St. James' Episcopal Church, Monkton, Maryland
      Music for the 10:15 a.m. Sunday Services (2002 - 2003)
      Henry L. Chen, Music Director;  Jeanne Klusewitz, Organist;  Charlie Barton, Rector;s Associate
               Unless otherwise stated, Ms. Klusewitz plays the Voluntaries during the Choir Year
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      MUSIC for the 2002-2003 Season (in reverse order)
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      August 31 (The 12th Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
      Offertory: Behold the Tabernacle of God  (1954)           William H. Harris (1883-1973)
             (For Gerald Knight, and composed for the Official Opening of the new Headquarters
                       of The Royal School of Church Music at Addington Palace, Croydon)
           Behold, the tabernacle of God is with you, 
             and the Spirit of God dwelleth within you:
             for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are:
             for the love of whom ye do this day celebrate the joys of the temple
             with a season of festivity.    Alleluia.    (Sarum Antiphon)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Trumpet Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert J. Powell
          Closing:  My Jesus Calls to Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johannes Brahms
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      Aug 24 (The 11th Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
      Offertory: "Amazing Grace" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  arranged Jay Althouse
                                     Marty Banghart, Soprano
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Six pieces in C-major and minor (from L'Organiste, 1890) . . . . C. Franck (1822-1890)
                            "Climbin' Up the Mountain" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arranged Patsy Ford Simms
          Closing:  Sortie in F  (from L'Organiste) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Franck
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      July 27 (The 7th Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
            Solemn Mass: "A Liturgy for the Ending of a Pastoral Relationship 
                 and Leave-taking from a Congregation"
      Anthem(s): Offertory - "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (1978) . . . . . . . . J. Rutter (b. 1945)
           Communion - "If Ye Love Me" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Tallis (ca.1505 -1585)
            Benediction - "A Gaelic Blessing" (1979) . . . . . . . . J. Rutter (b. 1945)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Fuge in E-flat ("St. Anne") J. Klusewitz . . . . . . . . . . . . J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
          Closing:  Toccata (from Symphony #5 ) . . . . . . . . . .C-M. Widor (1844-1937)
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      July 20 (The 6th Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
      Offertory: 
      Voluntaries:
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          Closing:  Title (from    ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Composer (%%%%-%%%%)
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      July 13  (The 5th Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  ..
      Anthem(s): 
      Voluntaries:
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          Closing:  Title (from    ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Composer (%%%%-%%%%)
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      July 6 (The 4th Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
      Offertory: Down the River to Pray . . . . . U. S. Traditional / arr. J. Izod
              Jane Izod, Liz Wright, Joyce Christy
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: "Sur les grands jeux" 
      . . . . . . . . . .  (Offertory from "Mass for the Convent" )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   F. Couperin (1668-1733)
          Closing:  Cornet solo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous (late 18th century collection)
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      June 29  (The 3rd Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
      Offertory: 
          Recit de tierce (from "Gloria" of  "Mass for the Convent") . . . .  F. Couperin (1668-1733)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Voluntary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  William Herschel (1738-1822) 
              Though Sir William Herschel is primarily known as the greatest astronomical observer of the 19th century, discoverer of the planet eventually named Uranus, and King's Astronomer to George III, he was born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel to a musical family in Hamburg, Germany.   He had a successful career in England as a musician before his avid interest in astronomy finally brought him to a different career.  The manuscript from which this Voluntary was edited by E. Power Biggs was in the "possession of Miss Frances Wright, Harvard Observatory."  For additional fascinating information about Herschel, follow the links.
          Closing:  Canzona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726)
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      June 22  (The 2nd Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
      Offertoy Anthem: Deep River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr Mark Hayes
                                         Marty Banghart, Soprano
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:  Plein jeu, Fugue sur la Trompette, Recit de Chromhorne, Trio
                             (from "Kyrie" of the "Mass for the Convents") . . . F. Couperin (1668-1733)
                            My Lord What a Morning . . . . . . . . .  Arr. Jay Althouse
                                       Marty Banghart, Soprano
          Closing:  Dialogue, Plein Jeu 
                                 (from "Agnus Dei" and "Deo Gratias"  of  "Mass for the Convents" ) 
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      June 15  (Trinity Sunday, the 1st Sunday after Pentecost) ... to top  .. 
      Offertory:  Dialogue for Organ . . . . . . . . . . .A. Banchieri (c. 1567-1634)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:   Variations on "All Glory to the Trinity" . . . . . . . .  J. Pachelbel (1653-1706)
          Closing:  March  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. Yarnold ( ? - 1787)
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      June 8  (The Feast of the Pentecost)   .... to top ...
      Offertory anthem: 
          Veni Sancte Spiritus (1587). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Handl (1550 - 1591)
          Veni sancte spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium,
                  Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful,
           et tui amoris in eis,
                 and of your love in them, 
           ignem accende, qui per diversitatem linguarum cunctarum,
                 kindle the fire, that by the diversity of all tongues
           gentes in unitate fidei congregasti.
                 all people have been gather in a unity of faith.    (Translation: K. Franceschi)
      Choral  Benediction:
          A Gaelic Blessing (1979) . . . . . . . . . . .   John Rutter
              Deep peace of the running wave to you,
              Deep peace of the flowing air,  the quiet earth, the shining stars , the gentle night to you,
              Moon and stars pour their healing light on you,
              Deep peace of Christ, the Light of the World, to you.
