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Choral Repertoire – Fall 2026
Sunday, September 13 – PENTECOST 16 (Proper 19)
10:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 103:1-13 (chant: C. V. Stanford)
A Repeating Alleluia – Calvin Hampton
Thou, O God, Art Praised in Sion – Malcolm Boyle
Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether – Harold Friedell
Sunday, September 20 – PENTECOST 17 (Proper 20)
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 145:1-8 (chant: Thomas Hanforth)
It is a Thing Most Wonderful – Philip Moore
Strengthen For Service – Richard Proulx
Sunday, September 27 – PENTECOST 18 (Proper 21)
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Choristers)
Psalm 25:1-8 (chant: James Turle)
I Lift Up My Eyes – Paul Bouman
Ave Maria – Simon Lindley
Sunday, October 4 – PENTECOST 19 (Proper 22)
9:00am Holy Eucharist (Choristers)
Badgers and Hedgehogs (from Benedicite)- Andrew Carter
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Communion Service in G – Bryan Dunnewald (all but Kyrie)
Psalm 80:7-14 (chant: Ivor Atkins)
Vinea mea electa – Francis Poulenc
Draw Nigh and Take – Richard DeLong
5pm Choral Evensong (Adult Choir)
Responses – Craig Phillips
Psalm 121 (chant: John Bennett)
Collegium Regale – Herbert Howells
Lord, Make Us Servants of Your Peace – Frank Boles
Friday, October 9
Diocesan Convention Opening Service
(held at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral)
6:30pm Choral Evensong (Schola)
Responses Craig Phillips
Psalm TBD
Collegium Regale – Herbert Howells
I Lift Up My Eyes – Margaret Burk
Sunday, October 11 – PENTECOST 20 (Proper 23)
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 3 (chant: H. Walford Davies)
The Lord is My Shepherd (from Requiem) – John Rutter
O sacrum convivium – Olivier Messiaen
Sunday, October 18– PENTECOST 21 (Proper 24)
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 96:1-13 (chant: Bruce Neswick)
Praise the Lord, O My Soul – Ned Rorem
Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love – Ned Rorem
Sunday, October 25 – PENTECOST 22 (Proper 25)
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir and Choristers)
Psalm 1 (chant: Henry Gauntlett)
And Then Shall Your Light – Felix Mendelssohn
If Ye Love Me – Philip Wilby
Sunday, November 1 – ALL SAINTS SUNDAY
11:00 Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Psalm 149 (chant: Charles Villiers Stanford)
There is a Land of Pure Delight – Grayston Ives
Justorum animae – William Byrd
5:00pm Solemn Eucharist for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
Mass: Requiem – John Rutter
Sunday, November 8 – PENTECOST 24 (Proper 27)
11:00 Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 70 (chant: Thomas Attwood)
Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates – William Mathias
Never Weather-beaten Sail – Richard Shephard
Sunday, November 15 – PENTECOST 25 (Proper 28)
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 90 (chant: Herbert Howells)
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence – Edward Bairstow
TBD
Sunday, November 22 – CHRIST THE KING
10:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir and Choristers)
A Canticle of Praise (Benedictus es Domine) – Larry King
Psalm 95:1-7 (chant: William Marsh)
Jubilate Deo – William Walton
Ave verum corpus – W.A. Mozart/arr. Trant (treble voices only)
Sunday, November 29 – ADVENT 1 (Year B)
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Matin Responsory – after Palestrina
Psalm 80: 1-7, 16-18 (plainsong)
Drop Down, Ye Heavens – Anna Lapwood
We Wait For Thy Loving Kindness – William McKie
5pm Advent Service (Schola)
Advent Antiphon – James MacMillan
Virga Jesse floruit – Anton Bruckner
Drop Down, Ye Heavens – Anna Lapwood
O Radix Jesse – Rihards Dubra
Sunday, December 6 – ADVENT 2
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 (plainsong)
And the Glory of the Lord – George Frideric Handel
TBD
Sunday, December 13 – ADVENT 3
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Magnificat (plainsong, Tone 8)
TBD
There’s a Voice in the Wilderness Crying – Craig Phillips
Sunday, December 20 – ADVENT 4
11:00am Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 (plainsong)
TBD
TBD
5:00pm Christmas Lessons & Carols (Adult Choir and Choristers)
Ding-Dong Merrily on High – arr. Mack Wilberg
Adam lay ybounden – Boris Ord
O Emmanuel – Ēriks Ešenvalds
In dulci jubilo – Matthew Culloton
See Amid the Winter Snow – John Goss
What Sweeter Music – John Rutter
The Blessed Virgin’s Cradle Song – Edward Bairstow
On This Day – C. Hylton Stewart
Thursday, December 24 – CHRISTMAS EVE
10:00pm Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Sleeps Judea Fair – Hugh MacKinnon
What Sweeter Music – John Rutter
In dulci jubilo – Matthew Culloton
Missa ad Praesepe – George Malcolm (Sanctus/Benedictus)
Psalm 97 (chant: C. V. Stanford)
On This Day – C. Hylton Stewart
O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
