Established in 1716, a Colonial Parish
A parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
The Reverend Julia McKeon, Priest
Dr. Henry M. Richards, Senior Warden
Michael T. Kevane, Organist/Choirmaster
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Music List 2019 - 2020
Wednesday, September 4, 2019—Choir’s First Rehearsal 7:45PM
Sunday, September 8, 2019— Proper 18—Choir’s first Sunday
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #649 – O Jesus, joy of loving hearts (Descant, MTK, new)
Introit: Lead me, Lord Samuel Sebastian Wesley
solos TBD
(New Church Anthem Book)
Setting: St. Patrick’s Eucharist Philip Stopford
Anthem: Crux Fidelis Felice Anerio
alt anthem: Crux Fidelis—John IV of Portugal
New Church Anthem Book
Communion: Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé
Closing Hymn: #594 – God of grace and God of glory (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, September 15, 2019— Proper 19
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: # 410 – Praise, my soul (Descant, Hymnal 1982)
Introit: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit Thomas Tallis
Setting: St. Patrick’s Eucharist Philip Stopford
Anthem: Ne Irascaris Domine William Byrd
Communion: Cast me not away Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Closing Hymn: #645 – The King of love (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, September 22, 2019— Creation 1 - God, Source and Destiny of the Cosmos
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #412 – Earth and all stars (descant TBD)
Introit: O all ye works Philip Stopford
Setting: St. Patrick’s Eucharist Philip Stopford
Anthem: Seek him that maketh the seven stars Jonathan Dove
Lauren Cho, soprano solo
alt. anthem: The secret of Christ – Richard Shepherd
New Church Anthem Book; Carolyn Hanif, soprano solo
Communion: Jesus Christ the apple tree Elizabeth Poston
Closing Hymn: #60 – Creator of the stars of night (no descant)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, September 29, 2019— Creation 2 - God of order and dynamic change
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #677 – God moves in a mysterious way (Descant, MTK, new)
Introit: The eyes of all wait upon Thee Jean Berger
Setting: St. Patrick’s Eucharist Philip Stopford
Anthem: Herr, lehre doch mich Johannes Brahms
(mvmt. 3; Ein Deutsches Requiem)
Douglas Martin, Bass
Communion: Kyrie (Mass in G Minor) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lauren Cho, soprano; Marianne Skinner, alto;
Mark Stewart, tenor; Harold Dunn, bass
Closing Hymn: #574 – Before Thy throne, O God, we kneel (Descant, 101 VDs)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, October 6, 2019— Creation 3 - The Justice of God and Dignity of All Creatures
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #400 – All creatures of our God (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: A new commandment Thomas Tallis
(New Church Anthem Book)
Setting: St. Patrick’s Eucharist Philip Stopford
Anthem: Grieve not the Holy Spirit T. Tertius Noble
Walter Dixon, Tenor solo
Alt. anthem: Ubi Caritas –Ola Gjeilo
Communion: Ave verum corpus Stephanie Martin
Closing Hymn: #610 – Lord, whose love through humble (Descant MTK, new)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, October 6, 2019—Choral Evensong –Saint Francis and Blessing of the Animals—4 PM
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: O Magnum Mysterium Tomas Luis da Victoria
Phos Hilaron: O Gracious Light Robert Lehman
Preces and Responses: William Smith of Durham
Cantor: Harold Dunn