              Deep peace of Christ to you.      (Adapted from an old Gaelic rune)
      Voluntaries:   In progress
          Opening: 
          Closing: Fugue in E-flat ("St. Anne") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
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      June 1  (7rd Sunday of Easter, the Sunday After Ascension)   .... to top ...
      Offertory anthem: 
          O Clap Your Hands  . . . . . . . . . .   John Rutter (b. 1945)
               O clap your hands together all ye people, sing unto God with a voice of melody, 
               For the Lord most high is to be praised, he is a great king o’er all the earth.
               He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
               He shall choose out an heritage for us, even the worship of Jacob whom he loved.
               God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet!
               O sing praises unto our God! For God is the king of all the earth.
               O clap your hands . . . .         (Text from Psalm 47)
      Communion motet:
           If Ye Love Me . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Tallis
                If ye love Me, keep My commandments, 
                     and I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, 
                     that He may abide with you for ever, Ev'n the Sp’rit of truth.
      Voluntaries: 
          Opening: "Wondrous Love" (Five Variations) . . . . . . . . . .  Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923) 
          Closing: "The Rejoicing" (from Fireworks Music) . . . . . .  G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
                                                                                                            arr. E. Power Biggs (1906-1977) 
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      May 28  (Bishop's Visitation; Ascension Eve)   .... to top ...
      Offertory anthem:
          O Clap Your Hands  . . . . . . . . . .   John Rutter (b. 1945)
              O clap your hands together all ye people, sing unto God with a voice of melody, 
              For the Lord most high is to be praised, he is a great king o’er all the earth.
              He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
              He shall choose out an heritage for us, even the worship of Jacob whom he loved.
              God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet!
              O sing praises unto our God! For God is the king of all the earth.
              O clap your hands . . . .          (Text from Psalm 47)
      Communion motet: 
          Ubi Caritas   (1960) from "Quatre Motets" . . . . . . Maurice Durufle' (1902-1986)
              Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
                    Where there is charity and love, God is there.
              Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
                    Love brings us together in one Christ.
              Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur.
                    We therefore rejoice in it.
              Timeamus et ameamus Deum vivum.
                    Let us fear and love the living God.
              Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
                    And from the heart let us devote ourselves with sincerity.
              Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.  Amen.
                    Where there is charity and love, God is there.  Amen.  (Translation: K. Franceschi)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:  Adagio (Symphony #5 for Grande Orgue) . . . . . . . . . . . . C-M. Widor (1844-1937)
          Closing:  Toccata (Symphonie #5 for Grande Orgue ) . . . .. . . . . . . . C-M Widor
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      May 25  (6rd Sunday of Easter, "Rogation")   .... to top ...
      Anthem(s):   For the Beauty of the Earth (1980)  . . . . . . . . . .  John Rutter
          For the beauty of the earth, of the skies, 
               of the love which from our birth,  over and around us lies:
               Lord of all, to thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise.
          For the beauty of each hour, of the day and of the night,
               Hill and vale and tree and flower,  sun and moon and starts of light:
               Lord of all, . . . . 
          For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, children, 
               friends on earth and above, for all gentle thoughts and mild:
               Lord of all, . . . .
          For each perfect gift of thine, to our race so freely given, 
               graces human and divine, flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n,
               Lord of all, to thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise.
                                                                                 (F. S. Pierpoint 1835-1917)
      Voluntaries: (Henry Chen)
          Opening: Adagio (from Symphony #5 for Grande Orgue) . . . . . C-M. Widor (1844-1937)
          Closing: Fugue in C-minor ("The Fanfare") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
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      May 18  (5th Sunday of Easter)   .... to top ...
      Anthem(s):  Scio Enim . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1594)
            Scio enim quod Redemptor meus vivit, 
            et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum.
            Rursum circumdabor pelle mea
            et in carne mea videbo Deum Salvatorem meum.
                I know that my redeemer lives, 
                and at the last day of the earth I will be raised up.
                My skin will be returned about me,
                and in this my body, I shall see God my Savior.
                                                                                     (Job 19: 25-26, Translated by K. Franceschi)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:  Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.A. Mozart
          Closing:   Salve Regina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Charles-Marie Widor
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      May 11  (4rd Sunday of Easter, "Good Shepherd" )   .... to top ...
      Anthem(s):  The King of Love My Shepherd Is  . . . . . . . . . .  Harry Rowe Shelley 
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:  The Lord’s My Shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . Searle Wright
          Closing:   Sent Forth by God’s Blessing (1998) . . .  John Behnke 
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      May 04  (3rd Sunday of Easter)   .... to top ...
      Anthem(s):  Strengthen Us in Love . . . . . . . . . .  Mark Wilson
                                                               (text by Jane Knox)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands . . . . .  J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
          Closing: Trumpet Tune/The Day of Resurrection . . . . . . . .Jeremiah Clarke
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      April 27 (2nd Sunday of Easter, "Thomas Sunday")   .... to top ...
