The Fifth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: O Light, whose beams illumine all – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

PSALM 84 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: O what their joy and their glory must be (Tune: O quanta qualia) – mel. from Antiphoner, 1681; harm. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

ANTHEM: Ubi caritas – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: The God of Love my shepherd is (Tune: University)– attr. Charles Collignon (1725-1785); vs. 5 harm. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

PSALM 23 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Who are these like stars appearing (Tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich) – mel. from Geistreiches Gesang-buch, 1698; harm. William Monk (1823-1889), alt.

NUNC DIMITTIS – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

ANTHEM: The Good Shepherd – Alice Parker (b. 1925)

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Derek Curtis-Tilton, cantor

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The Third Sunday of Easter

ORISON: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (Tune: Gaudeamus pariter) – Medieval Bohemian Carol Melody,1544; vs. 2 harm. Hymnal 1940; vs. 4 harm. Harvey Grace (1874-1944)

PSALM 33:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (Tune: Truro) – Psalmodia Evangelica, 1790; vs. 5 harm. Harvey Grace

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone V; harm. Vicente Ripollés (1867-1943)

ANTHEM: C??????? co?e?a? (Salvation is created) – Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944); arr. for men’s voices by Vladimir Morosan

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

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The Second Sunday of Easter

ORISON: That Easter Day with joy was bright (Tune: Puer nobis) – mel. from Trier MS., 15th cent.; adapt. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621); harm. George R. Woodward (1848-1934)

PSALM 118:14-24, 28-29 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1

HYMN: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: Saint Botolph) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone IV; harm. Anonymous 16th cent. composer; adapt. Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998)

ANTHEM: Sermone blando angelus – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

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Easter Day

PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

PSALM 114 – Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus

HYMN: Christians to the Paschal victim (Tune: Victimae Paschali laudes) – Plainsong, Mode I; melody att. Wigbert (d. 1050?) and Christ the Lord is risen again (Tune: Christ ist erstanden) – mel. from Geistliche Lieder, 1533; harm. Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd (c. 1539/1540-1623)

ANTHEM: Christus surrexit – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

Tyler Morse, Joel Bevington, Layne Benofsky, and Gregory Bloch, Quartet (Handl)

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