Music at Grace2015-2016

WELCOME

Dear Friends,

As rector of Grace Church, I invite you to join us for the worship and musical events described in this booklet. Music has been one of the great gifts of the Christian Church to the world, and music here at Grace has blessed downtown Providence for almost two centuries.

Music may certainly be enjoyed in any setting, but hearing it in a beautiful and historic landmark such as Grace is a double blessing. We hope to see you here in the oldest, active Episcopal church in the city of Providence some Sunday (or any day) soon!

In Peace,Jonathan Huyck+

Dear Friends,

I am thrilled to begin my first season as Director of Music at Grace Church in Providence. Grace has a long and distinguished history of music, both in worship and concert settings.

This booklet outlines the musical offering for the coming season, particularly the 10 AM Holy Eucharist on Sunday mornings. Services of Choral Evensong, Lessons and Carols and concerts are included as well.

We hope that you will walk through our historic doors on Westminster Street in downtown Providence for worship or concert, or both very soon!

Vincent Edwards

MUSIC AT GRACE

2015-2016

SEPTEMBER 13 The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost10 AM Organ: Fanfare – John Cook

Thy Church, O God, her heart to Thee upraiseth – Eric ThimanDraw us in the spirit’s tether – Harold Friedell

SEPTEMBER 20 The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost10 AM Organ: Pastorale – Cesar Franck

Welcome, welcome, dear Redeemer – Cesar FranckSave me, O God by your name – Paul Bouman

SEPTEMBER 27 The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10 AM Organ: Praeludium in C-dur, BuxWV 137 – Dietrich Buxtehude

We wait for thy loving-kindness, O Lord – Sir William McKieLike as a father – Luigi Cherubini

OCTOBER 4 The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost10 AM Organ: Excerpts from Sonata IV in B-Flat Major – Felix Mendelssohn

Above all praise and all majesty – Felix MendelssohnO Lord, our governor – Plainsong, Fauxbourdon by Gerre Hancock

OCTOBER 11 The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost10 AM Organ: Chorale Prelude on Rhosymedre – Ralph Vaughan Williams

O how amiable – Ralph Vaughan WilliamsLaudate nomen Domini – Sir Christopher Tye

OCTOBER 18 The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost10 AM Organ: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor – G.F. Handel

Surely he hath borne our griefs from Messiah – G.F. HandelSacerdotes Domini – William Byrd

OCTOBER 25 The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost10 AM Organ: Voluntary No. 1 in D – William Boyce

When the Lord turned again – Adrian BattenO Lord, increase our faith – Henry Loosemore

NOVEMBER 1 All Saints’ Day10 AM Organ: Placare Christes servulis – Marcel Dupré

And I saw a new heaven – Edward C. BairstowWe shall walk through the valley – Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan

Evensong Sung with the Choirs of St. Luke’s, East Greenwich,5 PM at St. Luke’s, 99 Peirce St., East Greenwich, RI

Evening Service in C – James NaresHow lovely is thy dwelling-place – Johannes Brahms

NOVEMBER 8 The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost10 AM Organ: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 – J.S. Bach

Give almes of thy goods – Sir Christopher TyeLass’, o Herr, mich Hülfe finden – Felix Mendelssohn

NOVEMBER 15 The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Bishop’s Visitation10 AM Organ: Andante sostenuto from Symphonie Gothique – C.M. Widor

I set the Lord still in my sight – Joseph KeyBenedicam Domino – Orlando di Lasso

Concert The Kindred Brass Quartet plays works of Peters, Bach, Telemann, Rimsky-Korsakov, Frescobaldi and others . . . the concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

5 PM Scott Abrahamson & RJ Cordeiro, TrumpetJ. Bradford Kleyla & Andrew St. George, Trombone

NOVEMBER 22 The Last Sunday after Pentecost (Christ the King)10 AM Organ: Nun danket alle Gott – Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Hallelujah from Messiah – George Frederic HandelKing of glory, King of peace – J.S. Bach, arr. William H. Harris

