Choir Schedule 2010-2011
September 12
With a Voice of Singing, M.Shaw
*British composer who served as organist for St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the early 20th. century
September 19
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, V.Thomson
* a hymn tune setting by the 20th.century American composer and music critic who died in 1989
September 26
Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee, J. S. Bach
* from the Cantata, “Sleepers Wake”
October 3/World Communion Sunday
Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether, H.Friedell
* a choral anthem by the former choir director of St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City
October 10
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, arr. M. Hayes
October 17
He, watching over Israel, F. Mendelssohn
*from the oratorio, Elijah
October 24
African Call to Peace, arr. P. M. Liebergen
*incorporating a traditional Senegalese folk song
October 31/Reformation Sunday
At the Name of Jesus, R. Vaughan Williams
* based on the hymn tune, King’s Weston
November 14
Turn Back, O Man, G. Holst
* this friend of Ralph Vaughan Williams also wrote “The Planets”
November 21/BELLS
November 28/Advent I
African Noel, arr. B. Harlan
December 5/Advent II
Sleeps Judea Fair, H. MacKinnon
*the melody of ‘Silent Night’ is heard in the accompaniment just before the last choral phrase
December 12/Advent III//CANTATA
December 19/Advent IV
A: Creation Will Dance and Rejoice! (An Advent Anthem), D. Angerman
*this text is adapted from several verses from the books of Isaiah and James
December 24
A: Gloria in Excelsis, W. A. Mozart
2nd A: Carol of the Birds, arr. J. W. Harris
December 26
Good King Wenceslas, arr. E. Whitsett//Men’s Choir
January 2/Epiphany
The Friendly Beasts, arr. A. Hildebrandt//Women’s Choir
January 9
Halle, Halle, Halle, arr. H. Hopson
* traditional Caribbean text and tune
January 16
Father, We Thank Thee (hymnal 563), W. Albright
*we add recorder accompaniment on the melody
January 23
A: Lead Me, Guide Me, arr. P. Ferrin/soloist: Lami Garber
* with ‘Precious Lord, Take My Hand’, which was the favorite hymn of Dr. Martin Luther King and was sung at his funeral by Mahalia Jackson
January 30
Evening Hymn, H. B. Gardiner
* Gardiner’s most popular piece, the 1908 Evening Hymn (Te lucis ante terminum) has been widely praised and recorded
February 6
Kum Ba Ya, spiritual
Youth Choir
February 13
Come Sunday, D. Ellington (hymnal 728)
*composed by a contemporary jazz musician
February 20//BELLS
Siyahamba
*an arrangement of an African song
February 27
He Never Failed Me Yet, R. Ray
March 6
Table of Grace, arr. M. Parks
March 9/Ash Wednesday
Pie Jesu, J. Rutter
*from John Rutter’s Requiem
March 13/Lent I
Lachrymosa, W. A. Mozart
*from Mozart’s Requiem
March 20/Lent II
Rex Tremendae, W. A. Mozart
*from Mozart’s Requiem
March 27/Lent III
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross” (hymn 301), Crosby and Doane
Intergenerational Chime Choir
April 3/Lent IV
Sanctus, W. A. Mozart
Offertory: Ave Verum Corpus, W. A. Mozart
* from Mozart’s Requiem
April 10/Lent V
Dies Irae, W. A. Mozart
*from Mozart’s Requiem
April 17/Palm Sunday
The Palms, J.B.Faure
Offertory: Ride On, King Jesus, arr. H. Johnson
Solo
Choral Prelude: Ain’t No Rock Gonna’ Shout for Me, L. Larson
Men’s Choir
April 21/Maundy Thursday
In Remembrance of Me, A. K. Albrecht
April 22/Good Friday
God So Loved the World, A. Bruckner
April 24/Easter
Medieval Easter Chant, N. Grundahl
Choral Prelude: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, G. Martin
May 1
Pie Jesu, J. Rutter (Requiem)
May 15/HANDBELLS
May 22/Church Bicentennial
Rejoice the Lord is King, C. Wesley, arr. M. Larkin
Offertory: Lead Me, Lord, S.S.Wesley
*anthems by the Wesleys
May 29/Memorial Day weekend
Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace, S. S. Wesley
Offertory: The Navy Hymn, arr. T.Scott
June 5/CHOIR RECOGNITION
Choral Preludes:
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, V.Thomson
He, watching over Israel, F. Mendelssohn
Offertory: Table of Grace, arr. M. Parks
Choral Postlude:
Halle, Halle, Halle, arr. H. Hopson
June 12/PENTECOST
A: Pentecost Fire, J. S. Cool
*an up-tempo unison anthem
June 19/TRINITY//African Thanksgiving//Father’s Day//GUYS
A: Bwana Awabariki, arr. E. Butler/GUYS