      Anthem(s): The Madrigal Singers of North Harford High School
      Voluntaries: Consult Organist
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      April 20  (The Day of Resurrection) ... to top  .. 
      Anthem(s):  Consult Choirmaster
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Consult Choirmaster
          Closing: Consult Organist
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      April 19  ("The Great Vigil") to top  ..
      Anthem(s):
          Easter Day (1995)  . . . . . . . . . .  Robert H. Young (Contemporary)
      Break the box and shed the nard1; 
         Stop not now to count the cost;
         Hither bring pearl, opal, sard2; 
         Reck not what the poor have lost;
         Upon Christ throw all away; 
         Know ye, this is Easter Day.
      Gather gladness from the skies; 
         Take a lesson from the ground;
         Flowers do ope their heavenward eyes 
         And a Spring-time joy have found; 
         Earth throws Winter’s robes away, 
         Decks herself for Easter Day.
      Seek God’s house in happy throng; 
         Crowded let His table be; 
         Mingle praises, prayer, and song, 
         Singing to the Trinity.
         Henceforth let your souls alway
         Make each morn an Easter Day. 
          1866, Gerald Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

      1.  Nard - ointment thought to be used by the ancients and 
              made from a Himalayan plant of the same name.
      2.  Sard - reddish-brown calcedony, used as a gemstone.
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: 
          Closing: 
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      April 18  ("Good Friday") to top  ..
      Anthem(s):
          Drop, Drop Slow Tear . . . . . . . . . .  Callahan (Contemporary)
      Drop, drop slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet, 
            which brought from heav'n the news and Prince of Peace.
      Cease not, wet eyes, his mercies to entreat;
            to cry for vengeance Sin doth never cease.
      In your deep floods drown all my faults and fears; 
            nor let his eye see sin, but through my tears.
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: The organ is stripped of sound!
          Closing: 
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      April 17  ("Maundy Thursday") to top  ..
      Anthem(s):
          Christus factus est . . . . . . . . . . Felice Anerio (c. 1560 - c. 1630)
      Christus factus est pro nobis 
             obediens usque ad mortem autem crucis.
      Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum, 
      et dedit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen
             Christ was made obedient for us unto death, even on a cross.
             Therefore God has highly exalted Him, 
             and has bestowed on Him the name which is above all names.
               Phil 2: 8-9, Gradual for Maundy Thursday
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: 
          Closing: 
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      April 13  (6th  Sunday in Lent,  Palm/Passion Sunday )  to top  ..
      Anthem(s):
         Introit: Hosanna to the Son of David . . . . . . . . .  T. L. da Vittoria (1548 - 1611)
                      with Robert Suggs and Mark Lashof, trumpets
           Hosanna to the son of David. 
           Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. 
           Hosanna in the highest.  Amen

         Offertory: Christus factus est . . . . . . . . . . Anton Bruckner (1824-96)
      Christus factus est pro nobis 
             obediens usque ad mortem autem crucis.
      Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum, 
      et dedit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen
             Christ was made obedient for us unto death, even on a cross.
             Therefore God has highly exalted Him,
             and has bestowed on Him the name which is above all names.
               Phil 2: 8-9, Gradual for Maundy Thursday
      Voluntaries: with Robert Suggs and Mark Lashof, trumpets
          Opening:The Bright Seraphim  . . . . . . . . . . .  G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
               The Palms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Traditional
          Closing: 
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      April 6  (5th  Sunday in Lent)  to top  ..
      Anthem(s):
         Call to remembrance . . . . . . . . . .   Richard Farrant (d. 1580/1)
      Call to remembrance, O Lord, 
          thy tender mercy and thy loving kindness
          which hath been ever of old.
      O remember not the sins and offences of my youth;
          but according to thy mercy think
          thou on me, O Lord, for thy goodness.

      in place of the following:
         O Lord, in Thy Wrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
      O Lord in thy wrath, rebuke me not, 
            neither chasten me in thy displeasure.
      Have mercy on me,  O Lord, for I am weak;
            O Lord heal me for my bones are vexed.
      My soul is also sore troubled; 
            but Lord how long wilt thou punish me?
      O save me for thy mercy's sake.    Psalm 6: 1-4
      Voluntaries:
         Opening: "Our Father in Heaven" (from the 6th Sonata)     Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
         Closing: "Fugue" (from the 6th Sonata)                                F. Mendelssohn
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      March 30  (4th  Sunday in Lent) .. to top  ..
      Anthem(s): 
          Ubi Caritas (1960) from "Quatre Motets" . . . . . . Maurice Durufle' (1902-1986)
      .............A setting for divided choir of a Gregorian chant for the Lenten season
      Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
            Where there is charity and love, God is there.
      Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
            Love brings us together in one Christ.
      Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur.
            We therefore rejoice in it.
      Timeamus et ameamus Deum vivum.
            Let us fear and love the living God.
      Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
            And from the heart let us devote ourselves with sincerity.
      Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.  Amen.
            Where there is charity and love, God is there.  Amen. 
      Voluntaries:
         Opening: "O Holy Jesus" and 
                "O World, I Now Must Leave Thee"       Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
         Closing: "From God Will Naught Divide Me"           J. S. Bach   (1685-1750) 
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      March 23  (3rd  Sunday in Lent)  to top  ..
