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Choral Music archive - 2014-15

September 6 - The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost 
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa ad Fugam
Knut Nystedt: Laudate Dominum
A. Gregory Murray: Ubi caritas

September 13 - The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost 
Gary Davison: Lenox Hill Mass
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Vere languores nostros
Thomas Tallis:  A new commandment

September 20 - Solemnity of the Holy Cross
Roland de Lassus: Missa quinti toni super  “Pilons pilons lorge”
Thomas Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
Giuseppe Pitoni: Laudate Dominum

September 27 – The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(The Full Choir returns)
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Simile est regnum cœlorum”
William Byrd: Sing joyfully unto God our strength
James MacMillan: A New Song

September 30 – St Michael & All Angels (Wednesday) 6:30 PM
Herbert Howells: The Office of Holy Communion “Collegium Regale”
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stetit angelus
Andrea Gabrieli: Angeli, archangeli

October 4 – St Francis of Assisi
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Missa “Ego flos campi”
Peter Philips: O virum mirabilem
Peter Philips: Salve, salutaris Victima

October 11 – The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
(Altos, Tenors & Basses)
William Byrd: Mass for Three Voices
William Mundy: He that hath my commandments
Anonymous: O salutaris hostia (Gyffard partbooks)

October 15 –  Choral Concert: The Choir of Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue
(Thursday, 7:30 PM)
The Boy Choristers of Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue will present a choral concert at The Church of the Advent; the St Thomas Choir is considered one of the premier boy choirs in the world today. This will be a unique opportunity to welcome them to the wonderful acoustic and ambience of The Church of the Advent. A reception will follow.  Admission to the 75-minute concert is free, an offering will be received to defray expenses. Reception to follow.

18 October – St Luke
(Orchestra)
Joseph Haydn: Missa in Angustiis “Lord Nelson,” Hob. XXII/11 for chorus, soli, & orchestra
Anton Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30
William Byrd: I have longed for thy saving health

4:30 PM Organ Prelude Recital – Rosalind Mohnsen
5:00 PM Evensong & Benediction – St Luke
6:00 PM Light Supper & Talk
William Smith: Responses
Diego Ortiz: Magnificat primi toni & Nunc dimittis tertii toni
William Byrd: I have longed for thy saving health
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum

October 25 – The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Steffano Bernardi: Missa “Præparate corda vestra”
Charles Villiers Stanford: O for a closer walk with God
Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum

November 1 – All Saints Day
Harold Darke: Communion Service in E “Collegium Regale”
William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
Edgar L. Bainton: And I saw a new heaven

November 2 – All Souls Day (Monday) 6:30 PM
Duarte Lôbo: Missa pro defunctis cum octo vocibus
Duarte Lôbo: Audivi vocem de cœlo
Gregorian chant

November 8 – The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Tenors & Basses)
Kevin Allen: Missa “Rex genitor”
Benedetto Marcello: Thy mercy, Jehovah
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium

November 15 – The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices
William H. Harris: Bring us, O Lord God
William Byrd: Cibavit eos

4:30 PM Organ Prelude Recital by Carson Cooman (all-Scandinavian music)
5:00 PM Evensong & Benediction
6:00 PM Light Supper & Talk
Paul Halley: Responses
Herbert Howells: St Paul’s Service
Gustav Holst: Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
William H. Harris: Bring us, O Lord God

November 20 – Organ Recital in Memory of Gunther Schuller, Aaron Sunstein, Organist
(Friday, 8:00 PM)
As part of a series of memorial events for Boston composer Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) organist Aaron Sunstein will present the premiere performance of Schuller’s complete Symphony for Organ of 1981. Co-sponsored by the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and The New England Conservatory, the concert will also include music in like spirit by Max Reger and Francisco Correa de Arauxo. Admission is free.