NOVEMBER 29 The First Sunday of Advent10 AM Organ: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme, BWV 645 – J.S. Bach

Veni Domine, Op. 39, No. 1 – Felix MendelssohnO thou, the central orb – Orlando Gibbons

DECEMBER 6 The Second Sunday of Advent10 AM Organ: Gottes Sohn ist kommen – Heinrich Buttstedt

People, look East! – Robert LehmanComfort ye from Messiah – George Frederic Handel

DECEMBER 13The Third Sunday of Advent10 AM Organ: Veni Emmanuel – Gerald Near

Rejoice in the Lord alway – AnonymousRejoice greatly from Messiah – George Frederic Handel

Lessons and Organ: Chorale Preludes for AdventCarols with Matin Responsory – Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaProcession Adam lay ybounden – John Ireland5 PM Oculi, omnium – Charles Wood

People, look East! – Robert LehmanBogoroditse devo – Sergei RachmaninoffO Bethlehem – Basque Carol, arr. Clarence DickinsonThe Baptism of Christ – Peter HallockSussex Carol – Trad. English, arr. Sir David Willcocks

DECEMBER 20The Fourth Sunday of Advent10 AM Organ: Magnificat III – Marcel Dupré

Dixit Maria – Hans Leo HasslerAve Maria – Sir Edward Elgar

DECEMBER 24The Eve of Christmas5 PM & 10 PM Prelude Music for Organ, Choir and Soloists at 4:30 and 9:30 PM

Sussex Carol – Trad. English, arr. Sir David WillcocksO Bethlehem – Basque Carol, arr. Clarence Dickinson

DECEMBER 25Christmas Day10 AM Holy Eucharist with Carols

Ding dong! Merrily on high – 16th c. French, harm. Charles Wood

DECEMBER 27The First Sunday after Christmas Day10 AM Organ: Noel X – Grand Jeu et Duo – Louis-Claude Daquin

Verbum caro factum est – Richard ProulxOf the Father’s love begotten - Plainsong

JANUARY 3 The Second Sunday after Christmas10 AM Organ: Wie schön leuchtet, BuxWV 223 – Dietrich Buxtehude

Say, where is he from Christus– Felix MendelssohnBrightest and Best – Paul Sjolund

JANUARY 10 The First Sunday after the Epiphany: Baptism of our Lord10 AM Organ: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan komm, BWV 684 – J.S. Bach

And the glory of the Lord from Messiah – G.F. HandelThe Baptism of Christ – Peter Hallock

JANUARY 17 The Second Sunday after Epiphany10 AM Organ: Master Tallis’s Testament – Herbert Howells

I will worship – George DysonO nata lux – Thomas Tallis

JANUARY 24 The Third Sunday after Epiphany10 AM Organ: Praeludium in C – Vincent Lübeck

The heavens declare the glory of God from The Creation – F.J. HaydnThe Spirit of the Lord – Philip Stopford

JANUARY 31 The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany10 AM Organ: Concerto in B Minor – Johann Walther (after Signor Meck)

In te, Domine, speravi – Hans Leo HasslerThe Gift of Love – arr. Hal H. Hopson

FEBRUARY 7 The Last Sunday after the Epiphany10 AM Organ: Fanfare – Kenneth Leighton

The Transfiguration – Larry KingChrist upon the mountain peak – Paul Bouman

FEBRUARY 10 Ash Wednesday7 PM Create in me a clean heart, O God – Healey Willan

Pie Pellicane – Joseph Noyon

FEBRUARY 14 The First Sunday in Lent10 AM Organ: Sonata VI in D Minor – Felix Mendelssohn

For he shall give his angels from Elijah – Felix MendelssohnLord we bow before thee – Joseph W. Clokey

FEBRUARY 21 The Second Sunday in Lent 10 AM Organ: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 – J.S. Bach

