St. Bernard

Choral Music
2005-2006 (Year A/B)

Ministries and OrganizationsThursday, September 8
Adult Choir practice resumes, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

September 11: Twenty-fourth Sunday Ordinary Time
Let us with a gladsome mind Alan Ridout
The Gift of Love Hal H. Hopson

September 18: Twenty-fifth Sunday Ordinary Time
O praise God in his holiness Felton Rapley
O taste and see Richard DeLong

September 25: Twenty-sixth Sunday Ordinary Time
Christus factus est pro nobis Felice Anerio
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes Thomas Attwood

September 29: Thursday
Children's Choir practice resumes, 4:00 - 5:15.

October 2: Twenty-seventh Sunday Ordinary Time
En prière Gabriel Fauré (solo)
Ave Maria Tomàs Luis de Victoria

October 9: Twenty-eighth Sunday Ordinary Time
My shepherd will supply my need arr., Virgil Thomson
Maria mater gratiæ Fauré (women)

October 16: Twenty-ninth Sunday Ordinary Time
O sing unto the Lord Peter Aston
Cantate Domino Hassler
Evening Prayer and Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament

5:00 PM Liturgy; 4:00 PM call
Thee we adore T. Frederick H. Candlyn
Tantum ergo sacramentum William Mathias

October 23: Thirtieth Sunday Ordinary Time
9:30 - Children's Choir
Praise the Lord Natalie Sleeth
Ave Maria Simon Lindley
11:00 - Adult Choir
The Father's Love Simon Lole (women only)
For the beauty of the earth John Rutter

October 30: Thirty–first Sunday Ordinary Time
Simple Gifts arr., Aaron Copland (men only)
Tantum ergo sacramentum Mathias

November 5: Saturday
Mass of Remembrance 10AM Liturgy, 9:30 Call

In paradisum (Requiem) Fauré
Pie Jesu (Requiem) Fauré (solo)

November 6: Thirty–second Sunday Ordinary Time
Keep you lamps André Thomas
How lovely is thy dwelling place Johannes Brahms

November 13: Thirty–third Sunday Ordinary Time
Ain't got time to die Hall Johnson
In paradisum (Requiem) Fauré

November 20: Christ the King
9:30 - Children's Choir and Brass Ensemble
Hallelujah! (Messiah) George Frederick Handel
A Blessing Sleeth
11:00 - Adult Choir and Brass Ensemble
Hallelujah! (Messiah) Handel
Let all mortal flesh keep silence Gustav Holst

Thursday, November 24: Thanksgiving Day
9:00 AM Mass, 8:30 call
Children and Adults sing together today.

Let us with a gladsome mind Ridout
For the beauty of the earth Rutter

November 27: The First Sunday of Advent (Year B)
Matin Responsory Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Adam lay ybounden  Philip Ledger

December 4: The Second Sunday of Advent
And the glory of the Lord (Messiah)
George Frederick Handel
Canite tuba Francisco Guerrerro

December 11: The Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete
How lovely are the messengers (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come Paul Manz

December 18: The Fourth Sunday of Advent
9:30 - Children's Choir and Friends
An Advent Prayer Alan Pote
E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come Manz
11:00 - Adult Choir
A Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten
Dixit Maria Hassler

No children's rehearsals on December 22 or 29.

Saturday, December 24: Christmas Eve
Service of Lessons and Carols,
10:15 PM, 9:10 Call
Favorite carols and spirituals
Mass in the Night, 11:00 PM
Christmas Day Holst
Sleeps Judea Fair Hugh McKinnen

Sunday, December 25: Christmas Day
No choir at Mass. Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 29
No rehearsal. Merry Christmas!


January 1: Mary, Mother of God
Lo how a rose e'er blooming Michael Praetorius
The Seven Joys of Mary arr. Stephen King

January 8: The Epiphany
The Three Kings Peter Cornelius
Epiphany Alleluias John Weaver

January 15: Second Sunday Ordinary Time
Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré
Ave verum corpus Fauré

January 22: Third Sunday Ordinary Time
Dear Lord and Father of mankind C.H.H. Parry
He comes to us as one unknown Jane Marshall

January 29: Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time
11:00 - Adult Choir
Let the people praise thee, O God Mathias
Tantum ergo sacramentum Mathias
12:30 - Children's Choir
Catholic Schools Week
I will give thanks Michael Jothan
Day by day Martin How

February 5: Fifth Sunday Ordinary Time
Christ whose glory fills the skies Candlyn
Thee we adore Candlyn

February 12: Sixth Sunday Ordinary Time
Laudamus te (Gloria) Antonio Vivaldi (duet)
O taste and see Ralph Vaughan Williams

February 19: Seventh Sunday Ordinary Time
9:30 - Children's Choir and Friends
Praise ye the Lord Rutter
There is a balm in Gilead arr., William L. Dawson
11:00 - Adult Choir
Praise ye the Lord Rutter
There is a balm in Gilead arr., Dawson

February 26: Eighth Sunday Ordinary Time
Behold the tabernacle of God William H. Harris
Draw us in the spirit's tether Friedell

March 1: Ash Wednesday
7:30 Mass, 7 PM call.
Rehearsal follows. No practice this Thursday night.

