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 2024

Sermon Series for January: Darkness and Light

JANUARY 7 [Epiphany]

  • Prelude: Franz Liszt: Die Hirten und der Krippe (S.186, 3) (piano)
  • Introit: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World (from Handel)
  • Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Come, Risen Lord (written for TBC)
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: After Communion
  • Hymn of Communion #273 Good Christian Men, Rejoice [IN DULCI JUBILO]
  • Offertory: Rebecca Groom Te Velde: O Jesulein süss (Lullaby) (organ)
  • Anthem: Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #288 We Three Kings Of Orient Are [KINGS OF ORIENT]
  • Postlude: Thomas Keesecker: What Child Is This? (piano)

JANUARY 14 [Epiphany II]

  • Prelude: Peter Christian Lutkin: Prelude on the tune Dix—As With Gladness Men Of Old (organ)
  • Introit: Martin Shaw: Kings in Glory
  • Poem: Sara Teasdale: Christmas Carol
  • Hymn of Welcome # 290 As With Gladness Men Of Old [DIX]
  • Offertory: Adolphus Hailstork: Listen to the Lambs (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm (for King Solomon) 72, vv. 1–10
  • Anthem: Melissa Dunphy: A New Heart
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #291 O Sing A Song Of Bethlehem [KINGSFOLD]
  • Postlude: Larry Shackley: As With Gladness Men Of Old (from Following Yonder Star) (piano)

JANUARY 21 [Epiphany III]

  • Prelude: Charles Raymond Cronham: The Kings of the Orient March (organ)
  • Introit: William Crotch: Lo! Star-Led Chiefs
  • Poem: William Butler Yeats: The Magi
  • Hymn of Affirmation #264 Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light [ERMUNTRE DICH]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: January (from A Year at Third) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 104, vv. 1–6
  • Anthem: Thomas Attwood: O God, Who By The Leading Of A Star
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #293 Praise The One Who Breaks The Darkness [NETTLETON]
  • Postlude: Thomas Attwood: Cathedral Fugue (piano & organ)

JANUARY 28 [Epiphany IV]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Symphony (from Christmas Oratorio) (piano)
  • Introit: Herbert Howells: Here Is The Little Door
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Epiphanytide
  • Hymn of Affirmation #271 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You [HYMN TO JOY]
  • Offertory: Elisabeth Sterling: Movement (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 107, vv. 17–22
  • Anthem: arr. Mack Wilberg: Oh Watch The Stars
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #292 Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne [MARGARET]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: January (piano)

FEBRUARY 4 [Epiphany V—Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple]

  • Prelude Niels Gade: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (organ)
  • Introit: Charles Wood: Nunc Dimittis in C minor
  • Music for Communion: Kenneth Leighton
  • Hymn of Communion #413: Break Thou The Bread Of Life (vv. 1–3) [BREAD OF LIFE]
  • Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: February [Carnival] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)
  • Anthem: Johannes Eccard: When To The Temple Mary Went
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Now May Thy Servant, Lord [NUNC DIMITTIS]
  • Postlude: Brenda Portman: Fanfare Rondeau on VICTORY (organ)

FEBRUARY 11 [Epiphany VI]

  • Prelude: Howard Helvey: Ash Grove Variations (piano)
  • Introit: S. S. Wesley: Lead Me, Lord
  • Poem: Edward Thomas: The Ash Grove
  • Hymn of Affirmation #794 Let All Things Now Living [ASH GROVE]
  • Offertory: Gerald Near: Adagietto (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 24, vv. 1–6
  • Anthem: John Rutter: For The Beauty Of The Earth
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #241 Arise, Shine [ARISE, SHINE]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: February (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

FEBRUARY 14 [Ash Wednesday, 6pm]

  • 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 (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Motets: King John of Portugal: Faithful Cross (orig. Crux Fidelis)
  • John Stainer: God So Loved The World

Sermon Series for Lent: Journey To The Cross

FEBRUARY 18 [Lent I; Presidents’ Day Weekend]

  • Prelude: William Crotch: Introduction & Fugue (organ)
  • Introit: Christopher Tye: O Come, Ye Servants Of The Lord
  • Poem: Ann Weems: Lenten Poem
  • Hymn of Affirmation: Richard Redhead: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days [ST. FLAVIAN]
  • Offertory: Florence Price: Retrospection (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 1 – 8
  • Anthem: Thomas Attwood: Turn Thy Face From My Sins
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #340 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (sung 3 times) [LEMMEL]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: February (piano)

