Ferbuary music list posted

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

Feb. 6 – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liberty Bells & Women of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Venite Populi (Josef Rheinberger, 1839-1901)
Offertory: Rejoice! (Cynthia Dobrinski, b.1950)
Postlude: Postlude in G (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)

Feb. 13 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing (G. Shaw, 1879-1943)
Anthem: Morning Hymn (Austin Lovelace, 1919-2010)
Postlude: Trumpet Tune (Andrew Carter, b.1939)

Feb. 20 – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chancel Choir
Introit: Almighty God Who Hast Us Brought (Thomas Ford, c.1580-1648)
Anthem: Gloria, from Heiligmesse (Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809)
Postlude: Fugue in G, BWV 550 (J.S. Bach. 1685-1750)

Feb. 27 – 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chancel Choir
Introit: O Worship the Lord (Hal Hopson, b.1933)
Anthem: Go And Tell John (Lloyd Pfautsch, 1921-2003)
Postlude: Finale from Sonata III (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)

And the winners are...

Congratulations to Glenn & Margie Thompson, the winners of our music-quiz contest! They had the most correct answers with 10 out of 12. How did you do? Answers are below:

1. a) Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory.
2. b) We began using the blue hymnals in 1990.
3. d) John Calvin forbade all of the above.
4. b) Our church’s organ contains about 2500 pipes.
5. a) No clarinets were used in Jewish temple worship.
6. b) Altos are the most numerous section of our choir.
7. a) 73 of the Psalms are specifically attributed to King David.
8. c) There are five pianos in our church building.
9. d) Handbells are made from a copper-tin alloy.
10. d) Doxology means ‘word of praise’.
11. b) Lee Hess Barnes was our music director from 1922-1959.
12. a) Intertwining lines of music are called ‘polyphony’.

Here's why it pays to read the newsletter

Did you finish the music quiz in this month's church newsletter? You could win the use of the Music Director's parking spot for an entire month! Return your quiz to Kevin Dill by Sunday, January 16th to enter the contest. The person with the most correct answers is the winner!

January music list posted

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

Jan. 2 – 2nd Sunday after Christmas (10:00 AM)
Chancel Choir
Introit: Divinum Mysterium (plainsong, mode V)
Anthem: What is this Lovely Fragrance (arr. H. Willan, 1880-1968)
Postlude: The March of the Three Magi (Franz Liszt, 1811-1886)

Jan. 9 – The Baptism of the Lord (11:00 AM services resume this week)
Chancel Choir
Introit: Lord, When You Came to Jordan (Genevan Psalter, 1542)
Anthem: Brother James’s Air (arr. Gordon Jacob, 1895-1984)
Postlude: Postlude in F, Op. 50 no. 3 (Denis Bédard, b.1950)

Jan. 16 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chancel Choir
Introit: From All that Dwell Below the Skies (arr. Michael Burkhardt)
Anthem: Lead Me, Lord (Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876)
Postlude: Fugue in C, BWV 545 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Jan. 23 – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chancel Choir
Introit: Give Fellowship, We Pray (Harold Friedell, 1905-1958)
Anthem: Christ Hath a Garden (Gerald Near, b.1942)
Postlude: Grand Choeur (Théodore Dubois, 1837-1924)

Jan. 30 – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chancel Choir
Introit: I To the Hills Lift Up Mine Eyes (Jean Berger, 1909-2002)
Anthem: Lord, for Thy Tender Mercies’ Sake (R. Farrant, 1530-1580)
Postlude: Te Deum Laudamus (Dietrich Buxtehude, 1637-1707)

Christmas Organ Recital

Organ music for Christmas
Tuesday, December 21 at 11:45 AM
Kevin Dill, organist

Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 550
J.S. Bach

The Shepherds at the Manger
The March of the Three Magi
from Weihnachtsbaum
Franz Liszt

Christmas in Sicily
Pietro Yon

Carillon on a Ukranian Carol
Gerald Near

Kevin Dill, a native of Canada, is a graduate of the University of Victoria and the University of Alberta, where he studied with Dr. Erich Schwandt, Michael Gormley, and Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht. In 2005 he received the Associateship Diploma from the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and in 2009 placed third in the RCCO's national organ playing competition. In addition to his work as Music Director at First Presbyterian, he has performed solo and duo recitals throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania, and has premiered his own choral and organ compositions.

Dill's recital is presented as part of First Presbyterian's "Lunch At First" series, which hosts speakers on a variety of topics on the third Tuesday of the month. This is the fifth consecutive year he has presented a Christmas recital on the church's three-manual, 2500-pipe organ. Admission to the recital is free, with lunch available afterwards in the Fellowship Hall for $4.

December music list posted

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


Dec. 5 – 2nd Sunday in Advent: An Advent Service of Lessons & Carols
Chancel Choir & Liberty Bells
Carol: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Kevin Dill)
Anthem: Rejoice Jerusalem (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Offertory: The Lord is Nigh (Sharon Elery Rogers, b.1929)
Carol: Bogoroditse Dyevo (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Postlude: Finale from Symphony I (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Dec. 12 – 3rd Sunday in Advent
Junior Choir & Chancel Choir
Introit: Bogoroditse Dyevo (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Anthem: Advent Prayer (Allen Pote, b.1945)
Postlude: Christ, der Einig Gottes Sohn (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Dec. 19 – 4th Sunday in Advent
Liberty Bells
Prelude: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland (D. Buxtehude, 1637-1707)
Offertory: Two Polish Christmas Carols (arr. Kenneth Danchik)
Postlude: Allegro, from Concerto in b minor (A. Vivaldi, 1678-1741)

Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve Family Service (5:00 PM)
Junior Choir
Anthem: Dormi, Dormi (Italian Carol, arr. Mary Goetze)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 550 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service (11:00 PM)
Chancel Choir
Prelude: Trio Sonata in C, BWV 529 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Introit: A Marvelous Wonder (Kevin Dill)
Anthem: Rise Up Early (Slovak Carol, arr. Richard Kountz)
Choral Response: Gloria in Excelsis (Kevin Dill)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 550 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Dec. 26 – 1st Sunday after Christmas (10:00 AM)
Chancel Choir
Introit: Puer Natus in Bethlehem (plainsong, mode i)
Anthem: This Enders Nyght (Old English carol, arr. Theron Kirk)
Postlude: Carillon on a Ukranian Carol (Gerald Near, b.1942)

November music list posted

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

Nov. 7 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Music director on study leave

Nov. 14 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Stewardship Sunday
Chancel Choir
Introit: I Will Worship the Lord (John Rutter, b.1945)
Anthem: O Sing Joyfully (Adrian Batten, 1591-1637)
Postlude: Scherzo, from Symphony II (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

Nov. 21 – 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time; PW Thank Offering Sunday
Liberty Bells, Junior Choir, & Women of the Chancel Choir
Prelude: Spiritual (Kevin McChesney, b.1958)
Anthem: A Song of Praise and Thanksgiving (Allen Pote, b.1945)
Postlude: Prelude, from Te Deum (Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 1643-1704)

Nov. 28 – 1st Sunday in Advent
Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Splendor Paternae Gloriae (plainsong, mode I)
Anthem: But Who May Abide, from Messiah (G.F. Handel, 1685-1750) Postlude: Wachet Auf (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)