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Music Archives
2001-2002

 
September 1, 2002 - Pentecost 15 (Labour Day)
Tri-Church service at Chalmers Church (212 Barrie Street at Clergy)
August 25, 2002 - Pentecost 14
Tri-Church service at Chalmers Church (212 Barrie Street at Clergy)
August 18, 2002 - Pentecost 13
Tri-Church service at Chalmers Church (212 Barrie Street at Clergy)
August 11, 2002 - Pentecost 12
Tri-Church service at Chalmers Church (212 Barrie Street at Clergy)
August 4, 2002 - Pentecost 11
Tri-Church service at Queen Street Church (Queen and Clergy Streets)
July 28, 2002 - Pentecost 10
Tri-Church service at Queen Street Church (Queen and Clergy Streets)
July 21, 2002 - Pentecost 9
Tri-Church service at Queen Street Church (Queen and Clergy Streets)
July 14, 2002 - Pentecost 8 - Tri-Church service at Sydenham Street Church

Hymns:
 
374 - “Come and find the quiet centre” (Beach Spring)
608 - “Dear God, who loves all human kind” (Rest)
595 - “We are pilgrims” (Servant Song)
642 - “Be thou my vision” (Slane)
 
Prelude:   “Chorale prelude on Gibbons "Song 13”   Healey Willan  
Gift of Music:  

“O rest in the Lord”
        (soloist: Donna Delyea)
 

  Felix Mendelssohn  
Offertory:   Chorale Prelude on “Wareham”   Healey Willan  
Postlude:   "Menuet" from the Suite Gothique 
Choral Song
  Léon Boëllmann 
Samuel Wesley
 
Speaker:   Ian Malcolm      
July 7, 2002 - Pentecost 7 - Tri-Church service at Sydenham Street Church

Hymns:
 
Psalm 100, Pg. 822 - "All people that on earth do dwell" (Old 100th)
330 - "Jesus shall reign" (Duke Street)
266 - "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound" (Amazing Grace)
120 - "O Jesus, I have promised" (Thornbury, #274)
 
Prelude:   Adagio in A Minor   Johann Sebastian Bach  
Gift of Music:   “God Is My Shepherd”
        (soloist: Margi McKay)
 
  Antonin Dvorak  
Offertory:   “I Will Sing New Songs of Gladness”
        (soloist: Margi McKay)
  Antonin Dvorak  
Postlude:  

Little Prelude and Fugue in C Major
Psalm XX

  Johann Sebastian Bach
Benedetto Marcello
 
Speaker:   Daniel Fraiken      
June 30, 2002 - Pentecost 6 - Tri-Church service at Sydenham Street Church
Organist: Mark Sirett

Hymns:
 
218 - "We praise you, O God" (Kremser)
216 - "Sing praise to God, who reigns above" (Mit Freuden Zart)
367 - "Come down, O love divine" (Down Ampney)
651 - "With joy we meditate" (Salzburg)
 
Prelude:   Psalm Prelude   Herbert Howells  
Introit:   Introit for General Use   Healey Willan  
Offertory:   "Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee"   Bert Vanderhoek file
Postlude:   Toccata in g   Eugene Gigout  
Speaker:   John Young      

June 23, 2002 - Pentecost 5 (Barry's Farewell Service - Strawberry Social)
Organists: Charles Walker and Fred Clarke, with Introit by Mark Sirett


Hymns:
 
660 - “How firm a foundation” (St. Denio)
510 - “We have this ministry” (Ministry)
282 - “Long before the night” (This Ancient Love)
“Go forth in faith”
 
Prelude:   Psalm XIX   Benedetto Marcello  
Introit:   “Come, let us bow down”   Mark Sirett  
Anthem:   Marchin' On Up   Mark Hayes new
Offertory:   “Deck yourself, my soul, with gladness”   Johannes Brahms  
Postlude:   Recessional on “Iste Confessor”   F.R.C. Clarke  
June 16, 2002 - Pentecost 4 (Fathers' Day)
 

 Service and Picnic in the Park! 

