11 January 2009
1st Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Christ, when for us you were baptized” (tune: Caithness, from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, harmonized The English Hymnal, 1906)
PSALM: 89: 1, 2, 20 – 29 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “I come, the great Redeemer cries” (tune: This Endris Nyght, English melody; harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1972 – 1958])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])
ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

4 January 2009
2nd Sunday after Christmas

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “O come ye servants of the Lord” (Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 – 1572])
PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Earth has many a city” (tune: Stuttgart, melody from Psalmodia Sacra, oder Andchtige und Schne Gesange, 1715; harmonized by K. D. Smith [b. 1928])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
ANTHEM: “Videntes stellam magi” (Claude Goudimel [ca. 1514/1520 – 1572])

28 December 2008
1st Sunday after Christmas

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Of the Fathers love begotten” (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11th century)
PSALM: 147 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “In the bleak midwinter” (tune: Cranham, Gustav Theodore Holst [1874 – 1934])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes, Tone II Ending 1)
ANTHEMS: 1) The Coventry Carol (from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, 15th century)
2) “Deo gratia persolvamus” (Anonymous, ca. 1430)

7 December 2008
2nd Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Jason Anderson

PROCESSIONAL: The Second Song of Isaiah (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone I)
HYMN: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 – 1573]; arr. by Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 – ca. 1561])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “De caelo veniet” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 – 1591])

30 November 2008
1st Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

PROCESSIONAL: “O come, O come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I, Processionale, 15th century)
PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Come thou long expected Jesus” (tune: Stuttgart [1715]; adapted and harmonized by William Henry Havergal [1793 – 1870])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [1557/58 – 1603])
ANTHEM: “Canite tuba” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 – 1591])

23 November 2008
Last Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Jesus, our mighty Lord” (Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 – 1958])
PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “The head that once was crowned with thorns” (tune: St. Magnus, melody Divine Companion, 1707, harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 – 1889])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Great Lord of Lords” (Charles Wood [1866 – 1926])

16 November 2008
27th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord” (Alice Parker [b. 1925])
PSALM: 90 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4)
HYMN: “I sought the Lord” (tune: Faith, J. Harold Moyer [b. 1927])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEMS: 1) “Agnus Dei” from the Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd [1539/40 – 1623])
2) “Agnus Dei” from Missa Sancti Francisci (George Oldroyd [1886 – 1951])

9 November 2008
26th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “My spirit longs for thee” (John Dowland [1563 – 1626])
PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “I to the hills will lift mine eyes” (tune: Burford, from A Book of Psalmody, 1718)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 – 1656], Tone VI)
ANTHEM: “I will lift up mine eyes” (Ernest Walker [1870 – 1949])

2 November 2008
25th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Holy is the true light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 – 1973])
PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Who are these like stars appearing” (tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody from Geistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 – 1889])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])
ANTHEM: Portions from the “Missa pro defunctis” (Orlande de Lassus [1530/32 – 1594])

26 October 2008
24th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jeremy Matheis
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Maker of all things” (from Archbishop Parkers Psalter, fourth mode melody, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 – 1585])
PSALM: 68: 1 – 20 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “All people that on earth do dwell” (tune: Old 100th, melody from Pseaumes octante trois de David, 1551; harmonized after Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 – ca. 1561]; v. 4: fauxbourdon and harmonized by John Dowland [1563 – 1626])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629]; Tone II Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “Rerum creator omnium” (attributed to William Mundy [ca. 1529 – 1591])