Schedule 2005-2006

September 11 - 17 Pentecost (Proper 19)
10:00 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Ubi caritas Maurice Durufle
The gift of love arr. Hal Hopson

September 14, 15 – Wednesday, Thursday
First practices for Parish and Adult Choirs.

September 18 - 18 Pentecost (Proper 20)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Elizabeth Poston
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Strengthen for service Richard Proulx
Blest are those who are called Richard Proulx

September 25 - 19 Pentecost (Proper 21)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Show my thy ways Walter L. Pelz
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Let this mind be in you Lee Hoiby
Esto les Digo Kinley Lange

September 27 – Tuesday
First practice for Handbell Choir.

October 2 - 20 Pentecost (Proper 22)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Fight the good fight John Gardner
11:15 AM Eucharist [Cantorei]
Fight the good fight John Gardner
Ave verum corpus June Nixon
5:00 PM Evensong [Adult Choir]
When rooks fly homeward Arthur Baynon
Canticles (Mt. St. Alban) David Hogan
Evening Hymn H. Balfour Gardiner

October 9 - 21 Pentecost (Proper 23)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Plenty good room arr. Dorothy Smith
Come to the feast James Moore
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Bring us, O Lord God William H. Harris
Prayer to Jesus George Oldroyd

October 16 - 22 Pentecost (Proper 24)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Exsultate Deo Kirby Shaw
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Cantate Domino Heinrich Schütz
Denn er hat seinen Engeln Felix Mendelssohn

October 23 - 23 Pentecost (Proper 25)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
A simple command Alexander Peloquin
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
O Lord, increase our faith Henry Loosemore
Ave verum corpus Orlando di Lasso

October 28 - Friday
8:00 PM Recital
David Sharp, tenor, and Jerome Brandt, baritone, with Lynne Mather and Loretta Fossler, violins. Works of Britten, Purcell, Vaughan Williams and others. Free admission.

October 30 - 24 Pentecost (Proper 26)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
How can I keep from singing arr. K.L. Scott
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
How can I keep from singing arr. John Scott
Ave verum corpus Colin Mawby

November 6 - All Saints’ Sunday
9:00 AM Holy Baptism [Parish Choir]
Give us the wings of faith Ernest Bullock
11:15 AM Eucharist [Cantorei]
Justorum animae William Byrd
Ego sum panis vivus William Byrd
5:00 PM Evensong [Adult Choir]
O Gracious Light Jayson Engquist
Canticles, Op. 38 Lee Hoiby
And I saw the holy city Craig Phillips

November 13 - St. Martin of Tours
10:00 AM Festal Eucharist
[Adult, Parish and Handbell Choirs]
Within these walls Stephen Caracciolo
One Bread, One Body arr. Douglas Wagner

November 20 - Last Pentecost (Proper 29)
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Let us with a gladsome mind Allen Ridout
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Laetentur coeli William Byrd
Ave verum Corpus William Byrd
7:00 PM Concert
Philomel Baroque Chamber Orchestra, with Laura Heimes, soprano, and Peter Sykes, organ. Tickets: Ticket Philadelphia 215-893-1999 or www.ticketphiladelphia.org.

November 22, 23 – Tuesday, Wednesday
No practices.

November 24 – Thanksgiving Day
10:00 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Canticle of Brother Sun Grayston Ives
For the beauty of the earth John Rutter
No evening practice.

November 27 - Advent 1
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Keep your lamps Andre Thomas
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
O thou, the central orb Charles Wood
This is the truth R. Vaughan Williams

November 29 – Tuesday
7:30 PM Lutheran Vespers
The Choir of the Philadelphia Lutheran Seminary sings the annual Seminary Advent Vesper Service. Free admission.

December 4 - Advent 2
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Advent Message Martin How
11:15 AM Eucharist [Handbell Choir]
5:00 PM Advent Procession [Adult Choir]
Matin Responsory Palestrina, ed. Cleobury
Adam lay y'bounden Philip Ledger
Lo, in the time appointed Healy Willan
Ave verum Corpus Gerald Near
Hymn to the Mother of God John Tavener
I am the day Jonathan Dove

December 11 - Advent 3
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Rejoice in the Lord, alway Henry Purcell
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
This is the record of John Grayston Ives
How lovely are the messengers Mendelssohn
3:00 PM Concert
The annual holiday offering of the Chestnut Hill Academy Boychoir. Free admission; info: 215-247-4700.

December 12 - Monday
7:30 PM Concert
The annual holiday offering of the Chestnut Hill Academy Boychoir. Free admission; info: 215-247-4700.

