CHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTE Choral Music 2019-2020
The Reverend Andrew Van Culin, Rector The Reverend Walter Brownridge, Associate Priest Scott Hanoian, Director of Music and Organist Dexter Kennedy, Assistant Organist
Unless otherwise indicated: 61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard The Boys and Girls Choir sings each Sunday at the 9 am service Grosse Pointe, MI 48236 Schola sings each Sunday at the 3 pm service 313-885-4841 www.christchurchgp.org
8 September Feast of Dedication The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs O clap your hands Ralph Vaughan Williams Ascendit Deus Peter Philips
15 September Proper 19 C The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am O for a closer walk with God Charles V. Stanford Ave verum Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
22 September Proper 20 C The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Let the people praise thee, O God William Mathias Ubi caritas Ola Gjeilo
29 September St. Michael and All Angels
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs Missa Brevis Jonathan Dove Factum est silentium Richard Dering • Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Philip Radcliffe Evening Service in A Charles V. Stanford God be in my head Philip Radcliffe Hail, gladdening light Charles Wood Faire is the heaven William H. Harris Psalm 34
6 October St. Francis
• Morning Prayer and Blessing of Animals at 9 am For the beauty of the earth Andrew Carter I love all beauteous things Judith Weir
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Combined Choirs Responses William Smith Evening Service in D George Dyson Rejoice in the Lamb Benjamin Britten Psalm 32
13 October Proper 23 C The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Cantique de Jean Racine Gabriel Fauré Dear Lord and Father of mankind C. Hubert H. Parry
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Dan Locklair Evening Service in E Herbert Murrill Thou, O God, art praised in Sion Malcolm Boyle Psalm 70
20 October Proper 24 C The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Schola Turn back, O man Gustav Holst Os justi Anton Bruckner
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Boy & Girl Choristers Responses Aric Prentice Evening Service in A-flat Sarah MacDonald The Father’s Love Simon Lole Psalm 104:1-14 2 christ church grosse pointe 27 October St. Simon & St. Jude
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Missa Secunda Hans Leo Hassler Greater love hath no man John Ireland Beati quorum via Charles V. Stanford
• Concert at 3 pm “Oktoberfest”
Laus Trinitati Hildegard von Bingen Cantata Domino Heinrich Schütz Missa Secunda Hans Leo Hassler Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 231 Johann Sebastian Bach Os justi Anton Bruckner Hear my prayer Felix Mendelssohn Geistliches Lied Johannes Brahms
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3 November All Saints’ Sunday
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am O quam gloriosum Tomás Luis de Victoria Gaudent in coelis Tomás Luis de Victoria
• Solemn Requiem Mass at 3 pm Combined Choirs Requiem Maurice Duruflé
10 November Proper 27 C The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am And I saw a new heaven Edgard Bainton Ave verum Edward Elgar
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Schola Trebles Responses Peter Aston Evening Service in D Herbert Sumsion Song of Wisdom Charles V. Stanford Psalms 53, 54
choral music 2019-2020 3 17 November Proper 28 C The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am A Hymn of St. Columba Benjamin Britten O salutaris hostia Gioachino Rossini
• Concert at 3 pm Requiem da Camera Gerald Finzi Dona nobis pacem Ralph Vaughan Williams
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24 November Proper 29 C Christ the King
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs Missa Brevis Grayston Ives Antiphon, from Five Mystical Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams King of all ages, throned on high Paul Isom
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm St. Kilda Responses Gary Davison Mt. St. Alban Service David Hogan Hail, gladdening light Charles Wood O Rex gloriae Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Christus vincit James MacMillan Psalm 119:1-16
28 November Thanksgiving Day
• Holy Eucharist at 10 am Combined Choirs Grosse Pointe Service David Hurd For the beauty of the earth John Rutter It is a good thing to give thanks David Hurd