Miserere mei, Deus Gregorio Allegri
Lord for thy tender mercies' sake Farrant/Hilton
Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord Richard Farrant

March 5: First Sunday in Lent
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks Herbert Howells
Sicut cervus Palestrina

March 12: Second Sunday in Lent
The Transfiguration Richard Shephard
Lord for thy tender mercies' sake Farrant/Hilton

March 19: Third Sunday in Lent
9:30 - Children's Choir
Litany to the Holy Spirit Peter Hurford
Prayer for Guidance Pote
11:00 - Adult Choir
On holy ground Traditional (solo)
Beati quorum via Stanford

March 26: Fourth Sunday in Lent (Lætare)
Psalm 137: By the streams of Babylon Howard Hughes
Nolo mortem peccatoris Thomas Morley
God so loved the world John Stainer

April 2: Fifth Sunday in Lent
Jesus, so lowly Harold Friedell
Ave verum corpus Byrd

April 9: Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday)
9:30 - Children and Friends
No children's rehearsals April 13 or 20.
A Lenten Walk Hopson
Behold the Lamb of God Paul Bouman
11:00 - Adult Choir
When I survey the wondrous cross Gilbert Martin
Rest well, Beloved, sweetly sleeping (St. John Passion)
J. S. Bach

Monday, April 10
Rehearsal for Tenebrae 7:00 - 9:00 PM.
Schola members to be announced.


Wednesday, April 12
Rehearsal for Triduum with orchestra. 7:00 - 9:00 PM.

April 13: Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord's Supper
7:30 PM; Call: 6:45 in the Choir
Seek to serve Pfautsch
Ubi caritas et amor James Biery
Ave verum corpus Byrd

April 14: Good Friday: The Passion of the Lord
1:30 PM; Call: 12:20 in Clairvaux Hall
The Passion According to Saint John Richard Hillart
Miserere mei, Deus Gregorio Allegri
Good Friday Anthems Russell Schulz-Widmar
God so loved the world Stainer
Christus factus est pro nobis Anerio
O Lord, thy little angel send (St. John Passion) Bach
7:30 PM The Office of Tenebræ
Schola only. 6:30 Call
Bow thine ear, O Lord Byrd
O help, Jesus (St. John Passion) Heinrich Schütz

April 15: Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil
7:30 PM; Call: 6:30 in Clairvaux Hall
Exsultet arr., J.  Michael Thompson
Various canticle and psalm settings
Worthy is the Lamb and Amen (Messiah) Handel
Alleluia Randall Thompson

April 16: Easter Sunday
The Easter Sequence: Christians to the Paschal victim
Worthy is the Lamb and Amen (Messiah) Handel
Alleluia Thompson

April 20: Easter Thursday
No choir practice. Happy Easter!

April 23: Second Sunday of Easter
The day of resurrection Thomas Matthews
This joyful Eastertide arr., Harris

April 30: Third Sunday of Easter
Regina cæli lætare Gregor Aichinger
Alleluia (Exsultate jubilate) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

May 5: Friday
Annual banquet for adults in the music ministry.
Jamie's, Dormont
6:00 PM cocktails, 7:00 PM dinner

May 7: Fourth Sunday of Easter
The Lord is my shepherd Rutter
See what love hath the Father for us Mendelssohn

May 14: Fifth Sunday of Easter
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God T. Tertius Noble
Ave Maria Franz Schubert (solo and choir)

May 21: Sixth Sunday of Easter
9:30 - Children's Choir
This joyful Eastertide arr., Harris
The Gift of Love Hopson
11:00 - Adult Choir
Greater love hath no man than this John Ireland
Ave Maria Robert Parsons

May 28: Seventh Sunday of Easter
O clap your hands Rutter
Esto les Digo Kinley Lange

June 4: Pentecost
Pentecost Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Pentecost Hopson
Veni Sancte Spiritus Mozart

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