The Cathedral of St. Philip - Atlanta, GA

Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip

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Worship services, rich in the Anglican choral tradition, are broadcast Sundays at 8:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and (September–May) 4 p.m.

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Recitals

Weekly recitals by renowned musicians from around the country and abroad, Sundays at 3:15 p.m. (September–May).

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This Season

Music lists and audio and video recordings of all worship services.

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Concerts

Upcoming concerts from world-class vocal and instrumental performers.

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Upcoming Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip:

Sunday, October 1, 2023
The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, observed

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choristers & Cathedral Singers

  • John Rutter (b. 1945), For the beauty of the earth
  • Roland Martin (b. 1955), Prayer of St Francis

11:15 a.m. Holy Confirmations and Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Eleanor Daley (b. 1955), Open thou mine eyes
  • William Walton (1902-1983), Jubilate Deo
  • Paul Mealor (b. 1975), Peace

3:15 p.m. Recital, Grant Wareham, organ (St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Dallas TX)

  • Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970), Toccata for Organ (2020)
  • Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954), Pastorale
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), “Finale: Andante Maestoso; Allegro Vivace” from Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, observed, Cathedral Schola

  • Bernard Rose (1916-1996), Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), York Minster
  • William Harris (1883-1973) Faire is the heaven
  • Bob Chilcott (b. 1955), Angel voices ever singing

Sunday, October 8, 2023
The Feast of St. Philip,  Deacon & Evangelist, observed

8:45 & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Paul Halley (b. 1952), Jesu, the very thought of thee
  • Colin Mawby (1936-2019), Ave verum corpus

3:15 p.m. Recital, Joseph O’Berry, organ (St. John’s Cathedral, Denver CO)

  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), “Allegro Maestoso” from Sonata in G, Op. 28
  • Robert Elmore (1913-1985), “Pavanne” from Rhythmic Suite
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Rhapsody No. 1
  • Herbert Howells, Paean from Six Pieces for Organ

4:00 p.m. Choral Eucharist, Cathedral Schola

  • Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), Missa Brevis
  • William Walton (1902-1983), Jubilate Deo

 

Coronation

Works of G.F. Handel & J.S. Bach

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra with the Cathedral Choir & Cathedral Schola
Julie Andrijeski & Dale Adelmann, conductors
Caroline Robinson, portativ organ

Friday, October 13, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
The Cathedral of St. Philip

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Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Decatur GA

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Handel, Zadok the Priest
Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel, Organ Concerto Opus 4, No. 2 in B flat
Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major
Handel, Overture to Esther
Handel, The King Shall Rejoice

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip, the Cathedral’s Moore-Wilkerson Concert Endowment, and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.

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Sunday, October 15, 2023
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 23, Year A

3:15 p.m. Recital, George Fergus, organ (Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah GA)

  • Marcel Dupré, Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Teresa of Avila, observed, Cathedral Schola

  • William Smith, Preces & Responses
  • Orlando Gibbons, Second Service
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Sicut cervus
  • David Conte, Prayer of St. Teresa

Sunday, October 22, 2023
The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 24, Year A

3:15 p.m. Recital, Joshua Ehlebracht, organ (St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk CT)

  • Horatio Parker, Festival Prelude, Op. 67, No. 1
  • Florence B. Price, Retrospection
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fantasia in F minor, K. 608
  • George Shearing, “There is a Happy Land” from Sacred Sounds
  • Louis Vierne, “Final” from Symphonie No. 6, Op. 59

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Eve of the Feast of St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of our Lord Jesus Christ & Martyr, Cathedral Choristers & Schola

  • Gerre Hancock, Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Murrill in E
  • Gustav Holst, Let all mortal flesh keep silence
  • John Joubert, O Lorde, the Maker of al thing

Sunday, October 29, 2023
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 25, Year A

3:15 p.m. Recital, Monique Arar, piano (Atlanta GA)

  • Franz Liszt, Sonata in B minor

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Tabitha (Dorcas) of Joppa, observed, Cathedral Schola