1 December Year A The First Sunday of Advent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Advent Responsory Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina O thou the central orb Charles Wood This is the truth sent from above Ralph Vaughan Williams
4 christ church grosse pointe • A Procession with Carols for Advent at 3 pm Combined Choirs Advent Responsory Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina This is the truth sent from above Ralph Vaughan Williams A tender shoot Otto Goldschmidt Benedictus Dominus Deus Philip Moore The Cherry Tree Carol Stephen Cleobury Angelus ad virginem Andrew Carter
8 December The Second Sunday of Advent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am A tender shoot Otto Goldschmidt How beautiful upon the mountains John Stainer Canite tuba Francisco Guerrero
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses William Byrd Short Service William Byrd Vigilate William Byrd Psalm 41
15 December The Third Sunday of Advent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am People, look East Stephen Caracciolo How lovely are the messengers, from Paulus Felix Mendelssohn E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come Paul Manz
• Concert at 3 pm Messiah, Part I and Hallelujah Chorus George Frideric Handel Fantasia on Christmas Carols Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Carol Arrangements David Willcocks
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22 December The Fourth Sunday of Advent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Schola Bogoroditsye Djevo Arvo Pärt Ave Maria Robert Parsons A Hymn to the Mother of God John Tavener
choral music 2019-2020 5 • A Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 4:30 pm Combined Choirs Welcome, Yule! C. Hubert H. Parry Jesus Christ, the apple tree Elizabeth Poston Remember, O thou man Thomas Ravenscroft In dulci jubilo arr. Robert Pearsall E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come Paul Manz Sussex Carol arr. Philip Ledger A spotless Rose Herbert Howells The Linden Tree Carol arr. Stephen Cleobury Bogoroditsye Djevo Arvo Pärt O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen Tomorrow shall be my dancing day arr. David Willcocks In the bleak midwinter Harold Darke A babe is born William Mathias The Sans Day Carol arr. John Rutter I saw three ships arr. Simon Preston A Welsh Lullaby (Suo Gan) arr. K. Lee Scott
24 December Christmas Eve
• Procession of the Crèche and Family Eucharist at 4 pm Boys Choir Tomorrow shall be my dancing day arr. David Willcocks I saw three ships arr. Simon Preston Sussex Carol arr. Philip Ledger In the bleak midwinter Harold Darke A Welsh Lullaby (Suo Gan) arr. K. Lee Scott The Infant King David Willcocks
• Festival Eucharist at 8 pm Girls Choir A babe is born William Mathias In the bleak midwinter Harold Darke A Welsh Lullaby (Suo Gan) arr. K. Lee Scott
• Festival Eucharist at 11 pm (Choral Prelude at 10:30 pm) Combined Choirs Mass in C major, K. 220 “Sparrow” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sussex Carol arr. Philip Ledger In dulci jubilo arr. Robert Pearsall The Sans Day Carol arr. John Rutter O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen A babe is born William Mathias Tomorrow shall be my dancing day arr. David Willcocks Ding dong! merrily on high arr. David Willcocks The Linden Tree Carol arr. Stephen Cleobury A Welsh Lullaby (Suo Gan) arr. K. Lee Scott In the bleak midwinter Harold Darke
6 christ church grosse pointe 25 December Wednesday Christmas Day
• Festival Eucharist at 10 am Combined Choirs Ding dong! merrily on high arr. David Willcocks
5 January The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs Missa “O magnum mysterium” Tomás Luis de Victoria Lo! star-led chiefs William Crotch Lully, lulla Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child Kenneth Leighton
• A Procession with Carols and Choral Eucharist at 3 pm Combined Choirs Missa “O magnum mysterium” Tomás Luis de Victoria Arise, shine, O Jerusalem Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child Kenneth Leighton Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Tribus miraculis Luca Marenzio There shall a star from Jacob come forth, from Christus Felix Mendelssohn
12 January The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am In splendenti nube Peter Philips Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Congregational Evensong at 3 pm
19 January The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs Listen, sweet dove Grayston Ives The Lamb John Tavener
• Congregational Evensong at 3 pm
choral music 2019-2020 7 26 January The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs Communion Service in F Harold Darke O nata lux Morten Lauridsen O sacrum convivium Thomas Tallis
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Martin Neary Evening Service in C Charles V. Stanford Evening Hymn H. Balfour Gardiner Psalm 119:145-160
2 February The Feast of the Presentation
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Geistliches Lied Johannes Brahms Ego sum panis vivus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Candlemas Procession and Choral Eucharist at 3 pm Combined Choirs Missa Brevis Zoltán Kodály Senex puerum portabat Tomás Luis de Victoria
9 February The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Arise, shine, for thy light is come William Mathias Lead me, Lord Samuel S. Wesley
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Stephen Caracciolo Evening Service in G Herbert Sumsion Seek him that maketh the seven stars Jonathan Dove Psalm 48
16 February The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Schola Ubi caritas Paul Mealor Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face Percy Whitlock
• Congregational Evensong at 3 pm 23 February St. Matthias
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Schola Collegium Regale Herbert Howells Give us the wings of faith Ernest Bullock
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Philip Moore Collegium Regale Herbert Howells Hail, gladdening light Charles Wood Justorum animae Charles V. Stanford O what their joy and their glory must be William H. Harris Psalm 33
26 February Ash Wednesday
• Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes at 7 pm Combined Choirs Missa “Quarti toni” Tomás Luis de Victoria Call to remembrance Richard Farrant Miserere mei, Deus Gregorio Allegri Emendemus in melius William Byrd
1 March The First Sunday in Lent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am In ieiunio et fletu Thomas Tallis Salvator mundi Thomas Tallis
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Combined Choirs Responses Thomas Morley Evening Service in B minor T. Tertius Noble All wisdom cometh from the Lord Philip Moore Psalm 6
8 March The Second Sunday in Lent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Lord, for thy tender mercies’ sake Richard Farrant God so loved the world Bob Chilcott As Moses lifted up the serpent Edward C. Bairstow
choral music 2019-2020 9 • Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Thomas Tomkins Evening Service in G minor Henry Purcell O Lord, look down from heaven Jonathan Battishill Psalm 41
15 March The Third Sunday in Lent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sitivit anima mea Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks Herbert Howells
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Professional Singers Responses Gabriel Jackson Second Service William Byrd They that go down to the sea in ships Herbert Sumsion Psalm 78:1-16
22 March The Fourth Sunday in Lent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord Richard Farrant Lord, let me know mine end Maurice Greene Peccantem me, quotidie Cristóbal de Morales
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Orlando Gibbons/John Barnard Second Service Orlando Gibbons O Lord, in thy wrath, rebuke me not Orlando Gibbons Psalm 108
29 March The Fifth Sunday in Lent
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Almighty and everlasting God Orlando Gibbons Solus ad victimam Kenneth Leighton Jesus, so lowly Harold Friedell
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Kenneth Leighton Second Service Kenneth Leighton Save us, O Lord Edward C. Bairstow Psalm 142 10 christ church grosse pointe 5 April The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Miserere mei, Deus William Byrd Ave verum William Byrd
• Concert at 3 pm Stabat mater Franz Joseph Haydn
Christ Church Chorale and Orchestra Tickets: 313-885-4841 or at the door
6 April Monday in Holy Week
• Holy Eucharist at 7 pm Professional Singers Improperium exspectavit Orlando di Lasso
7 April Tuesday in Holy Week
• Holy Eucharist at 7 pm Professional Singers Tristis est anima mea Orlando di Lasso
8 April Wednesday in Holy Week
• Tenebrae at 7 pm Girls Choir Christus factus est Felice Anerio Timor et tremor Francis Poulenc Miserere mei, Deus Gregorio Allegri
9 April Maundy Thursday
