Confirmation
Vocal Music
- Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove – Robert Powell (b. 1932)
- Dance: I’m goin’a sing When the Spirit Says Sing – arr. William Farley Smith (1941-1997)
- Dance: Spirit Song – John Wimber (1934 - 1997)
Instrumental Music
- Exuberant Praise – Cynthia Dobrinski (b. 1950)
- Jubilate – Kris Anthony
- Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist ("Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost") (BWV 667) – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Congregational Music (all hymns from the Hymnal 1982 with the exception of those marked “R” which are from Renew.)
- Hymn 225 - Hail thee, festival day! (SALVE FESTE DIES)
- Hymn 511 - Holy Spirit, ever living (ABBOT’S LEIGH)
- Hymn R201 - Be Still, for the Spirit of the Lord (BE STILL)
- Hymn R168 - If you believe and I believe (Traditional Zimbabwe)
- Hymn R280 - Like the murmur of the dove’s song (BRIDEGROOM)
- Hymn 506 - Praise the Spirit in Creation (FINNIAN)
- Baptism Hymn 297 – Descend, O Spirit, purging flame (ERHALT UNS, HERR)
- Psalm 104:25-35, 37 - Benedic, anima mea – Thomas Pavlechko
The choir anthem this Sunday is an arrangement of an ancient hymn and chant for Pentecost usually referred to as Veni Creator Spiritus. Robert Powell has taken this elegant text and tune and supplied an excellent setting for choir, handbells and organ, preserving the flowing modal character of the original sources. The first three stanzas are presented in typical chant style, progressing to a more chorale-like setting for the fourth and fifth stanzas, mirroring the evolution of the original chant to chorale which can be seen by comparing hymn 502 ("Veni Creator Spiritus") to hymn 501 ("Komm, Gott Schöpfer") in our hymnal. (Hymn 501 is the tune that Bach used for his piece that I am using for the closing voluntary this morning.)
Powell, who for thirty-five years was Director of Music and Organist of Christ Church Episcopal of Greenville, South Carolina, also wrote the musical setting of the Eucharist which we will be singing this summer. Although it hasn't been sung much in our parish, this setting of the Gloria and Sanctus is among the most well known of the Rite II musical settings in the Hymnal 1982.
This Sunday marks the last time the Good Shepherd Handbell Choir will play this 2016-2017 season. We will be playing two works by two contemporary Handbell composers. (OK, honestly, ALL handbell composers are contemporary, as the handbell choir hasn't really been around for all that long. Though the first set of handbells came to America in 1902, it wasn't until the early 1970s that handbell choirs began to take off in churches all across America.
Cynthia Dobrinski is one of the leaders in handbell composition. With more than 175 works in print, she has conducted about 350 handbell workshops and festivals internationally. Dobrinski earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Texas Christian University and her Master of Music degree in organ performance from Northwestern University. She was a Fulbright scholar and taught for 15 years at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Currently she is the Music Director & Organist at the First Presbyterian Church of Martinsville, Virginia.
I cannot find anything about the composer of the communion voluntary, Kris Anthony. The piece Jubilate (pronounced Yoo-bee-lah-teh, Latin for "Rejoice!") was published early on, in 1991, and though it sounds relatively simple, is actually one of the tougher pieces we've worked on, and I've joked with the choir that Kris Anthony was probably banished from the earth by his bell choir after they had to learn the piece. It is very linear in its compositional make-up, employing the technique of polyphony, the style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other. At one point you'll hear 4 different layers of music.
Powell, who for thirty-five years was Director of Music and Organist of Christ Church Episcopal of Greenville, South Carolina, also wrote the musical setting of the Eucharist which we will be singing this summer. Although it hasn't been sung much in our parish, this setting of the Gloria and Sanctus is among the most well known of the Rite II musical settings in the Hymnal 1982.
This Sunday marks the last time the Good Shepherd Handbell Choir will play this 2016-2017 season. We will be playing two works by two contemporary Handbell composers. (OK, honestly, ALL handbell composers are contemporary, as the handbell choir hasn't really been around for all that long. Though the first set of handbells came to America in 1902, it wasn't until the early 1970s that handbell choirs began to take off in churches all across America.
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I cannot find anything about the composer of the communion voluntary, Kris Anthony. The piece Jubilate (pronounced Yoo-bee-lah-teh, Latin for "Rejoice!") was published early on, in 1991, and though it sounds relatively simple, is actually one of the tougher pieces we've worked on, and I've joked with the choir that Kris Anthony was probably banished from the earth by his bell choir after they had to learn the piece. It is very linear in its compositional make-up, employing the technique of polyphony, the style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other. At one point you'll hear 4 different layers of music.
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