  • Kenneth Leighton, Preces & Responses
  • Kenneth Leighton, Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense
  • Becky McGlade, Come, my way, my truth, my life
  • William Harris, Holy is the true Light

Wednesday, November 1, 2023
All Saints’ Day

7:00 p.m. Homeless Requiem, Cathedral Choir

  • Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore, We shall walk through the valley in peace
  • Paul Halley, Bring us, O Lord God
  • Maurice Duruflé, “In paradisum” from Requiem

Sunday, November 5, 2023
All Saints’ Sunday

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choristers & Cathedral Singers

  • Aaron Copland, Shall we gather at the river
  • Lili Boulanger, Pie Jesu

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Dan Locklair, Remembrance
  • Paul Halley, Bring us, O Lord God

4:00 p.m. Choral Requiem Eucharist in Commemoration of All Faithful Departed, Cathedral Choir & Orchestra

  • Maurice Duruflé, Requiem

Sunday, November 12, 2023
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 27, Year A

3:15 p.m. Recital, Adam Pajan, organ (St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, Norman OK)

  • Ola Gjeilo, Sinfonietta
  • Edward Shippen Barnes, Chanson, Esquisse, & Caprice,from Seven Sketches
  • Percy Whitlock, “Grave – Animato” from Organ Sonata in C-minor

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Martin of Tours, observed, Cathedral Schola

  • Stephen Caracciolo, Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Howells, Collegium Regale
  • James Whitbourn, Give us the wings of faith
  • William Byrd, Laetentur coeli

 

Royall Consorts

17th-century English chamber ensemble

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra

Friday, November 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta GA

Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Athens GA

Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Savannah GA (Bach Ascending Series)

Repertoire will include William Lawes’ “Royall” and “Harp” Consorts.

Presented by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. Tickets and more information at atlantabaroque.org or email info@atlantabaroque.org.

 

Sunday, November 19, 2023
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 28, Year A

3:15 p.m. Recital, Bryan Anderson, organ (St. Thomas Episcopal Church and School, Houston TX)

  • Giuseppe Verdi, Overture to La forza del destino
  • Herbert Howells, Psalm prelude, Set 2, No 1 “De profundis”
  • John Ireland, “Villanella” from Miniature Suite
  • William Bolcom, Jesus Loves Me, from 12 Gospel Preludes
  • Marcel Dupré, Deux Esquisses

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, observed, Cathedral Schola

  • Margaret Burk, Preces & Responses
  • Jessica French, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis
  • Craig Phillips, The house of faith has many rooms
  • Dan Locklair, O Trinity of blessed Light

Sunday, November 26, 2023
The Reign of Christ

3:15 p.m. Recital, JoEllen West, organ (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Cleveland OH)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G Major,BWV 541
  • Thomas Kerr, Arietta
  • Ad Wammes, Miroir
  • Charles-Marie Widor, “Adagio” and “Allegro” from
  • Organ Symphonie No. 6, Op. 42, No. 2

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Gerre Hancock, Preces & Responses
  • Charles Wood in E flat (No. 2)
  • Kenneth Leighton, Let all the world in every corner sing
  • Carson Cooman, King of glory

Sunday, December 3, 2023
The First Sunday of Advent, Year B

3:40 p.m. Organ prelude

4:00 p.m. Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols, Cathedral Choir

  • The Great O Antiphons
  • Richard Marlow, Matin Responsory
  • “Lo, he comes with clouds descending” Helmsley
  • Frank Ferko, Adam lay ybounden
  • “Redeemer of the nations, come” Veni Redemptor gentium
  • Cristobal de Morales, Veni Domine
  • “Come, thou Redeemer of the earth” Puer nobis
  • Jan Sandström, Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming
  • “Isaiah the prophet has written of old” Samanthra
  • “The great forerunner of the morn” The Truth from above
  • arr. Craig Phillips, Gabriel’s Message
  • arr. Henry Walford Davies, The Holly & the Ivy
  • “Ye who claim the faith of Jesus” Julion
  • Eriks Ešenvalds, Magnificat (Merton College Service)
  • Paul Mealor, Ave Maria
  • “O come, O come, Emmanuel” Veni, veni Emmanuel