      Anthem(s):  Miserere mei   William Byrd (1542/3 - 1623)
         Miserere mei, Deus, 
              Have mercy upon me, O God, 
              secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
                    according to thy great goodness.
         Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum
               And according to the multitude of thy mercies
               dele iniquitatem meam.
                    do away mine offences.                 Psalm 51: 1
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: "O Man, Bewail Thy Mortal Sin"           J. S. Bach   (1685-1750) 
          Closing: "Prelude in C Minor" Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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      March 16 (2nd Sunday in Lent)    to top   ....
      Anthem(s): Hide Not Thou Thy Face . . . . . . .  Richard Farrant (d. 1580/1)
         Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord,
            and cast not off thy servants in thy displeasure;
            for we confess our sins unto thee,
            and hide not our unrighteousness.
         For thy mercy’s sake deliver us from all our sins..
      Voluntaries:
         Opening: "Air"                                                      Robert J. Powell
         Closing:  "Yet Here Awhile"J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
                      (from the St. Matthew Passion) 
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      March 9  (First Sunday in Lent)   to top  ..
      Anthem(s): Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake . . . . . . . Farrant/Hilton (late16th Century)
      Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake, lay not our sins to our charge, 
          but forgive that is past, and give us grace to amend our sinful lives: 
          to decline from sin and incline to virtue,
          that we may walk in a perfect heart, before thee now and evermore.  Amen.
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:  Ave Verum CorpusW. A. Mozart  (1756-1791)
          Closing:  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor          J. S. Bach   (1685-1750) 
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      March 5  (Ash Wednesday)   to top   ....
      Anthem(s):  Have Mercy on Me, O God  (1993)           David Ashley White
         Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness;
            in your great compassion blot out my offences.
         Wash me through and through from my wickedness,
            and cleanse me from my sin.
         For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
         Against you only have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight.
         And so you are justified when you speak and upright in your judgment.
         Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth, 
            a sinner from my mother's womb.
         For behold, you look for truth deep within me, 
            and will make me understand wisdom secretly.
         Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure;
            wash me, and I shall be clean indeed.
         Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
         Create in me a clean heart, O God, 
            and renew a right spirit within me.
         Cast me not away from your presence 
            and take not your holy Spirit from me.   Psalm 51: 1-8; 10-12.
      Voluntaries:
          Closing:  Have Mercy On Me, O Lord          J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
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      March 2  (Last Sunday after The Epiphany . . . "Transfiguration" readings)      to top
      Anthem(s):
          O Formam Gloriae  (1999) Pamela Layman Quist
      Caelestis formam gloriae quam spes quaerit ecclesiae, 
      In monte Christus indicat quo supra solem emicat.
           Christ revealed the form of the glorious heavens, which the hope of the church seeks, 
           because on the mountain he shone more brilliantly than the sun.

      Glorificata faciae Christus declarat hodie 
      Quia sit honor credentium Deo pie fruentium.
           Blessed features Christ revealed today,  that it may be the honor 
           of the believers rejoicing in the pious God.

      Visionis mysterium corda levat fidelium 
      Unde sollemni gaudio clamat nostra devotio.
           The mystery of the vision lifts the hearts of the faithful, 
           whence with annual rejoicing calls out our devotion.

      Pater, cum unigenito et spiritu paraclito 
      Unus nobis hanc gloriam largire per praesentiam.
           Father, One with your only Son and Holy Spirit, 
           grant us this glory by your presence.

      (15th century hymn)            (Translation: Kristin Franceschi)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:  "Poco Adagio, Cantabile"  from the "Kaiser Quartet"
                               Opus 76, #3.          Franz Josef Haydn
          Closing:  "Look, Ye Saints, the Sight is Glorious"        Paul Manz  (b. 1919)
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      Feb 16 (6th Sunday after The Epiphany)  to top     cancelled
      Feb 23 (7th Sunday after The Epiphany)
      Anthem(s):
      The Young Lions (1972)    John Ness Beck
         Bless thou the Lord, O my soul, Praise ye the Lord.
            The young lions roar after their prey, 
               and seek their meat from God.
         The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, 
            and lay them down in their dens.
         The trees of the Lord, the cedars of Lebanon are full,
            where the birds make their nests.
          The high hills are a refuge, O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
          In wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
              He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 
                  and herb for the service of man.
              He sendeth the springs into the valleys,
                  they give drink to ev'ry beast of the field.
              He watereth the hills from his chambers, 
                  the earth is satisfied with the fruits of thy works.
          Bless thou the Lord, O my soul!
             I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live,
             I will sing praise while I have my being. 
                            (from Psalm 104)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Title 
          Closing:  Title
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      Feb 23 (7th Sunday after the Epiphany)  to top    Cancelled 
      Anthem(s):
       Draw Us In The Spirit's Tether  (1957) Harold W. Friedell
         Draw us in the Spirit's tether, for when humbly in thy name,
            Two or three are met together, though art in the midst of them:
            Alleluya!  Touch we now thy garment's hem.