December 18 - Advent 4
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
The Linden Tree Carol arr. Reginald Jacques
10:00 AM Parish Christmas Carol Party
Bring your instruments and join the pick-up orchestra.
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten
Bogoroditsye Dyevo Arvo Pärt

December 24 - Christmas Eve
4:00 PM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Sussex Carol arr. David Willcocks
Ding Dong! Merrily on high arr. Willcocks
11:00 PM Festal Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Communion Service in F Harold Darke
Carol of the bells Leontovich, arr. Wilhousky
Sir Christèmas William Mathias
What sweeter music John Rutter
Candlelight Carol John Rutter

December 25 - Christmas Day
10:00 AM Eucharist [No Choir]

December 27- 29, Tuesday-Thursday
No choir practices.

January 1 – The Holy Name
10:00 AM Lessons and Carols
[Parish Choir, Adult Choir, Choir Alumni]
Adam lay y’bounden Boris Ord
Joys Seven Stephen Cleobury
Ding, dong! Merrily on high arr. Willcocks
In the bleak mid-winter Harold Darke
5:00 PM Evensong [Cantorei]
Love came down at Christmas Mansel Thomas
Canticles (Paisley Service) Humphrey Clucas
The Lamb John Tavener

January 2 – 5, Tuesday-Thursday
Choir practices resume.

January 8 - 1 Epiphany: Baptism of Christ
9:00 AM Baptism [Parish Choir]
Visitation of the Rt. Rev. Edward Lee
Jesus autem hodie Peter Hallock
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Arise, shine Donald Pearson
The Waters of Life James Biery
Jesus autem hodie Peter Hallock

January 15 - 2 Epiphany
9:00 AM Eucharist [Cantorei]
The Parish Choir does not sing on this day.
I believe this is Jesus arr. Undine Smith Moore
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
I believe this is Jesus arr. Undine Smith Moore
Tantum ergo T. Frederick H. Candlyn

January 22 - 3 Epiphany
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Dear Lord and Father of mankind C.H.H. Parry I want to walk as a child of the light Houston, arr. Paul Manz
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Expectans, expectavi Charles Wood
Dear Lord and Father of mankind C.H.H. Parry
7:00 PM Concert
Philomel Baroque Chamber Orchestra, with Pittsburgh’s Chatham Baroque Trio. Tickets: Ticket Philadelphia 215-893-1999 or
www.ticketphiladelphia.org.

January 29 - 4 Epiphany
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Hark, I hear the harps eternal arr. Alice Parker
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Os justi meditabitur sapientiam Anton Bruckner
O for a thousand tongues Richard DeLong

February 5 - 5 Epiphany
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
I hear a voice a-prayin’ Houston Bright
11:15 AM Eucharist [Handbell Choir]
5:00 PM Evensong [Adult Choir]
Canticles in D Herbert Brewer
Balm in Gilead arr. Jon Washburn

February 12 - 6 Epiphany
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Pues si vivimos arr. Hal H. Hopson
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Like as the hart Noel Rawsthorne
Like as the hart Herbert Howells

February 19 - 7 Epiphany
The Parish Choir does not sing on this day.
9:00 AM Eucharist [Cantorei]
O for a thousand tongues Richard DeLong
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
O for a thousand tongues Richard DeLong
Thy perfect love John Rutter

February 26 - Last Epiphany
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
The Lord is my Light Stephen Sturk
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Transfiguration Craig Phillips
O nata lux Thomas Tallis

March 1 - Ash Wednesday
7:30 PM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Misereri mei, Deus Gregorio Allegri
Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake Farrant/Hilton

March 5 – Lent 1
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Day by day K. Lee Scott
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Miserere mei, Deus William Byrd
Civitas sancti tui William Byrd
5:00 PM Evensong [Guest Choir]
Ensemble Corund, Switzerland’s premier vocal ensemble, returns to St. Martin’s to sing this service, followed by a short concert. Free admission.

March 12 – Lent 2
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Jesus, gentlest Saviour Alan MacMillan
11:15 AM Eucharist [Handbell Choir]
5:00 PM Evensong [Adult Choir]
Joint service with the St. Paul’s Choir,
at St. Paul’s Church, Chestnut Hill.

March 19 – Lent 3
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Lord, I want to be a Christian arr. P.F. Simms
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Hear my prayer Felix Mendelssohn
Da nobis pacem Felix Mendelssohn
3:00 PM Children’s Concert
The Bach Festival of Philadelphia presents
Mr. Bach’s Birthday Party. Tickets: $15 per family. Information: 215-217-BACH or www.bach-fest.org.

March 26 – Lent 4
9:00 AM Eucharist [Cantorei]
The Parish Choir does not sing on this day.
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Hear my prayer, O Lord John J. Dimeo
Steal away Nicholas White
3:00 PM Concert
Eugene Roan, harpsichord, John Burkhalter, recorder, and the St. Martin’s Cantorei perform music of 18th-Century Ireland. Free admission.

