The Cathedral of St. Philip - Atlanta, GA

2022-2023

Sunday, August 14, 2022
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Homecoming Sunday: Proper 15, Year C

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

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  • Paul Halley (b. 1952), Jesu, the very thought of thee
  • David Hurd (b. 1950), Love bade me welcome

Note: Beginning this week, we move back to our pre-pandemic practice of listing only the choral repertoire in this music list.

Sunday, August 21, 2022
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 16, Year C

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

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  • Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1964), King of glory, King of peace
  • Spiritual, arr. Gerald Near (b. 1942), There is a balm in Gilead

Sunday, August 28, 2022
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 17, Year C

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

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  • William Bradley Roberts (b. 1947), In all these you welcomed me
  • Roland E. Martin (b. 1955), Love bade me welcome

Sunday, September 4, 2022
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 18, Year C

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

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  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Jubilate Deo (Collegium Regale)
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Teach me, my God and King

Sunday, September 11, 2022
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 19, Year C

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

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  • John Ireland (1914-1992), Greater love hath no man
  • Paul Mealor (b. 1975), Ubi caritas et amor

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

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral II in B minor
  • Guy Ropartz (1864-1955), Thème varié (from Six Pièces)
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral I in E Major

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of the Holy Cross, observed / Cathedral Schola

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  • Stephen Caracciolo (b. 1962), Preces & Responses
  • Howard Helvey (b. 1968) in B flat
  • John Ireland (1914-1992), Greater love hath no man
  • Richard Proulx (1937-2010), We adore you, O Christ

Sunday, September 18, 2022
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 20, Year C

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

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  • Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1572/73), Praise the Lord, ye children
  • Philip Stopford (b. 1977), Ave verum corpus

3:15 p.m. Recital: Charles Higgs, organ (St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Milton, GA)

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  • Douglas E. Wagner (b.1952), Festive Trumpet Tune
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780), Praeludium in D Major
  • William Noll (b. 1958), “Adagio” from Suite for Organ
  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 2
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), “Adagio” from Concerto in D minor
  • Henri Mulet (1878-1967), Toccata on “Thou Art The Rock”

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Hildegard of Bingen, observed, commemorating and giving thanks also for the life of Queen Elizabeth II  / Cathedral Schola

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  • Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (b. 1971), Preces & Responses
  • Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (b. 1971), King’s College Service
  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), O pastor animarum
  • William Harris (1883-1973), Bring us, O Lord God
  • Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950), Evening Hymn

Sunday, September 25, 2022
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 21, Year C

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

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  • John Gardner (1917-2011), Fight the good fight with all thy might
  • Bob Chilcott (b. 1955), Be thou my vision

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

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  • Bob Chilcott (b. 1955), Be thou my vision
  • Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), O sacrum convivium

3:15 p.m. Recital: Duo Beaux Arts — Catherine Lan & Tao Lin, piano duet

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  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Eight Variations on a Theme by Waldstein, WoO 67
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Rondo in the Hungarian Style, almost a Caprice, Op. 129
  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Marches caractéristiques, D 968b, No. 1
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Andante and Allegro Brillante, Op. 92

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist, observed / Cathedral Schola

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  • Bernard Rose (1916-1996), Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Justorum animae
  • David Briggs (b. 1962), O Lord, support us all the day long

 

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra: A League of Their Own

Julie Andrijeski, artistic director
Jaap ter Linden, guest conductor
Erin Ellis, cello

Friday, September 30, 2022, 7:30 p.m. the Cathedral of St. Philip
Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Roswell Presbyterian Church
Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Lassiter Concert Hall, Marietta

Inspired by Atlanta’s World Series Championship Braves, the ABO takes the field for an All-Star lineup in 2022-23! Internationally acclaimed Dutch cellist and conductor Jaap ter Linden takes the mound for our spectacular season opener, expertly guiding the ABO through a rousing program of music from the Classical era for strings and winds. Eighteenth-century composer Marianna Martines, a welcome addition to the composers’ lineup, is in a league of her own with her sparkling Symphony in C Major; and ABO’s own Erin Ellis takes the spotlight in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major. Fan-favorite composer W.A. Mozart delivers the closer, his youthful Symphony in A Major, K. 114. Tickets and more information at atlantabaroque.org, or email info@atlantabaroque.org

 

Sunday, October 2, 2022
The Feast of St. Francis, observed

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

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  • Grayston Ives (b. 1948), The Canticle of Brother Sun
  • Andrew Carter (b. 1939), “Butterflies and Moths” from Benedicite

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

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  • Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), Festival Benedicite
  • Grayston Ives (b. 1948), The Canticle of Brother Sun

3:15 p.m. Recital: Nathaniel Gumbs, organ (Yale University, New Haven, CT)

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  • Florence Price (1887-1953), Introduction/Allegro from First Sonata for Organ
  • John Stoddart (b. 1980), Soon!
  • Cesar Franck (1890-1922), Choral No. 1 in E Major

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

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  • Stephen Caracciolo (b. 1962), Preces & Responses
  • Francis Jackson (1917-2022) in G
  • Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), Festival Benedicite
  • Charles Wood (1866-1926), Hail, gladdening Light

Sunday, October 9, 2022
The Feast of St. Philip, observed

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

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  • Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Te Deum in C Major
  • Joel Martinson (b. 1960), The Invitation

3:15 p.m. Recital: Raymond Nagem, organ (The Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, NY)

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  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Allegro risoluto and Scherzo. Quasi presto from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
  • Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Music for Children, Op. 65 (transc. Raymond Nagem)
    • Promenade
    • A Little Story
    • Tarantella
    • Waltz
    • Rain and Rainbow
    • March
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

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

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  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Collegium Regale Communion Service
  • Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Give unto the Lord
  • David Hurd (b. 1950), Love bade me welcome

Sunday, October 16, 2022
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 24, Year C

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Nave Voices

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  • Josquin des Préz (1450/1455-1521), Tu pauperum refugium
  • Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), arr. Craig Courtney (b. 1948), Be still, my soul

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

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  • Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Os justi meditabitur
  • Jake Runestad (b. 1986), I will lift mine eyes unto the hills

3:15 p.m. Recital: Richard Spotts, organ (Doylestown, PA)

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  • Charles Tournemire (1870–1939), Trois Poèmes pour orgue

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Teresa of Avila, observed /Cathedral Schola Sopranos & Altos, and Cathedral Choristers

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  • Christopher Jennings (b. 1980), Preces & Responses
  • David Hogan (1946-1996), Washington Service
  • David Willcocks (1919-2015), Psalm 150
  • Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968), Ubi caritas

Sunday, October 23, 2022
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 25, Year C

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

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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), O how amiable are thy dwellings
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1896), How lovely is thy dwelling place

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

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  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1896), How lovely is thy dwelling place
  • Stephanie Martin (b. 1962), Let all mortal flesh keep silence

3:15 p.m. Recital: Brian Glikes, organ (St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Albany, NY)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral No. 2 in B minor
  • Jan Welmers (1937-2022), Laudate Dominum

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

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  • Richard Ayleward (c. 1625-1669), Preces & Responses
  • Richard Ayleward (c. 1625-1669), Short Service
  • Stephanie Martin (b. 1962), Let all mortal flesh keep silence
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), O pray for the peace of Jerusalem

Sunday, October 30, 2022
The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 26, Year C

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

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  • Spiritual, arr. Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Deep River
  • Henry Loosemore (c. 1607-1670), O Lord, increase our faith

3:15 p.m. Recital: Maurice Clerc, organ (Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, France)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral n° 3 en La mineur
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Méditation
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1845-1937), Mattheus-Final de Bach's Memento
  • Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984), Scherzo (Notre-Dame 1974)

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Simon & St. Jude, observed / Cathedral Schola ATB and Teen Boys

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  • Michael Leighton Jones (b. 1947), Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995) in G (ATB)
  • William Mundy (c. 1529-1591), Now let us laud and magnify with music of concord
  • Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Hear the voice and prayer of thy servants

Tuesday, November 1, 2022
All Saints' Day

Homeless Requiem / Cathedral Choir

  • Spiritual, arr. Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Deep River
  • John Tavener (1944-2013), Song for Athene
  • Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), “In paradisum” from Requiem

Sunday, November 6, 2022
All Saints' Sunday

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

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  • Grayston Ives (b. 1948), There is a land of pure delight
  • David Conte (b. 1955), In heaven soaring up from Three Mystical Hymns

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

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  • Geraint Lewis (b. 1969), The souls of the righteous
  • John Tavener (1944-2013), Song for Athene

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

  • Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Requiem

Sunday, November 13, 2022
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 28, Year C

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

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  • Charles Wood (1866-1926), O thou, the central orb
  • Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), Cantate Domino

3:15 p.m. Käthe Wright Kaufman, organ (Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Atlanta GA)

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  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), “Allegro scherzando” from Six Short Pieces
  • Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), “Prelude” from Requiem da Camera, Op. 3b
  • Francis Jackson (1917-2022), Prelude on Repton
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), “Allegro Risoluto,” “Lautana,” and “Salix” from Plymouth Suite
  • Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (b. 1992), In Paradisum
  • Herbert Brewer (1865-1928), March Héroïque

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Charles Simeon, observed / Cathedral Schola

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  • Thomas Morley (1557-1602), Preces & Responses
  • John Hilton the Younger (1599-1657) in Gamut
  • John Hilton, Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes
  • William Byrd (1543-1623), Justorum animae

 

Handel’s Messiah

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and the Cathedral Schola

Julie Andrijeski and Dale Adelmann, directors
Raha Mirzadegan, soprano
Raquel Winnica Young, alto
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Mischa Bouvier, bass

Friday, November 18, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. 
Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.

Sure, you’ve heard Handel’s Messiah, but have you heard it in its entirety? Have you heard its original version, premiered in Dublin in 1742? Have you had the pleasure of hearing it played on historical gut-strung instruments and natural trumpets, with a Grammy Award winner among the soloists and a choir that will take extra care to nuance the vocal lines according to eighteenth-century performance practices, all geared to deliver this amazing story in the manner that scholars might contend the composer imagined it? Now is your chance! ABO Artistic Director Julie Andrijeski and Cathedral Canon for Music Dale Adelmann share leadership as the ABO joins forces with the Cathedral Schola and soloists Raha Mirzadegan, soprano; Raquel Winnica Young, alto; Karim Sulayman, tenor; and Mischa Bouvier, bass to bring you a uniquely moving performance of Handel’s greatest hit. Indeed, there was such enthusiasm for the premiere of Handel’s Messiah that ticket holders were requested to leave their swords and dress hoops at home to make way for the over-capacity crowd! So come as you are… you won’t want to miss this extravaganza that will “charm the ravished Heart and Ear” and bring “exquisite Delight” to all (Dublin Journal, 1742).

Co-sponsored by Friends of Cathedral Music and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.

 

Sunday, November 20, 2022
The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 29, Year C

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

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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Antiphon, from Five Mystical Songs
  • Carson Cooman (b. 1982), King of glory, king of peace

3:15 p.m. Recital: Carol Williams, organ (Peachtree Christian Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Gordon Young (1919-1998), Passacaglia
  • Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Praeludium in E Minor
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , “Allegretto” from Symphony VII, Op. 92
  • Joel Raney (b. 1956), Meditation on “Deep River”
  • Joel Raney (b. 1956), I want Jesus to Walk With Me
  • Carol Williams, Cantabile
  • Carol Williams, Homage á Vierne
  • Dave Brubeck (1920-2012), Blue Rondo à La Turk

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Reign of Christ / the Choir of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN (Paul Thomas, conductor)

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  • William Smith (c. 1603-1645), Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Murrill (1909-1952) in E
  • C. Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960), arr. Richard Lloyd (1953-2021), Thee will I love, my God and King
  • William Walton (1902-1983), Jubilate Deo

Sunday, November 27, 2022
The First Sunday of Advent, Year A

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

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  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), The Lord will surely come
  • Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), Rorate caeli

3:40 p.m. Organ prelude
4:00 p.m. Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols, Cathedral Choir

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This service is a wonderful opportunity to retreat from the hectic pace of the season and contemplate its true meaning. Organized around the O Antiphons – beautiful plainchant texts which invoke the Messiah to return, sung since the 8th century at Vespers on the seven evenings leading up to Christmas – the choir gradually moves into the chancel, stopping at various stations around the Cathedral nave. Each of the biblical prophecies is expanded upon by the singing of carols, anthems, and hymns which anticipate the coming of Christ, culminating in a glorious setting of the Magnificat (The Song of Mary, Luke 1:46-55) and the singing of “O come, O come, Emmanuel,” the text of which is an English translation of the very O Antiphons that the choir has sung throughout the service. Admission is free, and all are welcome!

  • Great O Antiphons
  • Richard Marlow (1939-2013), Advent Responsory
  • “Lo! he comes with clouds descending” Helmsley
  • Ben Parry (b.1965), Adam lay ybounden
  • “Creator of the stars of night” Conditor alme siderum
  • Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), Rorate caeli
  • “Come, thou Redeemer of the earth” Puer nobis nascitur
  • Kerensa Briggs (b.1991), A tender shoot
  • “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming” Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
  • Charles Beaudrot, Jr. (b. 1951), Comfort, comfort ye my people
  • Howard Helvey (b. 1968), There is no Rose of such virtue
  • arr. David Schelat (b.1955), The Angel Gabriel
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Magnificat (Gloucester Cathedral)
  • Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987), Jesus Christ the apple tree
  • “O come, O come, Emmanuel” Veni, veni Emmanuel

Sunday, December 4, 2022
The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A

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

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  • Charles Beaudrot (b. 1951), Comfort, comfort ye my people
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), People, look east

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

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  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), Comfort ye my people
  • Johann Wanning (1537-1603), Vox clamantis in deserto

3:15 p.m. Recital: Christian Schoen, organ (St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI)

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  • James Mansfield (b. 1927), Rejoice in the Lord, a Toccata
  • arr. Christian Schoen (b. 1976), adapt. from Hans Zimmer (b. 1957), Time “from Inception”
  • Karl Jenkins (b. 1944), Theme from Palladio
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Berceuse from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op. 31
  • Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), Fiesta

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

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  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Preces & Responses
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in G
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), Comfort ye my people
  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), The Lord will surely come

 

A Holiday Concert

with members of The Atlanta Symphony Brass

Dale Adelmann, conductor

Monday, December 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. 

Certain to be one of the most delightful and thrilling musical events of the season again this year, members of the Atlanta Symphony Brass return to present their fifth 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 the Moore-Wilkerson Fund of the Cathedral of St. Philip and Friends of Cathedral Music, with assistance from the Atlanta Brass Society, Inc. 

 

Sunday, December 11, 2022
The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A

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

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  • Daniel Gawthrop (b. 1949), Come, thou long-expected Jesus
  • Claude Goudimel (c. 1520-1572), Comfort, comfort ye my people

4:00 p.m. Diocesan Confirmation & Holy Eucharist / The Choir of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Columbus; Rick McKnight, conductor; and Caroline Robinson, DMA, Cathedral of St. Philip, organist

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  • arr. Robert Shaw (1916-1999) & Alice Parker (b. 1925), I will arise and go to Jesus
  • adapt. Thomas Helmore (1811-1890, arr. Robert Shaw & Alice Parker, O come, O come, Emmanuel
  • Harold Friedell (1905-1958), Draw us in the Spirit’s tether
  • Jennifer Canfield (b. 1955), Be still
  • Tanzanian melody, arr. Michael Burkhardt, The Lord is beautiful

Sunday, December 18, 2022
The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choristers

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  • Patrick Hadley (1899-1973), I sing of a maiden
  • Martin How (1931-2022), Advent Message

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

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  • English carol, arr. John Scott (1956-2015), The Cherry Tree Carol
  • Robert Parsons (1535-1572), Ave Maria

3:40 p.m. Organ prelude
4:00 p.m. A Christmas Festival of Lessons & Carols by Candlelight / Cathedral Schola

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Modeled on the beloved carol service broadcast each Christmas Eve from King’s College, Cambridge, this is our most popular choral service of the year. Ancient prophecies foretelling the coming of a Messiah and the Gospel accounts of the birth of Jesus are illumined by extra-biblical texts, anthems and Christmas carols that have inspired composers, choirs, and worshippers throughout the world and across time. For those who are traveling at Christmas and wish first to celebrate with loved ones here at home, and for all who hold the music and message of Christmas dear, this service is a meaningful and joyous way to celebrate the season. All are welcome! Invite a friend: it may be the best gift you give.

  • “Once in royal David’s city” Irby
  • Frank Boles, Adam lay ybounden
  • Eric Whitacre, Lux Arumque
  • arr. John Rutter, Sans Day Carol
  • “Prepare the way, O Zion” Bereden väg för Herran
  • Robert Parsons, Ave Maria
  • “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
  • Richard Runciman Terry, Myn lyking
  • Francis Pott, Balulalow
  • arr. Stephen Jackson, Noël nouvelet
  • arr. David Willcocks, “God rest you merry, gentlemen”
  • arr. Simon Preston, I saw three ships come sailing in
  • arr. Dale Adelmann, “Of the Father’s love begotten” Divinum mysterium
  • John Tavener, God is with us
  • “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste fideles

 

Saturday, December 24, 2022
Christmas Eve, Year A

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

  • Gustav Holst (English, 1874-1934), Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols)

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

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  • “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste fideles
  • and many congregational carols
  • “Once in royal David’s city” Irby
  • “Good Christian friends, rejoice” In dulci jubilo
  • John Joubert (British, 1927-2019), Torches
  • arr. Mack Wilberg (American, b. 1955), Ding dong! merrily on high
  • “Angels we have heard on high” Gloria
  • arr. Kenneth Leighton (British, 1929-1988), O leave your sheep
  • arr. Sir David Willcocks (British, 1919-2015), Infant holy, Infant lowly
  • Gabriel Jackson (English, b.1962), Hush! My dear, lie still and slumber
  • “‘Twas in the moon of wintertime” Une jeune pucelle
  • “It came upon a midnight clear” Carol
  • “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming” Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
  • “In the bleak midwinter” Cranham
  • “Away in a manger” Cradle Song
  • “Silent night, holy night” Stille Nacht
  • “Joy to the world” Antioch

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

  • “God rest you merry, gentlemen” God Rest You Merry
  • arr. Kenneth Leighton (British, 1929-1988), O leave your sheep
  • “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
  • arr. Mack Wilberg (American, b. 1955), Ding dong! merrily on high
  • “Good Christian friends, rejoice” In dulci jubilo
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (English, 1872-1958), Fantasia on Christmas Carols

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

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  • “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste fideles
  • “Angels we have heard on high” Gloria
  • “While shepherds watched their flocks by night” Winchester Old
  • Kim André Arnesen (Norwegian, b. 1980), Cradle Hymn
  • “Hark! the herald angels sing” Mendelssohn
  • Tómas Luis de Victoria (Spanish, c. 1548-1611), O magnum mysterium
  • Stephen Paulus (American, 1949-2014), A Savior from on High
  • “In the bleak midwinter” Cranham
  • “Silent night” Stille Nacht
  • “Joy to the world” Antioch

Sunday, December 25, 2022
Christmas Day, Year A

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

  • “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste Fideles
  • “Angels we have heard on high” Gloria
  • “Good Christian friends, rejoice” In dulci jubilo
  • arr. David Willcocks, Unto us is born a son
  • “What child is this” Greensleeves
  • arr. David Willcocks, Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing
  • “Away in a manger” Cradle Song
  • “Joy to the world” Antioch

Sunday, January 1, 2023
The First Sunday after Christmas, Year A

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Organ only

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

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  • “Once in royal David’s city” Irby
  • “Joy to the world” Antioch
  • “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
  • “The angel Gabriel from heaven came” Gabriel’s Message
  • “Away in a manger” Cradle Song
  • “God rest you merry, gentlemen” God rest you merry
  • “The first Nowell” The First Nowell
  • “Of the Father’s love begotten” Divinum mysterium
  • arr. John Rutter, Sans Day Carol
  • “In the bleak midwinter” Cranham
  • arr. William Llewellyn, A Somerset Carol
  • “Now greet the swiftly changing year” Sixth Night
  • “Good Christian friends, rejoice” In dulci jubilo
  • “Hark! the herald angels sing” Mendelssohn

No 4:00 p.m. service

Sunday, January 8, 2023
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, Year A

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

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  • Harold Friedell (1905-1958), Jesus, so lowly
  • Marty Wheeler Burnett (b. 1961), Vidi aquam

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

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  • Richard Lakey, Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
  • Harold Friedell (1905-1958), Jesus, so lowly

3:15 p.m. Recital: Andrew Scanlon, organ (Church of the Advent, Boston, MA)

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  • Gaston Litaize (1909-1991), Epiphanie
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
  • Guy Bovet (b. 1942), Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
  • Guy Bovet, Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam
  • Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Wie schön leucht uns der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
  • Guy Bovet, Wie schön leucht uns der Morgenstern
  • Arthur Wills (1926-2020), Carillon on “Orientis Partibus”

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

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  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Preces & Responses
  • Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) in D
  • Richard Lakey, Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
  • Marty Wheeler Burnett (b. 1961), Vidi aquam

Sunday, January 15, 2023
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

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

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  • Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore(1904-1989), We shall walk through the valley in peace
  • Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), arr. Arnold Sevier. Precious Lord

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

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  • Spiritual, arr. Dale Adelmann, Steal away to Jesus
  • Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), arr. Arnold Sevier. Precious Lord

3:15 p.m. Recital: Charles Tompkins, organ (Furman University, Greenville, SC)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce Heroique
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
  • Marianne Kim (b. 1972), Ain'a that Good News
  • Noel Da Costa (1929-2002), Round About the Mountain
  • Richard Elliott (b. 1957), Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
  • Florence Price (1887-1953), “Air” from Suite No. 1 for Organ, CN 19
  • Joseph Jongen (1873-1954), Toccata pour Grand Orgue, Op. 104

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Cathedral Schola

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  • Thomas Morley (1557-1602), Preces & Responses
  • Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968) in A flat (SATB)
  • Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore(1904-1989), We shall walk through the valley in peace
  • Spiritual arr. Carl Haywood (b. 1949), There is a balm in Gilead

Sunday, January 22, 2023
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

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

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  • Will Todd (b.1970), The Call of Wisdom
  • Peter Hallock (1924-2014), The Lord is my Light

3:15 p.m. Recital: Arie Motschman, organ (Midway Presbyterian Church, Powder Springs, GA)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita diverse sopra: O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Adagio” from Symphonie 3 for Organ, Op. 28
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), Salem Sonata

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

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  • Käthe Wright Kaufman, Preces & Responses
  • Roland E. Martin (b. 1955), St Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, in D
  • William Mathias (1934-1992), Let the people praise thee, O God
  • Roland E. Martin (b. 1955), Phos hilaron

Sunday, January 29, 2023
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

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

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  • William Mathias (1934-1992), Let the people praise thee, O God
  • Philip Stopford (b. 1977), The Beatitudes

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

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  • Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977), Beatitudes II
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds, O salutaris hostia

3:15 p.m. Recital: Joseph Russell, organ (St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Houston, TX)

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  • John Weaver (1937-2021), Fantasia for Organ
  • Frank Bridge (1879-1941), Adagio in E Major
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Clair de lune, Op. 72, No. 2
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Rondo alla Campanella, Op. 156
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Toccata” from Suite, Op. 5

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, observed / Cathedral Schola

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  • Käthe Wright Kaufman, Preces & Responses
  • Hugh Blair (1864-1932) in B minor
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977), O salutaris hostia
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), O sacrum convivium

Sunday, February 5, 2023
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, observed

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

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  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Nunc dimittis (Gloucester Cathedral)
  • Johannes Eccard (1553-1611), When to the temple Mary went

3:15 p.m. Recital: Paul Thomas, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral No. 3 in A minor
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Jr. (1915-1988), Arietta
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616
  • Calvin Taylor (b. 1948), This Little Light of Mine
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), “Dieu parmi nous” from La Nativité

4:00 p.m. Candlemas Procession & Choral Eucharist for The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, observed / Cathedral Schola

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  • Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Nunc Dimittis Short Service
  • William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), Mass for Four Voices
  • Johannes Eccard (1553-1611), When to the temple Mary went

 

Requiem: Mozart and Howells

The Cathedral Choir & Schola with orchestra

Dale Adelmann, conductor

Friday, February 10, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Tonight’s program will feature two contrasting and deeply profound musical treatments of the Requiem. The Cathedral Schola will open the evening, a cappella, with the poignant, almost painfully beautiful, non-liturgical Requiem by Herbert Howells, following which the full Cathedral Choir and orchestra will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s timeless masterpiece. In the sublime ambience and gracious acoustic of the Cathedral nave, this is sure to be 75 minutes of heavenly bliss right here on earth.

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music. 

 

Sunday, February 12, 2023
The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

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

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  • William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Beati quorum via

3:15 p.m. Recital: Sarah Johnson, organ (Church of the Ascension, Rochester, NY)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
  • Jacques van Oortmerssen (1950-2015), Nun ruhen alle Wälder
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Fantasie Chorale No. 1 in D-flat Major
  • John Knowles Paine (1839-1906), Fantasia in E minor, Op. 2, No. 1

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Eve of the Feast of Absalom Jones / Cathedral Schola

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  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Preces & Responses
  • David Hurd (b. 1950), Sewanee Canticles
  • Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003), This little light of mine
  • Spiritual, arr. Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Deep River

Sunday, February 19, 2023
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

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

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  • Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), Dazzling as the Sun
  • Frank Boles (b. 1955), Christ upon the mountain peak

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

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  • Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), Dazzling as the Sun
  • Morten Lauridsen (b.1943), “O nata lux” from Lux Aeterna

3:15 p.m. Recital: Georgia Tech Chamber Choir, Jerry Ulrich, conductor

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  • Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977, The First Tears
  • Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), The Beatitudes
  • Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė (b. 1956), Švilpynė
  • Lithuanian folk song, Už ežero ugnys dega

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

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  • Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Preces & Responses
  • Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Second Service
  • Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), Dazzling as the Sun
  • Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), I sat down under his shadow

Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Ash Wednesday, Year A

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

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  • William Byrd, Emendemus in melius
  • Henry Purcell, Remember not, Lord, our offences

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

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  • Gregorio Allegri, Miserere mei, Deus
  • William Byrd, Emendemus in melius
  • Henry Purcell, Remember not, Lord, our offences

Sunday, February 26, 2023
The First Sunday in Lent, Year A

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

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  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), Lord Jesus, think on me
  • Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003), We shall walk through the valley in peace

3:15 p.m. Recital: Timothy Olsen, organ (University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC)

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  • Max Reger (1873-1916), Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Musette
  • Ned Rorem (b. 1923), The World of Silence
  • Ned Rorem (b. 1923), “There Is a Spirit that Delights to Do No Evil…”
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral I in E Major

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

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  • Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Hear my prayer, O Lord
  • Richard Ayleward (1626-1669), Preces & Responses
  • Henry Purcell (1659-1695) in B flat
  • Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
  • Thomas Lupo (1571-1627), Miserere mei, Domine

Sunday, March 5, 2023
The Second Sunday in Lent, Year A

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

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  • Colin Mawby (1936-2019), I will lift up mine eyes
  • Bob Chilcott (b. 1955), God so loved the world

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

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  • Bob Chilcott (b. 1955), God so loved the world
  • Spiritual arr. Carl Haywood (b. 1949), There is a balm in Gilead

3:15 p.m. Recital: Sarah Hawbecker, organ (Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA)

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  •  Pierre Du Mage (1674-1751), Suite du premier ton
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
  • Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954), Prelude and Toccata on “Kingsfold”
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582

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

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  • William Smith (c. 1603-1645), Preces & Responses
  • William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), Short Service
  • Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
  • Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Sancte Deus

The Chenault Duo

Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault, organ

Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Specializing in and exclusively performing works written for four hands and four feet at one pipe organ console, Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault have made a monumental and unmatched contribution to the pipe organ repertoire by commissioning, premiering, and recording over 70 organ duets in a wide array of styles. Tonight’s program will include two world premiere performances: a duet commissioned from David Briggs, Homage to Pierre Cochereau, and a solo work written expressly for the Aeolian-Skinner organ and acoustic of the Cathedral nave by Ray Chenault, Fantaisie Mystique.

  • David Briggs (b. 1962), Hommage à Pierre Cochereau (World Premiere) (2023)
  • Raymond Chenault, Fantaisie Mystique (Organ Solo—World Premiere) (2023)
  • Rachel Laurin (b. 1961), Fantaisie á Deux (2018)
  • Richard Shephard (b. 1949), Eclogue (1991)
  • Philip Moore (b. 1943), Allegro for Organ Duet (1993)
  • Charles Callahan (b. 1951), The Emerald Isle (based on Londonderry Air) (1994)
  • Melinda Lee Clark (b. 1945), “Two to Tango” from An American Suite (2012)
  • Nicholas White (b. 1967), A Spiritual Romp for Two (2019)

This FREE event is presented by Friends of Cathedral Music and the Atlanta Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

 

Sunday, March 12, 2023
The Third Sunday in Lent, Year A

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

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  • Joel Martinson (b. 1960), The Invitation
  • William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), “Agnus Dei” from Mass for Four Voices

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

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  • Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946), Lord, thou hast been our refuge
  • Joel Martinson (b. 1960), The Invitation

3:15 p.m. Recital: Peter DuBois, organ (Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY)

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  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Prelude & Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1
  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Air
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Prière, Op. 20
  • Anton Heiller (1923-1979), Ecce Lignum Crucis — A Meditation
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Litanies

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

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  • Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Preces & Responses
  • Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991), Gloucester Service
  • Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946), Lord, thou hast been our refuge
  • David Hill (b. 1957), God be in my head

Sunday, March 19, 2023
The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A

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

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  • Thomas Matthews (1915-1999), The Lord is my Shepherd
  • John Tavener (1944-2013), The Lamb

4:00 p.m. Diocesan Confirmation Service / the Choir of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Sandy Springs, GA (Sean Vogt, conductor)

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Sunday, March 26, 2023
The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A

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

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  • Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980), Even when He is silent
  • Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543-1607), Adoramus te, Christe

3:15 p.m. Recital: Steven Wooddell, organ (Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in F minor, K 608
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Deuxième Fantaisie
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Scherzo” from Symphonie No. 2, Op.20
  • Julius Reubke (1834-1858), Fugue from Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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

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  • Paul Halley (b. 1952), Preces & Responses
  • John Tavener (1944-2013), Collegium Regale
  • Henryk Górecki (1933-2010), Totus tuus
  • arr. Jim Clements (b. 1983), The angel Gabriel

 

The Concert by the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 28, 2023, has been postponed indefinitely due to the appointment of its conductor to be organist and master of the choristers at Westminster Abbey from January 2023. 

 

Sunday, April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday, Year A

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

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  • Lee Hoiby (1926-2011), Let this mind be in you
  • John Ireland (1879-1962), Ex ore innocentium

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

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  • Lee Hoiby (1926-2011), Let this mind be in you
  • Pablo Casals (1876-1973), O vos omnes

4:00 p.m. Meditation on the Passion of Christ, with Carols / Cathedral Schola

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One of the most profound 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
  • Folksong collected by Lucy E. Broadwood (1858-1929), Sussex Mummers’ Carol, O mortal one, remember well
  • “A stable lamp is lighted” Andújar
  • Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938), Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus
  • Kim André Arnesen (b.1980), Even when He is silent
  • “To mock your reign, O dearest Lord” Tallis’ Third Tune
  • Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), The Crown of Roses
  • Charles Snider (b.1955), Was ever grief like mine?
  • Kenneth Miller, “Alas! and did my Savior bleed” Morgan’s Steep
  • Spiritual, Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
  • Antonio Lotti (c.1667-1740), Crucifixus à 8

Thursday, April 6, 2023
Maundy Thursday, Year A

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

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  • Amy Beach (1867-1944), Peace I leave with you
  • Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978), Ubi caritas
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), O sacrum convivium
  • Philip Stopford (b. 1977), Ave verum corpus

Friday, April 7, 2023
Good Friday, Year A

12:00 Noon & 7:00 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy / Cathedral Schola

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  • Ancient plainchant for the Passion Gospels and Craig Phillips (b. 1961), The Passion according to St John
  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1510-c. 1556), Crux fidelis
  • Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), “Drop, drop, slow tears” from Crucifixus pro nobis

Sunday, April 9, 2023
Easter Day, Year A

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

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  • African-American Spiritual, arr. Livingston Gearhart (1916-1996), Dry Bones
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
  • Matthew Owens (b. 1971), This joyful Eastertide

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

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  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Suite for Organ and Brass Quintet and Percussion
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977), Trinity Te Deum
  • William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), Haec dies

No 4:00 p.m. service

Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Second Sunday of Easter, Year A

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

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  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), We walk by faith and not by sight
  • Howard Helvey (b. 1968), Awake, arise! Lift up thy voice

3:15 p.m. Recital: Kipp Gill, organ (All Saints Episcopal Church, Warner Robbins, GA)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in F Major, BWV 540
  • Calvin Hampton (1938-1984), Two Movements from 5 Dances for Organ
  • Marcel Dupré (1866-1971), Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No 1

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

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  • Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (b. 1971), Preces & Responses
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in B flat
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), We walk by faith and not by sight
  • Howard Helvey (b. 1968), Awake, arise! Lift up thy voice

 

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra: Triple Play

Julie Andrijeski, artistic director
Evan Few, guest director & violin
Anna Marsh, bassoon
Adam Jaffe, harpsichord

Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. The Cathedral of St. Philip
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Roswell Presbyterian Church
Sunday, April 23, 2023 for “Ascending Bach,” Ascension Lutheran Church, Savannah

ABO players hit it out of the park as they gather for a grand finale of concertos by J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi! Atlanta’s hometown violinist, ABO Assistant Concertmaster and Guest Director Evan Few leads this rally of greatest hits, featuring concerto soloists Anna Marsh, Adam Jaffe, and Evan Few as the ABO team delivers three masterpieces, delighting audiences from Atlanta to Savannah.

Presented by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.

Tickets and more information at atlantabaroque.org, or email info@atlantabaroque.org

 

Sunday, April 23, 2023
The Third Sunday of Easter, Year A

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

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  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), The Risen Sun
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Be still, my soul

3:15 p.m. Recital: Emmanuel Duperrey, organ (Notre Dame de l’Espérance, Villemomble, France)

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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Seventeen come Sunday
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478
  • Emmanuel Duperrey (b. 1972), Caelistis
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), “Sinfonia” from Cantata 29, BWV 29
  • Paul Dukas (1865-1935), The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

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

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  • Paul Halley (b. 1952), Preces & Responses
  • Gerald Near (b. 1942), St Mark’s School
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Be still, my soul
  • Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951), I know that my Redeemer liveth

Sunday, April 30, 2023
The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A

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

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  • Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989). The Lord is my Shepherd
  • Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), My Shepherd is the living Lord

3:15 p.m. Recital: Mark Valenti, piano (Chicago, IL)

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  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Images, Book I
  • Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:40
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 119, No. 1
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Ballade in D minor, Op. 10, No. 1
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Rhapsodie in E flat Major, Op. 119, No. 4
  • Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Sonata No. 5 in one movement, Op. 53

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Eve of the Feast of the Apostles St. Philip and St. James / Cathedral Schola

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  • Margaret Burk (b. 1990), Preces & Responses
  • Edmund Rubbra ( 1901-1986) in A flat
  • Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989). The Lord is my Shepherd
  • David Hurd (b. 1950), Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statues

Sunday, May 7, 2023
The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A

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

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  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Let not your hearts be troubled
  • Matthew Owens (b. 1971), This joyful Eastertide

3:15 p.m. Recital: Katherine Webb, organ (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR)

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  • Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951), Church Bells Beyond the Stars
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Jr. (1915-1988), Arietta
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), Impromptu No. 1, Op. 78
  • Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (b. 1953), Meditation on “Were you there”
  • Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), Vruechten (“This joyful Eastertide”)
  • Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941), Adagio and Fugue in F minor
  • Mark A. Miller (b. 1967), Toccata on “Lift every voice”

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

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  • Margaret Burk (b. 1990), Preces & Responses
  • Stephanie Martin (b. 1962), Selwyn Service
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Let not your hearts be troubled
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), O Trinity of blessed Light

Sunday, May 14, 2023
The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A

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

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  • William Mathias (1934-1992), As truly as God is our Father
  • Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585), If ye love me

3:15 p.m. Recital: Patrick Kreeger, organ (Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY)

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  • Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929), Organ Symphony in B minor
  • Joseph Jongen (1873–1953), Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94

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

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  • Philip Radcliffe ((1905-1986), Preces & Responses
  • Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962), Truro Service
  • Gerald Finzi (1905-1956), Lo, the full final Sacrifice

Sunday, May 21, 2023
The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day, Year A

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

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  • Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), God is gone up
  • Peter Philips (1560/1561-1628), Ascendit Deus

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

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in E Major, BWV 566
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), "Alleluias sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel" from L’Ascension
  • Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), "Fast and Sinister" from Symphony for Organ in G
  • Gustav Holst (1874-1934), arr. Jonathan Scott, “Jupiter” from The Planets

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Sunday after the Ascension / Cathedral Choir

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  • Richard Shephard 1949-2021), Preces & Responses
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), York Minster
  • Patrick Gowers (1936-2014), Viri Galilaei
  • Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), God is gone up

Sunday, May 28, 2023
The Day of Pentecost, Year A

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

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  • Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), “Veni Sancte Spiritus” from Lux Aeterna
  • Grayston Ives (b. 1948), Listen, sweet Dove

 

Sunday, June 4, 2023
Trinity Sunday, Year A

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

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  • Larry King (1932-1990), Canticle of Praise
  • Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Panis Angelicus

 

Cathedral Singers Concert

Caroline Robinson and Jack Mitchener, organ
Dale Adelmann, conductor

Friday, June 9, 2023 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 – presented by the professional core of the Cathedral Choir & Schola and our magnificent organists – is made possible by the beneficence of the late Dr. Emile T. Fisher.

PROGRAM

Madrigals by Henry VIII, Gibbons, Weelkes, & Morley
J.S. Bach, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Benjamin Britten, Hymn to St. Cecilia
C.V. Stanford, The Blue Bird
Kim André Arnesen Flight Song
Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan, This little light of mine

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music.

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Sunday, June 11, 2023
The Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

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

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  • Roland E. Martin (b. 1955), Love bade me welcome
  • Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876), Lead me, Lord

Sunday, June 18, 2023
The Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

8:45 & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Tenors and Basses (Cathedral Choir)

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  • Stephen Paulus (1949-2014), The Road Home
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Agnus Dei” from Messe cum jubilo

Sunday, June 25, 2023
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

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

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  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face
  • Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585), O sacrum convivium

 

Atlanta Summer Organ Festival Recital

Damin Spritzer, organ

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

While a recital by Damin Spritzer always includes staples of the organ repertory – played with precision, elegance, and conviction – it is the not-often-heard works on her charming programs that raise curiosity in a wonderfully refreshing way. Organists’ Review described Damin’s performances as “spellbinding…and fascinating…on so many levels.” She has championed and brought to renewed life the works of René Louis Becker, Pierre Kunc, and Mel Bonis (France), Harvey Grace and Alec Rowley (Britain), and Mary Howe (United States), among other lesser-known organ composers. Her five CDs containing this music are heralded in every major pipe organ publication. And without a single spotlight, she lights up the stage and captures the audience the second the doors open! She is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Piece d’Orgue, BWV 572
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach’s Memento: Miserere Mei, Domine
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
  • Mary Howe (1882-1964), Elegy
  • Johann Senfter (1879-1961), Fantasie und Fuge über Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Three Psalm Preludes, Set I, Op. 32: III (Psalm 23)
  • Alec Rowley (1892-1958), Rhapsody in D minor
  • William Grant Still (1895-1978), Elegy
  • George Baker (b. 1961), Te Deum

Presented by Delbert Lowell Jacks in memory of Thomas Ruben Jones, and Friends of Cathedral Music.

Suggested donation $15 at the door.

 

Sunday, July 2, 2023
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

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

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  • Harold Friedell (1905-1958), Draw us in the Spirit’s tether
  • David Hurd (b. 1950), Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes

Sunday, July 9, 2023
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

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

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  • David Willcocks (1919-2015), Psalm 150
  • Alan Ridout (1934-1996), Prevent us, O Lord

Sunday, July 16, 2023
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

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

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  • Roland E. Martin (b. 1955), Our life is hid with Christ in God
  • Gerald Near (b. 1942), Christ hath a garden

Sunday, July 23, 2023
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

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

  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Almighty God, your Word is cast like seed upon the ground
  • Thomas Attwood (1765-1838), Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes

Sunday, July 30, 2023
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

8:45 & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Sopranos and Altos (Cathedral Choir)

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  • Steven Rickards (b. 1955), Little Lamb
  • Michael Sitton (b. 1958), Tantum ergo sacramentum

Sunday, August 6, 2023
The Feast of the Transfiguration

8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Tenors and Basses (Cathedral Choir)

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  • Joel Martinson (b. 1960), Transfiguration
  • Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), Tantum ergo, No.1