CHRIST CHURCH CAMBRIDGE The Episcopal Church in Harvard Square Zero Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-3631 Internet: www.cccambridge.org

DR. STUART FORSTER Director of Music and Organist Telephone: 617-876-0200 ext. 3 e-mail: [email protected]

EVENSONG CHOIR MUSIC LIST 2016–2017 Season

AC1 = Anthems for Choirs 1 L= Library sheet music CerCar = A Ceremony of Carols NCAB = The New Church Anthem Book

Please sign up by August 15 if you would like to sing for this service

09/11/2016 PROPER 19C, HOMECOMING SUNDAY Arrive by 9:00 a.m.; Rehearse at 9:10 a.m.; Eucharist at 10:15 a.m. No psalm Offertory Anthem L773 Jubilate Deo William Walton (1902–1983) Communion Motet L1005 Hymn to God Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)

10/02/2016 PROPER 22, YEAR 2 Arrive by 2:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 2:30 p.m.; Service at 4:00 p.m. Introit L1202 Make ye joy to God William Byrd (1543–1623) Responses L977 Richard Shephard (b. 1949) Psalm 145 Alan Ridout (1934–1996), Reginald Moore (1850–1929), & Robert Turle (1823–1872) Canticles L766 The Harvard Service Charles Callahan (b. 1951) Anthem L804 Hail, gladdening light Charles Wood (1866–1926)

11/06/2016 ALL SAINTS ’ SUNDAY REQUIEM Arrive by 2:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 2:30 p.m.; Service at 4:00 p.m. Setting Requiem, Opus 9 Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

12/04/2016 ADVENT 2, YEAR 1 Arrive by 2:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 2:30 p.m.; Service at 4:00 p.m. Introit L1203 Advent Responsory Shephard, Richard (b. 1949) Responses L826 William Smith (1603–1645) Lord’s Prayer L1054 Robert Stone (1516–1613) Psalm 112 John Randall (1717–1799) Canticles L352 Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B-flat Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), arr. Stuart Forster Anthem L966 Gaudete omnes Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)

12/11/2016 A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS Arrive by 3:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 3:30 p.m.; Service at 5:00 p.m. L1223 All my heart this night rejoices Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676), arr. Stuart Forster CerCar 10 Deo Gracias Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) L798 Rorate coeli William Byrd (1540–1623) L022 Det är ros utsprungen arr. Jan Sandström (b. 1954) L990 O come, O come, Emmanuel arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939) L866 Ave Maria Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847) L516 Now may we singen Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951) L1207 Rejoice and sing John Rutter (b. 1945) L141 The three kings Healey Willan (1880–1968) L1208 The Virgin Mary had a baby boy arr. Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)

Please sign up by December 4 if you would like to sing for one or both of these service s

12/24/2016 CHRISTMAS EVE PAGEANT & FAMILY EUCHARIST Arrive by 3:50 p.m.; Rehearse at 4:00 p.m.; Eucharist at 5:00 p.m. No psalm Offertory Anthem L867 The little road to Bethlehem Michael Head (1900–1976), arr. Stuart Forster Communion Motet L910 Torches John Joubert (b. 1927)

12/24/2016 CHRISTMAS EVE FESTIVAL EUCHARIST Arrive by 9:50 p.m.; Rehearse at 10:00 p.m.; Eucharist at 11:00 p.m. No psalm Offertory Anthem L992 Wassail Carol William Mathias (1934–1992) Communion Motet L320 Sleeps Judea Fair Hugh MacKinnon (1891–1981)

02/05/2017 EPIPHANY 5, YEAR 1 Arrive by 2:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 2:30 p.m.; Service at 4:00 p.m. Introit L1204 Sing, O heav’ns John Amner (1579–1641) Responses L880 Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988) Psalm 34 George C. Martin (1844–1916), John Barnard (b. 1948), & Frederick A. Gore Ouseley (1825–1889) Canticles L1204 Collegium Regale Charles Wood (1866–1926) Anthem L1205 Beatus vir Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

