Music List – September - December 2012

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fairfield, Connecticut Music List – September - December 2012

Weekly Schedule of choral services: Sunday 9:30 AM Sung Holy Eucharist — Sung by the St. Paul’s Choir unless noted. [Second Sunday of the Month – Intergenerational worship – Sung by the trebles of the St. Paul’s Choir] [11:15 Sung Holy Eucharist, scheduled as needed, on Sundays when the need for additional seating is anticipated. — Sung by the St. Cecilia Choir] Thursday 6:00 PM Evensong – Sung by the trebles of the St. Paul’s Choir

Occasional Services include Sunday Choral Evensong [ October 21, February 9, May 5], Advent Carol Service [December 2] and A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols [December 23]. Other services may be added at a later date.

SUNDAY, September 9 – Pentecost Proper 18 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 423(d) C 493 R 390(d) Psalm 125:1-2, 4, 6-9 Vincent Edwards in A flat Off Anthem: I was glad – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry Comm Motet: I sat down under his shadow – Edward Cuthbert Bairstow

Thursday, September 13 – 6:00 PM Evensong [John Chrysostom, Bishop, 407] Hymns: PH 24 C 529 Psalm 49:1-9 Julius Harrison in d minor Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:7 Canticle: Magnificat – George Dyson in c minor Anthem: To Love – Peter S. Berton

SUNDAY, September 16 – Pentecost Proper 19 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 410 (d) C 254 R 477 (d) Psalm 19:1-7 Samuel Arnold in A major Off Anthem: Glorious and powerful God – Charles Wood Comm Motet: Agnus Dei – Missa Secunda, Hans Leo Hassler

Thursday, September 20 – 6:00 PM Evensong [John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop, 1871] Hymns: PH 25 C 295 Psalm 119:49-56 James Nares in g minor Reading: Mark 8:34-38 Canticle: Nunc Dimittis – George Dyson in c minor Anthem: I will worship – George Dyson

SUNDAY, September 23 – Pentecost Proper 20 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 448 C 670 R 438 Psalm 1 Edward Elgar Off Anthem: Praise to God in the highest – Sydney S. Campbell Comm Motet: Agnus Dei – Collegium Regale, Herbert Howells

Hymn Key: P – Processional G – Gradual C – Communion (Eucharist) or Closing (Evensong) R – Recessional (d) – choral descant PH – Phos Hilaron (Evensong) NB: Psalm selections are tentative.

Thursday, September 27 – 6:00 PM Evensong Hymns: PH 29 C 533 Psalm 85 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow Reading: Acts 19:11-20 Canticle: Magnificat – David Hogan in E flat Anthem: My voice shalt thou hear – Joseph Corfe

SUNDAY, September 30 – Pentecost Proper 21 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist (St. Cecilia Choir) Hymns: P359 C 344 R 347 Psalm 124 Tonus Peregrinus (JRA) Off Anthem: Sing, my soul, his wondrous love – Ned Rorem Comm Motet: O Christ, O blessed Lord – Richard Wagner

SUNDAY, September 30 – 5:00 PM Choral Evensong [at St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford] Hymns: TBA Introit: I will bless the Lord – John Abdenour Responses: Anthony Piccolo Psalms: 19 and 46 – Chants by Thomas Walmisley, John Goss, and Martin Luther Service: Henry Smart in B flat Anthem: Te Deum (Collegium Regale) – Herbert Howells

Thursday, October 4 – 6:00 PM Evensong [Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1226] Hymns: PH 31 C 593 Psalm 148:7-17 C. H. H. Parry/JRA Reading: Matthew 11:25-30 Canticle: Nunc Dimittis – David Hogan in E flat Anthem: For the beauty of the earth – John Rutter

SUNDAY, October 7 – Pentecost Proper 22 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist *Hymns: P 376 C 455 R 416 Psalm 26:1-8 Edwin George Monk Off Anthem: Love’s endeavor, love’s expense – Barry Rose Comm Motet: Jesus, bleibet meine Freude BWV 147 – Johann Sebastian Bach

Thursday, October 11 – 6:00 PM Evensong [Philip, Deacon and Evangelist] Hymns: PH 34 C 545 Psalm 1 Edward Elgar Reading: Matthew 28:18-20 Canticle: Magnificat – Robert Ashfield in d minor Anthem: God be in my head – Henry Walford Davies

