The Parish Choir
The Parish Choir sings at the Sunday 9:00 a.m. Mass (Rite II) from late September through Trinity Sunday. We also sing occasional Sunday Evensong services. Our repertoire is diverse and includes choral works of major composers from the 16th through the 20th centuries. Rehearsals during the season are usually Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
September 23 – The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
(The Full Choir returns)
William H. Harris: Most glorious Lord of life
John Amner: Come, let’s rejoice
September 30 – (Sunday) Michaelmas
Andrea Gabrieli: Angeli, archangeli
Giovanni Croce: O sacrum convivium
October 7 – The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Ludwig Senfl: Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion
Deodat de Sévérac: Tantum ergo sacramentum
October 14 – The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Ludovico da Viadana: Exsultate justi in Domino
Dr Christopher Tye: He fed them with most precious wheat
October 21 – St Luke
Choir Excused
October 28 – The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
William Byrd: I have longed for thy saving health
William Byrd: Ego sum panis vivus
November 4 – All Saints
Dr Christopher Tye: Tye: Sing unto the Lord, ye that are his saints
Luca Marenzio: O quam gloriosum
November 11 – The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Choir Excused
November 18 – The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Cristobal de Morales: Peccantem me quotidie
Henry Purcell: Thou knowest, Lord
November 25 – Christ the King
Eric H. Thiman: Let all the world in every corner sing
Adrian Batten: O sing joyfully
December 2 – The First Sunday in Advent: The Feast of Title and Dedication
Herbert Howells: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Arnold Bax: Lord, thou hast told us
December 9 – The Second Sunday in Advent
Francisco Guerrero: Canite tuba in Sion
Adrian Batten: When the Lord turned again
December 16 – The Third Sunday in Advent
Charles Villiers Stanford: Purest and Highest
Harold W. Friedell: Jesus, so lowly
December 23 – The Fourth Sunday in Advent
Christmas Pageant by the Church School
December 24 – Christmas Eve, (Monday) Family Mass at 4:30 pm
William Mathias: A babe is born
Luca Marenzio: Hodie Christus natus est
December 30 – St John, Apostle & Evangelist
Choir Excused
January 6 – (Sunday) The Epiphany
John Joubert: Torches
Luca Marenzio: Hodie Christus natus est
January 13 – The Baptism of our Lord
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus desiderat
Peter Hallock: Jesus autem hodie (The Baptism of Christ)
January 20 – The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Choir Excused
January 27 – The Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Annual Meeting at 1:00 pm)
Thomas Tallis: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit
Rodney Lister: The Cup of Blessing
February 3 – The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Nunc dimittis, tertii toni
Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria, gratia plena
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria
February 10 – The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
Ola Gjeilo: Ubi caritas et amor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, BWV 147
February 17 - The First Sunday in Lent
Cristóbal de Morales: Peccantem me quotidie
John E. West: Hide me under the shadow of thy wings
February 24 - The Second Sunday in Lent
Herbert Howells: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
John Stainer: God so loved the world
March 3 - The Third Sunday in Lent
Thomas Tallis: Purge me, O Lord
Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and everlasting God
March 10 - The Fourth Sunday in Lent “Lætare” ;
Richard Creighton: I will arise and go to my father
Claudio Casciolini: Panis angelicus
March 15 (Friday)
6:30 pm Evensong and Benediction
For the 2013 North American Conference of the Barbara Pym Society
Gary Davison: St Kilda Service
Richard Ayleward: Responses
Dr Christopher Tye: Laudate nomen Domini
Rodney Lister: God moves in a mysterious way (premiere)
March 17 - The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Choir excused in the morning
4:30 pm Organ Recital by Heinrich Christensen
5:00 pm Evensong and Benediction
6:00 pm Supper and Talk
Gary Davison: St Kilda Service
Richard Ayleward: Responses
Orlando Gibbons: Lord, how do my woes increase
Kenneth Leighton: Solus ad victimam procedis
March 24 - The Sunday of the Passion or Palm Sunday
Arthur Hutchings: Hosanna to the Son of David
Kenneth Leighton: Solus ad victimam procedis
Orlando Gibbons: Lord, how do my woes increase
March 31 - The Sunday of the Resurrection or Easter Day
William Billings: Easter Anthem
Cristóbal de Morales: Regina cœli
April 7 - The Second Sunday of Easter
(The Parish Choir sings at the 11:15 am Solemn Mass)
Healey Willan: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
William Billings: Easter Anthem
Cristóbal de Morales: Regina cœli
April 14 - The Third Sunday of Easter
Brian Hoffman: O sacrum convivium
Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei: O sacrum convivium
April 21 - The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Benjamin Britten: Jubilate Deo
John Amner: Come, let’s rejoice
April 28 - The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Giovanni Croce: Cantate Domino
Ola Gjeilo: Ubi caritas
5 May - The Sixth Sunday of Easter “Rogation”
(The Parish Choir sings at the 11:15 am Solemn Mass)
Baldassare Galuppi: Mass in C Major
Dr Christopher Tye: O God be merciful unto us
Everett Titcomb: O sacrum convivium
Anonymous: O lusty May (Madrigal in Garden)
May 12 - The Sunday after the Ascension
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Antiphon (Five Mystical Songs)
Hans Leo Haßler: Cantate Domino à 4
May 19 - The Feast of Pentecost or “Whitsunday”
Harold W. Friedell: Draw us in the Spirit’s tether
Jakob Handl: Veni, Sancte Spiritus
May 26 - Trinity Sunday
Sidney Schofield Campbell: Sing we merrily unto God our strength
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas