THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
Diocese of Bethlehem
MUSIC LIST
2011-2012
The Right Rev. Paul Victor Marshall
Bishop of Bethlehem
The Very Rev. Anthony R. Pompa
Dean & Rector
Russell Jackson
Director of Music
Third & Wyandotte Streets
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Ph: 610-865-0727
September 11 – Pentecost 13
Peter Aston: So they gave their bodies for the commonwealth
Richard Popplewell: Elegy
September 11 – Tenth Anniversary Service for 9/11
Flor Peeters: Aria
Gabriel Fauré: Pie Jesu (Requiem)
Gabriel Fauré: Agnus Dei (Requiem)
Traditional: Eyl Maley Rachamim
Gustav Mahler: Adagietto (Fifth Symphony)
September 18 – Pentecost 14
Martin Falla Shaw: With a voice of singing
Eugène Bonnet: Variations de Concert
September 25 – Pentecost 15
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O how amiable are thy dwellings
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre
October 2 – Pentecost 16
Adrian Batten: O sing joyfully unto God our strength
John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary
October 2 – Choral Evensong for St. Francis
Responses: Russell Jackson
Ps. 145, 1-8 (Barnby)
Bairstow in E flat
John Rutter: Gaelic Blessing
Louis Vierne: Arabesque (Vingt-quatre Pièces)
October 7 – Choral Evensong for Diocesan Convention
Responses: Russell Jackson
Psalm for the Day
Bairstow in E flat
John Goss: O Saviour of the world
Louis Vierne: Arabesque (Vingt-quatre Pièces)
October 8 – Choral Eucharist for Diocesan Convention
Psalm for the Day
William Walton: Jubilate Deo
William Walton: Crown Imperial
October 9 – Pentecost 17
William Walton: Jubilate Deo
William Walton: Crown Imperial
No Choir Rehearsal on October 12
October 16 – Pentecost 18 (Organist: Joe Kaczmarek)
J.S. Bach: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
Postlude: TBA
October 23 – Pentecost 19
Thomas Tallis: If ye love me, keep my commandments
Alexandre Guilmant: March on a theme of Handel
October 30 – Pentecost 20
Ernest Bullock: Give us the wings of faith
Petr Eben: Moto Ostinato (Nedelni Hudba)
November 6 – Pentecost 21
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum est regnum
Marcel Dupré: Placare Christe servulis
November 6 – Methodist/Episcopal Partnership Event
Edgar Bainton: And I saw a new heaven
Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Choral Song and Fugue
November 13 – Pentecost 22
Henry Loosemore: O Lord, increase my faith
Leos Janacek: Built on the rock
November 20 – Christ the King
Gustav Holst: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Francis Jackson: Fugue in B minor
November 20 – Cathedral Classics
Divas & Duets – Naoko Cauller and Kelly Schmidt
November 27 – Advent Sunday
Charles Wood: O thou, the central orb of righteous love
J.S. Bach: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (pedal)
November 27 – Advent Lessons and Carols
Felix Mendelssohn: Above all praise and all majesty
Henry Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord alway
Herbert Sumsion: Magnificat in G
William McKie: We wait for thy loving kindness, O Lord
J.S. Bach: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (sopra)
December 4 – Advent 2
Anon: Rejoice in the Lord alway
J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
December 4 – World AIDS Day Service
Johannes Brahms: Verleih’ uns Frieden
Scott Joplin: Bethena – Concert Waltz
December 11 – Advent 3
Orlando Gibbons: This is the record of John
J.S. Bach: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
December 18 – Advent 4
Jacob Arcadelt: Ave Maria
J.S. Bach: Fugue on the Magnificat
December 18 – Cathedral Classics
Handel’s “Messiah” – Cathedral Choirs
December 24 – Christmas Eve
Arr. Martin Falla Shaw: Coventry Carol
Arr. David Willcocks: Sussex Carol
Henri Mulet: Carillon sortie
December 25 – Christmas Day
Arr. David Willcocks: Sussex Carol
J.S. Bach: In dulci Jubilo
No Choir Rehearsal on December 28
January 1 – Christmas 1
Arr. Martin Falla Shaw: Coventry Carol
J.S. Bach: Wir danken dir, Gott
