Last Pentecost, Advent, and Christmas

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CHORAL & ORGAN REPERTOIRE 2018 Last Pentecost, Advent, and Christmas ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHOIR SUNDAY 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 11 November Organ: Petite Prélude – Joseph Jongen th 25 Sun after Pentecost Communion setting: Richard Shephard in D Psalm 127 – simplified Anglican Chant by Meachen Ubi Caritas – Ola Gjello O Sacred Feast – Healey Willan Organ: Fuga alla Giga, BWV 577 – J.S. Bach SUNDAY 11:00 A CHORAL FEAST: Paris on Park Avenue | Choir 18 November Organ: Scherzo, from Symphonie No. 3 – Louis Vierne 26th Sun after Pentecost Communion setting: Messe Solennelle – Vierne Psalm 16: 1, 2, 8-11 – James Knox Kennedy Organ: Final, from Symphonie No. 1 – Vierne SUNDAY 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 25 November Organ: Con moto (from Fantasia) – Saint-Saëns Christ the King Communion Setting: Sarum Mass – Kenneth Leighton Psalm 93 Anglican Chant – George Elvey Let thy hand be strengthened (from Coronation Anthem No. 2 – George Frideric Handel Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Edward C. Bairstow Organ: Paean – Kenneth Leighton SUNDAY 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 2 December Organ: Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 – J.S. Bach First Sunday of Advent Communion setting: Mass for St. Bartholomew’s – William K. Trafka Psalm 25:1-5, 8-9 – simplified Anglican Chant by Meachen E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz Virga Jesse – Anton Bruckner Organ: Allegro con fuoco – Camille Saint-Saens 5:00

ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLS St. Bart’s Singers, St. Bartholomew’s Choir, St. Bartholomew’s Boy & Girl Choristers Advent Responsory – adapt. from Palestrina by David Willcocks Come, thou redeemer of the Earth – arr. David Willcocks Jesus Christ the apple tree – Elizabeth Poston

This is the truth sent from above – arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Creator of the stars of night – arr. Malcolm Archer Vigilate – William Byrd People look East – Besançon carol, arr. Barry Ferguson Rejoice in the Lord, alway – unattributed, 16th century This if the record of John – Orlando Gibbons Magnificat (Berkshire Service) – Malcolm Archer Angelus ad virginem – arr. Andrew Carter O Come, O come Emmanuel – arr. Andrew Carter SUNDAY 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 9 December Communion setting: Mass XVII – plainsong Second Sunday of Advent Veni Domine et noli tardare – Francisco Guerrero Jerusalem Surge – Heinrich Isaac TUESDAY 7:00 11 December

THE JOYOUS CHRISTMAS CONCERT | Choir, Choristers, Orchestra The First Nowell – arr. David Willcocks Hodie Christus natus est – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Alleluia! A new work is on hand – Peter Wishart I saw three ships – arr. Simon Preston Gabriel’s Message – Basque carol, arr. William Llewellyn The Angels’ Carol – John Rutter Christmas Day (with strings & organ) – Gustav Holst Let Every Voice – Cary Ratcliff Noël c’est l’Amour – arr. André Bellefeuille It’s the most wonderful time of the year – George Wyle & Eddie Pola, arr. Bob Krogstad Joy to the world! – Lowell Mason, arr. John Rutter Interval Messiah: Christmas narrative and “Halleluiah!” – G.F. Handel

SUNDAY 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 16 December Organ: Allegro, from Concerto in C Major – Antonio Vivaldi, arr. J.S. Bach Third Sunday of Advent Communion Setting: Harold Darke in A And the Glory of the Lord (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel O Thou that tellest (from Messiah) – Handel Organ: Allegro from Organ Concerto Op. 7 No. 4 – Handel

SUNDAY 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 23 December Organ: Chorale Prelude on “Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen,” Op. 111 Fourth Sunday of Advent – Johannes Brahms Communion setting: Missa IX, Cum jubilo – plainsong Psalm 80:1-7 – plainsong Magnificat in B-flat – Charles Villiers Stanford Dixit Maria – Hans Leo Hassler MONDAY 7:00 & 11:00pm| Singers, Choir, Choristers 24 December FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST Christmas Eve Prelude: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio – J.S. Bach Fantasia on Greensleeves – Ralph Vaughan Williams The Angel’s Message – arr. William Llewellyn Communion setting: Mass at the Crèche – George Malcolm Sleep of the Infant Jesus – Henri Büsser Hodie, Christus natus est – Francis Poulenc Masters in this Hall – arr. David Willcocks See Amid the Winter’s Snow – John Goss, arr. David Willcocks Organ: Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella – Keith Chapman TUESDAY 11:00 FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 25 December Organ: La Nativité (from Trois Poèmes Liturgiques) – Jean Langlais Christmas Day Communion setting: Mass at the Crèche – George Malcolm Christmas Day – Gustav Holst What Sweeter Music – John Rutter Organ: Prelude in B Major, Op.7, No 1 – Marcel Dupré SUNDAY 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST | Choir 30 December Organ: Noël X: Grand jeu et duo – Louis-Claude Daquin First Sun after Christmas Communion setting: Missa Brevis “Cordus natus ex parentis” – Healey Willan Psalm 147: 13-21 – plainsong In dulci jubilo – arr. Robert Pearsall In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke Organ: Noël Étranger – Louis-Claude Daquin