         As the brethren used to gather In the name of Christ to sup,
            Then with thanks to God the Father Break the bread and bless the cup,
            Alleluya! so knit thou our friendship up.
         All our meals and all our living Make as sacraments of thee,
            That by caring, helping, giving, We may true disciples be.
            Alleluya! We will serve thee faithfully.
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Title 
          Closing:  Title
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      Feb 9 (5th Sunday after the Epiphany)  to top
      Anthem(s):
      In The Year That King Uzziah Died  (1935, 1977)           David McK. Williams / Dale Wood
          In the year that king Uzziah died,  I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, 
               high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
          Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings;
              With twain he covered his face, with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
          And one cried unto another, and said, Holy is the Lord of hosts; 
              the whole earth is full of his glory.
          And he posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
               Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; 
               because I am a man of unclean lips,
               and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:
               for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
          Then flew one of the seraphim, having a live coal in his hand,
               which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;
               And he laid it upon my mouth and said,
               Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away,
               and thy sin is purged.
          Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,
               Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
               Then said I, Here am I, send me.            Isaiah 8: 1-6 
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: O God, Our Faithful God Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
          Closing:  Trumpet DialogueLouis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749)
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      Feb 2 (4th Sunday after The Epiphany)  to top
      Anthem(s):  Here, O my Lord, I see Thee (1930) Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
          Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face;
              Here, faith can touch and handle things unseen; 
              Here would I grasp with firmer hands Thy grace,
              And all my weariness upon Thee lean.
          Here would I feed upon the Bread of God;
              Here drink with thee the Royal wine of Heav'n;
              Here would I lay aside each earthly load,
              And taste afresh the calm of sin forgiv'n.         (The English Hymnal)
      Though this anthem and the one from the previous week are hardly mentioned in reviews of Whitlock's work, they are some of the most intimate and poignant in all of Anglican church music. 
      Voluntaries:
          Opening:  Father, We Praise You (1998)   John Behnke (1998)
          Closing:   From Heaven Above to Earth I Come    Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
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      Jan 26 (3rd Sunday after The Epiphany)  to top
      Anthem(s): Be still, my soul (1930)  Percy Whitlock  (1903-1946)
          Be still, my soul, for God is near; The Great High Priest is with thee now;
              The Lord of Life Himself is here, Before whose face the angels bow.
          To make thy heart His lowly throne Thy Saviour God in love draws nigh.
              He gives Himself unto His own, For whom He once came down to die.
          I come, O Lord, for Thou dost call To blend my pleading prayer with Thine;
              To Thee I give myself, my all And feed on Thee, and make Thee mine.
          Amen.             W. D.  Maclagan
      Voluntaries:
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      Jan 19 (2nd Sunday after the Epiphany)  to top
      Anthem(s):
          Alleluia (1940)  R. Thompson (1899-1984) 
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Title 
          Closing:  Title
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      Jan 12 (1st Sunday after the Epiphany - "The Baptism of Christ")  to top
      Anthem(s): 
      Baptism Carol (1999)     Mark Wilson
            This is my beloved Son, who is pleasing in my sight, 
                 in Him I am well pleased. 
            When Jesus came to Jordan, to be baptized by John, 
                 God’s love surrounded those who gathered there. 
                 The Spirit of the Lord descended as a dove 
                 and a voice came from heaven, saying: 
            This is my beloved, . . . .
            We bring our children to be baptized 
                 and mark them as Christ’s own, 
                 with promises to guide them as they grow, 
                 Give each, O God, the gift of wonder and joy, 
                 as a lamb of your own calling.
             This is my beloved child, who is precious in my sight, 
                   . . . in whom I am well pleased.         Jane Foster Knox
      Voluntaries:
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      Jan 5, 2003 (2nd Sunday of Christmas . . . . Jan 1: "Feast of the Circumcision")  to top
      Anthem(s): 
      O Magnum Mysterium (1572)    Tomas Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
          O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum.
                O great mystery, and wonderful outward sign,
          ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio.
               that the animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger.
          O beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Jesum Christum.
                O blessed virgin, whose holy womb was deemed worthy to bear Jesus Christ.
          Alleluia.
      Voluntaries:
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      Dec 29 (First Sunday of Christmas)  to top
      Anthem(s):
           The Glory of the Lord (1957)           Egil Hovland (b. 1924)
              The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.
              We beheld the glory of the Father, full of grace and truth.
               In the beginning was the Word.  The Word was with God.
               In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.
               He came to his own, and his own received him not.
               The Word was made flesh, . . . . 
      Voluntaries:
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      Dec 24 (Christmas Eve)  to top
      Anthem(s):
          O Holy Night  Adolphe Adam  (1803-1856)
      Voluntaries:  10:00 - 11:00 p.m. !
          Opening: Christmas Oratorio, Parts I, II, III,  parts of VI)     J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
          Closing:   In Dulci Jubilo                                                                J. S. Bach 
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      December 22 (4th Sunday in Advent, "Mary Sunday") to top
      Anthem(s):
         "Ave Maria"    A. Bruckner (1824-96)
              Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominum tecum, 
                   benedicta tu in mulieribus 
                   et benedictus fructus ventris, Jesus.
