Third Baptist Church, St. Louis
Choir Repertoire, 2016
In addition to three hymns, the Choir also offers an anthem; on occasion,
the previous Sunday’s anthem is repeated as a prelude to the next Sunday’s worship.
The Music Dept. reserves the right to change the following selections, as circumstances warrant.
October 9, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Prelude: Harold Stover: Speak To Us That W May Speak (Arioso)
Offertory: Calvin Taylor: Steal Away To Jesus (piano)
Anthem: Eugene Butler: The City Is Alive, O God
Postlude: Robert J. Powell: Arise, Ye Saints
October 16, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Prelude: Charles Callahan: Processional on Eternal Father, Strong To Save
Offertory: Charles Callahan: Improvisation on America, the Beautiful
Anthem: arr. Mark Kellner: Heart for the Nations
Postlude: William Lloyd Webber: Choral March
October 23, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Prelude: Gilbert M. Martin: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Offertory: Joel Raney: Be Thou My Vision (piano)
Anthem: Thomas Dunhill: Pilgrim Song (w/ organ)
Postlude: Eugène Gigout: Scherzo in G minor
October 30, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Choral Prelude: Thomas Dunhill: Pilgrim Song (w/ organ)
Offertory: Gerald Near: In The Garden
Anthem: Peter Hurford: Litany to the Holy Spirit
Postlude: Henri Mulet: Tu Es Petra
November 6, Sunday: service: NO CHOIR Sanctuary
November 13, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Organ Prelude: Enrico Passini: Cantabile No. 7
Offertory: Amy Beach: Dreaming (op. 15, 3)
Anthem: Arnold B. Sherman: Create in me a clean heart
Postlude: Charles Villiers Stanford: Prelude on Gibbons’ Song 22
November 20, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Organ Prelude: Charles Callahan: A Gaelic Blessing
Choral Prelude: Arnold B. Sherman: Create in me a clean heart
Offertory: Craig Phillips: Chorale Prelude on Kremser
Anthem: E. J. Moeran: A Commendation of Music
Siefried Karg-Elert: Marche Triomphale on Nun Danket Alle Gott
November 27, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Organ Prelude: J. S. Bach: Sleepers Wake, A Voice Is Calling (BWV 645)
Choral Prelude: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (French traditional melody)
Offertory: Franz Liszt: Adagio
Anthem: George Dyson: Magnificat in C minor (w/ organ)
Postlude: Henry Coleman: Finale on Hyfrydol
December 4, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Organ Prelude: Charles Villiers Stanford: Prelude on Gibbons’ Song 22 (organ)
Choral Prelude: O Come, O Rod of Jacob (French traditional melody)
Offertory: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn Tune Prelude on Gibbons’ Song 13 (solo voice + piano)
Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Benedictus ~ based on Gibbons’ Song 22 (w/ organ & piano)
Postlude: J. S. Bach: Nun komm der Heiden heiland (BWV 599)
December 11, Sunday: service “The Messages of Christmas” Sanctuary
Chorale Prelude: O Come, Thou Key of David, Come (French traditional melody)
Choral Music by Philip Barnes, George Dyson, Will Reed, John Rutter, and Peter Warlock
String ensemble music by Corelli and Sasha Johnson Manning
Organ & Piano music by Bach, Brahms and Balfour Gardiner
December 18, Sunday: service Sanctuary
Organ Prelude: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves
Choral Prelude: O Come, Thou Root of Jesse’s Tree (French traditional melody)
Offertory: Keith Chapman: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Anthem: William Mathias: Gloria (from Communion Service, op. 71)
Postlude: Adolphus Hailstork: Toccata on Veni Emmanuel
December 24, Saturday: EVENING SERVICE (5pm) Sanctuary
Preludes: Richard Purvis: Greensleeves;
Gerald Near: Six Variations on Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
Fred Bock: Angels, We Have Heard On High
Three settings of In Dulci Jubilo:
- Marcel Dupré: Dans une douce joie (op. 28, 41)
- Dietrich Buxtehude: In Dulci Jubilo (BuxWV 197)
- Siegfried Karg-Elert: Choral-improvisation on In Dulci Jubilo
Offertory: J. S. Bach: Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring (piano transcription)
Anthem: E. J. Moeran: Christmas Day in the Morning
Choir & Congregation/Harp/bells: Away In A Manger; O Come, All Ye Faithful
December 25, Sunday: service: NO CHOIR Sanctuary
Prelude: Richard Elliott: I Saw Three Ships
Offertory: piano medley played by guest artist, Paul Schmidt
Anthem (soloist): George Dyson: Nunc Dimittis in C minor (w/ organ)
Postlude: Théodore Dubois: Toccata in G