Canticles: Magnificat (Saint Paul’s Buffalo, 2006) Roland Martin
Nunc Dimittis Roland Martin
Anthem: O all ye works Philip Stopford
Office Hymn: #405 – All things bright and beautiful
Postlude: Improvisation
Saturday, October 12, 2019—Cantata Rehearsal with Orchestra—1:30 Orchestra; 2:30 Choir
Sunday, October 13, 2019— Proper 23
Prelude: Sinfonia from Cantata 150 Johann Sebastian Bach
Opening Hymn: #567 – Thine arm, O God (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: O for a closer walk with God Charles Villiers Stanford
Setting: Mass of Saint Benedict Diane Belcher
Anthem: Der Herr ist mit mir (Cantata 15) Dietrich Buxtehude
Nach dir Herr (Cantata 150) Chorus 2, 6, 7 Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque orchestra
Communion: Excerpts from Jesu Meine Freude Johann Sebastian Bach
Closing Hymn: #375 – Give praise and glory (Descant, MTK)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, October 20, 2019—Proper 24
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #709 – O God of Bethel, by whose hand (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: O God, the King of Glory Orlando Gibbons
Lauren Cho, Marianne Skinner, Rebecca Schafer, Mark Stewart, Verse solos
Setting: Mass of Saint Benedict Diane Belcher
Anthem: He watching over Israel (from Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn
(New Church Anthem Book)
Communion: Lift Thine Eyes (treble chorus) Felix Mendelssohn
Closing Hymn: #711 – Seek ye first (Descant, Hymnal 1982)
Postlude: Improvisation
Saturday, October 26, 2019—Rehearsal for Brahms Requiem, 1:00 PM; Orchestra Only
Sunday, October 27, 2019— Proper 25
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #665 – All my hope on God (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: O Lord, Increase our faith Henry Loosemore
(New Church Anthem Book)
Setting: Mass of Saint Benedict Diane Belcher
Anthem: Denn wir haben hie keine Johannes Brahms
(mvmt. 6, Ein Deutsches Requiem)
Douglas Martin, bass
Communion: He that is down need fear no fall Michael T. Kevane
alt. anthem: Schaffe in mir Gott –Johannes Brahms
Closing Hymn: #637 – How firm a foundation (Descant, Hymnal 1982)
Postlude: Improvisation
Saturday, November 2, 2019—Rehearsal for Brahms Requiem, 1:00 PM for Orchestra; 2:00 for Choir
Sunday, November 3, 2019— All Saints’ All Souls’ Sunday
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #287 – For all the saints (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: Justorum Animae Charles Villiers Stanford
Setting: Saint Andrew’s Eucharist Michael T. Kevane
Anthem: Agnus Dei (from Requiem in D minor) Gabriel Fauré
Communion: Lass dich nur nichts Johannes Brahms
Closing Hymn: #232 – By all your saints still striving (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, November 3, 2019—Evensong—All Saints’ All Souls’ Sunday—4 PM
Rehearsal: 2:00 PM
Prelude: Music for Harp –Alison Simpson
Introit: Justorum Animae Charles Villiers Stanford
Preces and Responses: William Byrd
Canticles: Magnificat Roland Martin
Nunc Dimittis Roland Martin
Alt. Canticles – Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in C – C.V. Stanford
Anthem : Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) Johannes Brahms
Carolyn Hanif, Soprano; Douglas Martin, Bass
Orchestra
Reading of Names of the Departed, tolling of church bell
Office Hymn: #287 – For All the Saints (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Music for Harp –Alison Simpson
Sunday, November 10, 2019— Proper 27
