Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the St. John’s Adult Choir and Choir School, sermon by the Rev’d Todd FitzGerald.

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Voluntary    Fanfare from La Péri    Paul Dukas

Paul Abraham Dukas was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. He was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His best-known work is the orchestral piece The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, the fame of which has eclipsed that of his other surviving works. Among these are the opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue, his Symphony in C,Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, the Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau (for solo piano), and a ballet, La Péri.At a time when French musicians were divided into conservative and progressive factions, Dukas adhered to neither but retained the admiration of both. His compositions were influenced by composers including Beethoven, Berlioz, Franck, d’Indy and Debussy.

Opening Hymn 381    Thy strong word did cleave the darkness    Ton-y-botel

Gloria in excelsis S278   William Mathias

Sequence Hymn 490    I want to walk as a child of the light    Houston

Offertory Anthem     Come, thou fount     arr. Eric Nelson (b. 1959)

Eric Nelson is director of choral studies at Emory University, where he teaches graduate choral conducting and choral literature. He conducts Emory’s 40-voice Concert Choir and its 180-voice University Chorus. In 2004, he was the recipient of a “Crystal Apple” award for excellence in teaching at the university. He is also the artistic director of the Atlanta Master Chorale, a 60-voice adult chamber choir specializing in a cappella repertoire. His ensembles have been praised for their ability to combine a high level of technical precision with warmth of musical expression.

Sanctus S128    William Mathias

Communion Anthem    Lord, lead us still    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Text: Helen A. Dickinson

Along the varied paths of life,
Through hours of joy and sorrow keen,
In grim temptation’s mortal strife,
In doubt or confidence serene,
Lord, lead us still, O lead us still.

Through all the changes of the years,
Whate’er of good or ill betide,
In laughter gay or bitter tears,
O keep us ever at thy side;
Lord, lead us still, O lead us still.

And when at last the tale is told,
The vict’ry won by thy good grace,
May we thy glory, Lord, behold,
In that blest homeland see thy face;
Lord, lead us still, O lead us still.

Communion Hymn 440    Blessed Jesus, at thy word    Liebster Jesu

Closing Hymn 348    O day of radiant gladness Es flog ein kleins    Waldvogelein

Voluntary    Final from Symphony No. 3    Louis Vierne

Christopher Houlihan, organist