A Service of Lessons Carols&
Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 5 P.M.
www.calvarypgh.org Liturgical & Musical Notes
The four weeks of Advent take their name from the Latin and English suggests a merging of the sacred and the verb advenire, meaning “to approach.” During these secular in the carol repertory. In the absence of any weeks we prepare for both of the “approaches” of known medieval musical settings, modern ones abound; Christ—the historical one, commemorated at Christmas, today’s was written for the Calvary Choir in 2017. and the eschatological one, as Lord of lords and King of Adrian Batten’s Lord, We Beseech Thee, a straightforward kings at the end of time. We do the first by recalling the setting of an Advent Collect from the first English Book prophecies heralding the historical advent of Jesus and of Common Prayer, is nearly always a component of this the events leading up to his birth, and the second by service. After growing up in the choir of Winchester reflecting on repentance and amendment of life in Cathedral (where his boyhood vandalism of a preparation for the Day of Judgment. Both strands of monumental chantry-tomb can still be seen), Batten Advent are represented in the readings and music today. spent most of his adult life in the ecclesiastical choirs of • • • London, serving as singer, organist, and scribe. This service of readings and music is inspired, in a general way, by the monastic service of Matins, a service Howard Helvey (b. 1968) is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, of nine readings, together with psalms and other music, where he has been the organist-choirmaster of Calvary historically sung daily in the hours before dawn. This Church since 1998. He is particularly noted for his choral ancient service offered a liturgical precedent for the compositions. There is no Rose, based on another medieval Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols at King’s English-and-Latin carol-text, dates from 2006; the music College, Cambridge, inaugurated in 1918 and now is a gift of James Nesbitt. Richard Shephard is an English broadcast live around the globe each year. So effective composer, long based at York Minster; his jubilant Arise, has that pattern of Word and music proved that it has Shine was composed for another midwestern parish, also been adapted, both at King’s College and elsewhere, Grace Church, Paducah, Kentucky.
for use in Advent. The Episcopal Church codified the John Tavener (1944-2013) fused influences from the liturgy in the Book of Occasional Services (1979), on which English choral tradition to Byzantine chant in his music. today’s service is based. His short setting of Blake’s child-like poem, The Lamb, • • • employs simultaneous melodic inversion in a few Nikolaus Bruhns (1665-97) was a north-German phrases, giving rise to piquant dissonance on the way to organist, violinist, and composer, once a pupil of unison resolution. The music is a gift from the Nevola Dieterich Buxtehude. His setting of the great Lutheran Family in memory of Normon Ernst and George P. Advent chorale, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Hymn 54 Moore, Jr. in The Hymnal 1982) is one of only five surviving organ works attributed to him; he treats the four phrases of the William Byrd’s ebullient motet, Laetentur coeli, comes chorale-melody at length, each of the four successive from his 1589 published collection of Latin-texted sacred sections developing a single, brief melodic block. music. The five-voice texture contracts to three voices for the section beginning with “Orietur,” fostering a The Chant O Emmanuel is the last of the seven “O- sense of climax with the return of full scoring at the Antiphons,” a group of melodically and textually unified reprise, beginning “et pauperum.” chants originally appointed to frame the singing of the Magnificat at Vespers during the final week of Advent. Another constant component of this service over the These texts became the basis of the hymn, O come, O come years has been the energetic hymn, Comfort, comfort ye my Emmanuel, heard (in part) at the close of today’s service. people, paraphrasing a portion of Isaiah quoted by John the Baptist in the Gospels. In the absence of Paul O. Manz (1919-2009) was a towering figure in congregational song, we offer a choral version this year. North American Lutheran church-music across most of the twentieth century. His unaccompanied anthem for The poet H.R. Bramley contrived his sonnet, O thou, the Advent, E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come, is his best-known central orb, to fit a verse anthem by Orlando Gibbons composition, beloved of choirs here and around the whose original text, celebrating the a royal recovery from world. Adam lay ybounden is a carol text reflecting on the illness, was impractically topical. This modern text served Fall of Adam; it dates from the original heyday of the as the inspiration for Charle’s Wood’s anthem, first English carol, the 15th century. The admixture of Latin published in 1915. —A.L. 2 A Service of Lessons & Music for Advent
PRELUDE Savior of the Nations, Come Nikolaus Bruhns
INTROIT O Emmanuel Mode 2 chant
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, O Emmanuel, God with us, our King and Law-giver, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: the expectation of the nations and their Savior : Veni ad salvandum nos, Domine Deus noster. Come to save us, O Lord our God.
