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Liturgical Music Calendar and Notes
July 6, 2008 July 13, 2008 July 20, 2008 July 27, 2008 August 3, 2008 August 10, 2008 August 17, 2008 Pipe Organ History in Ancient Times
It is difficult to pinpoint the exact time that the ancestor of the modern day pipe organ was invented. A person blowing into or across a hollow tube certainly predates the mechanical and technological components of a today’s instruments: pipes producing the sound, a chamber to store the wind, a mechanism for producing the wind, and a means to control selected playing of the pipes (a keyboard).
The first recorded ancestral instrument to have these components, the hydraulis, was invented by the Greek engineer, Ktesibios (or Ctesibius, to use the Latinized form of his name), who was working in Alexandria in the third century BC. The pressure was maintained with the weight of water thus providing a name. While no instruments remain from this period, preserved images in graffiti and medallions bear images. These were certainly not used as church organs as they predate Christianity itself. Rather the Greeks and Roman Empire used them as a solo instrument for games and even combat. With the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, engineering accomplishments including the organ were lost; the organ not reappearing until the middle of the eighth century AD.Choir Anthem
City Called Heaven arr. Josephine Poelintz
soloist: Kathy Dean
I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow, I’m left in this old wide world alone!
Oh I ain’t got no hope got no hope for tomorrow
I’m trying to make it make heaven my home.
Sometimes I’m tossed and I’m driven, Lord.
Sometimes I just don’t know which way to turn.
Oh I heard of a city of a city called heaven,
I’m trying to make it make heaven my home.Organ Voluntaries
Air in G Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Carillon Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)Hymns
Hymn 537 Christ for the world we sing! Moscow
Hymn 530 Spread, O spread, thou mighty word Gott sei Dank
Hymn 538 God of mercy, God of grace Lucerna Laudoniae
Hymn 706 In your mercy, Lord, you called me Halton Holgate
Hymn 347 Go forth for God; go to the world in peace LittonPolyphonic Music: The Renaissance Period is considered the Golden Age of early sacred music. Late in Medieval Period, monophonic chant, a single melodic line sung primarily by monastic monks, evolved to include two or more simultaneous equal voices: polyphony (think the round, Row, Row, Row Your Boat). Early church fathers fought against this musical development and considered anything but chant to be devil’s music. The Avignon Pope, Clement VI (1291-1352) was first to indulge in the beauty of polyphonic sacred music.
In reaction to abuses in the church and to emerging Protestantism, the Council of Trent was convened (1545-1563). In their effort to tighten control of the church, some even advocated the return to monophonic music. Palestrina was Maestro di Cappella at the Vatican during this time and was instrumental in convincing the council against this ban. As one of the master’s of early polyphonic music, his Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass) serves as the model for choral mass settings. This mass setting is sung at each Papal Coronation Mass to this day.
Polyphony is found in many styles of writing including the Ricercare, Canon (and Canzona), Trios, Inventions, Fugues, and others. Bach and the Baroque Period are models for this mathematically complex polyphonic music, referred to as counterpoint. Polyphony continues as a composition form used today.Choir Anthem
Like as a Father Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
3 Part Canon
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord hath mercy, on them that fear Him.Organ Voluntaries
Ricercare Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526?-1594)
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Hymns
Hymn 388 O worship the King, all glorious above! Hanover
Hymn 699 Jesus, Lover of my soul Aberystwyth
Hymn 711 Seek ye first the kingdom of God Seek Ye First
verse 2 sung in canon beginning with women
Hymn 398 I sing the almighty power of God Forest Green
Hymn 410 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Lauda animaEarly American Hymn Tunes: The genre of American hymn tunes comes from a variety of sources. American folk hymnody was found in early hymnals such as The Sacred Harp (1859), Christian Harmony (1866), and New Harp of Columbia (1867). Each of these hymnals originated in southern states, mostly by early Baptist immigrants. Some used shaped notes with various note heads corresponding to the solfege system (do, re, mi, etc) for singing. Interesting, many of these tunes were handed down in an oral tradition thus evolving somewhat from generation to generation. In tracing the origins, many began as secular folk melodies from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales and brought to the United States by settlers. Text from these original folk tunes were ballads and love songs. Wondrous Love (1982 Hymnal: 439) originated as a song about the notorious pirate, Captain Kidd.
Choir Anthem
We Enter Here This Holy Place arr. Howard Helvey
A setting of the Early American hymn tuneProspect
We enter here this holy place, one faith around the gifts prepared.
All are made one by God’s true grace, communion with the Spirit Shared.
Our solace comes in broken bread; from that Body cries the strength to live,
Our hope renewed, our pardon giv’n in sacrifice.
This cup is where salvation lives: the Blood of Christ poured forth as wine.
Remember now that He still gives to us the taste of life divine.
Now from this Table we will go as one in Christ as one empowered.
To all the world our love will show the image of God’s face in ours.Organ Voluntaries
Chorale Prelude on Middlebury Dale Wood (1934-2003)
Choral Prelude on Pisgah Dale Wood (1934-2003)
Wood: prominent 20th century American composers of sacred musicHymns
Hymn 580 God, who stretched the spangled heavens Holy Manna
Hymn 51 We the Lord’s people Decatur Place
Hymn 328 Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord Song 46
Hymn 671 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound New Britain
Hymn 690 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah Cwm RhonddaJohn Rutter (b. 1945): A prolific English composer and choral conductor whose sacred choral works are among favorites in many church choirs. Rarely does one go to a Christmas concert without hearing one of Rutter’s delightful compositions. His was made an honorary Fellow of Westminster Choir College, Princeton in 1980. In 1996 the Archbishop of Canterbury recognized his sacred music by conferring a Lambeth Doctorate of Music.
