September 11, 2016 + The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the Youth and Adult Choirs, sermon by the Rev’d Walter McKenney.

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Voluntary    Praeludium in G Major   Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)

Bruhns is one of the tragic figures of the organ world. He died aged just 31, and there are only four surviving authenticated organ works. Praeludium in G is one of the finest examples of the mature 17th century North German High Baroque organ school — having the feeling of a mini opera, with its sudden changes of mood and character. Bruhns was a young master of the north German stylus phantasticus style, having studied with Buxtehude in Lübeck. A highly talented performer, he was known to play violin while accompanying himself with the organ pedals. (courtesy Andrew Benson-Wilson)

Processional Hymn 410    Praise, my soul, the King of heaven    Lauda anima

Gloria in excelsis S278     William Mathias (1934-1992)

Sequence Hymn   This is my song   Finlandia

Offertory Anthem    Ev’ry time I feel the spirit   arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
Nicholas Filippides, soloist

In addition to being an obvious moment of praise, this beloved spiritual is full of traditional images and code words referencing the Underground Railroad and the escape from slavery. The Jordan River was most often code for the Ohio River, which had to be crossed to get to the free states. Many of the references to water in spirituals also refer to the practice of walking in the rivers and streams at night. That way, the tracking dogs that were used to hunt them down would lose the scent. (courtesy Reginald Unterseher)

Sanctus S128    William Mathias

Fraction Anthem S166  Agnus Dei     Gerald Near (b. 1942)

Communion Anthem    Hide not thou thy face from me, O Lord   Richard Farrant (1525-1580)

Communion Hymn 439    What wondrous love is this    Wondrous Love

Closing Hymn 708   Savior, like a shepherd lead us   Sicilian Mariners

Voluntary   Fugue in G Major   Nicolaus Bruhns

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