- Organ: Benedictus – Alec Rowley
- Hymn 394 “Eternal, unchanging
- Service Music: Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling
- Psalm 138:1-4- I will give thanks to you O Lord with my whole heart*
- Gospel Alleluia:
The ruler of this world will be driven out:
and when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself.
- Offertory Hymn 560 'God, whose almighty word'
- Anthem: Draw us in the spirit`s tether – Harold Friedell*
- Hymn during Communion 51 (verses 4 & 5 only) 'Therefore we before him bending'
- Concluding Hymn 335 'How shall I sing that majesty'
- Organ: Finale Jubilante – Healey Willan
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- Organ: Prelude on Rhosymedre – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Service Music: Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling
- Hymn 1 'Holy, holy, holy'
- Psalm 29: 1-4 - Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength *
- Gospel Alleluia:
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name:
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness
- Hymn 326 'Bright the vision that delighted'
- Anthem: Veni Sancte Spiritus K.47 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart*
- Hymn during Communion 64 'Author of life divine'
- Hymn 391 'Sing ye praises to the Father'
- Organ: Voluntary in C – William Croft (1678-1727)
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- Organ: Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist
(Now we ask the Holy Ghost) – Dietrich Buxtehude
- Hymn 655: "Holy Spirit, ever dwelling"
- Service Music: A Community Mass – Richard Proulx
- Psalm 104: 1, 31-35 - O Lord how manifold are your works! *
- Gospel Alleluia:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
- Hymn 645: "Come down, O love divine"
- Anthem: Veni Sancte Spiritus K.47 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart*
- Communion Hymn 637: "Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire"*
- Communion Motet: "O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit" – Thomas Tallis
- Hymn 643: "Holy Spirit, come with power"
- Organ: Komm, heliger Geist (Come, Holy Ghost) – J.S. Bach
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- Organ: Prelude on St. Botolph – Eugene Hill
- Hymn 247: "Hail the day that sees him rise"
- Service Music:
- Missa brevis gregorium – Brendan Culver
- Gloria – John Merbecke
- Psalm 47: 1-6 (Anglican chant) - O clap your hands together all ye peoples*
- Gospel Alleluia:
Go, make disciples of all the nations;
I am with you always; yes, to the end of time
- Hymn 378: "Crown him with many crowns"
- Anthem: Lift up your heads – William Mathias*
- Communion Hymn: “O Jesus, King most wonderful” (St. Botolph)*
- Hymn 491: "The head that once was crowned with thorns"
- Organ: Chorale Prelude on St. Magnus’ – Alec Rowley
Music Notes
This morning the choir is delighted to present the first hearing of ‘Missa brevis gregorium’ by Brendan Culver. Brendan has written, "The Missa Brevis de Gregorium was composed in early 2015. It's title suffix, of Gregory, references both the prominent stylistic influence of Gregorian plainchant and earliest polyphony. The prayer book text was selected as the most appropriate English alternative to Latin."
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- Organ: Meditation – Frank Bridge (violin and organ)
- Service Music: Community Mass – Richard Proulx
- Hymn 485 “Love divine, all loves excelling”
- Psalm 98: 1-6 - Sing to the LORD a new song...*
- Gospel Alleluia:
Jesus said: “If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.”
- Hymn “Sing of Mary, pure and lowly” (Hermon)*
- Motet: Ave Maria – Anton Dvorak*
- Hymn during Communion 647 “Spirit of the living God”
- Communion Motet: If ye love me – Thomas Tallis*
- Hymn 433 “Lord, you give the great commission”
- Organ: Spring Song – Frank Bridge (violin and organ)
Music Notes
The warmest of welcomes to Daniel Kushner, violinist, to our 10:30 service this morning.
Mary is often referred to as “the mother of all mothers”, so it is appropriate that on this Mothers’ Day the anthem is a setting of ‘Ave Maria’ by the Czech composer, Anton Dvorak (1841-1904), originally written for a low-register voice with organ accompaniment; we’ll sing it in an arrangement for choir, organ and violin. Dvorak wrote it in the summer of 1877, and he dedicated the song to his wife Anna, who premiered it on her name day (26 July) accompanied by Dvorak at the organ. The Hail Mary is based on these passages from the Bible: Luke 1:28-35, 42-48. The text is what Roman Catholics and some Anglicans regularly use at the conclusion of a eucharist, known as the Angelus.
At least one former organist of St. Barnabas’ (John Dewdney) composed music for his choir to sing. (Unfortunately, when he retired he must have taken the music with him since none of it can be found in our choir library.) But as far as we know, no music by any other composer has been ‘premiered’ (i.e. given its first hearing) at a service in our parish – that is, until next Sunday, May
17. At the 10:30 service the choir is excited to sing a brand new setting of the communion service by Brendan Culver, a young Hamilton musician who recently graduated from York University and who will undertake a Master’s degree in composition at the University of Toronto starting next fall. You might remember Brendan as our bagpiper at the Remembering concert in November 2014 – obviously a man of many talents (he also plays the organ), and he’s hoping to join us for the service next week to hear his music for the first time.
- * View/download music list including anthem and psalm texts - see here »
- * Visit St. Barnabas on the Danforth (at Chester Station) map » or visit the website here »