Choir Anthem
Be Thou My Vision arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)
A reflective arrangement of this beloved hymn. Text: Hymn 488Organ Voluntaries
Choir’s Wandering Quentin Thomas
Anglican (UK) organ scholar at Hertford College and Oxford. Director of Music at Haileybury Boarding School in Hertford, UK.Toccata in Seven John Rutter (b. 1945)
Think Calypso Beat when listening to this toccata by counting 1-2 1-2 1-2-3Hymns
Hymn 460 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus Hyfrydol
Hymn 534 God is working his purpose out Purpose
Hymn 309 O Food to pilgrims given O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Hymn 615 “Thy kingdom come!” on bended knee St Flavian
Hymn 522 Glorious things of thee are spoken AustriaHandbells: Developed by Robert and William Cor in England between 1696 and 1724 to allow the tower Change Ringers to rehearse. The legend exists that the neighbors complained of hours of practicing the tower bells, not to mention the cold and drafty conditions for these players. The legend continues that these earliest handbell ringers began practicing in the local pub; a tradition worth revisiting! Handbells were brought to the US in 1902. Since they have enriched music ministries in thousands of churches.
Handbell
Celebration No. 4 in G Michael R. Keller
Abide with Me arr. Frances L. CallahanNew River Ringers
Kathy Dean, Director
Katie VanLennep, Carol Nissen, Susan Sloan, Todd Lind, Michael Gouge, Ron Michel, Greg Moore, David Webb.Organ Voluntaries
Prelude in F George Oldroyd (1887-1956)
Anglican (UK) organist (St. Alban’s / St. Michael and All Angels) and composerPostlude Andrew Fletcher (b. 1950)
Anglican (UK) organist, recitalist and composerHymns
Hymn 594 God of grace and God of glory Cwm Rhondda
Hymn 530 Spread, O spread, thou mighty word Gott sei Dank
Hymn 623 O what their joy and their glory must be O quanta qualia
Hymn 662 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide Eventide
Hymn 376 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee Hymn to JoyMusic of French Composers Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He studied with many prominent composers including Camille Saint-Saëns. After fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, his career as a church organist included work at Saint-Sulpice and Église de la Madeleine where he later also became choirmaster. He succeeded Jules Massenet as composition instructor at the Conservatoire de Paris. There his students included Maurice Ravel and Nadia Boulanger.
Plans are underway to include Fauré’s famous choral work, the Requiem, in this upcoming season’s Concert Series.
Organ Voluntaries
The Dream Gabriel Fauré
Expression in E Major Jean Langlais (1907-1991)Offertory Anthem ~ Summer Choir
I Come with Joy, a Child of God Brian Wren (b. 1936)
I come with joy, a child of God forgiven, loved and free,
the life of Jesus to recall, in love laid down for me.
I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed,
the new community of love in Christ’s communion bread.
As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share, each proud division ends.
The love that made us makes us one, and strangers now are friends.
The Spirit of the risen Christ, unseen, but ever near,
is in such friendship better known, alive among us here.
Together met, together bound, by all that God has done,
we’ll go with joy to give the world the love that makes us one.Communion Meditation ~ Susan Sloan & Kathy Dean
Kyrie ~ Missa Basse (Short Mass) Gabriel FauréHymns
Hymn 48 O day of radiant gladness: Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein
Hymn 453 As Jacob with travel was weary one day: Jacob’s Ladder
Hymn 392 Come, we that love the Lord: Vineyard Haven
Hymn 440 Blessed Jesus, at thy word: Liebster Jesu
Hymn 432 O praise ye the Lord!: Laudate DominumMusic of the Irish composer, Charles Wood (1866 – 1926). Wood studied composition with the great Anglican composers, Charles Villiers Standford and Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. Wood taught composition at the University of Cambridge and the Royal College of Music. His students included Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells. Charles Wood is the quintessential Anglican Church musician.
Organ Voluntaries
Chorale Prelude on Southwell Charles Wood
Psalm 104 ~ Bless the Lord, O my Soul Charles WoodOffertory Anthem ~ Summer Choir
View Me Lord – Charles Wood
(Based on a 15th Century Bohemian melody)
View me, Lord, a work of Thine: Shall I then lie drown’d in night?
Might Thy grace in me but shine, I should seem made all of light.
Cleanse me, Lord, that I may kneel at Thine altar pure and white:
They that once Thy mercies feel, gaze no more on earth’s delight.
Worldly joys, like shadows, fade when the heav’nly light appears.
But the cov’nants Thous has made, endless, know nor days nor years.
In Thy Word, Lord, is my trust, to Thy mercies fast I fly;
Though I am but clay and dust, yet Thy grace can lift me high. AMEN.Hymns
Hymn 477 All praise to thee, for thou, O king divine: Engelberg
Hymn 692 I heard the voice of Jesus say: alternate tune: Kingsfold
Hymn 302 Father, we thank thee who hast planted: Rendez à Dieu
Hymn 516 Come down, O Love divine: Down Ampney
Hymn 608 Eternal Father, strong to save: Melita