Jerusalem, Jerusalem from St. Paul – Felix MendelssohnPeace unto Zion – Trad. Shaker Tune, arr. Kevin Siegfried

FEBRUARY 28 The Third Sunday in Lent10 AM Organ: Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161 – Dietrich Buxtehude

Lord, God of Abraham from Elijah – Felix MendelssohnO God, thou art my God – Henry Purcell

MARCH 6 The Fourth Sunday in Lent - Laetare10 AM Organ: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658 – J.S. Bach

Greive not the Holy Spirit of God – T. Tertius NobleVon Gott will ich nicht lassen – Johannes Eccard

Evensong Introit: Pilgrims’ Hymn – Stephen Paulus5 PM Evening Service in B Minor – T. Tertius Noble

Lass dich, nur nichts nicht dauren – Johannes Brahms

MARCH 13 The Fifth Sunday in Lent10 AM Organ: Adagio in E – Frank Bridge

A Song of Freedom, Op. 113, No. 1 – Charles Villiers StanfordWhen the Lord turned again – Adrian Batten

MARCH 20 The Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday)10 AM Organ: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 656 – J.S. Bach

It is a thing most wonderful – Philip MooreAve Verum – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

MARCH 24 Maundy ThursdayThursday In monte oliveti – Joseph Nowialis7 PM Ubi caritas – Maurice Duruflé

MARCH 25 Good FridayFriday Were you there? – Spiritual, arr. Bob Chilcott12 Noon Crucifixus á 8 – Antonio Lotti

MARCH 26 The Eve of the ResurrectionSaturday The Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter7 PM Sicut cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Come, ye faithful – R.S. Thatcher

MARCH 27 The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day10 AM Organ: A Trumpet Minuet – Alfred Hollins

Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky – Horatio ParkerA Repeating Alleluia – Calvin HamptonAlleluia – Traditional GeorgianOrgan: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 – Charles-Marie Widor

APRIL 3 The Second Sunday of Easter10 AM Organ: Concerto in G, BWV 592 – Johann Ernst; arr. J.S. Bach

Quia vidisti me, Thoma? – Luca MarenzioThis joyful Eastertide – English Carol; harm. Charles Wood

APRIL 10 The Third Sunday of Easter10 AM Organ: from Water Music Suite – G.F. Handel, arr. E Power Biggs

Worthy is the Lamb from Messiah – G.F. HandelSing unto the Lord – Ebenezer Prout

APRIL 17 The Fourth Sunday of Easter10 AM Organ: Clarinet Tune – Harrison Oxley

My shepherd will supply my need – Calvin HamptonMy shepherd is the living Lord – Thomas Tompkins

APRIL 23 Providence College Choir Concert, Dr. TJ Harper, ConductorSaturday Featuring Fern Hill by John Corigliano4 PM Tickets at the door: $15 General; $10 Student/Senior

APRIL 24 The Fifth Sunday of Easter10 AM Organ: Sonata III in A Major – Felix Mendelssohn

The Father’s Love – Simon LoleAnd I saw a new heaven – Edward C. Bairstow

MAY 1 The Sixth Sunday of Easter10 AM Organ: Suite for Organ – Gerald Near

Song to the Tree of Life – Ralph Vaughan WilliamsPeace I leave with you – Victor L. Iams

Evensong Featuring the Choristers and Schola of St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT5 PM Jacob Street, Interim Director of Music; Jennifer Scarozza, Choral Associate

MAY 8 The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension10 AM Organ: Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension – Olivier Messiaen

Swell the full chorus from Solomon – G.F. HandelGod is gone up with a merry noise – William Croft

MAY 15 The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday10 AM Organ: Veni Creator – Nicolas de Grigny

Creating Spirit, breath of God – John AbdenourBreathe on us again – Steven Fry

Concert The Grace Church Choir and Soloists5 PM with special guest organist Christian Lane

Mass in D Major – Antonin DvořákBiblical Songs, Op. 99 - DvořákThe concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

MAY 22 The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday10 AM Organ: Fugue in E-Flat “St. Anne”, BWV 552 – J.S. Bach

Te Deum in F – John IrelandO wisdom – T. Tertius Noble

From May 29 to September 5, the Summer Choir provides choral music for the 10 AM Eucharist.