FEBRUARY 25 [Lent II]

  • Prelude: Mikael Sapin: De Profundis (piano)
  • Introit: Herbert Howells: My Eyes For Beauty Pine
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: February (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation: M. Heinlein: Forty Days and Forty Nights
  • Offertory: Herbert Howells: Tranquillo, ma con moto (Six Short Pieces, 1) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 130
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: De Profundis (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration Cecil Frances Alexander: There Is A Green Hill
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach: Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir (BWV 687) (arr. György Kurtág) (piano duet)

MARCH 3 [Lent III]

  • Prelude: Emma Lou Diemer: Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger (piano)
  • Introit: Peter Tranchell: Bread of Heaven
  • Music for Communion: Kenneth Leighton
  • Hymn of Communion #459 We Remember You [WE REMEMBER YOU]
  • Offertory: Dan Forrest: What Wondrous Love Is This? (piano)
  • Anthem: Eric Thiman: Wondrous Love
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #314 What Wondrous Love Is This? [WONDROUS LOVE]
  • Postlude: Eugenio Maria Fagiani: What Wondrous Love Is This? (organ)

MARCH 10 [Lent IV]

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: March (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)
  • Introit: John Goss: These Are They That Follow The Lamb
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: March (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #310: Lead Me To Calvary (vv. 1 & 4) [DUNCANNON]
  • Offertory: Emma Lou Diemer: Jesus Calls Us (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 22, vv. 1 – 5
  • Anthem: Sue Farrar: Jesu, Gentle Savior
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #598 Wherever He Leads I’ll Go [FALLS CREEK]
  • Postlude: Dan Forrest: Lead Me To Calvary (piano)

MARCH 17 [Lent V] (PB absent)

  • Prelude: Emma Lou Diemer: Guide My Feet (piano)
  • Introit: William Billings: When Jesus Wept
  • Poem: Langston Hughes: The Ballad of Mary’s Son
  • Hymn of Affirmation #601 I Have Decided To Follow Jesus [ASSAM]
  • Offertory: Healey Willan: Meditation on Slane (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 22, vv. 7 – 10
  • Anthem: Glenn Burleigh/Jack Schrader: Order My Steps [In My Word]
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #682 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah [CWM RHONDDA]
  • Postlude: Dale Wood: Postlude on Bunessan (organ)

MARCH 24 [Palm Sunday]

  • Prelude: Peter Tchaikovsky: March [Song of the Lark] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)
  • Introit: Percy Buck: The Royal Banners Forward Go [GONFALON ROYAL]
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: March II (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #316 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded [PASSION CHORALE]
  • Offertory: Fanny Mendelssohn: March (Das Jahr) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 118, 1-2; 19 - 29
  • Anthem: John Carter: A Palm Sunday Processional
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #300 All Glory, Laud, And Honor* [ST. THEODULPH]
  • Postlude: Edwin T. Childs – St. Theodulph – All Glory, Laud, and Honor (organ)

MARCH 29 (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; world premiere)

MARCH 31 [Easter]

  • Prelude: Herbert Howells: Saraband for the Morning of Easter (organ)
  • Introit: arr. Philip Ledger: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Music for Communion: Kenneth Leighton (Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: A Poem for Easter
  • Hymn of Affirmation #360 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today [LLANFAIR]
  • Offertory: Emma Lou Diemer: Great Day! (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 100
  • Anthem: Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Blessed Be The God And Father
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #367 Christ The Lord Is Risen Today [EASTER HYMN]
  • Postlude: Charles-Marie Widor: Toccata (Symphonie #5, op. 42) (organ)

Sermon Series for April: A 50-Day Journey to Pentecost

APRIL 7 [Low Sunday] [Easter I] [NO CHOIR]

  • Prelude: Paul Paviour: This Joyful Eastertide (piano)
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: April (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #361 Worship Christ, the Risen King, vv. 1-4 [REGENT SQUARE]
  • Offertory: Louis Vierne: Méditation (Trois Improvisations, 2) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 16, vv. 5 – 11
  • Anthem: J. S. Bach: Alle Menschen müssen sterben (BWV 643) (arr. György Kurtág) (piano duet)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #369 He Rose Triumphantly [HE ROSE TRIUMPHANTLY]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: A Low Sunday Celebration (piano and organ)