June 9, 2002 - Pentecost 3

Hymns:
 


260 - "God, who gives to life its goodness" (Abbot's Leigh)
255 - "The living God be praised" (Leoni")
563 - "Jesus, you have come to the lakeshore" (Pescador de Hombres)
421 - "Lead on, O cloud of Presence" (Lancashire)
 

Prelude:   “Andante” from Sonata in C Minor, Opus 27    Josef Rheinberger  
Introit:   Introit for Pentecost   F.R.C. Clarke  
Anthem:   "Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect Peace"   Samuel Sebastian  Wesley  
Offertory:   Chorale Prelude on "Aberystwyth"   Healey Willan  
Postlude:   Postlude in D   Healey Willan  
Speaker:   Terri Leslie      
June 2, 2002 - Pentecost 2 - COMMUNION (Environment Sunday)

Hymns:
 
389 - "God is here" (Blaenwern)
808 - Psalm 91: "On eagles' wings" (On Eagles' Wings)
467 - "One bread, one Body" (One Bread, One Body)
660 - "How firm a foundation" (St. Denio)
Sanctus, Benedictus,
Agnus Dei:
 

Communion Service in A-flat
 
 

C. Hylton Stewart


74
Prelude:   Andante Semplice   Ernest Tomlinson  
Introit:   "The Spirit of the Lord filleth the world"   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   Every Time I Feel The Spirit   William L. Dawson new
Communion:   Hymn prelude on "Rhosymedre"   Ralph Vaughan Williams  
Offertory:   Ayre in G   Antonio Vivaldi  
Postlude:   Toccata in A Minor   Jan Pieter Sweelinck  
May 26, 2002 -Trinity Sunday - YOUTH SUNDAY (Conference Sunday)

Hymns:
 


603 - "In loving partnership we come" (Partnership)
644 - "I was there to hear your borning cry" (Waterlife)
       - "They'll know we are Christians by our love"
509 - "I the Lord of sea and sky" (Here I Am Lord)
 

Prelude:   "Jesus, Joy of Our Desiring"   Johann Sebastian Bach  
Time of Quiet Reflection:
 
 
Brother James' Air
 
Searle Wright
 
Youth:   "The Deer Pants for Water" (Psalm 42)      
Children:   "All God's critters have a place in the choir"  
Offertory:   Hymn Prelude on "St. Columba"   Healey Willan  
Postlude:   Postludium in G   John Stainer  
May 19, 2002 - Pentecost

Hymns:
 
195 - "On Pentecost they gathered" (Munich)
193 - "Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost" (Capetown)
200 - "O Holy Spirit, by whose breath" (Veni Creator Spiritus)
333 - "Love divine, all loves excelling" (Hyfrydol)
 
Prelude:   Two chorale preludes on
"We now implore the Holy Spirit"
 
 
Dietrich Buxtehude
 
Introit:   Introit for Whitsunday   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   Lamb of God   Thomas Morley new
Off. Anthem:   "We Are Not Alone"   F.R.C.Clarke DF 5
Postlude:   Festival Voluntary   Flor Peeters  
Speaker:   Dr. Marguerite Van Die      
May 12, 2002 - Easter 7 (Mothers' Day - Baptism)

Hymns:
 
#240 - "Praise, my soul, the God of heaven" (Lauda Anima)
#442 - "Wash, O God, our sons and daughters" (Beach Spring)
#320 - "Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth" (Hesperus/Quebec)
#514 - "God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian" (Blaenwern)
 
Prelude:   Hymn Prelude on "Werde Munter"   Percy Whitlock  
Introit:   Introit for the Sunday after Ascension   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   To Thee, O Lord, Do I Lift Up My Soul   Sergei Rachmaninoff 226
Off. Anthem:   Hymn of Promise   Natalie Sleeth file
Postlude:   "Lasst uns alle froehlich sein"   Healey Willan  
May 8, 2002 (8:00 p.m.) - Queen's Theological College Convocation Service
Prelude:   Fugue in E-flat Major ("St. Anne")   Johann Sebastian Bach  
Processional   Choral Song   Samuel Wesley  
Chancellor:   Flourish for the Chancellor   F.R.C. Clarke  
Hymn:   509 - I, the Lord of Sea and Sky (Here I Am, Lord)
Anthem:   Go Out In Joy   Eugene Butler File
Hymn:   644 - I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry (Waterlife)
Recessional:   Now Thank We All Our God   Sigfrid Karg-Elert  
May 5, 2002 - Easter 6 (Rural Life/Copper Sunday)
Organist Emeritus - Fred Clarke

Hymns:
 