 

A Holiday Concert with members of The Atlanta Symphony Brass

Dale Adelmann, conductor

Friday, December 8, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

The members of the Atlanta Symphony brass and percussion sections return to present their sixth holiday concert in the gracious acoustic of the Cathedral of St. Philip! Featuring some of the finest arrangements for brass ensemble and percussion, the program will include beloved standards from the symphonic orchestra repertoire and traditional holiday carols. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s brass section is venerated worldwide as one of the finest in North America. Join us for an evening of magnificent music and world-class musicianship!

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music with assistance from the Atlanta Brass Society, Inc. 

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Sunday, December 10, 2023
The Second Sunday of Advent, Year B

4:00 p.m. Diocesan Confirmation Service
Sung by the Choir of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Decatur GA
Will Buthod, conductor

Sunday, December 17, 2023
The Third Sunday of Advent, Year B

3:40 p.m. Organ prelude

4:00 p.m. A Christmas Festival of Lessons & Carols by Candlelight, Cathedral Schola

  • “Once in royal David’s city” Irby
  • Peter Warlock, Adam lay ybounden
  • Robert Pearsall, In dulci jubilo
  • “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming” Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
  • Kerensa Briggs, A tender shoot
  • “Comfort, comfort ye my people” Psalm 42
  • Carl Rütti, I wonder as I wander
  • Fredrik Sixten, There is no rose of such vertu
  • Cecilia McDowall, Gaude et laetare
  • “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
  • arr. Paul Halley, What Child is this
  • arr. Gerre Hancock, Come, ye lofty
  • arr. Dale Adelmann, “Of the Father’s love begotten” Divinum mysterium
  • arr. Kenneth Leighton, O leave your sheep
  • arr. David Willcocks, “God rest you merry, gentlemen” God Rest You, Merry

Sunday, December 24, 2023
Christmas Eve, Year B

3:50 p.m. Prelude Music, Cathedral Choristers & Cathedral Singers

  • Gustav Holst, Christmas Day

4:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant & Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choristers & Cathedral Singers

  • John Rutter, What sweeter music
  • arr. Simon Preston, I saw three ships come sailing in
  • arr. Andrew Carter, I wonder as I wander
  • Peter Warlock, Balulalow
  • arr. Philip Ledger, Still, still, still

8:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Prelude Music, Cathedral Choir

  • arr. Sarah MacDonald, Huron Carol
  • Gerald Finzi, In terra pax

8:30 p.m. & 11:30 p.m. Festival Eucharist, Cathedral Choir with members of the Atlanta Symphony Brass, & timpani

  • Stephen Paulus, A Savior from on high
  • arr. Philip Ledger, Sussex Carol “On Christmas night”
  • John Rutter, What sweeter music
  • arr. Andrew Carter, I wonder as I wander
  • arr. Reginald Jacques, Away in a manger

Monday, December 25, 2023
Christmas Day, Year B

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Carols, Cathedral Singers quartet & organ

Sunday, December 31, 2023
The First Sunday after Christmas, Year B

11:15 a.m. Congregational Lessons & Carols, with members of the Cathedral Choir & Cathedral Choristers

Sunday, January 7, 2024
The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord

3:15 p.m. Recital, Brennan Szafron, organ (Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon NC)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Alla breve in D Major, BWV 589
  • Dietrich Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
  • Erik Santos, Star Rising, from The Philadelphia Organ Book
  • Théodore Dubois, Marche des Rois Mages, from Douze pièces pour orgue
  • Olivier Messiaen, “Les mages” from La nativité du Seigneur
  • Denis Bédard, Petite valse and Postlude from Deux pieces

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Joel Martinson, Preces & Responses
  • Thomas Attwood Walmisley in D minor
  • David Hurd, Father in Heaven
  • William Walton, What cheer?

