St. John’s Choir

sings at the 10:30 Eucharist and at Seasonal Festival Services 

October 6 Pentecost 22   10:30 AM

Offertory Anthem – “How lovely are the messengers” from ST. PAUL – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)(#45)

Communion Anthem – This is the Day – Anonymous (ca. 1600)

October 13 Pentecost 23    10:30 AM

Offertory Anthem – God so loved the world (from The Crucifixion) – John Stainer (1840-1901)

October 20 Pentecost 24   10:30 AM Jazz Mass

Offertory Anthem – Naima – John Coltrane, arranged by Syd Potter – Jazz TBA Olympia Sacred Jazz Ensemble

Communion Anthem – Picardy – 17th Century French – arr. Fronda Wood – Olympia Sacred Jazz Ensemble

October 27 Pentecost 25   10:30 AM

Offertory Anthem – O taste and see how gracious the Lord is – Sir John Goss (1800 – 1880) (#18)

November 3 ALL SAINTS   10:30 AM

Offertory Anthem – Benedicturs Es Domine – Leo Sowerby (1895 – 1968) + The Jubilate ?

Communion Voluntary – Turn thy face from my sins – Thomas Attwood (1765-1828)(#298) + The Jubilate

November 10 Pentecost 27   10:30 AM

Offertory Anthem – ‘Tis the gift to be simple – Shaker Song Adapted by Aaron Copeland (1900 – 1990)  Es Spiritus Dancers, The Jubilate Choir & Trebles from the Parish Choir

Communion Anthem – Hush! Somebody’s callin’ my name – trad. Spiritual arr. B. Dennard + The Jubilate Choir

November 17 Pentecost 28   10:30 AM

Offertory Anthem – Make a joyful noise unto the Lord – William Mathias (1934-1992)

Communion Anthem – Cantate Domino (Psalm 98) – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657 – 1743)

November 24 Last Sunday after Pentecost – Christ the King + Thanksgiving Weekend 10:30 AM

Offertory Anthem – Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) + The Jubilate Choir

Communion Anthem – Ave verum corpus natum – Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) +The Jubilate Choir& Trebles from the Parish Choir

ADVENT/Christmas ANTHEMS to be scheduled

  • I sing of a maiden – P. Hadley
  • Adam lay ybouden – P. Warlock
  • Aspiciens a longePlainsong (Verses in Fauxbourd adapted from Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina) (c.1525-1594)
  • Jesus Christ the apple tree – Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)
  • Lullay my liking
  • Gabriel’s Message
  • There is no Rose of such virtue – ed. John Stevens
  • Riu Riu Chiu – Spanish Carol
  • El cant dels ocells- (Song of the Birds) – arr. Casals, choir arr. J. French
  • Coventry Carol – CC1
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on high – arr. Ch. Wood
  • O Magnum Mysterium – Tomas Luis de Victoria
  • Shepherd’s Carol – William Billing
  • In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke – Christina Rossetti
  • Lo, how a rose – Michael Praetorius
  • Good Christian Men, Rejoice – 14th Century Carol
  • Gaudete Christus est natus
  •  – www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh1KdbM5t9s
  • Psallite – Michael Preatorius
  • Infant Holy Infant Lowly – Polish carol – arr. Willcocks
  • People look East – trad. French Carol – Stephen Caracciolo (b. 1962)
  • The truth sent from above Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
  • ‘Twas the year King Uzziah died – Metrical Sanctus Tune, V Mode, X Century – J. Bodinger