327 "All praise thee" (Sine Nomine)
623 "Dear weaver of our lives' design" (Repton)
578 "As a fire is meant for burning" (Joyous Light)
674 "Fight the good fight" (Pentecost)
 
Prelude:   The Schübler Chorale Preludes,
Nos. 5 and 6
  Johann Sebastian Bach  
Introit:   "Now the green blade rises"   Medieval French,
arr. Martin Shaw
 
vu-186
vs. 1&4
Anthem:   "Father, we praise Thee"   F.R.C. Clark 58
Off. Anthem:   "If we believe that Jesus died and rose again"   Sir John Goss 242
Postlude:   Fugue in D Minor ("The Giant")   Johann Sebastian Bach  
April 28, 2002 - Easter 5 (Baptism/Camping Sunday)

Hymns:
 


232 - "Joyful, joyful we adore you" (Hymn To Joy)
443 - "God, we pray at this beginning" (Abbot's Leigh)
258 - "O world of God" (Jerusalem")
690 - "From the slave pens of the delta" (Omnie Die)
 

Prelude:   Voluntary in C   John Stanley  
Introit:   Introit for Easter V   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   Psalm 121   Zoltán Kodály File
Off. Anthem:   Jubilate Deo   C. Villiers Stanford 205
Postlude:   Alla Breve in G Major   G.F. Handel, arr. Buszin  
April 21, 2002 - Easter 4

Hymns:
 
291 - "All things bright and beautiful" (Royal Oak)
166 - "Joy comes with the dawn" (Dawn)
226 - "For the beauty of the earth" (Dix, #81)
296 - "This is God's wondrous world" (Terra Beata)
 
Prelude:  

Récit de nasard
Fugue on the Kyrie

  Louis Nicolas Clérambault
François Couperin
 
Introit:   Introit for Easter IV   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   "Lift thine eyes" from Elijah   Felix Mendelssohn  
Off. Anthem:   "O Risen Lord"   Eleanor Daley new
Postlude:   Offertoire sur les grands jeux   François Couperin  
April 14, 2002 - Easter 3

Hymns:
 


16 - "Come you faithful, raise the strain" (Ave Virgo Virginum)
166 - "Joy comes with the dawn" (Dawn)
185 - "You tell me that the Lord is risen" (Noël)
594 - "O Christian love" (Welwyn)
 

Prelude:   Ricercare   Girolamo Frescobaldi  
Introit:   Introit for Easter III   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   Cantate Domino ("O sing ye to the Lord")   Giuseppe Pitoni new
Off. Anthem:   "With A Voice of Singing"   Martin Shaw 197
Postlude:   Canzona   Andrea Gabrieli  
April 7, 2002 - Easter 2

Hymns:
 
161 - "Welcome happy morning" (Hermas)
225 - "We praise you for the sun" (Mount)
158 - "Christ is alive" (Truro)
173 - "Thine is the glory" (Judas Maccabaeus)
 
Prelude:   Cantilena   Josef Rheinberger  
Introit:   Introit for Easter II   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   "Rise up my love, my fair one"   Healey Willan 118
Off. Anthem:   Antiphonal Celebration   Handel, arr. Patrick Liebergen new
Postlude:   Hymn Prelude on "Truro"   Seth Bingham  
March 31, 2002 - Easter Sunday (Intergenerational Service with Communion)

Hymns:
 


155 - "Jesus Christ is risen today" (Easter Hymn)
448 - "We know that Christ is raised" (Engelberg)*
                  vs. 1-all,  2-women and children,  3-choir,  4-all
159 - "The strife is o'er" (Victory)
169 - "Good Christians all, rejoice and sing!" (Vulpius)
 

Prelude:   Voluntary in C Major   Henry Purcell  
Introit:   Introit for Easter Day   Healey Willan new
Children:   "This Joyful Eastertide"   Arthur Somervell  
Anthem:   Antiphonal Gloria (from Beatus Vir)   Antonio Vivaldi new
Off. Anthem:   "Gloria In Excelsis"   W.A. Mozart new
Communion:   Missa de Sancto Albano   Healey Willan 133
Postlude:   Chorale Prelude on "Vulpius"   Healey Willan  

* Hymn #448 is a "concertato" on the hymn, "We know that Christ is raised," written by
Hal H. Hopson. It is intended to be sung jointly by the congregation and choir.

March 29, 2002 - Good Friday

The Good Friday Service will be held at 10:30 a.m.
at Queen  Street  United  Church.
 