November 22 – Christ the King
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Salve Regina”
William Byrd: Attolite portas
John Amner: Lift up your heads
Gregorian chant & Handbells: Te Deum laudamus

November 29 – The First Sunday of Advent: The Feast of Title & Dedication
John Sheppard: Paschal Kyrie
John Taverner: Missa “O Michael”
William Byrd: Lætentur cœli
Johannes Brahms: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, op 45, no 4

4:30 PM Organ Prelude Recital by Monica Czausz (Rice University)
5:00 PM A Service of Lessons & Carols for Advent Sunday
6:15 PM Gala Reception (no talk)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Matin & Vesper Responsories
Barry Cabena: I waited for the Lord
arr Rodney Lister: The Truth from Above
Jakob Handl: Duo seraphim clamabant
William Byrd: Lætentur cœli
Robert F. Twynham: Drop down dew, O heavens, from above
John Joubert: There is no rose
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stetit angelus
Anton Bruckner: Virga Jesse floruit, WAB 52

December 6 – The Second Sunday of Advent
Claudio Monteverdi: Missa “In illo tempore”
Adrian Batten: When the Lord turned again
Charles-Marie Widor: Tantum ergo sacramentum, op 18, no 1

December 13 – The Third Sunday of Advent (“Gaudete”)
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “de la Batalla Escoutez”
Francisco Guerrero: Canite tuba in Sion
Thomas Tallis: Audivi, media nocte 
                               
December 20 – The Fourth Sunday of Advent
William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices
Peter Philips: Alma redemptoris mater
John Joubert: There is no rose

December 24 – Christmas Eve (Thursday) 10:15 pm, Prelude by The Advent Choir; 11:00 pm, Procession & Solemn Mass
Roland de Lassus: Missa “Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera”
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie, Christus natus est
Thomas Weelkes: Gloria in excelsis Deo

December 25  –  Christmas Day (Friday) Sung Mass & Hymns at 11:00 AM
(Organ)
Healey Willan: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
to be sung by the congregation

December 27 –  St John, Apostle & Evangelist (Sunday)
(Organ)
Healey Willan: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
to be sung by the congregation

December 31, New Year's Eve (Thursday) – 5:00 PM, A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols by Candlelight
Thomas Weelkes: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Philip Ledger: Adam lay ybounden
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie, Christus natus est
arr David Willcocks: Resonemus laudibus 
arr Robert de Pearsall: In dulci jubilo
Peter Philips: Alma redemptoris mater
Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella
Herbert Howells: Sing lullaby
John Byrt: All and some
Peter Mathews: Dans les ombres de la nuit
Ben Parry: Three Angels

January 3 – The Second Sunday after Christmas
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa ad Fugam
arr Robert de Pearsall: In dulci jubilo
arr Healey Willan: What is this lovely fragrance?

January 6 – The Epiphany (Wednesday) 6:30 PM
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “O magnum mysterium”
Clemens non Papa: Magi videntes stellam
Anonymous: Coventry Carol

January 10 – The Baptism of our Lord
Pierre Certon: Messe “Sus le pont d’Avignon”
Clemens non Papa: Super ripam Jordanis
Clemens non Papa: Vox de cœlo sonuit

January 17 – The Confession of St Peter
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa “Æterna Christi munera”          
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina:  Constitues eos principes
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Tu es Petrus à 6

4:30 PM Organ Prelude Recital by Peter Krasinski (Elgar: Enigma Variations)
5:00 PM Evensong & Benediction – St Peter
6:00 PM Light Supper & Talk
Philip Radcliffe: Responses
Charles Villiers Stanford: Evening Service in A, op 12
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Tu es Petrus à 6
Ola Gjeilo: Ubi caritas et amor

January 24 – The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Annual Meeting at 10:00 AM, Solemn Mass at 11:15 AM
William Byrd: Kyrie (Mass for Three Voices)
Dr Christopher Tye: The Mass “Euge bone”
Herbert Howells: Behold O God, our defender
Dr Christopher Tye: Praise ye the Lord, ye children

January 31 – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Hans Leo Haßler: Missa octo vocum
Hans Leo Haßler: O sacrum convivium
Hans Leo Haßler: Cantate Domino à 4

February 7 – The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
Francis Poulenc: Messe en Sol Majeur, FP 89
Thomas Tallis: O nata lux de lumine
Thomas Tallis: O sacrum convivium

February 10 – Ash Wednesday (6:30 PM)
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Inter vestibulum ad altare”
Thomas Tallis: In jejunio et fletu
Cristóbal de Morales: Inter vestibulum ad altare
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus

All the above services are at 11:15 am on Sundays and are sung by The Choir of The Church of the Advent unless otherwise indicated.