DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY
Our 2012-2013 Choir Season ends this morning and we extend our profound
gratitude to our marvelous choristers who have given us such splendid music
this year. This Choir has been a
particular joy to make music with, and we are so thankful for their ministry
here. We wish Godspeed to Marcus
Shields (graduate study, Cincinnati Conservatory), William Bouvel (graduate
study, London), Sarah Bauer (The Young Artists Program, Shreveport Opera),
and Karen Ann Baron (leave-of-absence).
Maurice Duruflé
(1902-1986) was Organiste Titulaire at St. Etienne-du-Mont, Paris, and
Professor of Harmony at the Paris Conservatory.
The Variations sur le Veni Creator Spiritus are from a larger
work based on today’s great Pentecost hymn (504).
Each variation sets the plainchant melody clearly accompanied by
imaginative and beautiful harmonies.
The opening variation sets the melody in chorale-like form; the
second places the melody in canon between the right hand and pedal; the
third is in a lively 2 against 3 metre with the melody in the soprano voice;
the fourth places the melody in the pedal under a lush accompaniment; and
the final variation is a glorious toccata with the plainchant again in canon
between the manuals and pedals.
Today’s Psalm was written by the 2012-2013 Confirmation Class at the
beginning of their year together, and was pointed and set to music by
Richard Hoskins.
J. S. Bach’s
Cantata #172: Erschallet ihr Lieder, written for the Feast of
Pentecost, is a joyous piece in the expressive and homophonic style of
Bach’s early works. The opening
and closing sections frame a strongly accented fugal second section.
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) was a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elisabeth I, and joint-organist with William Byrd. His beloved motet, If ye love Me, is written in the post-reformation style: each syllable set to one note.
Glorious Voices & Parish Recital
Join us on June 2nd at 2:00 p.m., after the Parish Picnic, in the Harding
Room for a festive afternoon of music featuring members of the Choir and our
talented parishioners. Richard Hoskins invites all of our parish musicians,
actors, dancers, and artists to perform.
Please speak to him if you, your family members, or friends would
like to perform. All are most
welcome!
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sure to be intrigued and delighted by our next season of
concerts.
Organ
concerts, organ and brass, a consort of Viols, glorious
singing, and more! Concerts at St. Chrysostom’s –
Daniel Roth in Concert Concerts at St. Chrysostom’s are free,
supported by the generosity of parishioners and friends. Your donation at the concert will be
gratefully accepted.
Join us for a splendid concert on Tuesday, April 30th at
7:00 p.m. when we welcome Daniel Roth, Organiste-Titulaire
of St. Sulpice, Paris, back to the Fisk organ. Daniel
played the opening recital on the Fisk in 2005. The program
will include works by Boëly, Jongen, Bach, Franck, and
Widor. M. Roth, considered one of the pre-eminent
international organists of our time, is especially famed for
his mastery of improvisation and will conclude the program
with an improvisation on submitted themes. A reception
follows the concert.
Tickets will be available at the door: $20/person,
$10/students & seniors.
Concerts at St. Chrysostom’s are free and supported by
parishioners and friends of St. Chrysostom’s Church.
Your generous contribution will be gratefully received at each
concert.