The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Laetare
ORISON: Now as the troubled day departs – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)
PSALM 23 (Setting I) – Peter R. Hallock
OFFICE HYMN 44: To you before the close of day (Tune: Te lucis ante terminum) – Plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, vol. II.
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone V.1
ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger (c. 1575-1628)
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The Third Sunday in Lent
ORISON: O Holy Spirit, by whose breath, life rises (Tune: Veni Creator Spiritus)– Plainsong, Mode VIII
PSALM 91 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4
HYMN: All who love and serve your city (Tune: Charlestown) – mel. from The Southern Harmony, 1835; harm. Alastair Cassels-Brown (1927-2001), alt., and Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone V.1
ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (Setting I) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • James Wilcox, cantor
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The Second Sunday in Lent
ORISON: Reminiscere miserationum tuarum – Plainsong, Mode IV
PSALM 121 – H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)
HYMN: What wondrous love is this (Tune: Wondrous Love) – mel. from The Southern Harmony, 1835; harm. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010)
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone V.1
ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Juan de Lienas (c. 1617-1654)
Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor
Tyler Morse & Gregory Bloch, Psalm soloists
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The First Sunday in Lent
ORISON: Invocabit me – Plainsong, Mode VIII
PSALM 32 – Plainsong, Tone III.4
HYMN: Remember, O thou man – Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582-c. 1635)
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone V.1
ANTHEM: In jejunio et fletu – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor
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The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
ORISON: O wondrous type! O vision fair (Tune: Aeterne Rex altissime) – Plainsong, Mode I, Zisterzienser Hymnar, 14th cent.
PSALMS 2 & 150 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.3 and Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924); adapt. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
HYMN: Songs of thankfulness and praise (Tune: Salzburg) – mel. Jakob Hintze (1622-1702); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
ANTHEM: O nata lux – Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, organist •Tyler Morse, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor
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The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
ORISON: ‘Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (b. 1925)
PSALM 119:1-8 – Plainsong, Tone II.1
HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Tune: Liebster Jesu) – mel. Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Herbert Palmer (1846-1926) and J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
NUNC DIMITTIS: Dana Marsh (b. 1956)
ANTHEM: Beati quorum via – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924); arr. Richard Barnes
Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor
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The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
ORISON: Help us, O Lord, to learn (Tune: Saint Ethelwald) – William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
PSALM 112:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone I.7
HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: Jacob) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019), alt.
NUNC DIMITTIS: Anonymous setting from the Lumley Choir Books (c. 1547-1552)
ANTHEM: He that hath my commandments – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591)
Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Derek Curtis-Tilton, cantor
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The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
PROCESSION: The Presentation of the Lord – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
PSALM 24 – Peter R. Hallock
HYMN: Virgin-born, we bow before thee (Tune: Psaume 86) – Claude Goudimel (1514-1572), alt.
NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: Marilyn): Peter R. Hallock
ANTHEM: Senex puerum portabat – Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611)
Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • James Wilcox, cantor
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The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
ORISON: The people who in darkness walked (Tune: Dundee) – mel. The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1592-c. 1635)
PSALM 27:1-13 [first performance] – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)
HYMN: I heard the voice of Jesus say (Tune: The Third Tune) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone III.6
ANTHEM: Surge, illuminare – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor
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The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
ORISON: God of mercy, God of grace (Tune: Lucerna Laudoniae) – David Evans (1874-1948)
PSALM 40:1-12: Plainsong, Tone II.1
HYMN: Jesus, priceless treasure (Tune: Jesu, meine Freude) – Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt., and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)
ANTHEM: ‘Agnus Dei’ from Mass for Four Voices – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor
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