Choral Mattins & Choral Eucharist

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Included in worship this morning are hymns sung by the congregation and choir, additional music sung exclusively by the choir, lessons, prayers, a sermon, and a Rite I Mass. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion.

This week the service begins with Choral Mattins, which occurs three times a year at the 11am service. Mattins allows us to offer some extraordinary works of the Anglican choral tradition that our choir normally does not have the opportunity to sing. If you are unfamiliar with Mattins, you are encourged to look at the leaflet and service card posted below. 

‚ñ∫The Senior Boys of the Choir have been invited to sing in Dresden, Germany on February 13 & 14, and are away February 8 through 15. They sing in collaboration with St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir, London and the Dresden Staatskapelle in the first performances of Dresden Requiem by Lera Auerbach.

Tobias Niederschlag writes, “the concert in Dresden resembles Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem of 1962, where similar artists were chosen to underline the reconciliation of nations which were at enmity during the war. In contrast to Britten, the score of the Dresden Requiem only includes male singing voices. ” Read more about the performances here.

Because of the Dresden trip, today’s choral services are sung by the Junior Choristers alongside the Gentlemen of the Choir.

Music Notes: Composed in 1964, Richard Felciano’s Communion Service draws inspiration from ‚Äúthe physical world and the context it provides for its inhabitants.‚Äù Scored for two-part chorus and organ, the vocal lines are imitative and concise. The Benedictus is lyrically set for trebles only over an angular organ accompaniment.

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