Sunday, January 14, 2024
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Singers
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Arlan Sunnarborg, God with us
  • Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore, I will trust in the Lord

3:15 p.m. Recital, Wesley Parrott, organ (Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia PA)

  • Max Reger, Introduction und Passacaglia in D minor
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in E Major
  • Jean Langlais, Thème et Variations (Hommage à Frescobaldi)
  • George Baker, Berceuse sur le nom de Swann
  • John Cook, PÆAN on ‘Divinum Mysterium’

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Joel Martinson, Preces & Responses
  • Bryan Kelly in C
  • Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan, This little light of mine
  • Spiritual, arr. L.L. Fleming, Give me Jesus

Sunday, January 21, 2024
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Colin Lynch, organ (Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston MA)

  • Josef Gabriel Rheinberger,“Passacaglia” from Sonata No. 8, Op. 132
  • Herbert Sumsion, Intermezzo
  • Percy Whitlock, Plymouth Suite

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Cathedral Schola

  • Richard Shephard, Preces & Responses
  • Alec Roth, Hatfield Service
  • Malcolm Boyle, Thou, O God, art praised in Sion
  • Eleanor Daley, Let all the world in every corner sing

Sunday, January 28, 2024
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Nicole Marane, organ (First United Methodist Church, Marietta GA)

  • Kristina Arakelyan, Star Fantasy (Alleluia - vidimus stellam)
  • Dieterich Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
  • Graeme Koehne, To his servant Bach God grants a final glimpse- the morning star
  • Heinrich Reimann, Phantasie für Orgel über den Choral Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, Op. 25

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Eve of the Feast of Andrei Rublev, Cathedral Choir

  • Richard Shephard, Preces & Responses
  • Joel Martinson, Transfiguration Service
  • Craig Phillips, Hymn to the Trinity
  • Charles Wood, Hail, gladdening Light

Sunday, February 4, 2024
The Feast of the Presentation of our  Lord, observed

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Singers

  • Johannes Eccard, When to the temple Mary went
  • William Byrd, Senex puerum portabat

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Eriks Ešenvalds, Nunc dimittis (Merton College Service)
  • Johannes Eccard, When to the temple Mary went

3:15 p.m. Recital, Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello, and Gloria Lin, piano (Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA)

  • Franz Schubert, “Arpeggione” Sonata in A minor, D. 821
  • Alberto Ginastera, Pampeana No. 2

4:00 p.m. Candlemas Procession & Choral Eucharist, Cathedral Schola

  • Thomas Tallis, Nunc dimittis (Short Service)
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Missa Brevis
  • Johannes Eccard, When to the temple Mary went

Sunday, February 11, 2024 
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Georgia Boy Choir
David R. White, director (Atlanta GA)

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Margaret Burk, Preces & Responses
  • Alexander L’Estrange, New College, Oxford
  • Frank Boles, Christ upon the mountain peak
  • Peter Philips, In splendenti nube

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Ash Wednesday

12:00 noon Imposition of Ashes & Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Singers

  • Thomas Tallis, Sancte Deus
  • Henry Purcell, Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

7:00 p.m. Imposition of Ashes & Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Gregorio Allegri, Miserere mei, Deus
  • William Byrd, Emendemus in melius
  • Henry Purcell, Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

Sunday, February 18, 2024
The First Sunday in Lent, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Frederick Teardo, organ (Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham AL)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Fantasia in G (Pièce d’Orgue), BWV 572
  • Jeanne Demessieux, Attende Domine from 12 Chorale
  • Preludes on Gregorian Themes, Op. 8
  • Nadia Boulanger, Prélude from Trois Improvisations
  • Max Richter, On the nature of daylight
  • Edward Elgar, “Allegro maestoso” from Sonata for Organ, Op. 28

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Thomas Tomkins, Preces & Responses
  • Christopher Tye in G minor
  • William Byrd, Ne irascaris
  • William Byrd, Emendemus in melius

 