THE BIDDING PRAYER the Congregation standing The Rev. Leslie G. Reimer
Beloved in Christ, in this season of Advent, let it be our care and delight to prepare ourselves to hear again the message of the Prophets and the Angels, and in heart and mind to go even unto Bethlehem, to see the Babe lying in a manger.
Let us read and mark in Holy Scripture the tale of the loving purposes of God from the days of our first disobedience unto the glorious Redemption brought us by this holy Child; and let us look forward to the yearly remembrance of his birth with hymns and songs of praise.
But first, let us pray for the needs of his whole world; for health, peace, and goodwill over all the earth; for the mission and unity of the Church for which he died, and especially in this country and within this city.
And because this of all things would rejoice his heart, let us at this time remember in his name the poor and the helpless; the hungry and the oppressed; the sick and those who mourn; the lonely and the unloved; the aged and the little children; and all those who know not the Lord Jesus, or who love him not, or who by sin have grieved his heart of love.
Lastly, let us remember before God his pure and lowly Mother, and all those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore and in a greater light, that multitude which no one can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom, in this Lord Jesus, we for evermore are one.
These prayers and praises let us humbly offer up to the throne of heaven, in the words which Christ himself hath taught us:
THE LORD’S PRAYER all together
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Priest concludes: The Almighty God bless us with his grace; Christ give us the joys of everlasting life; and unto the fellowship of the citizens above may the King of Angels bring us all. Amen. 3 ANTHEM E’en so, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come Paul O. Manz
Peace be to you, and grace from him Rejoice in heaven, all ye that dwell there in, who freed us from our sins, rejoice on earth, ye saints below, who loved us all, and shed his blood, for Christ is coming, is coming soon, that we might saved be. for Christ is coming soon.
Sing “Holy, holy” to our God, E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come, the Lord, Almighty God, and night shall be no more; who was, and is, and is to come: they need no light, nor lamp nor sun, sing “Holy, holy, Lord!” for Christ will be their All.
—Text adapted from Revelation 1 and 22 by Ruth Manz
THE FIRST LESSON Genesis 3:1-15
The disobedience of Adam and Eve
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
CAROL Adam Lay Ybounden Alan Lewis
Adam lay ybounden, bounden in a bond: four thousand winter thought he not too long. And all was for an apple, an apple that he took,as clerkès finden written in their book. Ne had the apple taken been, the apple taken been, ne had never our Lady abeen heavené queen. Blessed be the time that apple taken was: therefore we moun singen Deo gratias.
—Anonymous 15th-century Carol
4 THE SECOND LESSON Isaiah 7:10-15
God promises the birth of Immanuel
The LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
ANTHEM Lord, We Beseech Thee Adrian Batten
Lord, we beseech thee, give ear unto our prayers, and by thy gracious visitation lighten the darkness of our hearts, by our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. —Advent Collect, The Book of Common Prayer (1549)
THE THIRD LESSON Isaiah 11:1-5
The prophet foretells the springing forth of a shoot from the stump of Jesse
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
CAROL There Is No Rose Howard Helvey
There is no rose of such virtue, as is the rose that bare Jesu. Alleluia.
For in this rose contained was heaven and earth in little space: Res miranda [wondrous thing]. By that rose we may well see that he is God in persons three: Pari forma [of equal forms]. The angels sungen the shepherds to: Gloria in excelsis Deo: Gaudeamus [let us rejoice]. Leave we all this worldly mirth, and follow we this joyful birth: Transeamus [let us go there].
—Anonymous 15th-century carol
THE FOURTH LESSON Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
The prophet promises the birth of the Prince of Peace
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
5 ANTHEM Arise, shine, for thy light has come Richard Shephard
Arise, shine, for thy light is come. And the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. And the gentiles shall come to thy light. Arise, shine… —Isaiah 60:1, 3a
THE FIFTH LESSON Isaiah 40:1-2, 10-11 God comforts the people, and calls on them to prepare for redemption
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
CAROL The Lamb John Tavener
Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed by the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, softest clothing, wooly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, making all the vales rejoice. Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee: He is called by thy name, for he calls himself a Lamb. He is meek, and he is mild, He became a little child. I, a child, and thou, a lamb, we are called by his name. Little Lamb, God bless thee! —William Blake
THE SIXTH LESSON Baruch 5:1, 5, 6, 9
God comforts the people, and calls on them to prepare for redemption
Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever. Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God. For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom. For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.