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #401 – The God of Abram praise (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: Scio enim quod Redemptor Orlando di Lasso
Setting: Saint Andrew’s Eucharist Michael T. Kevane
Anthem: Ave Jesu Christe Peter Philips
SATB choir and quartet (TBD)
Communion: The Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter
Closing Hymn: #526 – Let saints on earth in concert sing (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, November 17, 2019— Proper 28
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #631 – Book of books (Descant, MTK, 2013)
Introit: Teach me , O Lord William Byrd
Lauren Cho, soprano solo
Setting: Saint Andrew’s Eucharist Michael T. Kevane
Anthem: Judge Eternal Gerre Hancock
Communion: My Lord, what a mornin’ Harry T. Burleigh
Closing Hymn: #598 – Lord Christ, when first Thou cam’st to earth (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, November 24, 2019— Proper 29, Christ the King Sunday
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #544 – Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: Let all mortal flesh keep silence Edward Bairstow
Mark Stewart, Harold Dunn, solos
Setting: Saint Andrew’s Eucharist Michael T. Kevane
Anthem: Zadok the Priest (from Coronation Anthem No 1) George Frideric Handel
(New Church Anthem Book)
Communion: In Paradisum (from Requiem, op. 9) Maurice Duruflé
Closing Hymn: #494 – Crown Him with many crowns (descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, December 1, 2019— Advent 1
Prelude: none
Opening Hymn: none
The Great Litany: Thomas Tallis (ed. Belcher)
Setting: Mass 18: Kyrie S94; S122 and S160 (Mark Stewart, Cantor for Kyrie)
Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Herbert Howells
Communion: Out of your sleep Richard Rodney Bennett
Closing Hymn: #68 – Rejoice, rejoice believers (Descant, MTK, 2012)
Postlude: Improvisation
Saturday, December 7—Rehearsal with Orchestra: Orchestra, 1:30 PM, Choir, 2:30 PM
Sunday, December 8, 2019— Advent 2
Prelude: Sinfonia (from Messiah HWV 56) George Frideric Handel
Opening Hymn: #75 – There’s a voice in the wilderness (Descant, MTK, 2011)
Introit: Comfort ye, my people; Every valley (from Messiah HWV 56) George Frideric Handel
Walter Dixon, Tenor solo; Baroque orchestra
Setting: Mass 18
Anthem: And the Glory of the Lord; And He shall purify; O Thou that tellest (chorus only);
For unto us; And suddenly, with the angel;
Glory to God (from Messiah; HWV 56) George Frideric Handel
Carolyn Hanif, Soprano solo
Baroque Orchestra
Communion: Lo! How a rose e’er blooming Michael Praetorius
Closing Hymn: #76 – On Jordan’s Bank (Descant, 101 VDs)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, December 15, 2019— Advent 3—Gaudete Sunday
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #66 – Come Thou long-expected Jesus (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: Gaudete! Anonymous
Mark Stewart, Kathie Spoto, solos
Setting: Mass 18
Anthem: Magnificat (Saint Paul’s, Buffalo) Roland Martin
alt. anthem: This is the record of John—Orlando Gibbons
Solo TBD
Communion: Rejoice in the Lord alway Anonymous
Closing Hymn: #65 – Prepare the way, O Zion (Descant, MTK)
Postlude: Improvisation
Annual meeting follows
Saturday, December 21, 2019—Rehearsal for Lessons and Carols and Christmas Eve—2:00 -4:00PM
Sunday, December 22, 2019— Advent 4
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #475 – God himself is with us (Descant, MTK)
Introit: Build thee more stately mansions Gordon Young
Setting: Mass 18
Anthem: Now the birth of Jesus; Joseph, Thou son of David Ralph Vaughan Williams (from Hodie) Walter Dixon, tenor solo?
