te Deum Laudaumus (Dietrich Buxtehude, 1637-1707)

Feb. 17 – Ash Wednesday Communion Service (6:00 PM)
Junior Choir
Anthem: Jesus, Refuge of the Weary (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Feb. 21 – 1st Sunday in Lent
Chancel Choir & Liberty Bells
Introit: O Salutaris Hostia (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)
Kyrie Eleison: Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Offertory: Sweet Hour of Prayer (arr. Sondra Tucker)
Postlude: Prelude in g minor, BWV 535 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Feb. 28 – 2nd Sunday in Lent
Junior Choir
Prelude: Improvisation, from Suite Médiévale (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Anthem: Christ Went Up Into the Hills Alone (Roberta Bitgood, 1908-2007)
Postlude: Fughetta in d minor (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)