St. Bernard

Choral Music
2007-2008 (Year C/A)

Ministries and OrganizationsThursday, August 29
Choir practice resumes, 7:00-9:00 PM,
at Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church.

September 16
Organ Concert, 5 PM, Stephen Schall

September 23: Twenty-fifth Sunday Ordinary Time
I was glad when they said unto me C.H.H. Parry
Jesu, the very thought is sweet Mack Wilberg

September 30: Twenty-sixth Sunday Ordinary Time
For the beauty of the earth John Rutter
Fight the good fight John Gardner

October 7: Twenty-seventh Sunday Ordinary Time
Jubilate Deo in C Benjamin Britten
O Lord, increase our faith Henry Loosemore

October 14: Twenty-eighth Sunday Ordinary Time
Let us with a gladsome mind Alan Ridout
O taste and see Richard DeLong

Thursday October 18
Rehearsal at MLUMC due to Chinese Auction.

October 21: Twenty-ninth Sunday Ordinary Time
Lift thine eyes and He watching over Israel (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
Ave verum corpus W.A. Mozart

October 28: Thirtieth Sunday Ordinary Time
Day by day Martin How
O esca viatorum Heinrich Isaac

November 4: Thirty-first Sunday Ordinary Time
No choir at 11 AM Mass.

Concert:
St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church, 4 PM 
2:30 PM call

Music of Maurice Duruflé
Prélude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7
Gretchen Franz, organ

Requiem, Op. 9
featuring the choirs of Mount Lebanon United Methodist
and Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Churches
Frederick Schell, organ, Stephen Schall, Director

November 11: Thirty-second Sunday Ordinary Time
Let nothing every grieve thee Johannes Brahms
In paradisum (Requiem)- Duruflé

November 18: Thirty-third Sunday Ordinary Time
Give us the wings of faith Ernest Bullock
My Lord, what a morning arr., Harry Burleigh

Thursday, November 23: Thanksgiving Day
No choir at Mass. No rehearsal. Happy Thanksgiving!

November 25: Christ the King
The Last Words of David Randall Thompson
Let all mortal flesh keep silence Gustav Holst

December 2: The First Sunday of Advent (Year A)
Rejoice, O Jerusalem, behold thy king cometh Healey Willan
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Herbert Howells
Parish Advent Celebration 5 PM; 4 PM call
A candlelight procession of lessons and carols for Advent followed by a parish supper.

December 9: The Second Sunday of Advent
Thou shalt know him when he comes Mark Sirret
E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come Paul Manz
 
December 16: The Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete
Rejoice in the Lord alway Anonymous (16th century)
How lovely are the messengers (St. Paul) Mendelssohn

December 23: The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Lift up your head, O ye gates William Mathias
A Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten

Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve
Service of lessons and carols,
10:15 PM, 9:10 call
Favorite carols and anthems
Mass in the Night, 11 PM
A child is born Leo Nestor
O holy night Adolphe Adam

Thursday, December 27
No rehearsal. Merry Christmas!

December 30: The Holy Family
No choir. Merry Christmas

Thursday, January 3
Rehearsal resumes.

January 6: The Epiphany
What strangers are these? Richard Purvis
The Three Kings Peter Cornelius

January 13: Baptism of the Lord
The Waters of Life James Biery
Dancing Day arr., Robert Page

January 20: Second Sunday Ordinary Time
Little Innocent Lamb arr., Bartholomew
I waited for the Lord Mendelssohn

January 27: Third Sunday Ordinary Time
Christ's Flock Martin Shaw
Dear Lord and Father of mankind C.H.H. Parry

February 3: Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time
The Beatitudes Russian Chant
Behold the tabernacle of God William H. Harris

February 6: Ash Wednsday
7:30 Mass, 6:45 call
Miserere mei Gregorio Allegri
Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake Farrant/Hilton
Ave verum corpus William Byrd

February 10: First Sunday of Lent
Kyrie eleison Louis Vierne
A Lenten Walk Hal H. Hopson

February 17: Second Sunday of Lent
The Transfiguration Richard Shephard
Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake Farrant/Hilton

February 24: Third Sunday of Lent
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks Herbert Howells
There's a wideness in God's mercy Maurice Bevan

March 2: Fourth Sunday of Lent:  Lĉtare
There is a balm in Gilead arr., William L. Dawson
Ave verum corpus Colin Mawby

March 9: Fifth Sunday of Lent
God so loved the world John Stainer
Ave verum corpus Edward Elgar

March 16: Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday)
When I survey the wondrous cross Gilbert Martin
Were you there?  arr., Bob Chilcott

Monday, March 17
Rehearsal for Tenebrĉ. 7-9 PM. Schola TBA.

Wednesday, March 19
Rehearsal for Triduum. 7-9 PM.

March 20: Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord's Supper
7:30 PM; Call: 6:45 in the Choir
Ubi caritas et amor Maurice Duruflé
O sacrum convivium Phillip Moore

March 21: Good Friday: The Passion of the Lord
1:30 PM; Call: 12:20 in Clairvaux Hall
The Passion According to Saint John Heinrich Schütz
O Crux Ave Rihards Dubra
Nolo mortem peccatoris Thomas Morley
Were you there?  Arr., Chilcott
Christus factus est pro nobis Anton Bruckner
Ave verum corpus William Byrd
The Office of Tenebrĉ
Schola only. 7:30 PM, 6:30 call
Bow thine ear, O Lord William Byrd
Timor et tremor Francis Poulenc

March 22: Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil
7:30 PM; Call: 6:30 in Clairvaux Hall
Exsultet arr., J.  Michael Thompson
Various canticle and psalm settings
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Charles Villiers Stanford
Maria Magdalenĉ Andrea Gabrieli

March 23: Easter Sunday
The Easter Sequence: Christians to the Paschal victim
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Charles Villiers Stanford
Maria Magdalenĉ Andrea Gabrieli

March 27: Easter Thursday
No choir practice. Happy Easter!

March 30: Second Sunday of Easter
The Day of Resurrection Thomas Matthews
Regina cœli lĉtare Gregor Eichinger

April 6: Third Sunday of Easter
This joyful Eastertide arr., Harris
Stay with us Egil Hovland

April 13: Fourth Sunday of Easter
The Lord is my shepherd John Rutter
O taste and see Richard DeLong

April 20: Fifth Sunday of Easter
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God T. Tertius Noble
The Call David Ashley White

April 27: Sixth Sunday of Easter
Greater love John Ireland
Ave verum corpus Richard R. Rossi

May 4: Seventh Sunday of Easter
O clap your hands RalphVaughan Williams
I will not leave you comfortless Everett Titcomb

May 8: Thursday
Last regular choir practice of the season.

May 9: Friday
Annual musicians' banquet.
Franco's, Dormont
6 PM cocktails, 7 PM dinner

May 11: Pentecost
Pentecost Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Pentecost Hal H. Hopson
Listen Sweet Dove Grayston Ives

May 18: Most Holy Trinity
Sanctus (St Cecilia Mass) Charles Gounod
Tantum ergo sacramentum William Mathias

May 25: Corpus Christi
Love bade me welcome (Five Mystical Songs)
Vaughan Williams
O sacrum convivium Olivier Messiaen

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