APRIL 14 [Easter II]

  • Prelude: Harold Stover: Lord, Speak To Us (organ)
  • Introit: Charles Wood: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Poem: A. E. Housman: Easter Hymn
  • Hymn of Affirmation #343 Amazing Grace [NEW BRITAIN]
  • Offertory: Cindy Berry: Amazing Grace (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 116, vv. 1-2, 5-6, 13-14
  • Anthem: arr. Mary McDonald: Think About His Love
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #158 Think About His Love [HARRAH]
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach: Wer nur den lieben Gott laßt walten (organ)

APRIL 21 [Easter III]

  • Prelude: arr. Thomas Keesecker: Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley (piano)
  • Introit: arr. Arthur Somervell: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: April Eclipse (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #369 He Rose Triumphantly [HE ROSE TRIUMPHANTLY]
  • Offertory: Emma Louis Ashford: Meditation (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 23
  • Anthem: Victor C. Johnson: Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #154 We Bow Down (Twila Paris) [WE BOW DOWN]
  • Postlude: Franz Drdla: Souvenir (piano)

APRIL 28 [Easter IV]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’ (BWV 635) (piano duet)
  • Introit: arr. Arthur Somervell: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Poem: John Masefield: Past Where The Snowdrops Used To Grow (from “The Everlasting Mercy”)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #365 Alleluia, Alleluia [HYMN TO JOY]
  • Offertory: Franz Liszt: Andante Religioso (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 105 – 112
  • Anthem: Anne Krentz Organ: We Walk By Faith
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #368 He Lives [ACKLEY]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: April [Snowdrop] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

MAY 5 [Easter V; Cinco de Mayo]

  • Prelude: Manuel Ponce: Prelude on a Theme of Handel (piano)
  • Introit: George Frederick Handel: Great Lord God! Thy Kingdom Shall Endure
  • Music for Communion: Kenneth Leighton (Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
  • Hymn of Communion #302 Lamb of God (Twila Paris) [LAMB OF GOD]
  • Offertory: Maria Hester Park - Sonata op. 4 no. 2 - Rondo Allegro (organ)
  • Anthem: George Frederick Handel: Holy Art Thou (Largo from ‘Serse’)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: G. F. Handel: Rejoice, The Lord Is King! [words: #370] [GOPSAL]
  • Postlude: Manuel Ponce: Fugue on a Theme of Handel (piano)

MAY 12 [Easter VI]

  • Prelude: Charles Callahan: A Gospel Prelude (organ & piano)
  • Introit: arr. Howard Helvey: My Lord, What A Mornin’!
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: May (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation: Eleanor Farjeon: Morning Has Broken [BUNESSAN, #465]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: May (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 145 – 152
  • Anthem: Andre Kopolyoff: Alleluia, Christ Is Risen
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #45 Crown Him With Many Crowns [DIADEMATA]
  • Postlude: Mary McDonald: Crown Hi, Lord Of All (organ)

MAY 19 [Pentecost/Whitsunday]

  • Prelude: Peter Tchaikovsky: May [May Nights] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)
  • Introit: J. S. Bach: All People At The Hour (Oxford Easy Anthem Book)
  • Poem: Gerard Manley Hopkins: The World Is Charged With The Grandeur Of God
  • Hymn of Affirmation (insert) Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire (PLAINSONG)
  • Offertory: Jean Langlais: Chant de Paix (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 89 – 96
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: Come, Holy Ghost (TBC commission)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #391 Sweet, Sweet Spirit [SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: Pentecost Fire (TBC commission) (piano and organ)

MAY 26 [Trinity Sunday] (Memorial Day Weekend)

  • Prelude: Cindy Berry: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (piano)
  • Introit: Katherine K. Davis: O God, Our Help In Ages Past
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: A Sonnet for Trinity Sunday
  • Hymn of Welcome # 686 O God, Our Help In Ages Past [ST. ANNE]
  • Offertory: Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger: Trio #3 (op. 189) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 104, vv. 27 – 34
  • Anthem: Peter Tchaikovsky: Holy, Blessed Trinity
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #3 Holy, Holy, Holy [NICAEA]
  • Postlude: Dan Miller: Holy, Holy, Holy (piano & organ)