• Holy Eucharist at 7 pm Boys Choir Mass for Four Voices William Byrd A new commandment Richard Shephard Anthem at the Footwashing Douglas Major Ubi caritas Maurice Duruflé Wash me throughly Samuel S. Wesley The Lamentation Edward C. Bairstow
choral music 2019-2020 11 10 April Good Friday
• Good Friday Liturgy at 12 noon Professional Singers Civitas sanctu tui William Byrd
• Good Friday Liturgy at 7 pm Girls Choir The Passion according to St. John Plainsong The Reproaches Tomás Luis de Victoria Crucifixus Antonio Lotti
11 April Holy Saturday
• The Great Vigil of Easter at 7 pm Schola Mass in C major, “Coronation,” K. 317 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Surrexit a mortuis Charles Marie Widor
12 April Easter Day
• Festival Eucharist at 7 am I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah George Frideric Handel
• Festival Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs with the Motor City Brass Quintet This joyful Eastertide Charles Wood Sing ye to the Lord Edward C. Bairstow Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Charles V. Stanford Rise up, my love, my fair one Healey Willan Haec Dies William Byrd
• Festival Eucharist at 11:15 am Combined Choirs with the Motor City Brass Quintet Missa Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera Orlando di Lasso This joyful Eastertide Charles Wood Sing ye to the Lord Edward C. Bairstow Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Charles V. Stanford Rise up, my love, my fair one Healey Willan Haec Dies William Byrd
19 April The Second Sunday of Easter
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Professional Singers Quia vidisti me, Thoma Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina This joyful Eastertide Philip Ledger
12 christ church grosse pointe • Congregational Evensong at 3 pm
26 April The Third Sunday of Easter
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Alleluia Randall Thompson Ave verum corpus Colin Mawby
• Easter Lessons and Carols at 3 pm Combined Choirs Rise up, my love, my fair one Healey Willan Moses sing unto Christ, thy King arr. David Patrick When Mary thro’ the garden went Charles V. Stanford Most glorious Lord of life Gary Davison Joys Seven arr. Stephen Cleobury This joyful Eastertide arr. William H. Harris Come my way, my truth, my life William H. Harris Alleluia. I heard a voice Thomas Weelkes
3 May The Fourth Sunday of Easter
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am My shepherd will supply my need Virgil Thomson Loving shepherd of thy sheep Philip Ledger
• Concert at 3 pm Sunrise Mass Ola Gjeilo Lux: The Dawn from on High Dan Forrest
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10 May The Fifth Sunday of Easter
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Blessed city, heavenly Salem Edward C. Bairstow Come my way, my truth, my life William H. Harris
• Choral Evensong at 3 pm Responses Philip Radcliffe Evening Service in B-flat Charles V. Stanford The Spirit of the Lord, fromThe Apostles Edward Elgar Psalms 53, 54 choral music 2019-2020 13 17 May The Sixth Sunday of Easter
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am If ye love me Philip Wilby Most glorious Lord of life Gary Davison
• Evensong with Installation and Valediction of Choristers at 3 pm Combined Choirs Responses Bernard Rose St. Paul’s Service Herbert Howells Exultate justi Ludovico Viadana Blest pair of sirens C. Hubert H. Parry Psalm 89:1-18
21 May Thursday The Feast of the Ascension
• Choral Eucharist at 7 pm Combined Choirs Communion Service in E Harold Darke God is gone up Gerald Finzi
24 May The Seventh Sunday of Easter
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs Coelos ascendit hodie Charles V. Stanford O Rex gloriae Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
31 May The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday
• Festival Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs Draw us in the Spirit’s tether Harold Friedell Listen, sweet dove Garyston Ives Factus est repente Gregor Aichinger
7 June Trinity Sunday
• Holy Eucharist at 9 am Combined Choirs All hail, adored Trinity Leo Sowerby Tibi Laus Orlando di Lasso
14 christ church grosse pointe The Choirs return on Sunday, September 13, 2020
Bon Voyage Concert Saturday, July 25, 2020 | 7 pm Christ Church Choirs
Spend a summer evening with the Christ Church Choirs as they sing music from their upcoming pilgrimage to Germany . As they prepare to offer concerts and services in Berlin, Wittenberg, Leipzig, and Munich, hear the choir sing some of their favorite music spanning several centuries .
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