Sacred Music Program


angelangelSacred Music is a joyful, prayerful support in our praise of God.
Whether in leadership of the hymns or during the anthems offered
for our meditative reflection, the Saint Luke's Choir lifts us as we lift
our hearts to the Lord.

In our Episcopal tradition, the most notable, and beautiful arrangement
for the psalm is known as Anglican Chant -- a distinctive four part composition that draws us into the meaning of the psalms as a meditation on the human condition.

Evensong
Listen to the Choir

The traditional organ preparation for worship as well as the piped sending out of the congregation are more than wonderful melodies. Just as the other music in worship opens our senses for the appreciation of God's presence, these organ pieces are aural cues for the themes of the church season.

As you enter the church on Sunday mornings, please contribute to the quiet of the setting. There will be persons already seated for whom the prelude is a meaningful spiritual preamble. Likewise, with the postludes at the end of the liturgy: some people will choose to remain in the pew or lingering in the nave to listen. Kindly remember this as you make your way from our worship space.

 

PENTECOST

Sunday 11 September 2011

Prelude: Neils Gade
If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee
(two settings)
Nine Fold Kyrie - Harold Darke
(sung by the choir)
Anthem: John Stainer
God So Loved the World
Postlude: Max Reger
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Sunday 18 September 2011

Prelude: Johannes Brahms
Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness
Anthem: G. F. Handel
Jesus, Sun of Life, My Splendor
Postlude: G. F. Handel
Finale from the Royal Fireworks Music

Sunday 25 September 2011

Prelude: Cesar Franck
From the Fantasie in C
Anthem: Anton Bruckner
Christus Factus Est
Postlude: Hermann Schroeder
Intermezzo No. 6

Sunday 02 October 2011

Prelude: F. J. Haydn
Suite from the Musical Clocks
Anthem: F. J. Haydn
Great and Glorious
Postlude: From the Bach Circle
Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Major

Sunday 09 October 2011

Prelude: Henry Purcell
Prelude in G/A March
Anthem: Henry Purcell
Rejoice in the Lord, Alway
Postlude: Henry Purcell
Voluntary on Old Hundredth

Sunday 16 October 2011
St Luke's Day
Prelude: Felix Mendelssohn
Prelude in G Major
Psalm sung to Simplified Anglican Chant
Anthem: Felix Mendelssohn
He, Watching Over Israel
Sanctus/Benedictus - Alec Wyton
Agnus Dei - Alec Wyton
Communion:Jacques Berthier
Jesus, Remember Me
Postlude: Felix Mendelssohn
Fugue In G Major

Sunday 23 October 2011

Prelude: J. S. Bach
Prelude in C Major
Adagio from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue
Anthem: J. S. Bach
God, My King, Thy Might Confessing
Postlude: J. S. Bach
Finale, Piece d' Orgue

Sunday 30 October 2011

Prelude: Ned Rorem
There is a Spirit from Quaker Reader
Anthem: Aaron Copland
Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever
Postlude: M. Searle Wright
Brother James's Air

Sunday 06 November 2011
The Solemnity of All Saints
Prelude: Prelude J. S. Bach
Our Father In Heaven
Psalm: Anglican Chant
Anthem: Stanley Marchant
The Souls of the Righteous
Sanctus/Benedictus: Harold Darke
Agnus Dei: Harold Darke
Communion Jacques Berthier
Jesus, Remember Me
Postlude: G. F. Handel
Postlude in G Major

Sunday 13 November 2011
Remembrance Sunday
Prelude: G. T. Thalben-Ball
Elegy
Gabriel Faure
Pie Jesus from the Requiem
Mim Paquin, soprano
Anthem: John West
Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings
Posltude: Heinrich Fleischer
O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Sunday 20 November 2011
The Feast of Christ the King
Prelude: Jan P. Sweelinck
Toccata in A Minor
Sixteenth-Century
Verses from the Te Deum
Anthem: Henry Purcell
Glory and Worship Are Before Him
Postlude: Leon Boellmann
Carillon, Opus 16, Number 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVENT

Sunday 27 November 2011
Advent 1
Prelude

At the Procession, Matin Responsory
Aspiciens a longe
adapted from Palestrina
Todd Wachsman, cantor
Psalm sung to Simplified Anglican Chant
Anthem: Andrea Crouchy
Soon and Very Soon
Communion: Jacques Berthier
Bless the Lord, my Soul
Postlude