Sermon Series for June & July: A Summer Pilgrimage

JUNE 2 [Trinity I] [FULL CHOIR]

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: June (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)
  • Introit: Kenneth Leighton: Kyrie
  • Music for Communion: Kenneth Leighton
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Trinity Sunday
  • Hymn of Communion #464 Come To The Table [COME TO THE TABLE]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach: Adagio (from Marcello’s Concerto in D) (BWV 974) (piano)
  • Introit: J. S. Bach: Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #11 Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing [NETTLETON]
  • Postlude: Undine Smith Moore: Variations on ‘Nettleton’ (organ)

JUNE 9 [Trinity II]

  • Prelude: York Bowen: Prelude (Three Miniatures, 1) (piano)
  • Introit: Cindy Berry: At the Name Of Jesus (= Hymn 28)
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: The Name of Jesus
  • Hymn of Affirmation #766 At The Name Of Jesus [WYE VALLEY]
  • Offertory: York Bowen: Intermezzo (Three Miniatures, 2) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 20, vv. 1–6
  • Anthem: arr. Anthony Greening: Alleluyas of St. James
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #572: Blessed Assurance [ASSURANCE]
  • Postlude: York Bowen: Scherzo (Three Miniatures, 3) (piano)

JUNE 16 [Trinity III] (Juneteenth Sunday) (Tom Finger, guest pianist)

  • Prelude: Scott Joplin: Weeping Willow (piano)
  • Introit: Spiritual: Deep River
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: June (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation (insert): When Israel Was In Egypt’s Land (sung responsively)
  • Offertory: Florence Price: Adoration (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 126
  • Anthem: Henry Thacker Burleigh: By An’ By
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #442 Babbie Mason’s Each One, Reach One [EACH ONE, REACH ONE]
  • Postlude: Scott Joplin: Bethena—A Concert Waltz (piano)

JUNE 23 [Trinity IV] [SPARROW SERVICE]

  • Prelude: Peter Tchaikovsky: June (from op. 37a) (w/ no repeat) (piano)
  • Introit: Peter Hurford: Litany to the Holy Spirit
  • Poem: Richard Wilbur: Still, Citizen Sparrow
  • Hymn of Affirmation W. J. Sparrow-Simpson’s All For Jesus [CROSS OF JESUS]
  • Offertory: Felix Mendelssohn: O For the Wings of a Dove (arr. Alan Ridout) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 84, vv. 1–5, 7
  • Anthem: Benjamin Britten: The Birds
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #624: His Eye Is On The Sparrow [SPARROW]
  • Postlude: arr. Cindy Berry: His Eye Is On The Sparrow (piano)

JUNE 30 [Trinity V] (Guest musician: Jesi Hempstead, oboe) [VAUGHAN WILLIAMS]

  • Prelude: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’ (organ)
  • Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Shepherd (Ten Blake Songs for tenor & oboe)
  • Poem: Michael Leunig: We Welcome Summer
  • Hymn of Affirmation #291 O Sing A Song Of Bethlehem [KINGSFOLD]
  • Offertory: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Eternity (Ten Blake Songs for tenor & oboe)
  • Responsorial Psalm 84, vv. 8–12
  • Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lamb (Ten Blake Songs for tenor & oboe)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Vaughan Williams: Come Down, O Love Divine [DOWN AMPNEY]
  • Postlude: Howard Helvey: Come Down, O Love Divine (piano)

JULY 7 [Trinity VI] [FULL CHOIR] (Tom Finger, guest pianist) [MOZART]

  • Prelude: W. A. Mozart: Sonata #11, 1st movement (K. 331) (piano)
  • Introit: W. A. Mozart: Jesus, Word of God Incarnate (orig. Ave Verum Corpus)
  • Music for Communion: Kenneth Leighton
  • Hymn of Affirmation #603: Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken [ELLESDIE, based on Mozart]
  • Offertory: W. A. Mozart: Adagio in F (K. 594) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 80, vv. 1–10
  • Anthem: Thomas Attwood: Come, Holy Ghost
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #597: Take My Life And Let It Be [NOTTINGHAM, adapted from Mozart]
  • Postlude: Irving Fine: Tribute to Mozart (piano)