Communion: E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come Paul Manz
Closing Hymn: #56 – O come, O come, Emmanuel (Descant, 101 VDs)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, December 22, 2019— Christmas Lessons and Carols—4: PM
Rehearsal; 2 PM
Prelude: Music for Harp (including Interlude from Ceremony of Carols) –Rebecca Lynn Simpson
Introit: The truth from above Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lauren Cho, soprano solo
E’en so, Lord, quickly come Paul Manz
Gaudete Anonymous
Mark Stewart, Kathie Spoto, solos
Procession: Processional; Wolcom Yole! (Ceremony of Carols, 1943) Benjamin Britten
Opening Hymn: #102 – Once in Royal David’s City (Descant, Wilcocks)
Carols:
(from Ceremony of Carols) Benjamin Britten
Deo Gracias
That yongë child
Balulalow
This little babe
There is no rose
As dew in Aprile
O Magnum Mysterium Tomas Luis da Victoria
Past three o’clock arr. Charles Wood
Ding, dong, merrily on high arr. Charles Wood
Birthday Carol David Wilcocks
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Gardner
Allelujah, freuet euch Andreas Hammerschmidt
In dulci jubilo Lucas Pearsall
A tender shoot Otto Goldschmidt
In splendoribus sanctorum James Macmillan
Christmas Agnus Dei (Dedicated to St. Andrew’s Choir) Jonathan Dawe
Leslie Dawe, soprano solo
Anthem: What sweeter music John Rutter
Recessional: Recessional (from Ceremony of Carols) Benjamin Britten
Closing Hymn: #83 – O Come, all ye faithful (Descant, Wilcocks)
Postlude: Music for harp – Rebecca Lynn Simpson
Tuesday, December 24, 2019— Christmas Day —4:30
Rehearsal –3:33 PM
Choral Prelude: 4:30 PM
Sir Christémas William Mathias
O Magnum Mysterium Tomas Luis da Victoria
Adam lay y’bounden Boris Ord
Birthday Carol David Wilcocks
Ding, dong, merrily on high arr. Charles Wood
Gaudete Anonymous
Kathie Spoto, solo
Organ Voluntary: In dulci jubilo Marcel Dupré
Opening Hymn: #102 – Once in Royal David’s City (Descant, Wilcocks)
Introit: Sussex Carol David Wilcocks
Setting: TBD
Gospel Procession: O Holy Night Adolphe Adam
Lauren Cho, soprano solo
Anthem: What sweeter music John Rutter
Communion: Christmas Agnus Dei (Dedicated to St. Andrew’s Choir) Jonathan Dawe
Leslie Dawe, soprano solo
In the bleak midwinter Harold Darke
Closing Hymn: #??
Postlude: Improvisation
Wednesday, December 25, 2019— Christmas
Spoken service—No Choir
Sunday, December 29, 2019—Christmas 1
Spoken Service—No Choir
Wednesday, January 1, 2019—No Choir Rehearsal
Sunday, January 5, 2019—Christmas 2
Music TBD
Sunday, January 12, 2020 –Epiphany 1—The Baptism of our Lord
Prelude:Salzburg Michael T. Kevane
Opening Hymn: #135 – Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Descant, 101 VDs)
Introit: O nata lux Thomas Tallis
Setting: TBD
Anthem: Do not be afraid Philip Stopford
Carolyn Hanif, soprano solo
alt. anthem: Tribus miraculis – M.T. Kevane
Communion: Asperges me, Domine Tomas Luis da Victoria
Closing Hymn: #120 – The sinless one to Jordan came (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, January 19, 2020 –Epiphany 2
Prelude:
Opening Hymn: #51 – We the Lord’s people (Descant, CG Descants)
Introit: Jubilate in C major Benjamin Britten
Setting: TBD
Anthem: Tribus miraculis Michael T. Kevane
Communion: I sat down under His shadow Edward Bairstow
Closing Hymn: #535 – Ye servants of God (Descant, 101 VDs)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, January 26, 2020 –Epiphany 3
Prelude: Improvisation
Opening Hymn: #533 – How wondrous and great (Descant, MTK, 2014)
Introit: Almighty and everlasting God Orlando Gibbons
Setting: TBD
Anthem: O nata lux Morten Lauridsen
Communion: Dear Lord and Father of mankind Charles H.H. Parry
Closing Hymn: #304 – I come with joy to meet my Lord (Descant, CG Descants)
Postlude: Improvisation
Sunday, January 26, 2020 – Choral Evensong—Presentation of Jesus
music TBD
Sunday, February 2, 2020 –Epiphany 4
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 –Epiphany 6
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 –Epiphany last
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020—Ash Wednesday—7 PM Eucharist
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020—Choir Rehearsal—7:45 PM
Saturday, February 29, 2020—Choir rehearsal with Orchestra , Fauré Requiem—2:00 PM
Sunday, March 1, 2020 –Lent 1
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Anthem: Requiem Gabriel Fauré
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Lambertville, NJ 08530
ph: (609) 577-7668
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