SUNDAY, October 14 – Pentecost Proper 23 – 9:30 AM Intergenerational Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 408 C 144(VF) R 781(WLP – St. Petersburg ) Off Anthem: And all thy children – Vincent Edwards

Thursday, October 18 – 6:00 PM Evensong [St. Luke, Evangelist] Hymns: PH 36 C 537 Psalm 67 John Robinson Reading: Acts 1:1-8 Canticle: Nunc Dimittis – Robert Ashfield in d minor Anthem: And all thy children – Vincent Edwards

SUNDAY, October 21 – Pentecost Proper 24 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist (St. Cecilia Choir) *Hymns: P 443 C 677 R 479 Psalm 91:9-16 John Foster Off Anthem: The best of rooms – Randall Thompson Comm Motet: Give almes of thy goods – Christopher Tye

SUNDAY, October 21 – 5:00 PM Choral Evensong (with English Tea at 4 PM) Hymns: PH 25 C 788(WLP) Introit: O praise God in his holiness – Ronald Corp Responses: William Smith Psalm: 91:9-16 Chant by Orlando Gibbons (Quad) Service: Henry Smart in B flat Anthem: There is a land of pure delight – Grayston Ives

Thursday, October 25 – 6:00 PM Evensong Hymns: PH 37 C 697 Psalm 37:18-27 John Abdenour Dorian Mode Reading: Luke 10:25-37 Canticle: Magnificat – Sydney Watson in E flat Anthem: Cause us, O Lord – Ronald Nelson

SUNDAY, October 28 – Pentecost Proper 25 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist *Hymns: P7 C 704 R 429 Psalm 34:1-8 Orlando Gibbons in F (selected verses sung by the choir) Off Anthem: My soul, there is a country – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry Comm Motet: Justorum animae – Charles Villiers Stanford

Thursday, November 1 – All Saints Day – 6:00 PM Choral Eucharist Hymns: O 279 R 286 Mass: Christchurch Mass (Gl, S) – Malcolm Archer Psalm 24 John Robinson

SATURDAY, November 3 – Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 8, Performed by the Canterbury Choral Society and Orchestra, Charles Dodsley Walker, conductor, with the treble choristers of the St. Paul’s Choir and others. Carnegie Hall, New York City – 8:00 PM

SUNDAY, November 4* – Sunday within the Octave of All Saints – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist (St. Cecilia) Hymns: P 287 (vv 1-4) C 656 R 623 Psalm 34:1-9 Edward John Hopkins in D flat (sung by the choir) Off Anthem: And I saw another angel – Charles Villiers Stanford Comm Motet: Beati quorum via – Charles Villiers Stanford

Thursday, November 8 – 6:00 PM Evensong Hymns: PH 24 C 53 Psalm 74:17-24 Jonathan Battishill Reading: Micah 4:1-5 Canticle: Nunc Dimittis – Sydney Watson in E flat Anthem: Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester – Louis White

SUNDAY, November 11 – Pentecost Proper 27 – 9:30 AM Intergen. Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 51 O 707 R “He had no house or home” Comm Motet: Here, O my Lord – Barry Rose

Thursday, November 15 – 6:00 PM Evensong Hymns: PH 25 C 655 Psalm 86:1-8 Thomas Walmisley Reading: James 1:1-15 Canticle: Magnificat – George Dyson in c minor Anthem: Awake, good people – Trad. English Carol Evensong will resume on Thursday, November 29.

SUNDAY, November 18– Pentecost Proper 28 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist (Ingathering Sunday) *Hymns: P 598 C 615 R 601 Psalm 16:1-5 John Stainer Off Anthem: The Lord hath been mindful – Samuel Sebastian Wesley Comm Motet: Tebye poyem (from Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op.. 31 ) – Sergei Rachmaninoff

SUNDAY, November 25 – Pentecost Proper 29 – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist Hymns: P “At the Name of Jesus” (Tune: Evelyns ) C 324 R 494 Psalm 93 Richard Goodson Off Anthem: Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Edward Cuthbert Bairstow Comm Motet: A grateful heart – Mary Plumstead

Thursday, November 29 – 6:00 PM Evensong Hymns: PH 29 C 421 Psalms 134, 135:1-7, 19-21 Frederick Ouseley and Herbert Howells Reading: Luke 19:11-27 Canticle: Nunc Dimittis – Geoffrey Burgon Anthem: How can I sing of the majesty – Alan Ridout

SUNDAY, December 2 – First Sunday of Advent (C) – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist (St. Cecilia) Hymns: P 59 C 703 R 58 Psalm 25:1-8 Richard Farrant Off Anthem: E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz Comm Motet: Call to remembrance – Richard Farrant

SUNDAY, December 2 – A Service of Lessons & Carols for Advent Sunday – 5:00 PM Matin Responsory – arr. David Willcocks; Bogoroditse Devo – Arvo Pärt Ave Maria – Robert Parsons; Magnificat – George Dyson in D Major; Christus factus est – Anton Bruckner O thou, the central Orb – Charles Wood; A Song of Advent – John Abdenour With customary hymns sung by the congregation and/or choir. With Joseph Ripka, organ.

Thursday, December 6 – 6:00 PM Evensong [Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, 342] Hymns: PH 31 C 480 Psalm 145:8-13 John Abdenour in D flat Reading: 1 John 4:7-14 Canticle: Magnificat – Robert Ashfield in d minor Anthem: O day of peace – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

SUNDAY, December 9 – Second Sunday of Advent – 9:30 AM Intergen. Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 66 G “A Messenger from God” C 53 R 75 Off Anthem: Ave Maria – Simon Lindley

Thursday, December 13 – 6:00 PM Evensong [Lucy, Martyr, 304] Hymns: PH 34 C 655 Psalm 131 H. Walford Davies Reading: John 1:9-13 Canticle: Nunc Dimittis – Robert Ashfield in d minor Anthem: Ave Maria – Simon Lindley Evensong will resume Thursday, January 10.

SUNDAY, December 16 – Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudeamus) – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 76 G 67 C 69 R 65 Off Anthem: Ain’t-a that Good News – William Dawson Comm Motet: Rejoice in the Lord alway – 16 th c. Anonymous English

SUNDAY, December 23 – Fourth Sunday of Advent – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist (St. Cecilia) Hymns: P 74 C 71 R 268 Psalm 80:1-7 John Abdenour in e (Phrygian) Off Anthem: Magnificat (Short Service) – Orlando Gibbons Comm Motet: Alma Redemptoris Mater – Juan García Salazar Hymn Key: P – Processional G – Gradual C – Communion (Eucharist) or Closing (Evensong) R – Recessional (d) – choral descant PH – Phos Hilaron (Evensong) NB: Psalm selections are tentative.

SUNDAY, December 23 – A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols – 5:00 PM (Yule Café at 4 PM) Adam lay ybounden – Boris Ord Dadme albricias – anon., Cancionero de Upsala 1556 Illuminare Jerusalem – Judith Weir; A spotless Rose – Herbert Howells; Ave Maria – Jacobus Clemens non Papa; Campana sobre campana – Andulusian Carol; The three Kings – Peter Cornelius; Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre; With customary hymns sung by the congregation and/or choir. With Joseph Ripka, organ.

MONDAY, December 24 – Christmas Eve – 3:00 PM Crèche Service Sung by the Probationers of the St. Paul’s Choir

MONDAY, December 24 – The Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ – 5:30 PM Holy Eucharist Choral Voluntary: Dadme albricias – anon., Cancionero de Upsala 1556; Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre; Up, good Christen Folk – Trad. English, arr. G. Woodward; Hymns: P 83 (vv. 1-3, 6) HoP 96 S 94 C 84 C 115 PC 111 R 87 Off Anthem: Candlelight Carol – John Rutter Comm Motet: In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke Sung by the St. Paul’s Choir and Alumni

MONDAY, December 24 – The Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ – 11:00 PM Holy Eucharist Choral Voluntary: The Little Road to Bethlehem – Michael Head O magnum mysteriumn – Estêvão Lopes Morago Hymns: P 83 (vv. 1-3, 6) HoP 96 S 94 C 84 PC 111 R 100 Off: Il est né, le divin Enfant – French Carol, arr. John Rutter Comm: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly – Polish Carol, arr. David Willcocks Sung by the St. Cecilia Choir

The choirs will be in recess until January 2.

TUESDAY, December 25 – Christmas Day – 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 107 G 99 O 109 C 82 R 100

SUNDAY, December 30 – First Sunday of Christmas – 9:30 AM Holy Eucharist Hymns: P 93 G 84 C 81 R 83