JULY 14 [Trinity VII] [FRANCE] (Guest musician: Jesi Hempstead, oboe)

  • Prelude: Germaine Tailleferre: Larghetto (piano)
  • Introit: Gabriel Fauré: Pièce (oboe & piano)
  • Poem: Charles Péguy: Hope
  • Hymn of Affirmation #424 The Servant Song (omit v. 3) [Charles Gounod’s PARIS]
  • Offertory: Alice Jordan: Aria (oboe & organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: 92, vv. 1–4; 9–15
  • Anthem: Maurice Duruflé: The Lord’s Prayer
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #597 Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated (vv. 1, 5–6) [HENDON]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: July (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

JULY 21 [Trinity VIII] (Tom Finger, guest pianist)

  • Prelude: Mark Hayes: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (organ)
  • Introit: arr. Kenneth Lowenberg: I Heard The Voice Of Jesus
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: July (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #184 Michael W. Smith’s Thy Word [THY WORD]
  • Offertory: Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata Op. 10 No. 3 Third Movement (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 95, vv. 1–6
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: The Lord Is King (Psalm 93) (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #431 Shine, Jesus, Shine [SHINE, JESUS, SHINE]
  • Postlude: Dale Wood: When Morning Gilds the Skies (organ)

JULY 28 [Trinity IX] (Anniversary of death of J. S. Bach in 1750)

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Toccata in D minor “Dorian” (BWV 538) (organ)
  • Introit: J. S. Bach: Dearest Lord Jesus (orig. Liebster Herr Jesu) (arr. Britten)
  • Poem: Charles Tomlinson: If Bach Had Been A Beekeeper
  • Hymn of Affirmation: Lord Jesus, be Present Now (tr. Winkworth) [Bach’s HERR JESU CHRIST)
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach: Sonatina from ‘Actus Tragicus’ op. 106 (arr. Kurtag) (piano duo)
  • Responsorial Psalm 15
  • Anthem: J. S. Bach: Consider Then, My Soul Unwary (orig. Gedenke doch, mein Geist, zurücke) (arr. Britten)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Thy Love, O Gracious God And Lord [DURCH ADAMS FALL]
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verdebt (BWV 637) (arr. Kurtag) (piano six-hands)

Sermon Series for August: The Holy Spirit Brings Us Together

AUGUST 4 [Trinity X; Feast of the Transfiguration] [FULL CHOIR]

  • Prelude: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn-Tune Prelude on Gibbons’ Song 13 (piano & tenor)
  • Introit: Orlando Gibbons: Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord
  • Music for Communion: Kenneth Leighton
  • Hymn of Communion: #462 Come, Share The Lord [DIVERNON]
  • Offertory: Orlando Gibbons: The Lord of Salisbury ~ His Pavan (piano)
  • Anthem: Orlando Gibbons: O Lord, Increase Our Faith
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Eternal Ruler Of The Ceaseless Round [Gibbons’ SONG 1]
  • Postlude: Anon. (English, 16th century): My Lady Wynkfyld’s Rownde (organ)                  

AUGUST 11 [Trinity XI] (Guest musician: Jesi Hempstead)

  • Prelude: Howard Helvey: Christians, We Have Met To Worship (piano)
  • Introit: J. S. Bach: Come, Celebrate This Morn (orig. Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag) (arr. Britten)
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: August (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #207 We Have To Worship [HOLY MANNA]
  • Offertory: Gaston M. Déthier (arr. Callahan): Adagio (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 67
  • Anthem: Gaston M. Déthier (arr. Callahan): Andante Grazioso (oboe & organ)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #651 Twila Paris’s All That I Need [ALL THAT I NEED]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: August (from ‘A Year at Third’) (piano)

AUGUST 18 [Trinity XII] (Tom Finger, guest pianist)

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Prelude in C sharp major (from The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book I) (piano)
  • Introit: Henry Purcell: Let The Words Of My Mouth (from “Lord, Who Can Tell?)
  • Poem: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: I Thirst (2 readers)
  • Hymn of Affirmation: #793 For The Beauty Of The Earth (vv. 1 – 3) [DIX]
  • Offertory: Margaret Vardell Sandresky: Agnus Dei (Heather Martin Cooper)
  • Responsorial Psalm 84, vv. 8 – 12
  • Anthem: arr. Martin How: Fairest Lord Jesus
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #713 Karen Lafferty’s Seek Ye First The Kingdom of God [LAFFERTY]
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach: Fugue in C sharp major (from The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book I) (piano)