              Hail Mary, full of grace, God is with you; 
                   blessed are you among women and 
                   blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
              Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, 
                   Ora pro nobis peccatoribus.
                   Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
              Blessed Mary, Mother of God,
                   Pray for our sins
                   Now and in the hour of our death.
      Voluntaries:
          Magnificat   Samuel Scheidt   (1587-1654)
          People, Look East       Richard Warner
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      December 15 (3rd Sunday in Advent)   to top
      Anthem(s):
        "Veni Emmanuel" (1978)                        setting by  Katherine Crozier ()
             Veni, veni Emmanuel, Captivum solve Israel,
             Qui gemit in exilio, Privatus Dei filio.
             Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel, Nascetur prote, Israel.
                  Verses 1, 3,  4, 6, and 5 of  #56 (The Hymnal 1982).
                                                                                     (adapted from the "O" Antiphons by John Mason Neale)
      Voluntaries:
          O Come, O Come, Emmanuel                      Edward Wetherill
          Hark the Glad Sound  Paul Manz  (b. 1919)
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      December 8 (2nd Sunday in Advent)   to top
      Anthem(s):
         "Adam Lay Ybounden" (year)            B. Ord
          Adam lay ybounden [bound], bounden in a bond; 
               four thousand winter thought he not too long.
          And all was for an apple, an apple that he took,
              as clerkes [scribes] finden written in their book.
          Ne [never] had the apple taken been, 
              ne had never our lady been heavene queen. 
          Blessed be the time that apple taken was! 
              Therefore we moun [must] singen, Deo gracias! [Thanks be to God!]             (text: anonymous 15th century)
      Voluntaries:
          Opening: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland  (Come now, Savior of the gentiles)      J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
          Closing:  Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland                                                                  J. S. Bach 
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      December 1 (1st Sunday in Advent)   to top
      Anthem(s):
         "Prepare Ye The Way"  (1978)               Allen Pote
              Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord. 
              Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 
              And ev’ry valley shall be lifted up, and ev’ry mountain and hill be made low, 
                 and the rought places plain. 
              And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, 
              For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.                    Isaiah 40: 3 - 5 
      Voluntaries:
          Wachet auf! Ruft uns die StimmeJohann Ludwig Krebs   (1713-1780)
          Wachet auf! Ruft uns die StimmePaul Manz  (b. 1919)
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      November 28 (Thanksgiving Day)    to top
      Anthem(s):
             With Bob Suggs, Trumpet
         "Praise"(1928)   Alec Rowley (1892-1958)
              To the Master of music and loveliness: Praise, power, dominion for ever.
              To the Lord of the Word of Creation,  be praise, . . . . 
              To the Maker of movement, colour and light: Praise, . . . . 
              To the Builder, Designer, Creator, be Praise, . . . . 
              To the Theme of all song, Inspiration of Love: Praise, . . . . 
              To the Artist of Life, To the Greatest and Least: Praise, . . . . 
              For He is the greatest upon His high throne,
              And He was the least as the child of a maiden:
              Praise then to Jesus whose Mother was Mary, 
              And praise now to Christ who is God in the midst of us.
              Lord of all beauty, adoring we come to thee:
              Give us thyself both in time and eternity,
              Give us Thyself in Eternity.
              Lord we come, adoring, offering all we can hope to be,
              Lord of all beauty - - - Praise, power, Dominion for ever.           ( text by Aidan Clark)
      Voluntaries:       With Bob Suggs, Trumpet
          Praise to the Lord!  Paul Manz   (b. 1919)
          Nun Danket Alle Gott J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
          Abblasen
          Nun Danket Alle Gott Sigfrid Karg-Elert  (1877-1933) 
      November 24 (Last Sunday after Pentecost)   "Christ the King"         to top
      Anthem(s):
         "King of Glory"             T. Frederick H. Candlyn (U. S./England 1892-1964 )
                      With the St. James' Teen Choir
              King of Glory, King of peace, I will love Thee; 
                  and that love may never cease, I will move Thee.
              Thou has granted my request, Thou hast heard me; 
                   thou didst note my working breast, Thou hast spared me.
              Wherefore with my utmost art I will sing Thee,
                   and the cream of all my heart I will bring Thee.
              Though my sins against me cried, Thou didst clear me,
                   and alone, when they replied, Thou didst hear me.
              Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise Thee;
                    In my heart, though not in heav’n I can raise Thee.
              Small it is, in this poor sort to enroll Thee:
                    e’en eternity’s too short to to extol Thee.         (George Herbert 1593-1632 ) 
      Voluntaries:
          "Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven"            Don Hustad (b. 1918)
          "Prelude in G Major" J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
      November 17 (26th Sunday after Pentecost)  to top
             Madrigal Group      of North Harford High School, Martha Banghart, Director
      Anthem(s):
           Gloria                              Martin Shaw
           Jubilate Deo                    Laszlo Halmos  (d.1990) 
           Chester and America     William Billings
           Locus Iste                      Anton Bruckner
           All My Trials                  Arr. Norman Luboff
                  Tenor solo - Jason Hess
           Ave Maria                     Igor Stravinsky
           Celtic Blessing               David Riley
      Voluntaries:
            O, That I Had a Thousand Voices          Paul Manz (b.1919) 
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      November 10 (25th Sunday after Pentecost)  to top
      Anthem(s):
           "Open Thou Mine Eyes" (1980)           John Rutter
               Marty Banghart, Soprano, and Choir
           Open thou mine eyes and I shall see;
                Incline my heart and I shall desire; 
                Order my steps and I shall walk 
                In the ways of thy commandments.