03/05/2017 LENT 1, YEAR 1 Arrive by 2:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 2:30 p.m.; Service at 4:00 p.m. Introit NCAB 62 O Lord, the maker of all things William Mundy (c.1530–1591) Responses L313 Sean Glenn (b. 1986) Psalm 103 Edwin Edwards (1830–1907) & John Goss (1800–1880) Canticles L464 Short Evening Service Thomas Tallis (1505–1585) Anthem L269 Miserere Mei Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)

04/02/2017 LENT 5, YEAR 1 Arrive by 2:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 2:30 p.m.; Service at 4:00 p.m. Introit L1201 Exspectans exspectavi Orlande de Lassus (1532–1594) Responses L877 Robert W. Lehman (b. 1960) Psalm 145 Alan Ridout (1934–1996), Reginald Moore (1850–1929), & Robert Turle (1823–1872) Canticles L801 Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D Edward Bairstow (1874–1946) Anthem L076 All wisdom cometh from the Lord Philip Moore (b. 1943)

05/07/2017 EASTER 4, YEAR 1 Arrive by 2:15 p.m.; Rehearse at 2:30 p.m.; Service at 4:00 p.m. Introit L564 O Gracious Light Stuart Forster (b. 1971) Responses L1025 Herbert Howells (1892–1983) Psalm 103 Edwin Edwards (1830–1907) & John Goss (1800–1880) Canticles L872 The St. Paul’s Service Herbert Howells (1892–1983) Anthem L1206 The Hundredth Psalm Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

END -OF -SEASON WITH THE ADULT CHOIR Please sign up by May 2 to sing in Sunday morning services May 7 through June 11.

Ask for a music list: composers include Aston, Boyle, Cooman, Forster, Handel, Lehman, Marenzio, Mathias, Mendelssohn, Phillips, and Tallis.

HOLY WEEK Please sign up by March 8 to sing in at least one of these services. Please see the calendar for the full rehearsal schedule.

04/09/2017 SUNDAY OF THE PASSION : PALM SUNDAY Arrive by 9:00 a.m.; Rehearse at 9:10 a.m.; Eucharist at 10:15 a.m. Gathering L997 Hosanna to the Son of David Robert Lehman (b. 1960) No psalm Offertory Anthem NCAB 79 Solus ad victimam Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988) Communion Motet L175 Adoramus te, Christe Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

04/12/2017 TENEBRAE Arrive by 5:30 p.m.; Rehearse at 5:40 p.m.; Service at 7:00 p.m. L998 In Monte Oliveti Marc Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1540–1592) L1032 Tristis est anima mea Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722) L1173 Vere languores nostros Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1549–1611) L163 Christus factus est Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743) L745 Miserere mei, Deus William Byrd (1543–1623) L1133 Psalms and Canticles for Tenebrae

04/13/2017 MAUNDY THURSDAY Arrive by 5:50 p.m.; Rehearse at 6:00 p.m.; Eucharist at 7:00 p.m. Psalm 116:1, 10–17 Tone VIII.1 Footwashing L419 Ubi caritas Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986) Offertory Anthem L551 O sacrum convivium Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) Communion Motet NCAB 8 Ave Verum Corpus William Byrd (1540–1623)

04/15/2017 THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER Arrive by 5:30 p.m.; Rehearse at 5:40 p.m.; Eucharist at 7:00 p.m. Canticle Pascha nostrum Tone III.1 Psalm L705 Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1526–1594) Song of Praise L211b “Gloria in excelsis” from Mass of Light Alan Wilson (b. 1947) Offertory Anthem L306a “Easter” from Five mystical songs Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Communion Motet L1209 Victimae paschali laudes Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806)

04/16/2017 EASTER DAY Arrive by 7:50 a.m.; Rehearse at 8:00 a.m.; Eucharists at 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Song of Praise Messiah 33 Hallelujah Georg Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Canticle L664 Christ our Passover Jeffrey Rickard (b. 1942) Offertory Anthem L595 The strife is o’er Richard Shephard (b. 1949) Communion Motet L311 Hilariter arr. K. Lee Scott (b. 1950)