MOTET Laetentur Coeli William Byrd
Laetentur coeli et exsultet terra. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. Jubilate montes laudem, Give praise, O mountains, quia Dominus noster veniet, for our Lord shall come et puperum suorum miserebitur. and show mercy to his humble people. Orientur in diebus tuis justitia, Justice shall rise up in your days, et abundantia pacis, and abundance of peace, et pauperum suorum miserebitur. and he will show mercy to his humble people.
—Sarum Advent Responsory (based on Psalm 96)
6 THE SEVENTH LESSON Mark 1:1-8
John the Baptizer appears in the wilderness, preaching repentance
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
CAROL Comfort, Comfort Ye My People Claude Goudimel
Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God: comfort those who sit in darkness, mourning ’neath their sorrows’ load. Speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them; tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over.
Hark, the voice of one that crieth in the desert far and near, calling us to new repentance since the kingdom now is here. Oh, that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way; let the valleys rise to meet him and the hills bow down to greet him.
Make ye straight what long was crooked, make the rougher places plain; let your hearts be pure and humble, as befits God’s holy reign. For the glory of the Lord now o’er earth is shed abroad; and all flesh shall see the token that the word is never broken.
—Johann G. Olearius, tr. Catherine Winkworth, alt.
THE EIGHTH LESSON Luke 1:26-38
The Angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will bear the Son of the Most High
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 7 CAROL Gabriel’s Message Basque Carol
The angel Gabriel from heaven came, Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame; “To me be as it pleaseth God,” she said, “All hail,” said he, “thou lowly maiden Mary, “my soul shall laud and magnify his holy Name.” most highly favored lady,” Gloria! Most highly favored lady, Gloria!
“For know a blessed Mother thou shalt be, Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born all generations laud and honor thee, In Bethlehem all on a Christmas morn, thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold, And Christian folk throughout the world shall ever say— most highly favored lady,” Gloria! “Most highly favored lady,” Gloria! —Basque carol, paraph. Sabine Baring-Gould
All stand for THE NINTH LESSON Matthew 1:18-23
The Angel Gabriel announces to Joseph that Mary will bear a son, God-With-Us
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
ANTHEM O Thou, the Central Orb Charles Wood
O thou, the central orb of righteous love, as stars about thy throne, set in the height pure beam of the most High, eternal Light of God’s ordaining counsel, as thy sight of this our wintry world, thy radiance bright gives measured grace to each, thy power to prove. Awakes new joy in faith, hope soars above. Let thy bright beams disperse the gloom of sin, Come, quickly come, and let thy glory shine, our nature all shall feel eternal day, gilding our darksome heaven with rays divine; in fellowship with thee, transforming day thy saints with holy lustre round thee move, to souls erewhile unclean, now pure within.
—H.R. Bramley
COLLECT FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Priest The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Priest Let us pray.
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life when thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 8
THE FOUR-FOLD ADVENT BLESSING
May Almighty God, by whose providence our Savior Christ came among us in great humility, sanctify you with the light of his blessing and set you free from all sin. Amen.
May he whose second Coming in power and great glory we await, make you steadfast in faith, joyful in hope, and constant in love. Amen.
May you, who rejoice in the first Advent of our Redeemer, at his second Advent be rewarded with unending life. Amen.
And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you for ever. Amen.
DISMISSAL Priest: Let us bless the Lord. DISMISSAL People: Thanks be to God.
HYMN 56 O come, O come, Emmanuel Veni, Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
O come, thou Dayspring from on high, and cheer us by the drawing nigh; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadow put to flight. Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
—Latin, ca. 9th cent., ver. The Hymanl 1940, alt. The Hymnal 1982, no. 56
POSTLUDE Advent Everett Titcomb Fantasy on Advent Chants: Populi Sion, O Emmanuel, & Veni Emmanuel
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Leading this Afternoon’s Service
The Rev. Leslie G. Reimer, Senior Associate Rector The Rev. Jonathon W. Jensen, Rector The Rev. Neil Ramen, Associate Rector
4Sarah Nadler, soprano Lisa Nevola, alto Guy Russo, tenor Stanley Nevola, bass
Jon Tyillian, organist Alan Lewis, director
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