Sunday 04 December 2011
Advent 2
Prelude: J. S. Bach
Three Advent Chorale Preludes
Anthem: J. S. Bach
Duet and Chorale from Cantata 140
Mim Paquin, soprano
Todd Wachsman, baritone
Postlude: J. S. Bach
O Thou, of God the Father

Sunday 11 December 2011
Advent 3
Prelude

Psalm sung to Simplified Anglican Chant
Anthem arranged by K. Lee Scott
The Apple Tree
Postlude

Sunday 18 December 2011
Advent 4
Prelude: J. S. Bach
The Magnificat
Riu Riu Chiu - Spanish Carol
Alec Wyton
Ostinato On Veni, Emmanuel
Entrance Hymn 56, 1-4
Psalm sung to Simplified Anglican Chant
Anthem: Basque Carol
The Angel Gabriel Was Sent
Postlude Marcel Dupre
Magnificat VI. Gloria

Saturday 24 December 2011
The Nativity of our Lord
Prelude: Marcel Dupre
Variations on a Noel, 1-6
Carol Michael Praetorius
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
(sung from the balcony)
Dedication of the Creche
Entrance Hymn 89 Carol
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Carol arranged by David Willcocks
Ding Dong! Merrily On High
Carol Anonymous, Venice 1556
arranged by Noah Greenberg
Riu, Riu, Chiu
Todd Wachsman, baritone
Organ Marcel Dupre
From Heaven High to Earth I Come
In Quiet Joy
Carol Conrad Susa
Alegria (Puetro Rican)
Todd Wachsman, baritone
Ed Geist, baritone
Organ Alexandre Guilmant
Introduction and Variations on a
Traditional Polish Carol
Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Mim Paquin, soprano
The Great Procession
83 Adeste Fidelis
Descant and alternate harmony by
David Willcocks
Gloria in Excelsis - Harold Darke
From the Communion Service in F
Psalm 96 Peter Hallock
Anthem: English, 14th Century
Joys Seven
Offertory Anthem: Andrew Carter
Hodie Christus Natus Est
Hymn 100 - Antioch
Fanfare-Introduction
by Gerre Hancock
Sanctus/Benedictus - Harold Darke
Agnus Dei - Harold Darke
Communion: Samuel Barber
Prelude on Stille Nacht
Hymn 111 - Stille Nacht
Hymn in Procession 87 Mendelssohn
Descant by David Willcocks
Postlude: Marcel Dupre
Fugue and Finale, Variations on a Noel

Sunday 25 December 2011
The Nativity of our Lord
No Choir
Prelude: Alexandre Guilmant
Introduction and Variations on a
Traditional Polish Carol
Communion: Richard Warner
Three Carol Preludes
Postlude Keith Chapman
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 01 January 2012
The Holy Name of Jesus
Guest Organist, No Choir

EPIPHANY

Sunday 08 January 2012
Epiphany 1
Prelude

Anthem: Peter Cornelius
Three Kings from Ancient Lands Afar
Postlude

Sunday 15 January 2012
Epiphany 2
Prelude

Anthem arranged by Shaw-Parker
Wondrous Love
Postlude

Sunday 22 January 2012
Epiphany 3
Prelude

Anthem: C. Hubert H. Parry
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Postlude

Sunday 29 January 2012
Epiphany 4
Prelude: Antonio Vivaldi
Largo e spiccato
Anthem: Antonio Vivaldi
Laudamus te from the Gloria
Todd Wachsman, baritone
Ed Geist, baritone
Postlude

Sunday 05 February 2012
Epiphany 5
Prelude

Anthem: Herbert Sumsion
Nunc Dimittis in D
Postlude

Sunday 12 February 2012
Prelude

Anthem: Herbert Sumsion
Magnificat in D
Postlude

Sunday 19 February 2012
Last Epiphany
Prelude

Anthem: Thomas Dunn
O Lord, Support Us
Postlude

Sunday 19 February 2012
Evensong at 4 pm
Prelude: Neils Gade
Festival Prelude on Lobe den Herren
Entrance Hymn
Lobe den Herren
Organ: Cesar Franck
Fantasie In A
Preces and Responses
William Smith of Durham
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D
Herbert Sumsion
Offertory Anthem:
Balfour-Gardiner
Evening Hymn
Anthem: John West
Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings
Postlude

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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