March 28-30, Tuesday-Thursday
No choir practices.

April 2 – Lent 5
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
I believe that my Redeemer lives A. Peloquin
11:15 AM Eucharist [Handbell Choir]
5:00 PM Evensong [Adult Choir]
Preces and Responses Craig Phillips
Canticles in F minor Alan Gray
Litany to the Holy Spirit Peter Hurford

April 4-6, Tuesday-Thursday
Choir practices resume.

April 9 - Palm Sunday
9:00 AM Festal Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Palm Sunday Introit Tomas Luis de Victoria
Morning glory, starlit sky Barry Rose
A Lenten Walk Hal Hopson
11:15 AM Festal Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Palm Sunday Introit Tomas Luis de Victoria
Christus factus est Anton Bruckner
O mortal man Sussex Mummers’ Carol, arr. John Scott

April 12 - Holy Wednesday
8:00 PM Tenebrae [Cantorei]
Christus factus est Felice Anerio
Plainsong Psalm settings

April 13 - Maundy Thursday
8:00 PM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Ubi caritas James Biery
A new commandment Richard Shephard

April 14 - Good Friday
12 NOON Liturgy of the Day [Adult Choir]
Popule meus Tomas Luis de Victoria
Crux fidelis John IV, King of Portugal

April 15 - Easter Eve: The Great Vigil
8:00 PM Great Vigil of Easter [Adult Choir]
Sicut cervus desiderat G.P. da Palestrina
From the ends of the earth Allen Hovhaness
Regina Coeli Francesco Soriano
Magdalen, cease from sobs and sighs Peter Hurford
Various Canticle and Psalm settings

April 16 - Easter Day
9:00 Festal Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Christ is arisen Leisring, arr. K.T. Kosche
Lord of the dance arr. John Barnard
11:15 AM Festal Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Haec dies Jacob Handl
Blackburn Service Noel Rawsthorne
Angelus Domini Andreas Cascolini
Alleluia Randall Thompson

April 18-20, Tuesday-Thursday
No choir practices.

April 23 – Easter 2
10:00 AM Holy Baptism
[Parish Choir, Adult Choir, Choir Alumni]
This joyful Eastertide William H. Harris

April 25-27, Tuesday-Thursday
Choir practices resume.

April 30 – Easter 3
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Draw us in the Spirit's tether Harold Friedell
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Draw us in the Spirit's tether Harold Friedell
O Sacrum Convivium Giovanni Croce

May 5 – Friday
8:00 PM Concert
Philomel Baroque Chamber Orchestra, with Julianne Baird, soprano. Tickets: Ticket Philadelphia 215-893-1999 or
www.ticketphiladelphia.org.

May 7 – Easter 4
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
The Lord is my shepherd John Rutter
11:15 AM Eucharist [Handbell Choir]
5:00 PM Choral Evensong [Adult Choir]
Canticles in C Bryan Kelly
Eternal Father Gustav Holst

May 14 – Easter 5
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
The Call Kevin Riehle
11:15 AM Eucharist Adult Choir]
The Call Kevin Riehle
Ave verum Corpus Alan MacMillan

May 21 – Easter 6
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
Laudate Dominum W.A. Mozart
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Greater love hath no man than this John Ireland
Beati quorum via Charles Villiers Stanford

May 24 – Wednesday
Last Parish Choir practice.

May 28 – Easter 7
9:00 AM Eucharist [Parish Choir]
O clap your hands Ralph Vaughan Williams
Last Sunday of the Parish Choir season.
11:15 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
Sing ye faithful, sing with gladness Richard Dirksen
O Rex Gloriae Luca Marenzio

June 2 – Friday
8:00 PM Concert
The St. Martin’s Choir and guest organist Alan Morrison in a concert featuring Maurice Durufle’s Requiem, Op. 9.

June 4 - Pentecost
10:00 AM Festal Eucharist [Adult Choir, Handbell Choir]
Pentecost Hal H. Hopson
Listen, Sweet Dove Grayston Ives

June 8 – Thursday
Last Adult Choir practice.

June 11 – Trinity Sunday
10:00 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
The Annual Meeting of the Parish
‘Twas in the year that King Uzziah died Larry Palmer
Trinitarian Blessings K. Lee Scott

June 18 – 2 Pentecost (Proper 6)
10:00 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
How can I keep from singing arr. John Scott
Ave verum corpus Colin Mawby

June 25 – 3 Pentecost (Proper 7)
10:00 AM Eucharist [Adult Choir]
O for a thousand tongues Richard DeLong
Denn er hat seinen Engeln Felix Mendelssohn
Last Sunday of the Adult Choir season.