VOCES8

Draw on Sweet Night

Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

A place inhabited by the moon and stars, by solitude, dreams, fears and prayers, the night has given us centuries of exquisite poetry and music. This nocturnal programme has a wide-ranging repertoire stretching from Venetian renaissance composer, Giovanni Croce, to the contemporary cross-genre American Pulitzer Prize winner, Caroline Shaw. The sacred music here takes us from the end of the day into night, praying for God’s protection during sleep, and gives thanks for Christ the morning star. And just as Kerensa Briggs’s Media Vita reminds us that in the midst of life we are in death, so Arthur Sullivan’s The Long Day Closes uses the approaching night as a metaphor for the end of life. Selections from VOCES8 arrangements of pop and jazz feature swing tunes, ballads and even James Bond songs.

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music. 

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Sunday, February 25, 2024
The Second Sunday in Lent, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Susanna Valleau, organ (St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Shoreline WA)

  • Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Five Sacred Dances
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Arietta
  • Jessica French, Variations on “Jesu, Dulcis Memoria”

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Thomas Tomkins, Preces & Responses
  • Thomas Tomkins, First Service
  • Thomas Tomkins, Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom
  • William Byrd, Miserere mei, Deus

Sunday, March 3, 2024
The Third Sunday in Lent, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Kyle Ritter, organ (The Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville NC)

  • Alec Wyton, Fanfare (1956)
  • Leo Sowerby, Requiescat in Pace
  • Georg Bohm, Praeludium in C
  • Josef Rheinberger, “Introduction and Passacaglia”from Sonata 8, Op. 132

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Paul Halley, Preces & Responses
  • Arthur Wills, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis on Plainsong Themes
  • Eleanor Daley, Hymn to God
  • Owain Park, Holy is the true light

Sunday, March 10, 2024
The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Brendan Conner, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wilmington NC)

  • Charles-Marie Widor, Symphonie Romane, Op. 73

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Choir

  • Paul Halley, Preces & Responses
  • Francis Jackson in G
  • Edward Bairstow, Lord, thou hast been our refuge
  • Josef Rheinberger, Abendlied

Sunday, March 17, 2024
The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B

4:00 p.m. Diocesan Confirmation Service
Sung by the Choir of St. David’s Episcopal Church, Roswell GA
Sue Mitchell-Wallace, conductor

Sunday, March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday, Year B

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choristers & Cathedral Singers

  • Kenneth Leighton, Solus ad victimam
  • Michael Sitton, Wondrous Love

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Kenneth Leighton, Solus ad victimam
  • Francis Poulenc, Vinea mea electa

4:00 p.m. Meditation on the Passion of Christ, with CarolsCathedral Schola

One of the most moving choral services of the year, this meditation employs lessons & carols, spirituals, anthems, motets, and congregational hymns to illuminate the Passion of Christ, which is retold using biblical narratives from Mark, Matthew, and John, sung to some of the most ancient plainchant known to the Church.

  • “Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended” Herzliebster Jesu
  • John Jacob Niles, arr. John Rutter, I wonder as I wander
  • “A stable lamp is lighted” Andújar
  • Trond Kverno, Corpus Christi Carol
  • Spiritual, arr. Dale Adelmann, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child & Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
  • “To mock your reign, O dearest Lord” Tallis’ Third Tune
  • Francis Poulenc, Vinea mea electa
  • Richard Lloyd, The Ballad of the Judas Tree
  • Kenneth Miller, “Beneath the cross of Jesus” Sewanee Schola
  • Spiritual, Were you there when they crucified my Lord
  • Antonio Lotti, Crucifixus à 8

Thursday, March 28, 2024
Maundy Thursday, Year B

7:00 p.m. Foot Washing & Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir & Cathedral Choristers

  • Maurice Duruflé, Ubi caritas
  • Paul Mealor, Ubi caritas
  • Kim André Arnesen, O sacrum convivium
  • Stephanie Martin, Ave verum corpus

Friday, March 29, 2024
Good Friday, Year B

12:00 noon & 7:00 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy, Cathedral Schola

