Music at Grace 2015-2016 WELCOME
Dear Friends,
As rector of Grace Church, I invite you to join us for the worship and musical events described in this booklet. Music has been one of the great gifts of the Christian Church to the world, and music here at Grace has blessed downtown Providence for almost two centuries.
Music may certainly be enjoyed in any setting, but hearing it in a beautiful and historic landmark such as Grace is a double blessing. We hope to see you here in the oldest, active Episcopal church in the city of Providence some Sunday (or any day) soon!
In Peace, Jonathan Huyck+
Dear Friends,
I am thrilled to begin my first season as Director of Music at Grace Church in Providence. Grace has a long and distinguished history of music, both in worship and concert settings.
This booklet outlines the musical offering for the coming season, particularly the 10 AM Holy Eucharist on Sunday mornings. Services of Choral Evensong, Lessons and Carols and concerts are included as well.
We hope that you will walk through our historic doors on Westminster Street in downtown Providence for worship or concert, or both very soon!
Vincent Edwards MUSIC AT GRACE 2015-2016
SEPTEMBER 13 The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Fanfare – John Cook Thy Church, O God, her heart to Thee upraiseth – Eric Thiman Draw us in the spirit’s tether – Harold Friedell
SEPTEMBER 20 The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Pastorale – Cesar Franck Welcome, welcome, dear Redeemer – Cesar Franck Save me, O God by your name – Paul Bouman
SEPTEMBER 27 The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Praeludium in C-dur, BuxWV 137 – Dietrich Buxtehude We wait for thy loving-kindness, O Lord – Sir William McKie Like as a father – Luigi Cherubini
OCTOBER 4 The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Excerpts from Sonata IV in B-Flat Major – Felix Mendelssohn Above all praise and all majesty – Felix Mendelssohn O Lord, our governor – Plainsong, Fauxbourdon by Gerre Hancock
OCTOBER 11 The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Chorale Prelude on Rhosymedre – Ralph Vaughan Williams O how amiable – Ralph Vaughan Williams Laudate nomen Domini – Sir Christopher Tye
OCTOBER 18 The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor – G.F. Handel Surely he hath borne our griefs from Messiah – G.F. Handel Sacerdotes Domini – William Byrd
OCTOBER 25 The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Voluntary No. 1 in D – William Boyce When the Lord turned again – Adrian Batten O Lord, increase our faith – Henry Loosemore NOVEMBER 1 All Saints’ Day 10 AM Organ: Placare Christes servulis – Marcel Dupré And I saw a new heaven – Edward C. Bairstow We shall walk through the valley – Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan Evensong Sung with the Choirs of St. Luke’s, East Greenwich, 5 PM at St. Luke’s, 99 Peirce St., East Greenwich, RI Evening Service in C – James Nares How lovely is thy dwelling-place – Johannes Brahms
NOVEMBER 8 The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 – J.S. Bach Give almes of thy goods – Sir Christopher Tye Lass’, o Herr, mich Hülfe finden – Felix Mendelssohn
NOVEMBER 15 The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Bishop’s Visitation 10 AM Organ: Andante sostenuto from Symphonie Gothique – C.M. Widor I set the Lord still in my sight – Joseph Key Benedicam Domino – Orlando di Lasso Concert The Kindred Brass Quartet plays works of Peters, Bach, Telemann, Rimsky-Korsakov, Frescobaldi and others . . . the concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted. 5 PM Scott Abrahamson & RJ Cordeiro, Trumpet J. Bradford Kleyla & Andrew St. George, Trombone
NOVEMBER 22 The Last Sunday after Pentecost (Christ the King) 10 AM Organ: Nun danket alle Gott – Sigfrid Karg-Elert Hallelujah from Messiah – George Frederic Handel King of glory, King of peace – J.S. Bach, arr. William H. Harris
NOVEMBER 29 The First Sunday of Advent 10 AM Organ: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme, BWV 645 – J.S. Bach Veni Domine, Op. 39, No. 1 – Felix Mendelssohn O thou, the central orb – Orlando Gibbons
DECEMBER 6 The Second Sunday of Advent 10 AM Organ: Gottes Sohn ist kommen – Heinrich Buttstedt People, look East! – Robert Lehman Comfort ye from Messiah – George Frederic Handel DECEMBER 13The Third Sunday of Advent 10 AM Organ: Veni Emmanuel – Gerald Near Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anonymous Rejoice greatly from Messiah – George Frederic Handel Lessons and Organ: Chorale Preludes for Advent Carols with Matin Responsory – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Procession Adam lay ybounden – John Ireland 5 PM Oculi, omnium – Charles Wood People, look East! – Robert Lehman Bogoroditse devo – Sergei Rachmaninoff O Bethlehem – Basque Carol, arr. Clarence Dickinson The Baptism of Christ – Peter Hallock Sussex Carol – Trad. English, arr. Sir David Willcocks
DECEMBER 20The Fourth Sunday of Advent 10 AM Organ: Magnificat III – Marcel Dupré Dixit Maria – Hans Leo Hassler Ave Maria – Sir Edward Elgar
DECEMBER 24The Eve of Christmas 5 PM & 10 PM Prelude Music for Organ, Choir and Soloists at 4:30 and 9:30 PM Sussex Carol – Trad. English, arr. Sir David Willcocks O Bethlehem – Basque Carol, arr. Clarence Dickinson
DECEMBER 25Christmas Day 10 AM Holy Eucharist with Carols Ding dong! Merrily on high – 16th c. French, harm. Charles Wood
DECEMBER 27The First Sunday after Christmas Day 10 AM Organ: Noel X – Grand Jeu et Duo – Louis-Claude Daquin Verbum caro factum est – Richard Proulx Of the Father’s love begotten - Plainsong
JANUARY 3 The Second Sunday after Christmas 10 AM Organ: Wie schön leuchtet, BuxWV 223 – Dietrich Buxtehude Say, where is he from Christus– Felix Mendelssohn Brightest and Best – Paul Sjolund
JANUARY 10 The First Sunday after the Epiphany: Baptism of our Lord 10 AM Organ: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan komm, BWV 684 – J.S. Bach And the glory of the Lord from Messiah – G.F. Handel The Baptism of Christ – Peter Hallock JANUARY 17 The Second Sunday after Epiphany 10 AM Organ: Master Tallis’s Testament – Herbert Howells I will worship – George Dyson O nata lux – Thomas Tallis
JANUARY 24 The Third Sunday after Epiphany 10 AM Organ: Praeludium in C – Vincent Lübeck The heavens declare the glory of God from The Creation – F.J. Haydn The Spirit of the Lord – Philip Stopford
JANUARY 31 The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany 10 AM Organ: Concerto in B Minor – Johann Walther (after Signor Meck) In te, Domine, speravi – Hans Leo Hassler The Gift of Love – arr. Hal H. Hopson
FEBRUARY 7 The Last Sunday after the Epiphany 10 AM Organ: Fanfare – Kenneth Leighton The Transfiguration – Larry King Christ upon the mountain peak – Paul Bouman
FEBRUARY 10 Ash Wednesday 7 PM Create in me a clean heart, O God – Healey Willan Pie Pellicane – Joseph Noyon
FEBRUARY 14 The First Sunday in Lent 10 AM Organ: Sonata VI in D Minor – Felix Mendelssohn For he shall give his angels from Elijah – Felix Mendelssohn Lord we bow before thee – Joseph W. Clokey
FEBRUARY 21 The Second Sunday in Lent 10 AM Organ: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 – J.S. Bach Jerusalem, Jerusalem from St. Paul – Felix Mendelssohn Peace unto Zion – Trad. Shaker Tune, arr. Kevin Siegfried
FEBRUARY 28 The Third Sunday in Lent 10 AM Organ: Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161 – Dietrich Buxtehude Lord, God of Abraham from Elijah – Felix Mendelssohn O God, thou art my God – Henry Purcell MARCH 6 The Fourth Sunday in Lent - Laetare 10 AM Organ: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658 – J.S. Bach Greive not the Holy Spirit of God – T. Tertius Noble Von Gott will ich nicht lassen – Johannes Eccard Evensong Introit: Pilgrims’ Hymn – Stephen Paulus 5 PM Evening Service in B Minor – T. Tertius Noble Lass dich, nur nichts nicht dauren – Johannes Brahms
MARCH 13 The Fifth Sunday in Lent 10 AM Organ: Adagio in E – Frank Bridge A Song of Freedom, Op. 113, No. 1 – Charles Villiers Stanford When the Lord turned again – Adrian Batten
MARCH 20 The Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday) 10 AM Organ: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 656 – J.S. Bach It is a thing most wonderful – Philip Moore Ave Verum – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARCH 24 Maundy Thursday Thursday In monte oliveti – Joseph Nowialis 7 PM Ubi caritas – Maurice Duruflé
MARCH 25 Good Friday Friday Were you there? – Spiritual, arr. Bob Chilcott 12 Noon Crucifixus á 8 – Antonio Lotti
MARCH 26 The Eve of the Resurrection Saturday The Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter 7 PM Sicut cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Come, ye faithful – R.S. Thatcher
MARCH 27 The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day 10 AM Organ: A Trumpet Minuet – Alfred Hollins Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky – Horatio Parker A Repeating Alleluia – Calvin Hampton Alleluia – Traditional Georgian Organ: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 – Charles-Marie Widor
APRIL 3 The Second Sunday of Easter 10 AM Organ: Concerto in G, BWV 592 – Johann Ernst; arr. J.S. Bach Quia vidisti me, Thoma? – Luca Marenzio This joyful Eastertide – English Carol; harm. Charles Wood APRIL 10 The Third Sunday of Easter 10 AM Organ: from Water Music Suite – G.F. Handel, arr. E Power Biggs Worthy is the Lamb from Messiah – G.F. Handel Sing unto the Lord – Ebenezer Prout
APRIL 17 The Fourth Sunday of Easter 10 AM Organ: Clarinet Tune – Harrison Oxley My shepherd will supply my need – Calvin Hampton My shepherd is the living Lord – Thomas Tompkins
APRIL 23 Providence College Choir Concert, Dr. TJ Harper, Conductor Saturday Featuring Fern Hill by John Corigliano 4 PM Tickets at the door: $15 General; $10 Student/Senior
APRIL 24 The Fifth Sunday of Easter 10 AM Organ: Sonata III in A Major – Felix Mendelssohn The Father’s Love – Simon Lole And I saw a new heaven – Edward C. Bairstow
MAY 1 The Sixth Sunday of Easter 10 AM Organ: Suite for Organ – Gerald Near Song to the Tree of Life – Ralph Vaughan Williams Peace I leave with you – Victor L. Iams Evensong Featuring the Choristers and Schola of St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT 5 PM Jacob Street, Interim Director of Music; Jennifer Scarozza, Choral Associate
MAY 8 The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension 10 AM Organ: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension – Olivier Messiaen Swell the full chorus from Solomon – G.F. Handel God is gone up with a merry noise – William Croft
MAY 15 The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday 10 AM Organ: Veni Creator – Nicolas de Grigny Creating Spirit, breath of God – John Abdenour Breathe on us again – Steven Fry Concert The Grace Church Choir and Soloists 5 PM with special guest organist Christian Lane Mass in D Major – Antonin Dvořák Biblical Songs, Op. 99 - Dvořák The concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.
