Current as of 12/7/17 Holy Comforter Choir Schedule: Winter-Spring 2018 Wednesday night rehearsals 7:15-8:45pm – Sunday morning warm-up 9:30am for 10:30am Holy Eucharist Jane Arant, sabbatical director of music – E-mail [email protected]; Phone 704-968-0625 Epiphany January 7 / Epiphany 1 Carol of the Baptism / George Brandon (1924-2001) January 14 / Epiphany 2 Behold, a star from Jacob shining / Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) January 21 / Epiphany 3 The Morning Star / Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) January 28 / Epiphany 4 In thee is gladness / C. V. Stanford (1852-1924) February 4 / Epiphany 5 (9:00am service) Lord, I trust thee / G. F. Handel (1685-1759) February 11 / Transfiguration A Repeating Alleluia / Calvin Hampton (1938-1984) Lent and Holy Week February 14 / Ash Wednesday View me, Lord / Richard Lloyd (b. 1933) Call to remembrance / Richard Farrant (1530-1580) February 18 / Lent 1 King of glory, king of peace / Patrick Pope (b. 1980) February 25 / Lent 2 Jesus, so lowly / Harold Friedell (1905-1958) March 4 / Lent 3 Be thou my vision / arr. Richard Shephard (b. 1949) March 10 / Saturday Choir Retreat and Lunch, 9:30am-1:00pm March 11 / Lent 4 God so loved the world / Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) March 18 / Lent 5 I will arise and go to Jesus / arr. Robert Shaw-Alice Parker March 25 / Palm Sunday Cantique de Jean Racine / Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) March 29 / Maundy Thursday Mandatum / Peter Latona (b. 1968) Ubi caritas et amor / Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Easter March 31 / Easter Vigil Come, ye faithful, raise the strain/ R. S. Thatcher (1888-1957) April 1 / Easter Day Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky / Horatio W. Parker (1863-1919) Most glorious Lord of life / William Henry Harris (1883-1973) April 8 / Easter 2 Choir is off today (also, no rehearsal on Wednesday, April 4) April 15 / Easter 3 Cantate Domino / Hans Leo Hassler (1554-1612) April 22 / Easter 4 Savior, like a shepherd lead us / Calvin Hampton (1938-1984) 5:00pm Evensong at Holy Comforter (3:00pm rehearsal; with St. John’s Episcopal Church Choir) Preces and Responses / Richard Ayleward Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis / Herbert Brewer in D Major Anthem: The Lord is my shepherd / John Rutter April 29 / Easter 5 I will not leave you comfortless / Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) May 6 / Easter 6 Bishop’s Visitation for Confirmation and Reception Exsultate, justi / Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627) May 13 / Easter 7 Benedictus es, Domine [WLP 887] / Frank Boles (b. 1950) Pentecost May 20 / Day of Pentecost Come, thou holy paraclete / David Hurd (b. 1950) Last Wednesday rehearsal of the season is May 23rd May 27 / Trinity Sunday Hymn to the Trinity / Dale Wood (1934-2003) A Chorister’s Prayer Bless, O Lord, us thy servants who minister in thy temple. Grant that what we sing with our lips, we may believe in our hearts, And what we believe in our hearts, we may show forth in our lives, Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. .