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria, Passion according to St. John
  • Richard Proulx, We adore you, O Christ
  • Kenneth Leighton, “Drop, drop, slow tears” from Crucifixus pro nobis

Sunday, March 31, 2024
Easter Day, Year B

6:00 a.m. Great Vigil of Easter, Cathedral Choristers & members of Cathedral Choir

  • Spiritual arr. Livingston Gearhart, Dry Bones
  • Edward Bairstow, Sing ye to the Lord
  • Craig Phillips, Light’s glittering morn

8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Holy Baptism & Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir with members of the Atlanta Symphony Brass, & timpani

  • Craig Phillips, Prelude & Exultation
  • Craig Phillips, Light’s glittering morn
  • Paul Gibson, This Peerless Dawn

Sunday, April 7, 2024
The Second Sunday of Easter, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Jordan Prescott, organ (Grace and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore MD)

  • Herbert Howells, Paean
  • Jeanne Demessieux, Prélude et Fugue en Ut
  • César Franck, Choral in E

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Philip Radcliffe, Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Brewer in D
  • Richard Webster, These things did Thomas count as real
  • Howard Helvey, Awake, arise!

Sunday, April 14, 2024
The Third Sunday of Easter, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Joseph Arndt, organ (St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa OK)

  • Rebecca Groom te Velde, Paean (2022)
  • César Franck, Prière, Op. 20
  • Percy Whitlock, Plymouth Suite for Organ

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Stephen Caracciolo, Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Howells, Winchester Service
  • Cecilia McDowall, I know that my Redeemer liveth
  • Jean Lhéritier, Surrexit Pastor Bonus

 

Jubilee!

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
Julie Andrijeski, artistic director

Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta GA

Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Athens GA

Georg Philipp Telemann, Ouverture from Suite in G major, “La Bizarre”

Francesco Durante, Concerto in A major, “La Pazzia” and more!

Presented by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. Tickets and more information at atlantabaroque.org or email info@atlantabaroque.org.

 

Sunday, April 21, 2024
The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Isabella Wu, organ (The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia PA)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (after Vivaldi), “Allegro” fromConcerto in A minor, BWV 593
  • Jean Langlais, No.1. Mode de ré from 8 Pièces Modales
  • Gaston Litaize, Scherzo from 12 Pièces pour Grand Orgue
  • Percy Whitlock, Plymouth Suite

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Anselm, Cathedral Schola

  • Robert Lehman, Preces & Responses in A flat
  • Charles Villiers Stanford in C
  • Gabriel Jackson, A Prayer of King Henry VI
  • Bob Chilcott, Now the green blade riseth

 

American Guild of Organists

2024 AGO Endowment Fund Distinguished Artist Award Recital and Gala Benefit Reception Honoring Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Presented by the National Office of the American Guild of Organists

The Cathedral is delighted to serve as host of the 2024 AGO Gala honoring the beloved Atlanta Chenault Duo, who have contributed more to the corpus of organ repertoire for four hands and four feet than every other organist in the history of the instrument, combined. This will be an incredibly special evening of magnificent music and musicianship, and a celebration to remember!

Concert tickets (recital only), Patron tickets (includes recital & gala donor reception), and more information at agohq.org/2024-gala. 

 

Sunday, April 28, 2024
The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Ben Weaver, organ (St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta GA)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
  • Dan Locklair, “...beside the still waters.” from Windows of Comfort, Book 1
  • Louis Vierne, Arabesque
  • César Franck, Pièce Heroïque

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Eve of the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Cathedral Schola

  • Käthe Wright Kaufman, Preces & Responses
  • William Walton, Chichester Service
  • Johannes Brahms, Geistliches Lied
  • David Briggs, O Lord, support us

 

England Pilgrimage Preview Concert

Cathedral Choir
Caroline Robinson & Jack Mitchener, organ
Dale Adelmann, conductor

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir has accepted invitations to serve as choir-inresidence for a week each at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and at York Minster this July. Singing the daily round of services in these awe-inspiring edifices is a sublime, even transformative experience. Tonight’s concert will be an opportunity to hear some of the magnificent repertoire that the choir will offer during the fifteen services they will sing in England, while also supporting their efforts to raise the funds needed to travel.