AUGUST 25 [Trinity XIII] (All section leaders)

  • Prelude: Johannes Brahms: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen (op. 122, 5) (organ)
  • Introit: Thomas Ford: Almighty God, Which Hast Me Brought
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Come, O Holy Spirit
  • Hymn of Affirmation #29 Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme [ST. ANNE]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach: Jesu, Unser Trost Und Leben (BWV 475) (arr. Lennart Morée) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 89, vv. 14 – 21
  • Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: O How Amiable
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #649 When I Look Into Your Holiness [PERRIN]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: August (from op. 37a) (piano)

Sermon Series for September: Praising God!

(CHORAL SERVICES RESUME)

SEPTEMBER 1 (Labor Day Weekend) [Trinity XIV] (Guest Musician: Eliot Barnes)

  • Prelude: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Praeludium #1 (guitar)
  • Introit: Hal Hopson: Come, And Eat This Bread
  • Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Come, Risen Lord (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Communion #302 Lamb of God [LAMB OF GOD]
  • Poem: Barbara Crooker: And Now It’s September
  • Offertory: John Erickson: Let Us Break Bread (organ)
  • Anthem: Melissa Dunphy: A New Heart (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #12 Praise Him! Praise Him! [JOYFUL SONG]
  • Postlude: Dan Forrest: Praise The Lord Who Reigns Above (piano)

SEPTEMBER 8 [Trinity XV]

NO CHOIR

SEPTEMBER 15 [Trinity XVI] (Stephen absent)

  • Prelude: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: God Who Madest Heaven And Earth (op. 65, 35) (organ)
  • Introit: Felix Mendelssohn: I Will Sing Of Thy Great Mercies
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: Response to Psalm 92
  • Hymn of Affirmation #1 Praise My Soul, The King of Heaven [ANDREWS]
  • Offertory: Howard Helvey: Sing Praise (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 92, vv. 1 – 8; 12 - 15
  • Anthem: Katherine Kennicott Davis: To God Be Praise And Glory
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #210 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty [LOBE DEN HERRN]
  • Postlude: Max Reger: Lobe den Herrn (op. 67, 24) (organ)

SEPTEMBER 22 [Trinity XVII] (First Day of Fall)

  • Prelude: Dan Locklair: Silence may be kept (from “Rubrics”) (organ)
  • Introit: Maurice Greene: Thou Visitest The Earth
  • Poem: Rainer Maria Rilke: Autumn Day (translated by Annette Grendler)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #182 For The Beauty Of The Earth [DIX]
  • Offertory: Joseph Kosma, arr. Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 147, vv. 1 – 7
  • Anthem: Jane Marshall: Praise The Lord
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #258 Go, Tell It On The Mountain [GO, TELL IT]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: September – Finding God in the darkest depths (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

SEPTEMBER 29 [Trinity XVIII]

  • Prelude: Herbert Howells: Quasi Lento (Six Short Pieces, 6) (organ)
  • Introit: Susan Callaway: Rise Up Early In The Morning
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: September (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #241 Arise, Shine [ARISE, SHINE]
  • Offertory: William Lloyd-Webber: Verset (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 148
  • Anthem: Benjamin Harlan: Lauda Anima
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #82 Praise The Name Of Jesus [HICKS] (sung three times)
  • Postlude: Herbert Howells: Musica ‘Sine Nomine’ (piano)

Sermon Series for October: Giving to God

OCTOBER 6 [Trinity XIX]

  • Prelude: Henry Purcell: Prelude in G major (trans. Béla Bartók) (piano)
  • Introit: Henry Purcell: Thou Knowest, O Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts
  • Music for Communion: Peter Aston
  • Hymn of Affirmation #463 I Will Remember Thee [MANOAH]
  • Offertory: Henry Purcell: Minuet in G (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 112
  • Anthem: Henry Purcell: Rejoice In The Lord Alway (Z. 49)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #403 Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation [Purcell’s WESTMINSTER ABBEY]
  • Postlude: Pamela M. Robertson: Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation (piano)