           O Lord God, be thou to me a God, 
                And beside thee let there be none else, 
                No other, nought else with thee.
           Vouchsafe to me to worship thee and serve thee,
                According to thy commandments, 
                In truth of spirit, In rev’rence of body,
                In blessing of lips, in private and public.
           Open thou mine eyes, and  . . . .           Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626)
      Voluntaries:
           In Thee is Gladness J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
           Voluntary on "Darwall" Healey Willan (1880-1968)
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      November 3 (24th Sunday after Pentecost)  - Sunday closest to All Saints      to top
      Anthem(s):
           "The Lord Is My Shepherd"  from REQUIEM (1985)       John Rutter (b. 1945)
               Psalm 23.
      Voluntaries:
           Bevan and Blessed Are the Faithful          Healey Willan (1880-1968)
          St. Anthony Chorale                                       F. J. Haydn (1732-1809)
      October 27 (23rd Sunday after Pentecost) to top
                MUSIC OF THE GERMAN TRADITION
      Anthem(s):
          "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" (ca. 1648)          Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
              Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, dass er seinen eingebornen Sohn gab, 
                      Thus God so loved the world, that He gave His Only-begotten-son,
              auf das alle, die an ihn glauben nicht verloren werden,
                      so that all who believe in Him will not be lost,
               sondern das ewige Leben haben!
                       but have everlasting life!
                                                                               (John 3:16)
      Voluntaries:
           Schmuecke dich, o meine SeeleJ. S. Bach  (1685-1750)
           Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan       Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)
      October 20 (22nd Sunday after Pentecost) to top
      Anthem(s):
          "Blessed Be the Lord God"  (ca. 1620)                  John Amner (1579 - 1641)
              Blessed be the Lord God, ev’n the God of Israel: 
              Who only does wondrous things;
              And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever:
              And all the earth shall be filled with his majesty.     (Psalm 72: 18 - 19)
      Voluntaries:
          Adagio from Sonata I                    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
          Psalm XIX                                    Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
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      October 13 (21st Sunday after Pentecost)to top
      Anthem(s):
            Strengthen Us in Love . . . . . . . . . .  Mark Wilson
                                                                                     ( text by )
      Voluntaries:
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      October 6 (20th Sunday after Pentecost)  to top
      Anthem:  "Prayer of St. Francis" (1993) R. Dinda (U. S. b. 1959)
            Lord, make us instruments of your peace  . . . .    (attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, ca. 1181 - 1226)
      Opening voluntaries:
           "Albumblatt" (for Flute and Piano)          F. Busoni (1866-1924)
           "Largo, Alle breve, Andante"
                (Sonate # 6 in d for Flute and Basso Continuo)    G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
      Reinhard Sunnus, Flute, H. Chen, organ
            "Simple Song" (from Mass 1971)           L. Bernstein (1918-1990)
               Sing God a simple song: Lauda, Laude.  Make it up as you go along: Lauda, Laude.
                     Sing like you like to sing.  God loves all simple things, For God is the simples of all.
               I will sing the Lord a new song to prise Him, to bless Him, to bless the Lord.
                     I will sing His praises while I live, all of my days.
               Blessed is the man who loves the Lord, who praises Him, Lauda, Laude, 
                     and walks in His ways.
               I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help.  I will life up my voice to the Lord, singing.
               For the Lord is my shade upon my right hand, and the sun shall not smite me by day, 
                     nor the moon by night. 
                       Marty Banghart, Soprano,  Reinhard Sunnus, Flute 
      Closing voluntaries:
              "Andante, Allegro" (Sonate # 6 in d for Flute and Basso Continuo)      G. F. Handel
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      September 29 (19th Sunday after Pentecost)  to top
      Anthem:
           "Behold the Tabernacle of God" (1954)               William H. Harris (1883-1973)
             (For Gerald Knight, and composed for the Official Opening of the new Headquarters
                       of The Royal School of Church Music at Addington Palace, Croydon)
           Behold, the tabernacle of God is with you, 
             and the Spirit of God dwelleth within you:
             for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are:
             for the love of whom ye do this day celebrate the joys of the temple
             with a season of festivity. 
          Alleluia.    (Sarum Antiphon)
      Voluntaries:
         "My Heart Ever Faithful"  J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
         "Now Let All Gladly Praise"  Healey Willan (1880-1968) 
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      September 22 (18th Sunday after Pentecost)  to top
            Anthem:"Day by Day" (1977) Martin How (b. 1931)
      Day by day, dear Lord, of thee three things I pray: 
      To see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, 
      follow thee more nearly, Day by day.