January 8 – Epiphany 1 (Visiting Organist)
Felix Mendelssohn: How lovely are the messengers
Postlude: TBA
No Choir Rehearsal on January 11
January 15 – Epiphany 2
William Harris: Come down, O Love divine
Sergei Prokofiev: March from The Love of Three Oranges
January 15 – Cathedral Classics
Organ Birthday Recital – Russell Jackson
January 22 – Epiphany 3
John Stainer: God so loved the world
Henri Mulet: Te es petra
January 29 – Epiphany 4
William Crotch: Lo, star-led chiefs
Herbert Murrill: Carillon
February 5 – Epiphany 5
Herbert Sumsion: Nunc Dimittis in G
Edward Elgar: Imperial March
February 12 – Epiphany 6
Felix Mendelssohn: There shall a star come of out Jacob
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata VI (Allegro molto)
February 19 – Last Sunday of Epiphany
Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux de lumine
Conrad Susa: March for a joyous occasion
February 19 – Choral Evensong/Spaghetti Supper
Responses: Russell Jackson
Psalm 100 (Chant 71/Norris)
Sumsion in G
John Rutter: A mighty fortress is our God
Percy Whitlock: March for the Phoebe
February 22 – Ash Wednesday
Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Wash me throughly from my wickedness
J.S. Bach: O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross
February 26 – Lent 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer, O Lord incline mine ear
Harold Darke: In memoriam
March 4 – Lent 2
Herbert Howells: Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks
Herbert Howells: Psalm Prelude – “De profundis”
March 11 – Lent 3
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus desiderat
Max Reger: Benedictus
March 18 – Lent 4
Richard Farrant: Call to remembrance, O Lord
Herbert Howells: Psalm Prelude – “For lo, the poor wretch”
March 18 – Cathedral Classics
Satori Chamber Ensemble
March 25 – Lent 5
John Goss: O Saviour of the world
Frank Bridge: Adagio
April 1 – Palm Sunday
G.F. Handel: Lift up ye heads, O ye gates
Jehan Alain: Litanies (Trois Pièces)
April 5 – Maundy Thursday
Thomas Tallis: If ye love me, keep my commandments
April 7 – Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil
Henry Ley: The strife is o’er, the battle won
Jacques Lemmens: Fanfare
April 8 – Easter Day
Kenneth Leighton: Let all the world in every corner sing
G.F. Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
Charles-Marie Widor: Toccata (Symphonie V)
No Choir Rehearsal on April 11
April 15 – Easter 2
John Rutter: Gaelic Blessing
J.S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden
April 22 – Easter 3/Annual Meeting
Charles Gounod: Sanctus (Messe de Ste. Cécile)
Julius Reubke: Fugue from the Sonata on the 94th Psalm
April 22 – Cathedral Classics
Celebrity Organ Recital – Matthew Glandorf
April 29 – Easter 4
Edward C. Bairstow: The King of Love my Shepherd is
Edward C. Bairstow: Toccata on Pange lingua
May 6 – Easter 5
John Ireland: Greater love hath no man than this
David German: Trumpet Tune
May 13 – Easter 6
John Rutter: The Lord bless you and keep you
David Johnson: Trumpet Tune
May 20 – Easter 7 (Sunday after Ascension)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O clap your hand, O ye people
Charles Tournemire: Improvisation sur Victimae Paschali
May 20 – Cathedral Classics
Mainstreet Brass
May 27 – Pentecost
Thomas Dorsey: Precious Lord, take my hand
Maurice Duruflé: Variations sur Veni Creator
June 3 – Trinity Sunday/Bishop’s Visit
John Stainer: I saw the Lord, sitting upon a throne
John Cook: Fanfare
June 10 – Parish Picnic
June 17 – Pick-up Choir
Choir down during August
Rehearsals resume September 5, 2012
Carry List
November: Mozart Requiem – Cathedral 150th Anniversary
December: Rutter Candlelight/What sweeter music – Christmas
RSCM Choristers’ Prayer
Bless, O Lord, us they servants, who minister in thy temple.
Grant that what we sing with our lips,
we may believe in our hearts.
And what we believe in our hearts,
we may shew forth in our lives.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Anthony R. Pompa, Dean
Russell Jackson, Director of Music