OCTOBER 13 [Trinity XX] (Guest musician: Tom Finger)

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: October (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)
  • Introit: John Dowland: He That Is Down Need Fear No Fall
  • Poem: Barbara Cooker: And Now It's October
  • Hymn of Affirmation #486 Come, Ye Sinners, Poor And Needy [ARISE]
  • Offertory: John Ness Beck: It Is Well With My Soul (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 37, vv. 1 – 11
  • Anthem: Thomas Dunhill: Pilgrim Song
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #561 I Would Be Like Jesus [SPRING HILL]
  • Postlude: Michael Helman: Trumpet Voluntary in C (organ)

OCTOBER 20 [Trinity XXI]

  • Prelude: Cindy Berry: Brethen, We Have Come To Worship (piano)
  • Introit: Tom Fettke: Day By Day
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Uphill
  • Hymn of Affirmation: Marty Haugen: Let Us Build A House [TWO OAKS]
  • Offertory: Eric Satie: Gnossiennes #1 (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 127
  • Anthem: Mary McDonald: I Must Tell Jesus
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #572 Blessed Assurance [ASSURANCE]
  • Postlude: Irina Popov: Fanfare on "Blessed Assurance" (organ)

OCTOBER 27 [Trinity XXII] (in honor of Brent Johnson's 20 years' service)

  • Prelude: E. J. Moeran: A Commendation Upon Music (choir & piano)
  • Introit: David Bednall: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: October (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #429 They'll Know We Are Christians [ST. BRENDAN'S]
  • Offertory: Robert T. Anderson: Chorale Prelude on 'Jesu, My Joy' (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 150
  • Anthem: Jane Marshall: My Eternal King
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Fred Pratt Green's When In Our Music God Is Glorified [ENGELBERG]
  • Postlude: Theodoré Dubois: Toccata (organ)

Sermon Series for November: Embracing God

NOVEMBER 3 [Trinity XXIII, Sunday after All Saints’ Day] (*Jesi Hempstead, oboe)

  • Prelude: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lake In The Mountains (piano)
  • Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Taste And See
  • Music for Communion: John Rutter
  • Hymn of Communion Orlando Gibbons’ O Lord, Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray [SONG 1]
  • Offertory: Marianne Kim: Grace (organ)
  • Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. John Eggert: Holy Spirit, Gift Of God*
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Horatius Bonar’s I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say[#291 KINGSFOLD]
  • Postlude: Granville Bantock: A Toccata of Galuppi’s (piano)

NOVEMBER 10 [Trinity XXIV]

  • Prelude: Hubert Parry: Elegy (organ)
  • Introit: Sasha Johnson Manning: For The Fallen (written for TBC)
  • Poem: Anonymous (14th century): Recordare Domine (translation)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #213 We Bring The Sacrifice Of Praise [WE BRING THE SACRIFICE]
  • Offertory: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude No. 4 in E minor (op. 28) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 116, vv. 13 – 19
  • Anthem: arr. Walter Parratt: Kontakion for the Departed
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #800 Heal Our Land [HEAL OUR LAND]
  • Postlude: Mary McDonald: God Of Our Fathers (organ)

NOVEMBER 17 [Trinity XXV]

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: November (from “A Year at Third”) (piano)
  • Introit: Richard Farrant: Lord, For Thy Tender Mercies’ Sake
  • Poem: Stuart Townend: Holy Spirit, Living Breath Of God
  • Hymn of Affirmation: Thomas Ken’s Awake, My Soul (vv. 1 – 4) [MORNING HYMN]
  • Offertory: Craig Phillips: Kremser (Four Preludes, 1) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 16, vv. 5 - 11
  • Anthem: Mack Wilberg: My God, My Portion, My Love
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #790 We Gather Together [KREMSER]
  • Postlude: Howard Helvey: We Gather Together (piano)

NOVEMBER 24 (Thanksgiving Weekend)

  • Prelude: Emily Maxson Porter: Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs (organ)
  • Introit: Christopher Tye: O Come, Ye Servants Of The Lord
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: November (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Affirmation #797 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come [ST. GEORGE’S, WINDSOR]
  • Offertory: Howard Helvey: With A Heart Of Thanksgiving (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 95, vv. 1 – 7
  • Anthem: John Ness Beck: Thanksgiving!
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #788 Now Thank We All Our God [NUN DANKET]
  • Postlude: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Nun danket, alle Gott (op. 65, 13) (organ)