MAY 22 The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday 10 AM Organ: Fugue in E-Flat “St. Anne”, BWV 552 – J.S. Bach Te Deum in F – John Ireland O wisdom – T. Tertius Noble
From May 29 to September 5, the Summer Choir provides choral music for the 10 AM Eucharist. Many of our regular choir members sing during the summer, but we also invite anyone to try the choir on one or more of these Sundays. You may contact the Vince Edwards, Director of Music, if you are interested, or you can simply show up in the Choir Room (Parish House, 2nd Floor) at 8:45 AM on a summer Sunday!
Service times and repertoire listed are subject to change.
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SERVICE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY 8 AM: Quiet Holy Eucharist in the Chancel 8:45 AM to 11:30 AM: Child Care (infants to age 3) Church School (Begins during the 10 AM Service; Ages 3 to 12) 10 AM: Holy Eucharist with Choir Refreshments and conversation follow the 10 AM service.
WEDNESDAY Noon: Holy Eucharist in the Chancel SPECIAL MUSICAL EVENTS AT GRACE
THURSDAY NOON ORGAN CONCERTS Please join us on Thursdays at Noon (October 4 through November 18; and April 7 through May 26) for informal half-hour organ concerts played on the 103-rank Casavant pipe organ. Feel free to stay for a portion of the concert or the entire concert if your schedule will allow.
CHORAL EVENSONG: ALL SAINTS’ DAY, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 5PM The Grace Church Choir joins the Choir of St. Luke’s, East Greenwich At St. Luke’s, 99 Peirce Street, East Greenwich, RI Music of Nares and Brahms
THE KINDRED BRASS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 5PM The Kindred Brass Quartet plays music of Peters, Bach, Telemann, Rimsky-Korsakov, Frescobaldi and others. Scott Abrahamson & RJ Cordeiro, Trumpet J. Bradford Kleyla & Andrew St. George, Trombone The concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.
LESSONS AND CAROLS WITH PROCESSION: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 5PM The Grace Church Choir offers carols and anthems of the Advent and Christmas season, sung in procession around the church. Please join us for this very special holiday service. Music of Palestrina, Ireland, Wood, Lehman, Rachmaninoff, Dickinson, Hallock, and Willcocks
CHORAL EVENSONG: SUNDAY, MARCH 6 AT 5PM The Grace Church Choir offers Choral Evensong for Lent Music of Paulus, Noble and Brahms
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE CONCERT: SATURDAY, APRIL 23 AT 4PM The Providence College Choir, under the direction of Dr. TJ Harper, presents their Spring Concert featuring Fern Hill by John Corigliano
CHORAL EVENSONG: SUNDAY, MAY 1 AT 5PM The Choristers and Schola of St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk Ct Jacob Street, Interim Director of Music Jennifer Lane Scarozza, Choral Associate
CHORAL CONCERT: SUNDAY, MAY 15 AT 5PM The Grace Church Choir and Soloists are joined by organist Christian Lane to present Antonin Dvořák’s Mass in D Major, as well the Ten Biblical Songs, Op. 99 The concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.
GRACE CHURCH CLERGY AND STAFF
The Reverend Canon Jonathan Huyck, Rector The Reverend Jennifer West, Assisting Priest Vincent Edwards, Organist and Director of Music Veda Bucko, Parish Administrator Meredith “Champ” Cooley, Facilities Manager Anthony Perez, Sexton
GRACE CHURCH VESTRY Polly Daly, Senior Warden Bill Galligan, Junior Warden Laurie DiBattista, Treasurer Jimps Jean-Louis Marc Schrank Liz Wheeler Josh Klemp Chritine Pulciani Rayne Weimer Sandra Read David Reedy Adrienne Southgate
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