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Cathedral Choir’s July 2024 England pilgrimage. Ticket info coming soon. 

 

Sunday, May 5, 2024
The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B

3:15 p.m. Recital, Edward Landin Senn, organ (Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr PA)

  • Pamela Decker, Praeludium
  • Edward Landin Senn, Suite Brève
  • Craig Phillips, Prelude on the Carillon d’Alet
  • Gerre Hancock, Air; Prelude for Organ
  • Edward Landin Senn, Psalm Prelude
  • Pamela Decker, Psalm 139

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral Schola

  • Robert Lehman, Preces & Responses in A flat
  • Stephanie Martin, Selwyn Service
  • Benjamin Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb

Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Sunday after the Ascension, Year B

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Youth Sunday, Cathedral Choristers & Cathedral Singers

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams, O clap your hands
  • Roxanna Panufnik, Ubi caritas

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams, O clap your hands
  • Charles Villiers Stanford, Coelos ascendit hodie

3:15 p.m. Recital, Christopher Reynolds, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
  • César Franck, Cantabile
  • Bruce Simonds, Prelude on Iam sol recedit igneus
  • John Cook, Fanfare

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Sunday after the Ascension, Cathedral Schola

  • William Smith, Preces & Responses
  • Thomas Morley, First Service
  • Peter Philips, Ascendit Deus
  • C.V. Stanford, Coelos ascendit hodie

Sunday, May 19, 2024
The Day of Pentecost, Year B

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Singers

  • David Hurd, Come, thou Holy Paraclete
  • Charles Beaudrot, Come down, O Love divine

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Schola

  • David Hurd, Come, thou Holy Paraclete
  • Thomas Tallis, Loquebantur variis linguis

3:15 p.m. Recital, Jack Mitchener, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta GA)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 651
  • Marcel Dupré, Three Chorale Variations on Veni Creator Spiritus
  • Emma Lou Diemer, Variations on Dove of Peace (“I come with joy to meet my Lord”)
  • Vincent Persichetti, Movements 1 & 5 from Dryden Liturgical Suite, Op. 144
  • Maurice Duruflé, Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator, Op. 4

4:00 p.m. Choral Eucharist, Cathedral Choir

  • David Briggs, Truro Eucharist
  • Roland Martin, Whitsunday
  • Spiritual arr. Moses Hogan, Every time I feel the Spirit

Sunday, May 26, 2024
Trinity Sunday, Year B

8:45 & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Singers

  • Richard Shephard, We give immortal praise
  • Michael Sitton, To the Divine Trinity

Sunday, June 2, 2024
The Second Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 4, Year B

4:00 p.m. Diocesan Confirmation Service
Sung by the Adult Choir of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta GA
Matthew Michael Brown, Director of Music / Ben Weaver, Assistant Organist

 

Cathedral Singers Concert

Caroline Robinson and Jack Mitchener, organ 
Dale Adelmann, conductor

Friday, June 7, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy a lovely June evening’s respite amid the glow of stained glass, basking in music to sooth the soul and delight the senses! This concert is presented by the professional core of the Cathedral Choir & Schola and our magnificent organists.

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Cathedral Choir’s July 2024 England pilgrimage to sing daily services – for a week each – as choir-in-residence at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and York Minster. Ticket info coming soon.

