MUSIC LIST
To December 25, 2008

 

December


SATURDAY22 November
4:00 Organ Recital: The Complete Organ Works of Messiaen - Part 6
  John Scott
 

 
SUNDAY23 NovemberChrist the King
11:00 Festal Eucharist
  Service: Missa Christi - Leighton
  Psalm: 95:1-7
  Anthems: Christus vincit - James MacMillan
  Dignus est Agnus - Williamson
 
4:00 Festal Evensong
  Responses: Leighton
  Psalm: 146
  Service: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Octavi Toni - Tallis
  Anthem: Ecce vicit Leo - Philips
 
5:15 Organ Recital
  Douglas Beck - Alexandria, VA
 

 
TUESDAY25 November
5:30 Choral Evensong sung by The Gentlemen of The Choir
  Introit: Let God arise in majesty - Tallis
  Responses: Moore
  Psalm: 119:73-88
  Service: The First Service - Philip Moore
  Anthem: O bone Jesu - Compère
 

 
WEDNESDAY26 November
5:30 Choral Evensong
  Introit: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Poston
  Responses: Tomkins
  Psalm: 119:145-160
  Service: The First Service - Weelkes
  Anthem: Christe, qui lux es et dies - Whyte
 

 
THURSDAY27 NovemberThanksgiving Day
11:00 Festal Eucharist
  Service: Messe Solennelle - Vierne
  Psalm: 65:9-14
  Anthems: Laudate Dominum - Dupré
  O salutaris hostia - Dupré
 

 
SUNDAY30 NovemberAdvent 1
11:00 An Advent Procession and Choral Eucharist
  Works of Palestrina, Philip Moore, Jonathan Dove, and Gibbons
 Service:Missa Bell’ Amfritrit’ altera - Lassus
 
4:00 An Advent Procession
  Works of Palestrina, Philip Moore, Jonathan Dove, and Gibbons
 
5:15 Organ Recital
  Harry Lyn Huff - Cambridge, MA
 

 
TUESDAY2 December
5:30 Choral Evensong
  Introit: Never weather-beaten sail - Campian
  Responses: Shephard
  Psalms: 12, 13
  Service: The Third Service - Rupert Jeffcoat
  Anthem: Creator of the stars of night -
Mode IV melody, arr. John Scott
 

 
SATURDAY6 December
4:00 Choral Evensong sung by The Gentlemen of The Choir
  Introit: Conditor alme siderum - Anon.
  Responses: Harris
  Psalm: 33
  Service: Magnificat Primi Toni - Suriano
  Nunc dimittis (Tone VI) - Plainsong
  Anthem: Audivi vocem - Tallis
 

 
SUNDAY7 DecemberAdvent 2
11:00 Litany and Choral Eucharist
  Litany: Tallis
  Psalm: 85:7-13
  Service: Missa Salve intemerata virgo - Tallis
  Anthems: Vigilate - Byrd
  Rorate coeli - Byrd
 
4:00 Choral Evensong
  Responses: Shephard
  Psalm: 119:105-112
  Service: The Second Service - Gibbons
  Anthem: This is the record of John - Gibbons
 
5:15 Organ Recital
  George A. Sargeant - Sudbury, MA
 

 
TUESDAY9 December
7:30 Concert
  with The Saint Thomas Choir, Soloists, and Concert Royal
John Scott, Director


George Frideric Handel MESSIAH

Clara Rottsolk, Soprano Ian Howell, Countertenor
Rufus Müller, Tenor Tyler Duncan, Bass
 

 
THURSDAY11 December
7:30 Concert
  with The Saint Thomas Choir, Soloists, and Concert Royal
John Scott, Director


George Frideric Handel MESSIAH

Clara Rottsolk, Soprano Ian Howell, Countertenor
Rufus Müller, Tenor Tyler Duncan, Bass
 

 
SATURDAY13 December
4:00 Choral Evensong sung by The Gentlemen of The Choir
  Introit: Terra tremuit - Byrd
  Responses: Tallis
  Psalm: 69:1-22
  Service: Sumsion in G
  Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord always - Sheppard
 

 
SUNDAY14 DecemberAdvent 3 - Gaudete
11:00 Festal Eucharist
  Service: Mass for Double Choir - Martin
  Psalm: 126
  Anthems: Laetentur coeli - Byrd
  Rejoice in the Lord alway - Anon. (Sixteenth Century)
 
4:00 Festal Evensong
  Responses: Byrd
  Psalm: 67
  Service: Collegium Regale - Howells
  Anthem: Vox dicentis - E. W. Naylor
 
5:15 Organ Recital
  Michael Heighway - Windsor, UK
 

 
TUESDAY16 December
5:30 Choral Evensong
  Introit: People look East - Besançon Carol, arr. Barry Rose
  Responses: Byrd
  Psalms: 84, 85
  Service: The Short Service - Byrd
  Anthem: Ecce concipies - Handl
 

 
WEDNESDAY17 December
12:10 A Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols
  Works of John Gardner, Vaughan Williams, R. L. Pearsall, Andrew Carter and John Joubert
 
5:30 Choral Evensong sung by The Gentlemen of The Choir
  Introit: Nesciens Mater - Byttering
  Responses: Plainsong
  Psalm: 89:1-30
  Antiphon: O Sapientia - Springfield Antiphonal c. 1300
  Service: Magnificat Secundi Toni - Suriano
  Nunc dimittis - Tone III
 Anthem:Ave Maria - Biebl
 

 
THURSDAY18 December
6:30 Concert
 
A Ceremony of Carols
and
Medieval And Modern Carol Settings

The Boys of The Saint Thomas Choir
John Scott, Conductor Anna Reinersman, Harp

New York Polyphony
Geoffrey Williams, Alto
Scott Dispensa, Baritone
Geoffrey Silver, Tenor
Craig Phillips, Bass
 

 
SATURDAY20 December
4:00 A Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols
  Works of John Gardner, Vaughan Williams, R. L. Pearsall, Andrew Carter and John Joubert
 

 
SUNDAY21 DecemberAdvent 4
11:00
and
4:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
  Works of Woodward, Philip Ledger, M. Praetorius arr. J. Sandström, John Tavener, John Scott, James Bassi and Mathias
 

 
TUESDAY23 December
5:30 Choral Evensong
  Introit: Adam lay ybounden - Ord
  Responses: Plainsong
  Psalm: 115
  Antiphon: O Emmanuel - Springfield Antiphonal c. 1300
  Service: The Second Service - Byrd
 Anthem:Behold, the hour cometh - Tomkins
 

 
WEDNESDAY24 DecemberChristmas Eve
4:00 A Service of Lessons and Carols
and the Blessing of the Creche
  Works of Pettman, Ebeling, John Rutter, and Peter Wishart
 
10:30 Festival Music for Trumpet, Organ, and Strings
with Concert Royal
 
  Scott McIntosh, TrumpetKevin Kwan, Organ
 
11:00 The Solemn Eucharist of the Nativity with Concert Royal
  Service: Messe de Minuit - Charpentier
  Psalm: 96:1-4, 11-12
  Anthem: For unto us a child is born - Handel
  Carols: Works of David Willcocks, John Rutter, Darke
 

 
THURSDAY25 DecemberChristmas Day
11:00 Solemn Eucharist
  Service: Mass of the Nativity - Richard Shephard
  Psalm: 98:1-6
  Anthem: Hodie Christus natus est - Sweelinck
  Carols: Works of David Willcocks, John Rutter, Simon Preston