The Choir of Men and Boys ∙ The Parish of All Saints, Ashmont 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester Boston, Massachusetts 02124 Telephone 617–436–3520 [email protected] FAX 617–436–7320
FREDERICK BACKHAUS, Organist & Master of Choristers
CHORAL MUSIC – Advent to Last Epiphany, 2008-09 (Year B)
YEAR B Advent I The Gentlemen of the Choir November 25, 2008 The Great Litany in Procession (Thanksgiving weekend) Missa brevis (TTBB) – Denis Bedárd Psalm 122 (Tone I) Ecce advenit – William Byrd Remember me, O Lord – Thomas Tomkins
Advent II The Choir of Men & Boys December 7, 2008 Matin Responsory and ‘Come, thou Redeemer of the earth’ Communion Service in F – William H. Harris Psalm 72:1-8 (Tone I) There is no rose – Joel Martinson O come, O come, Emmanuel – Andrew Carter
Advent III The Choir of Men & Boys December 14, 2008 The Great Litany in Procession Communion Service in F – Herbert Sumsion Psalm 146:4-9 (Tone VII) This is the record of John – Orlando Gibbons
Lessons & Carols (7:00 pm - Saturday) The Choir of Men & Boys December 20. 2008 St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church, Winthrop
Advent IV Chamber Choir December 21, 2008 Missa brevis – Leslie Betteridge (SSA) Psalm 24:1-7 (Tone I) Ave Maria – Claudio Monteverdi (SSA)
Lessons & Carols (4:00 pm - Sunday) The Choir of Men & Boys December 21, 2008 The Parish of All Saints, Ashmont Hymn: Once in royal David’s city (Irby) – David Willcocks This is the truth sent from above – Philip Moore Jesus Christ the apple tree – Anthony Piccolo There is no rose – Joel Martinson Up! good Christen folk, and listen – G.R. Woodward Hymn: O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green) Gabriel’s message – David Willcocks Nowell sing we, both all and some (Men’s voices) – 15th century Hymn: God rest you merry, gentlemen – David Willcocks Balulalow (Boy’s voices) – Peter Warlock There shall a star from Jacob – Felix Mendelssohn Hymn: The first Nowell – David Willcocks In the bleak mid-winter – Harold Darke Hymn: On this Day, earth shall ring! (Personent hodie)
Christmas Eve The Choir of Men & Boys December 24, 2008 Solemn Mass & Procession (8:00 pm) Prelude by the Choir begins at 7:30 pm Communion Service in F – Harold Darke Psalm 96:1-4, 11-12 (Stanford) Christmas Carols
The Holy Innocents The St. Cecilia Choir December 30, 2008 Communion Service in E-flat – Louis J. White Psalm 124 (said) Lullay, lullay, thou little tiny child – Traditional carol
Christmas 2 The Chamber Choir January 4, 2009 Missa brevis – Leslie Betteridge (SSA) Psalm 84:1-8 (Parry) Confitemini Domino – Alessandro Costantini (SSA)
The Feast of the Epiphany (Tuesday) The Choir of Men & Boys January 6, 2009 Solemn Mass & Procession Communion Service in F – Harold Darke Psalm 72:1-2, 10-17 (Jones) There shall a star from Jacob – Felix Mendelssohn
1 Epiphany – The Baptism of Christ The Choir of Men & Boys January 11, 2009 Communion Service in G – Francis Jackson Psalm 89:20-29 (EJ Hopkins) Tribus miraculis – Luca Marenzio (Chamber Choir) When Christ our Lord to Jordan came – harm by JS Bach/Eccard
2 Epiphany The Gentlemen of the Choir January 18, 2009 (Calling of Samuel, Philip) Missa Regina coeli – Jacobus Kerle Psalm 63:1-8 (Monk) Ante luciferum genitus (AATTB) – Jacobus Gallus
3 Epiphany (Annual Meeting) The Choir of Men & Boys January 25, 2009 Communion Service in D – Everett Titcomb Psalm 139:1-11 (Mann) Almighty and everlasting God – Orlando Gibbons Ave Maria (Boy’s voices) – Simon Lindley
4 Epiphany The St. Cecilia Choir February 1, 2009 Communion Service in E-flat – Louis J. White Psalm 111 (Randall) All praise to God who reigns above – Melchior Vulpius
Solemn Evensong & Benediction The Choir of Men & Boys February 1, 2009 for The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple 4:00 p.m. Preces & Responses – John Barnard Psalm 84 (Parry) Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in G (Full) – Herbert Sumsion In manus tuas (ATTB) – John Sheppard When to the temple Mary went – Johann Eccard
5 Epiphany The Choir of Men & Boys, February 8, 2009 together with the Trebles of All Saints, Worcester Communion Service in F – Herbert Sumsion Psalm 142 (Blow) Sing, my soul, his wondrous love – Ned Rorem Litany to the Holy Spirit (Boy’s voices) – Peter Hurford
6 Epiphany The Choir of Men & Boys February 15, 2009 Communion Service in G – Francis Jackson Psalm 42:1-7 (Turle) Sicut cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina O Lord, rebuke me not (ATB) – Thomas Tomkins
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany The Gentlemen of the Choir February 22, 2009 Missa ‘Regina coeli’ (ATTB) – Jacobus Kerle Psalm 27:5-11 (Tone VIII) Gloria tibi, Domine (ATB) – William Byrd Show us, O Lord, the light of thy countenance (AATB) – Thomas Causton