Many of our regular choir members sing during the summer, but we also invite anyone to try the choir on one or more of these Sundays.

You may contact the Vince Edwards, Director of Music, if you are interested, or you can simply show up in the Choir Room (Parish House, 2nd Floor) at 8:45 AM

on a summer Sunday!

Service times and repertoire listed are subject to change.

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SERVICE SCHEDULE

SUNDAY

8 AM: Quiet Holy Eucharist in the Chancel8:45 AM to 11:30 AM: Child Care (infants to age 3)

Church School (Begins during the 10 AM Service; Ages 3 to 12)10 AM: Holy Eucharist with Choir

Refreshments and conversation follow the 10 AM service.

WEDNESDAY

Noon: Holy Eucharist in the Chancel

SPECIAL MUSICAL EVENTS AT GRACE

THURSDAY NOON ORGAN CONCERTS

Please join us on Thursdays at Noon (October 4 through November 18; and April 7 through May 26) for informal half-hour organ concerts played on the 103-rank Casavant pipe organ.

Feel free to stay for a portion of the concert or the entire concert if your schedule will allow.

CHORAL EVENSONG: ALL SAINTS’ DAY, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 5PMThe Grace Church Choir joins the Choir of St. Luke’s, East Greenwich

At St. Luke’s, 99 Peirce Street, East Greenwich, RIMusic of Nares and Brahms

THE KINDRED BRASS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 5PMThe Kindred Brass Quartet plays music of Peters, Bach, Telemann, Rimsky-Korsakov,

Frescobaldi and others.Scott Abrahamson & RJ Cordeiro, Trumpet

J. Bradford Kleyla & Andrew St. George, TromboneThe concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

LESSONS AND CAROLS WITH PROCESSION: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 5PMThe Grace Church Choir offers carols and anthems of the Advent and Christmas season, sung in procession around the church. Please join us for this very special holiday service.

Music of Palestrina, Ireland, Wood, Lehman, Rachmaninoff, Dickinson, Hallock, and Willcocks

CHORAL EVENSONG: SUNDAY, MARCH 6 AT 5PMThe Grace Church Choir offers Choral Evensong for Lent

Music of Paulus, Noble and Brahms

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE CONCERT: SATURDAY, APRIL 23 AT 4PMThe Providence College Choir, under the direction of Dr. TJ Harper, presents their Spring

Concert featuring Fern Hill by John Corigliano

CHORAL EVENSONG: SUNDAY, MAY 1 AT 5PMThe Choristers and Schola of St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk Ct

Jacob Street, Interim Director of MusicJennifer Lane Scarozza, Choral Associate

CHORAL CONCERT: SUNDAY, MAY 15 AT 5PMThe Grace Church Choir and Soloists are joined by organist Christian Lane to present

Antonin Dvořák’s Mass in D Major, as well the Ten Biblical Songs, Op. 99The concert is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

GRACE CHURCH CLERGY AND STAFF

The Reverend Canon Jonathan Huyck, RectorThe Reverend Jennifer West, Assisting Priest

Vincent Edwards, Organist and Director of MusicVeda Bucko, Parish Administrator

Meredith “Champ” Cooley, Facilities ManagerAnthony Perez, Sexton

GRACE CHURCH VESTRY

Polly Daly, Senior WardenBill Galligan, Junior WardenLaurie DiBattista, Treasurer

Jimps Jean-LouisMarc SchrankLiz WheelerJosh Klemp

Chritine PulcianiRayne WeimerSandra ReadDavid Reedy

Adrienne Southgate

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