                                                                                     ( Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester, c. 1197-1253)
      Voluntaries:
         "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" Beethoven/Robert Hobby (b. 1962)
         "Holy God, We Praise Your Name" Paul Manz (b. 1919) 
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      September 12  (Funeral Service for Harvey Byrd, former chorister and friend)   to top
             Anthem:"Sing Me to Heaven" (1999)        Daniel E. Gawthrop (U. S.)
      In my heart's sequestered chambers lie truths stripped of poet's gloss.
           Words alone are vain and vacant and my heart is mute.
           In response to aching silence memory summons half-heard voices,
                  and my soul finds primal eloquence and wraps me in song.
      If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby.  If you would win my heart, sing me a love song.
           If you would mourn me and bring me to God, sing me a requiem, sing me to heaven.
      Touch in me all love and passion, pain and pleasure, touch in me grief and comfort.
      Sing me a lullaby, a love song, a requiem.
      Love me, comfort me, bring me to God:  sing me a love song, sing me to heaven.     (Jane Griner)

               "The Lord is my Shepherd" from REQUIEM (1985)         John Rutter (b. 1945)
               Psalm 23.
      Voluntaries: (hlc)
             "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"  from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, S. 147        J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
             "Pie Jesu" from RequiemG. Faure (1845-1924)
            "Toccata" from Symphony # 5 pour grand orgue (1880)      C.-M. Widor (1844-1937)
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      September 15 (17th Sunday after Pentecost)        to top
             Anthem:  "Sing Me to Heaven" (1999)            Daniel E. Gawthrop (U. S.)
      In my heart's sequestered chambers lie truths stripped of poet's gloss.
           Words alone are vain and vacant and my heart is mute.
           In response to aching silence memory summons half-heard voices,
                  and my soul finds primal eloquence and wraps me in song.
      If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby.  If you would win my heart, sing me a love song.
           If you would mourn me and bring me to God, sing me a requiem, sing me to heaven.
      Touch in me all love and passion, pain and pleasure, touch in me grief and comfort.
      Sing me a lullaby, a love song, a requiem.
      Love me, comfort me, bring me to God:  sing me a love song, sing me to heaven.     (Jane Griner)
      Voluntaries: 
           “Cantabile”      Cesar Franck  (1822-1890)
           “Pasticcio”   Jean Langlais  (1907-1991) 
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      September 8 (16th Sunday after Pentecost)          to top
                                      Music in memory of those who died on September 11, 2001 
      See also "Sing Me to Heaven"
      Anthem:
            "Alleluia" (1940) R. Thompson (U. S. 1899-1984)
           To many music lovers the name of Randall Thompson is synonymous with this anthem, sung for services, concerts, and academic ceremonies.  The tempo marking, lento (very slowly), "was very important to the composer.  France had just fallen to the Nazis, and Thompson later explained, 'The music in my particular Alleluia cannot be made to sound joyous....  Here it is comparable to the Book of Job, where it is written, 'The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord.' ' " (Harvard Magazine, July-August, 2001, p 46).
           Commissioned by Serge Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony to be sung by the entire student body for the opening exercises of the new Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, the piece was delivered to the conductor, G. Wallace Woodworth, 45 minutes before the exercises were to begin.  He is reported to have said, "Well, text at least is one thing we won't have to worry about!"
           We revel in this sometimes restrained, sometimes agonized affirmation of our faith in the Lord in this time of trial.  We sing our thanks for the continuing gifts to us.  May God lead us in the way of peace.  (hlc)
      Voluntaries:
            "Adagio for Strings" (1936)  - S. Barber (U. S. 1910 - 81) / arr Strickland        HLC
            Barber wrote a Serenade for string quartet while a student at the The Curtis Institute of Music,  arguably the most prestigious Conservatory in the world.  Only a small number of the most talented students are admitted, all of whom then receive full scholarships.  Barber at age 14 was admitted into Curtis in the same year of its founding, 1924.  The slow movement of the Serenade was adapted for string orchestra in 1936, thus becoming the now-famous Adagio.  Barber is said to have received inspiration for this movement from contemplating water moving from a stream gradually swirling and moving faster into larger bodies of water until it reaches its inexorable destination, the ocean.  For the contemporary listener, the Adagio is associated with the agony of the Vietnam war, and with funerals and memorial services.  The constant movement and increasing intensity reaches an almost agonizing climax (which on the organ can become evermore violent than with strings), then subsides, like our final peaceful acceptance of God's plan for us.   (hlc) 
             "Cortege" -   R. Purvis   (U.S. 1913-1994)
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      September 1  (15th Sunday after Pentecost) to top
      Anthem:  "Offertory"   John Ness Beck (U.S. 1930-87)
          With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high?
          Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?
          Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,  with ten thousands rivers of oil?
          Shall I give my first-born for my transgressions,  the fruit of my body for the sins of my soul?
          He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you
          but to do justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?       Micah 6: 6-8

      One of the choirs all-time favorites, Beck's final anthem harkens back to a form used by J. S. Bach: the choir sings a chorale over a detached bass ostinato in the pedal and an accompanied sixteenth-note pattern in the hands.  These is no more to say about what each of us must do.  (hlc)
      Voluntaries:    Prelude on "Rhosymedre" - R. Vaughn-Williams
                                 Toccata in d ("Dorian") -     J. S. Bach