Service Music

The Chancel Choir, open to all singers, rehearses in the Choir Room on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:30, and on Sunday mornings at 10:30 for the 11 a.m. service.

Third Baptist Music List, January–December 2025

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

JANUARY 5 [Christmas II]

[Service canceled because of inclement weather]

JANUARY 12 [Epiphany I]

Prelude: Niels Gade: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (organ)
Introit: Anon. (1591): The Coventry Carol (arr. Martin Shaw)
Music for Communion: Alexander Archangelsky: Trisagion
Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: January (world premiere, written for TBC)
Hymn of Communion #151 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God [EIN’ FESTE BURG]
Offertory: Felix Mendelssohn: Adagio (from Sonata no. 1, op. 65) (organ)
Anthem: Walter Stanton: Christ Is The World’s True Light
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life [GERMANY]
Sung Benediction #232 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [GOD BE WITH YOU]
Postlude: Fanny Hensel: January (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

JANUARY 19 [Epiphany II]

Prelude: Karl Jenkins: Hymn in memoriam Martin Luther King, jr. (oboe and piano)
Introit: J. S. Bach: Come, Celebrate This Morn (originally Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag) (solo song)
Poem: Mara Adams: A Prayer for the Epiphany, MLK, and the New Year
Hymn of Welcome #777 On Jordan’s Stormy Banks [PROMISED LAND]
Offertory: J. S. Bach: Sinfonia (from Christmas Oratorio) (piano)
Responsorial Psalm 65, vv. 1 – 8 (quoted by MLK)
Anthem: arr. Howard Helvey: My Lord, What A Mornin’
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #684 Precious Lord, Take My Hand [PRECIOUS LORD]
Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: January (from ‘A Year At Third’) (piano)

JANUARY 26 [Epiphany III]

Prelude: J. S. Bach: Ich bin ein gutter Hirt (BWV 85, 5) (arranged Hubert Foss) (piano)
Introit: Martin Shaw: Gallery Carol
Poem: W. B. Yeats: The Magi
Hymn of Welcome #414 O Word Of God Incarnate [MUNICH]
Offertory: Barbara Harbach: People, Look East (organ)
Responsorial Psalm 92, vv. 1 – 8
Anthem: Martin Shaw: Kings In Glory
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #264 Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light [ERMUNTRE DICH]
Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: January – “At the fireside” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

FEBRUARY 2 [Epiphany IV – Candlemas/Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple]

Prelude: J. S. Bach: Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ (BWV 604) (organ)
Introit: Johannes Eccard: When To The Temple Mary Went
Music for Communion: Alexander Archangelsky: Trisagion; Melissa Dunphy: Fraction Anthem
Poem: Malcolm Guite: Candlemas
Hymn of Communion #702 Fill My Cup [FILL MY CUP] (sung twice)
Offertory: César Franck: Andantino (organ)
Anthem: Thomas Attwood: O God, Who By The Leading Of A Star
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Tallis’s “O Lord My God” [THIRD MODE TUNE]
Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: February – “Carnival” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

AFTERNOON CONCERT BY TAPESTRY

FEBRUARY 9 [Epiphany V]

Prelude: Edward Macdowell: Starlight (from Sea Pieces, op. 55) (piano)
Introit: Virgil Thomson: The Morning Star
Poem: Christina Rossetti: Epiphanytide
Hymn of Welcome: Brightest And Best Are The Sons Of The Morning [MORNING STAR]
Offertory: Grace-Evangeline Mason: Light Revealing (organ)
Responsorial Psalm 95, vv. 1 – 7
Anthem: Mack Wilberg: O, Watch The Stars
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #290 As With Gladness [DIX]
Postlude: Larry Shackley: As With Gladness Men Of Old (from Following Yonder Star) (piano)

FEBRUARY 16 [Epiphany VI; Septuagesima; Presidents’ Day Weekend]

