September music list posted

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

Sept. 4 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (9:30 AM)
Chancel Choir; Audrey Slote, cello
Introit: Thine, O Lord, is the Greatness (James Kent, 1700-1776)
Offertory: Prière, Op. 158 (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Postlude: Allegro, Concerto in b minor (Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741)

Sept. 11 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (11:00 service resumes this week)
Old-Time Gospel Sunday – no choirs or bells

Sept. 18 – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chancel Choir
Introit: Splendor Paternae Gloriae (plainsong, mode i)
Anthem: How Firm a Foundation (arr. Alice Parker, b.1925)
Postlude: Postlude in D (Adolf Friedrich Hesse, 1809-1863)

Sept. 25 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chancel Choir
Introit: Day By Day (Harold Friedell, 1905-1958)
Anthem: Offertory (John Ness Beck, 1930-1987)
Postlude: Freu Dich Sehr O Meine Seele (Georg Böhm, 1661-1733)

Fall rehearsals begin

It's time to make music again! First rehearsal for Chancel Choir is Thursday, September 8th at 7:30 PM; and Liberty Bells Sunday, September 25th at 12:15 PM. Is this the year for you to step forward and share your talents? Kevin Dill would be delighted to hear from you!

Summer musicians wanted!

Kevin Dill is seeking instrumentalists and vocalists willing to contribute their talents to our Sunday worship services over the summer months (one 9:30 AM service only). If you have a musical gift, why not share it with the congregation? To volunteer, contact Kevin at 333-2161 ext.108 or via the church office.

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

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)

March music list posted

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

Mar. 6 – Sunday of the Transfiguration
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Introit: Come Away to the Skies (arr. Richard Erickson, b.1953)
Offertory: Exultation (Arnold Sherman, b.1948)
Postlude: Fanfare (Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, 1823-1881)

Mar. 9 – Ash Wednesday Communion Service (6:00 PM)
Junior Choir
Introit: What Wondrous Love Is This (American folk hymn)
Communion: Courante & Sarabande, Eng. Suite #5 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Mar. 13 – First Sunday in Lent
Women of the Chancel Choir
Introit: A Lent Prose (plainsong, mode V)
Kyrie Eleison: Short Mass in C (Sir Richard R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Motet: Tantum Ergo (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Communion: O Mensch, Bewein dein Sünde Groß (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fantasia in c minor, BWV 537 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Mar. 20 – Second Sunday in Lent
Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Come, Let us Enter the Inner Chamber of the Soul (Kevin Dill)
Anthem: Behold the Lamb of God (Paul Bouman, b.1918)
Postlude: Prelude in f minor, BWV 534 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Mar. 27 – Third Sunday in Lent
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Introit: View Me, Lord (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Offertory: A Lenten Prayer (Judy Hunnicutt, b.1939)
Postlude: Prelude in a minor, BWV 543 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Diamonds in the Snow

Diamonds in the Snow: Music of Canada
Saturday, March 12, 7:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 890 Liberty St, Meadville
free admission

Juanita Shutsa, flute
Will McInally, piano
Dr. Jennifer Dearden, trumpet
Musica Divina Chamber Choir
Kevin Dill, organist and director

St Paul Fanfare
Nicholas Fairbank

Sonata for flute and piano
Rachel Laurin

Two songs
Clarence Lucas

Air for trumpet and organ
Denis Bedard

Psalm 23 for treble chorus
Srul Irving Glick

Theme and variations for piano
Violet Archer

Duet suite for piano and organ
Denis Bedard