Pentecost 20 - October 6 2014

• Organ: Largo (from Xerxes) – G. F. Handel 
• Opening Hymn 397 “Praise the one who breaks the darkness” (Nettleton) 
• Service Music: 
• Kyrie, Gloria – New Plainsong – David Hurd 
• Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei – Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
• Psalm 137
• Gospel Alleluia

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: The word of the Lord endures forever.
That word is the good news that was announced to you.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

• Offertory Hymn “All my hope on God is founded” (Michael)
  
  All my hope on God is founded; he doth still my trust renew,
  me through change and chance he guideth, only good and only true.
  God unknown, he alone calls my heart to be his own.
  
  Pride of man and earthly glory, sword and crown betray his trust;
  what with care and toilhe buildeth, tower and temple fall to dust.
  But God's power, hour by hour, is my temple and my tower.
  
  God's great goodness aye endureth, deep his wisdom, passing thought:
  splendor, light and life attend him, beauty springeth out of naught.
  Evermore from his store newborn worlds rise and adore.
  
  Daily doth the almighty Giver bounteous gifts on us bestow;
  his desire our soul delighteth, pleasure leads us where we go.
  Love doth stand at his hand; joy doth wait on his command.
  
  Still from man to God eternal sacrifice of praise be done,
  high above all praises praising for the gift of Christ, his Son.
  Christ doth call one and all: ye who follow shall not fall.

• Anthem: O Lord, increase our faith – Henry Loosemore 

O Lord, increase our faith, strengthen and confirm us in thy true faith; endue us with wisdom, charity and patience, in all our adversities sweet Jesu, say Amen.

• Communion Hymn 541 “As longs the heart” (O Waly, Waly) 
• Concluding hymn 287 “Zion’s king shall reign victorious” (Austria) 
• Organ: Andante (from Organ Concerto in G) – G. F. Handel

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St. Michael and All Angels - September 29 2013

• Organ: Adagio (Trio Sonata #1 in E flat) – J.S. Bach (1685-1750) 
• Opening Hymn 272 “Christ, the fair glory of the Holy Angels” (Coelites Plaudant) 
• Service Music: 
• Kyrie, Gloria – New Plainsong – David Hurd 
• Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei - Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
• Psalm 103: 19-22 (Tone VIII.2) 
• Gospel Alleluia 

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 320 “Ye watchers and ye holy ones” (Lasst uns erfreuen) 
• Anthem: Te Deum Laudamus – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford 

The text of the anthem is the same as that used at Morning Prayer: “We praise Thee, O God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord .........” 

• Communion Hymn (Panis vitae) 

Thee, O Christ, the Father's splendor, life and virtue of the heart,
in the presence of the angels sing we now with tuneful art,
mostly in alternate chorus bearing our responsive part.

Thus we praise with veneration all the armies of the sky;
chiefly him, the warrior Primate, of celestial chivalry,
Michael, who in princely virtue cast Abaddon from on high.

By whose watchful care repelling--
King of everlasting grace-- every ghostly adversary,
all things evil, all things base,
grant us of thine only goodness in thy paradise a place.

Laud and honor to the Father, laud and honor to the Son,
laud and honor to the Spirit,ever Three and ever One,
consubstantial, co-eternal, while unending ages run. While unending ages run.

• Communion Motet: Panis Angelicus – Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760)

Bread of Angels, made the bread of men; The Bread of heaven puts an end to all symbols: A thing wonderful! The Lord becomes our food: poor, a servant, and humble. We beseech Thee, Godhead One in Three That Thou wilt visit us, as we worship Thee, lead us through Thy ways, We who wish to reach the light in which Thou dwellest. Amen. 

• Concluding Hymn “Angel voices, ever singing” 

Angel-voices ever singing Round thy throne of light,
Angel-harps, for ever ringing, Rest not day or night;
Thousands only live to bless thee, And confess thee Lord of might.

Thou who art beyond the farthest Mortal eye can scan,
Can it be that thou regardest Songs of sinful man?
Can we know that thou art near us And wilt hear us? Yea, we can.

Yea, we know that thou rejoicest O'er each work of thine;
Thou didst ears and hands and voices For thy praise design;
Craftsman's art and music's measure For thy pleasure All combine.

In thy house, great God, we offer Of thine own to thee;
And for thine acceptance proffer, All unworthily,
Hearts and minds and hands and voices, In our choicest Psalmody.

Honor, glory, might and merit, Thine shall ever be,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Blessed Trinity!
Of the best that thou hast given Earth and heaven Render thee. 

• Organ: Sortie – Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)

Pentecost 18 - September 22, 2013

• Organ: Prelude in E minor BWV533 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
• Opening Hymn 607 “Come, let us to the Lord our God” (St. Bernard) 
• Service Music: 
• Kyrie, Gloria – New Plainsong – David Hurd 
• Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
• Psalm 79: 1-9 
• Gospel Alleluia 

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ:
strive side by side for the faith of the gospel.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn “Dear Lord and Father of mankind” (Repton) 

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.  

In simple trust like theirs who heard, Beside the Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word,
Rise up and follow Thee.  

O Sabbath rest by Galilee, O calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity,
Interpreted by love!  

With that deep hush subduing all Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call, As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
As fell Thy manna down.  

Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.  

Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm.

• Communion Hymn 439 “Blest are the pure in heart” (Franconia)
• Concluding hymn 322 “All hail the power of Jesus’ Name” (Miles Lane) 
• Organ: Fugue in E minor BWV533 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

Music Notes:
This morning we are introducing something new – a different musical setting of those parts of the communion service that are sung by the whole congregation. There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is a desire to ‘set apart’ the penitential seasons of Advent and Lent, during which we’ll use the New Plainsong setting by David Hurd, and use the new one on all other non-BCP Sundays. Secondly, it is always a good thing to learn new music that will provide some variety in our worship. Given that Anglicans don’t easily embrace change (generally speaking, of course!), we’re asking that you give this music a chance to enter your hearts and minds. For the first few weeks we’ll use only the Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from this service, continuing with the New Plainsong Kyrie and Gloria.

After everyone is comfortable with those we’ll introduce you to the Kyrie and Gloria. The composer of the Holy Trinity Communion Service is Christopher Tambling, born in England in 1964. After early organ studies in Sussex, he went on to gain organ scholarships to Canterbury Cathedral and St Peter's College, Oxford; he was also organist of Pusey House. Since 1997 he has been the Director of Music at Downside School near Bath. He is Organist and Master of the Schola Cantorum of Downside Abbey, a 90-strong choir of boys and girls drawn from the school, which regularly sings for services, recordings and concerts. Tambling is much in demand as a composer of accessible church and organ music, and has undertaken many commissions for schools and churches. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Organists.

Holy Cross - September 15 2013

• Organ: Pastorale – Peter Christian Lutkin (1858-1931)
• Opening Hymn 431 “Take up your cross” (Breslau)
• Service Music: John Merbecke
• Psalm 98:1-6 (Tone VIII.2)
• Gospel Alleluia  

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: We adore you O Christ and we bless you: because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 602 “Lift high the cross” (Crucifer)
• Communion Hymn 386 “When I survey the wondrous cross” (Rockingham)
• Communion Motet: O crux ave – Rihards Dubra

O hail the cross our only hope in passiontide.
Grant increase of grace to believers

• Concluding hymn 537 “In the cross of Christ I glory” (Cross of Jesus)
• Organ: Postlude – Peter Christian Lutkin (1858-1931)

Music Notes:


Today’s organ voluntaries were written by Peter Christian Lutkin (1858-1931) who was born in Wisconsin USA. A composer and conductor, he studied music in Europe, later serving as a church organist at St. Clement’s and St. James, Chicago, Illinois in the 1880’s and 1890’s. Around 1895, he founded the School of Music at Northwestern University and also helped found the American Guild of Organists and the North Shore Festival in Chicago.

“The style of my music is always in affinity with Gregorian chant or the music of the Middle Ages through the view of a man who lives in the present century ..... a style of meditation.” This is how Rihards Dubra describes his own music. Born in Latvia in 1964, Dubra’s choral music – composed almost exclusively for the church – has gained widespread popularity. He currently teaches harmony and composition at the Jurmala School of Music and is Cantor of the Church of Mary Magdalene in Riga. He is also involved with a number of choirs, particularly as a bass and founder of the Schola Cantorum Riga. This morning’s motet, O crux ave, was composed in 1994. “Just as everyone has their own pathway to God, so every composer has his own pathway to emotion in music, and through that—also to God.” (Rihards Dubra)

Next Sunday we will be introducing something new – a different musical setting of those parts of the communion service that are sung by the whole congregation (Kyrie, Gloria, etc.). There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is a desire to ‘set apart’ the penitential seasons of Advent and Lent, during which we’ll use the New Plainsong setting by David Hurd, and use the new one on all other non-BCP Sundays. Secondly, it is always a good thing to learn new music that will provide some variety in our worship. Given that Anglicans don’t easily embrace change (generally speaking, of course!), we’re asking that you give this tuneful music a chance to enter your hearts and minds. For the first few weeks we’ll use only the Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from this service, continuing with the New Plainsong Kyrie and Gloria. After everyone is comfortable with those we’ll introduce you to the Kyrie and Gloria.

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Pentecost 16 - September 8 2013

• Organ: Adagio – Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) 
• Opening Hymn 515 “Thou art the way” (St. James) 
• Service Music: New Plainsong - David Hurd 
• Psalm 139: 1-5, 12-17 (Tone IV.6) 
• Gospel Alleluia  

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: Let your face shine upon your servant: and teach me your statutes.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 434 “The love of Jesus calls us” (Aurelia) 
• Communion Hymn 624 “O Thou who camest from above” (Hereford) 
• Concluding hymn 343 “When all thy mercies” (St. Stephen) 
• Organ: Sonata in G major – Anonymous 18th Century

Music Notes:

A warm welcome to the choir, returning this morning after a refreshing summer break. The next year will be an interesting one, with lots of new and challenging music to learn – and to make it a total success we need more singers. All voice parts are welcome, but a special red carpet will be rolled out for basses.

Our goal for the past two years has been to increase our number to 24 singers – an achievable goal, with everyone’s help. If you know anyone who might be interested (parishioners or non-parishioners) please have them get in touch with Neil by phone (416-410-1504), email (nshoulton@gmail.com) or see me after a service.

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