 

Atlanta Summer Organ Festival Recital

Bálint Karosi

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Bálint Karosi has been Cantor and Director of Music at Saint Peter’s Church in New York City since 2015. After winning the 2008 Bach Prize in Leipzig, Bálint has been in demand as a recitalist and clinician worldwide and widely known and respected for his interpretation of Bach’s music and his Baroque-inspired improvisations. His recording portfolio of albums on the Hungaroton label includes his original orchestral works and thirteen albums of the complete works for organ by J. S. Bach. Bálint was appointed to the faculty of the Organ Department at the University of Michigan, where he will teach organ literature, church music, and improvisation starting August 2023. He is celebrated for his great skill in organ improvisation, and is a prolific, award-winning composer across instrumental and vocal mediums. Bálint studied at the Liszt Academy in his native Budapest, Hungary, the Conservatoire Supérieur in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. He earned his DMA in composition at the Yale School of Music in 2017.

Presented by Delbert Lowell Jacks in memory of Thomas Ruben Jones, and Friends of Cathedral Music. Suggested donation $15 at the door. 

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Sunday, August 13, 2023
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 14, Year A – Homecoming Sunday

8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choir  watch 8:45  /  watch 11:15 

  • Malcolm Boyle (1902-1976), Thou, O God, art praised in Sion
  • Paul Mealor (b. 1975), Ubi caritas et amor

Sunday, August 20, 2023
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 15, Year A

8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Decani (Cathedral Choir)  watch 8:45  /  watch 11:15 

  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Jubilate Deo (Collegium Regale)
  • Richard Farrant (c. 1530-1580), Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake

Sunday, August 27, 2023
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 16, Year A

8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cantoris (Cathedral Choir)  watch 8:45  /  watch 11:15 

  • Bob Chilcott (b. 1955), Be thou my vision
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ave verum corpus

Sunday, September 3, 2023
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 17, Year A

8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Singers  watch 8:45  /  watch 11:15 

  • Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Jubilate Deo in C
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Teach me, my God and King

Sunday, September 10, 2023
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 18, Year A

8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choir  watch 8:45  /  watch 11:15 

  • David Hurd (b. 1950), It is a good thing to give thanks
  • John Hilton (c. 1599-1657), Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes

3:15 p.m. Recital, Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta GA)  watch

  • Anne Wilson (b. 1954), Toccata
  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Fantaisie No. 2 in D-flat, Op. 101
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Deuxième Fantaisie
  • Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968), Te Deum, Op. 11

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. John Chrysostom, observed, Cathedral Schola  watch  /  podcast

  • Bernard Rose (1916-1996), Preces & Responses
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in A
  • David Hurd (b. 1950), It is a good thing to give thanks
  • Stephen Paulus (1949-2014), Pilgrims’ Hymn

Sunday, September 17, 2023
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 19, Year A

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choristers & Cathedral Singers  watch

  • T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1964), King of glory, King of peace
  • William Bradley Roberts (b. 1947), Prayer of John Donne

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choir

  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Psalm 103
  • William Bradley Roberts (b. 1947), Prayer of John Donne

3:15 p.m. Recital, Andrew Risinger, organ (West End United Methodist Church, Nashville TN)  watch

  • Simon Preston (b. 1938), Alleluyas
  • Harold E. Darke (1888-1976), A Fantasy for Organ, Op 39
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Dies sind die heiligen zehn Geboten, BWV 678
  • David Conte (b. 1955), Recollection (Soliloquy No. 2)
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Allegro vivace” from Symphony No. 5, Op. 42

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Hildegard of Bingen, Cathedral Schola  watch  /  podcast

  • Käthe Wright Kaufman (b. 1993), Preces & Responses
  • Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968) in A flat
  • Ivo Antognini (b. 1963), Laus Trinitati
  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), O virtus Sapientiae

Sunday, September 24, 2023
The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 20, Year A

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Singers  watch
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Schola
  watch

  • Healey Willan (1880-1968), Christ hath a garden
  • Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), Simile est regnum caelorum

3:15 p.m. Recital, Jinhee Kim, organ (Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta GA)  watch

  • Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Comes Autumn Time
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Sicilienne” from Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Organ Sonata No. 1, Op. 65

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, observed, Cathedral Choir  watch  /  podcast

  • Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Preces & Responses
  • Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991), Gloucester Service
  • Eleanor Daley (b. 1955), Open thou mine eyes
  • Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), Save us, O Lord, waking