Service Music:

Voluntary    Psalm 19: The heavens declare the glory of God    Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Invocation    Rachel Laurin (1961-2023)

Rachel Laurin was a Canadian organist, composer and music educator in Quebec. Laurin studied organ at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. In 1985, she received the McAbbie Foundation scholarship and, in the following year, the Bourse d’excellence Wilfrid-Pelletier. She performed in Canada, the United States and France. From 1986 to 2002, she was assistant organist at Saint Joseph’s Oratory. In 1988, she started teaching at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. From 2002 to 2006, she was titular organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa. In 2008, she received the Holtkamp-AGO Composition Award. In 2009, she was awarded first place in the Marilyn Mason New Organ Music  Competition.

Processional Hymn 427    When morning gilds the skies    Laudes Domini

Gloria S280    Robert Powell (b. 1932)

Sequence Hymn 448    O love, how deep, how broad, how high    Deus tuorum militum

Offertory Anthem  Mighty are your works, O God    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), arr. Hal Hopson (b. 1933)
Text: Psalm 8

Mighty, mighty are your works, O God.
Stars and moon on high tell your glory,
O God our our Creator.
All the wonder, all the beauty,
all creation speaks of your love.
Praise we sing forever. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Sanctus  S130    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Fraction anthem S164    Jesus, lamb of God     Franz Schubert

Communion Anthem    Hear my words    Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
Words from Psalm 5

Hear my words, O gracious Lord, to my thoughts attentive be;
Hear my cry, my King and my God. I will make my prayer to thee.
With the morning light, O Lord, thou shalt hear my voice arise;
And expectant I will bring, prayer as morning sacrifice.
Thou art Holy, O my God, thou delightest not in sin;
Evil shall not dwell with thee, nor the proud thy favor win.

Stephen Paulus was a prolific composer of classical music. His music continues to be frequently performed and described by critics as rugged, angular, lyrical, lean, rhythmically aggressive, original, often gorgeous, moving, and uniquely American. The New Yorker characterizes his music as having “impeccable technique and well-honed audience appeal,” while The New York Times says “Mr. Paulus often finds melodic patterns that are fresh and familiar at the same time…His scoring is invariably expert and exceptionally imaginative in textures and use of instruments.” 

Hymn in Procession 438    Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord    Woodlands

Voluntary    Fugue in G minor, BWV 542b    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Assisting Pianist: Benjamin Mabrey