Sermon Series for December

DECEMBER 15 (Advent Carol Service) (with Perseid String Quartet)

  • Hymns: #245, vv. 3-6 O Come, Thou Wisdom From On High [VENI EMMANUEL]
  • #244 Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus [HYFRYDOL]
  • Edgar Pettman: The Angel Gabriel Carols: Orlando Gibbons: This Is The Record of John
  • Kerensa Briggs: Seeking You
  • George Dyson: Magnificat in C Mark Lowry & Buddy Greene, arr. Jack Schrader: Mary, Did You Know?
  • Michael Head: The Little Road To Bethlehem Instrumental Ensemble: Sasha Manning: Christmas Rhapsody #1 & 3; On Christmas Day
  • Offertory: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (arr. Matthew Stewart)
  • Readings: Malcolm Guite: O Cone, O Come, Emmanuel; A Sonnet for the Annunciation
  • Rowan Williams: Advent Calendar
  • Gospel of St. Luke, 1
  • Charles Anthony Silvestri: December (world premiere; written for TBC)
  • Christina Rossetti: Love Came Down At Christmas Philipp Nicolai: How Brightly Shines The Morning Star (trans. William Mercer)
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 599) (organ)

DECEMBER 22 (ADVENT IV)

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: December (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)
  • Introit: Michael Praetorius: Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (Hymn #255)
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: O Emmanuel
  • Hymn of Affirmation: #245 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, vv. 5-7 [VENI EMMANUEL]
  • Offertory: Eva- Maria Houben: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 96, vv. 1-4, 11-13
  • Anthem: arr. Martin Shaw: People, Look East
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #241 Arise, Shine [ARISE, SHINE]
  • Postlude: Dan Chadburn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (piano)

DECEMBER 24 (Christmas Eve) (Evening Service of Lessons and Carols)

  • Prelude: Ned Rorem: A Talisman for Jim on Christmas Eve (piano)
  • Bidding Prayer: From King’s College, Cambridge, Service of Nine Lessons & Carols
  • Hymns: #286 Once In Royal David’s City [IRBY]
  • #251 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear [CAROL]
  • #250 O Little Town Of Bethlehem [ST. LOUIS]
  • #278 Angels We Have Heard On High [GLORIA]
  • #272 While Shepherds Watched [CHRISTMAS]
  • #249 O Come, All Ye Faithful [ADESTE FIDELES]
  • #261 Away In A Manger [CRADLE SONG]
  • #253 Silent Night [STILLE NACHT]
  • #277 Hark, the Herald Angels Sing [MENDELSSOHN]
  • Lessons: Alice Meynell: Unto Us A Son Is Given (Given, Not Lent)
  • Malcolm Guite: Refugee
  • John Donne: Nativitie
  • Henry Vaughan: Christ’s Nativity Langston Hughes: Shepherd’s Song At Christmas
    Postlude: David Willcocks: Postlude on Mendelssohn (organ)
  • Thomas Hardy: The Oxen
  • Patrick Kavanagh: Christmas Eve Remembered
  • Carols: Martin Shaw: The Lord At First Did Adam Make =
  • Peter Warlock: Adam Lay Ybounden
  • Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ, The Apple Tree arr. Will Reed: Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing?
  • Gustav Holst: In The Bleak Midwinter
  • Charles Ives: A Christmas Carol
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Christmas Night

DECEMBER 29 (Christmas I)

  • Prelude: Jack Richard Hodkinson: December (piano)
  • Introit: Witold Lutoslawski: The Holly And The Ivy
  • Poem: G. K. Chesterton: The House Of Christmas
  • Hymn of Affirmation #275 Sing We Now Of Christmas [FRENCH CAROL]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach: Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes-Sohn (BWV 601) (arr. György Kurtág) (piano duet)
  • Responsorial Psalm 98, vv. 1 – 4
  • Anthem: arr. Charles Wood: Ding, Dong! Merrily On High
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #280 One Small Child [ONE SMALL CHILD] Postlude: Richard Elliot: Go, Tell It On The Mountain (organ)