Prelude: Pietro Cattaneo: Trumpet Tune on ‘Stuttgart’ (organ)
Introit: John Rutter: The Star Carol
Poem: Robert Herrick (1591 – 1674): The Star Song
Hymn of Welcome: Earth Hath Many a Noble City [STUTTGART]
Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: February (from ‘A Year At Third’)
Responsorial Psalm 96, vv. 1 – 6
Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #704 GOD WILL MAKE A WAY [HE WILL MAKE A WAY]
Postlude: Théodore Salome: Grand Choeur (organ)

FEBRUARY 23 [Epiphany VII] [HIGHLIGHTING FIRST 50 YEARS OF TBC, 1850 – 1899]

Prelude: Howard Helvey: Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness [GERMANY] (piano)
Introit: Anton Bruckner: Consecrated In Worship Be This Place (orig. Locus Iste)
Poem: Henry Vaughan: They Are All Gone Into the World Of Light
Hymn of Welcome:
Offertory: Dale Wood: Abide With Me (organ)
Responsorial Psalm 96, vv. 7 – 13
Anthem: Felix Mendelssohn: When Jesus Our Lord/There Shall A Star (from ‘Christus’)
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life [GERMANY]
Sung Benediction #232 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [GOD BE WITH YOU]
Postlude: Fanny Hensel: February (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

MARCH 2 [Epiphany VIII]

Prelude: William B. Cooper: Bread of Heaven (organ)
Introit: John Stainer: How Beautiful Upon the Mountains
Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Come, Risen Lord; Melissa Dunphy: Fraction Anthem
Poem: Walt Whitman: I Thank You
Hymn of Communion #462 Come, Share The Lord [DIVERNON]
Offertory: César Franck: Offertoire (arr. Louis Vierne) (organ)
Anthem: Healey Willan: Arise, Shine, For Thy Light Is Come
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: There’s A Light Upon The Mountains [MT. HOLYOKE]
Postlude: Fanny Hensel: March (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

THE DARKNESS OF THE WORLD

MARCH 5 [Ash Wednesday, 6 pm]

Prelude: J. S. Bach: O Mensch, Bewein’ Dein’ Sünde Gross (O Man, bewail) (arr. Herbert Howells) (piano)
Poems: Malcolm Guite: God So Loved The World
Christina Rossetti: Ash Wednesday 1 & 2
Charles Anthony Silvestri: February (written for TBC)
Motets: Introit: Henry Purcell: Let My Prayer Come Up Into Thy Presence
King John of Portugal: Faithful Cross (orig. Crux Fidelis)
John Stainer: God So Loved The World

MARCH 9 [Lent I] (with Jesi Hempstead, oboe)

Prelude: tbd (oboe + organ)
Introit: Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore: We Shall Walk Through The Valley
Poem: Malcolm Guite: Dominus Regit Me
Hymn of Welcome #685 The King Of Love [DOMINUS REGIT ME]
Offertory: Howard Goodall: The Lord Is My Shepherd (heme from ‘The Vicar of Dibley’) (piano)
Responsorial Psalm 23
Anthem: John Rutter: The Lord Is My Shepherd (with oboe)
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Cushing & Sankey’s “There’ll Be No Dark Valley When Jesus Comes”
Postlude: Ennio Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe (from ‘The Mission’) (arr. McGurty & Jensen) (oboe + piano + organ)

MARCH 16 [Lent II]

Prelude: Wayne L. Wold: The Glory of Those Forty Days (organ)
Introit: Andrae Crouch: Soon, And Very Soon (arr. Jack Schrader)
Poem: Robert Graves: The Wilderness
Hymn of Welcome #564 Just A Closer Walk With God [CLOSER WALK]
Offertory: Richard Hill: Theme from ‘Clayhanger’ (piano)
Responsorial Psalm 5, vv. 1 – 7
Anthem: Josephine Poelinitz: City Called Heaven
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #697 The Way Of The Cross Leads Home [WAY OF THE CROSS]
Postlude: Robert J. Powell: Arise, Ye Saints (organ)

