Sunday, October 27, 2013

All Saints’ - November 3, 2013

  • Organ: Before the Image of a Saint - Siegfried Karg-Elert (1877-1933) 
  • Opening Hymn 276 “For all the saints” (Sine nomine) 
  • Service Music: Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
  • Psalm 24: 1-6
  • Gospel Alleluia
    Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
    All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
    Cantor: They are before the throne of God:
    and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.
    All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 
  • Offertory Hymn 275 “O what their joy” (O Quanta Qualia)
  • Anthem: And I Saw a New Heaven – Edgar Bainton (1880-1956)
    And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
  • Communion Hymn 286 “Give me the wings of faith” (Westminster)
  • Concluding Hymn 281 “Who are these like stars appearing” (All Saints)
  • Organ: Toccata in G – Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Music Notes:
Edgar Leslie Bainton (14 February 1880 -- 8 December 1956) was a British-born composer, most celebrated for his church music. Perhaps his most famous piece is the liturgical anthem “And I saw a new heaven”, but during recent years Bainton's other musical works - neglected for decades - have been increasingly heard in the concert repertoire. In the early 1930s Bainton did lecture tours to Canada and in the summer of 1933 the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music offered him its directorship. Accordingly, in 1934 Bainton and his family started a new life in Australia where, for the next 20+ years he taught and conducted. In 1956 a heart attack severely affected his health - his wife had died not long beforehand - and on the morning of 8 December he died on the beach at Point Piper in Sydney.

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Sunday, October 20, 2013

Pentecost 23 - October 27 2013

  • Organ: Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro (from Sonata in C) – Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713); Daniel Kushner, violin 
  • Opening Hymn 474 "Jesus, where`er thy people meet" (Warrington) 
  • Service Music: Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
  • Psalm 65 
  • Gospel Alleluia
    Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
    All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
    Cantor: All who exalt themselves will be humbled:
    but all who humble themselves will be exalted.
    All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 
  • Offertory Hymn 384 "Praise to the Lord, the almighty" (Lobe den Herren) 
  • Communion Hymn 610 "Before I take the body of my Lord" (Laying Down) 
  • Concluding hymn 503 "Fight the good fight" (Pentecost) 
  • Organ: Allegro "Giga" (from Sonata in C) – Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713);  Daniel Kushner, violin 
Music Notes:
A warm welcome and thanks this morning to Daniel Kushner, violinist. Usually a member of our 9 am congregation, Daniel has kindly agreed to provide music before and after the 10:30 service, as well as during communion.

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

St Luke the Evangelist - October 20 2013

  • Organ: Adagio in E – Frank Bridge (1879-1941) 
  • Opening Hymn “By all your saints still striving” (Thornbury)
    By all your saints still striving, for all your saints at rest,
    your holy name, O Jesus, forevermore be blessed!
    For those passed on before us, we sing our praise anew
    and, walking in their footsteps, would live our lives for you.

    For Luke, belov’d physician, all praise; whose gospel shows
    the healer of the nations, the one who shares our woes.
    Your wine and oil, O Saviour, upon our spirits pour,
    and with true balm of Gilead anoint us evermore.

    We pray for saints we know not, for saints still yet to be,
    for grace to bear true witness and serve you faithfully,
    till all the ransomed number who stand before the throne
    ascribe all power and glory and praise to God alone. 
  • Service Music: John Merbecke 
  • Psalm 147: 1-7 
  • Gospel
    Alleluia Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
    All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
    Cantor: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace: who brings good news / who announces salvation. All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 
  • Offertory Hymn (Gonfalon Royal)
    Let the round world with songs rejoice;
    let heaven return the joyful voice;
    all mindful of the Apostles' fame,
    let heaven and earth their praise proclaim.

    Ye servants who once bore the light
    of Gospel truth o'er heathen night,
    still may your work that light impart,
    to glad our eyes and cheer our heart.

    O God, by whom to them was given
    the key that shuts and opens heaven,
    our chains unbind, our loss repair,
    and grant us grace to enter there;

    for at thy will they preached the word
    which cured disease, which health conferred:
    O may that healing power once more
    our souls to grace and health restore:

    that when thy Son again shall come,
    and speak the world's unerring doom,
    he may with them pronounce us blessed,
    and place us in thy endless rest.

    To thee, O Father; Son, to thee;
    to thee, blessed Spirit, glory be! .
    So was it ay for ages past,
    so shall through endless ages last. Amen. 
  • Anthem: Judge Eternal – Malcolm Archer (1952- )
    The text of the anthem can be found in the blue hymnbook # 594. 
  • Communion Hymn 74 - For the bread which you have broken (Omni dei dic Maria) 
  • Concluding hymn 433  - Lord you give the great commission (Abbot’s Leigh)
  • Organ: Allegretto grazioso – Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Harvest Thanksgiving - October 13 2013

  • Organ: Larghetto (from Sonata in C) – G.F. Handel (Flute and Organ, with Fiona Strachan) Opening Hymn 262 “Come ye thankful people, come” (St. George’s) 
  • Service Music: 
    • Kyrie, Gloria – New Plainsong – David Hurd
  • Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
  • Psalm 100 sung to Anglican chant 
  • Gospel Alleluia 
Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance: so that by always having enough of everything you may share abundantly in ev 'ry good work.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 
  • Offertory Hymn 403 “Let all things now living” (The Ash Grove)
  • Anthem – Sing to the Lord of Harvest – arr. Healey Willan 
Sing to the Lord of harvest, Sing songs of love and praise;
With joyful hearts and voices Your alleluias raise.
By Him the rolling seasons In fruitful order move;
Sing to the Lord of harvest, A joyous song of love.

By Him the clouds drop fatness, The deserts bloom and spring,
The hills leap up in gladness, The valleys laugh and sing.
He filleth with His fullness All things with large increase,
He crowns the year with goodness, With plenty and with peace.

Bring to His sacred altar The gifts His goodness gave,
The golden sheaves of harvest, The souls He died to save.
Your hearts lay down before Him When at His feet you fall,
And with your lives adore Him, Who gave His life for all. 
  • During Communion: Larghetto (from Sonata in C) – G.F Handel (Flute and Organ, with Fiona Strachan) 
  • Communion Hymn 259 “For the fruit of all creation” (Ar hyd y nos) 
  • Concluding hymn 398 “Let us with a gladsome mind” (Monkland)
  • Organ: Allegro (from Sonata in C) – G. F. Handel (Flute and Organ with Fiona Strachan)
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