MARCH 23 [Lent III] [Spring begins 20 March]

Prelude: Henry Purcell: Suite in G major (Z. 660) (piano)
Introit: Henry Purcell: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets (from Funeral Sentences)
Poem: Robert Frost: A Prayer in Spring
Hymn of Welcome tbd
Offertory: John Blow: Prelude in C (organ)
Responsorial Psalm: tbd
Anthem: Thomas Attwood: Turn Thy Face From My Sins
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration
Postlude: tbd (piano)

MARCH 30 [Lent IV]

Prelude: J. S. Bach: Christus der uns selig macht (BWV 620) (organ)
Introit: William Fox: Teach Me Thy Way
Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: March (written for TBC)
Hymn of Welcome
Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: March (from ‘A Year At Third’) (piano)
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 7, vv. 6 – 13
Anthem: tbd
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration tbd
Postlude: Dieterich Buxtehude: Canzonetta in G (BuxWV 171) (organ)

APRIL 6 [Lent V]

Prelude: Howard Helvey: Come, Ye Sinners, Poor And Needy [RESTORATION] (piano)
Introit: Steven Stucky: Ah, Holy Jesus
Music for Communion
Poem: Robert Herrick: Lent
Hymn of Welcome # 213 We Bring The Sacrifice Of Praise [WE BRING THE SACRIFICE]
Offertory: David Bednall: Passion Chorale (organ)
Anthem: Dan Schutte: Holy Darkness # 324 When I Survey The Wondrous Cross [HAMBURG]
Postlude: Dan Forrest: Lead Me To Calvary (piano)

APRIL 13 [Palm Sunday]

Prelude: E. J. Moeran: The Day Of Palms (solo voice + piano)
Introit: Richard DeLong: A Sacred Song for Palm Sunday
Poem: G. K. Chesterton: The Donkey
Hymn of Welcome # 301 We Will Glorify ~ Palm Sunday Setting [WE WILL GLORIFY]
Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: April – “Snowdrop” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 8, vv. 1 – 4
Anthem: John Carter: A Palm Sunday Processional
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #300 All Glory Laud And Honor [ST. THEODULPH]
Postlude: Edwin T. Childs: All Glory, Laud and Honor (organ)

APRIL 18 (Good Friday) [Soloists: Lansin Lim Kimler, Perseid String Quartet, Chantal Incandela]

Poems by Peter Abelard (trans. Helen Waddell), Anonymous American, Elizabeth C. Clephane, Samuel Crossman, John Donne, Paul Gerhardt (trans. Robert Bridges), John Keble, Charles Anthony Silvestri [Lent and Good Friday (written for TBC)]
Sasha Johnson Manning: O Sacred Head (string quartet) (written for TBC in 2022)
Sasha Johnson Manning: A Passiontide Rhapsody (strings & piano) (written for TBC in 2024)
Henry Purcell: Chaconny (string quartet)
George Frederick Handel: Sarabande from Suite H. 437 (string quartet)
J. S. Bach: Chaconne in D minor (arr. Joachim Raff/Mike Magatagan) (string quartet)
Domenico Scarlatti: Andante Mosso (from Sonata No. 33)
Annette Kruisbrink: String Quartet (in memoriam Domenico Scarlatti)

THE REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD

APRIL 20 [Easter]

Prelude: Herbert Howells: Saraband for the Morning of Easter (organ)
Introit: W. H. Harris: Most Glorious Lord Of Life
Music for Communion
Poem: Alice Meynell: Easter Night
Hymn of Communion tbd
Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: April (from ‘A Year At Third’) (piano)
Anthem: Keith Hampton: Praise His Holy Name
Hymn of Invitation & Declaration tbd
Postlude: Louis Vierne: Finale (Symphonie #1) (organ)