March 24, 2002 - Palm Sunday

Hymns:
 
122 - "All glory, laud and honour" (St. Theodulph)
128 - "Sanna, Sannanina" (Sannanina)
127 - "Ride on in majesty" (Winchester New, #100)
145 - "O sacred Head" (Passion Chorale)
 
Prelude:   "My Heart Is Filled With Longing" (II)   Johannes Brahms  
Introit:   "Introit for Palm Sunday"   F.R.C. Clarke  
Anthem:   "No rose bloomed in Gethsemane"   Pamela Martin file
Off. Anthem:   (none)      
Postlude:   "O World, I Must Now Leave Thee" (I)   Johannes Brahms  
March 17, 2002 - Lent 5

Hymns:
 
642 - "Be Thou my vision" (Slane)
117 - "Jesus Christ is waiting" (Noël Nouvelet)
"Healing river of the Spirit" (Beach Spring, VU #115)
625 - "I feel the winds of God today" (Kingsfold)
 
Prelude:   Hymn Prelude on "Ajalon"   Seth Bingham  
Introit:   Introit for General Use   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   "Surely He hath borne our griefs"   Eleanor Daley new
Off. Anthem:   "Greater love hath no man"   John Ireland 219
Postlude:   The Agincourt Hymn   John Dunstable  
March 10, 2002 - Lent 4
"Hymns of Remembrance" - A service exploring well-known hymns
Organist Emeritus - Fred Clarke

Hymns:
 
533 - "When in our music God is glorified" (Engelberg)
61 - "Of the Father's love begotten" (Divinum Mysterium)
262 - "A mighty fortress is our God" (Ein' feste Burg)
822 (Psalm 100) - "All people that on earth do dwell" (Old 100th)
337 - "Blessed Assurance" (Assurance)
710 - "Shall we gather at the river" (Hanson Place)
266 - "Amazing Grace" (Amazing Grace)
498 - "God who has caused to be written" (Causa Divina)
440 - "Glory to You my god" (Tallis' Canon)
 
Prelude:   Hymn tune preludes on "Martyrdom", "Rockingham" and "Melcombe"
  Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Introit:   "My song is love unknown"   John Ireland vu-143
Anthem:   "Jesu, friend of sinners"   Edward Grieg file
Off. Anthem:  

"We enter here this Holy Place"

 

Howard Helvey

new

Postlude:   "Ye watchers and ye holy ones" (tune: Lasst uns erfreuen)   Fred Clarke  
March 3, 2002 - Lent 3 - Anniversary Service

Hymns:
 
399 - "God, whose love is reigning o'er us" (Lauda Anima)
401 - "Worship the Lord" (Liddle)
436 - "Abide with me" (Eventide)
528 - "God of life" (Austrian Hymn, #687)
 
Prelude:   Hymn Prelude on "Quebec"   Charles Walker  
Introit:   "Blessed are those" (Psalm 32)   Charles Walker file
Anthem:   Lenten Carol   Marc Robinson new
Off. Anthem:   Celtic Prayer   Cabaniss, arr. Purifoy file
Postlude:   "O World, I Must Now Leave Thee" (II)   Johannes Brahms  
Speaker:   The Reverend Dr. John Burton      
Announcement:    Thanks to Kathleen Poole for accompanying the choir on the synthesizer this morning.
FEBRUARY 24, 2002 - Lent 2

Hymns:
 


151 - "Lift high the Cross" (Crucifer)
374 - "Come and find the quiet centre" (Beach Spring)
333 - "Love divine, all loves excelling" (Hyfrydol)
634 - "To Abraham and Sarah" (Aurelia, #331)
 

Prelude:   Prelude on a 2nd Mode Melody   Frances Durell Clarke  
Introit:   Introit for Lent   F.R.C. Clarke  
Anthem:   "Thou knowest, Lord"   Henry Purcell 212
Off. Anthem:   "A prayer of St. Francis"   F.R.C. Clarke 25
Postlude:   Fantasy in A Minor   Johann Sebastian Bach  
FEBRUARY 17, 2002 - Lent 1 (Communion)

Hymns:
 
108 - "Throughout these Lenten days and nights" (Winchester New)
107 - "Sunday's palms are Wednesday's ashes" (Sunday's Palms)
457 - "As we gather at your table" (Beach spring)
120 - "O Jesus, I have promised" (Thornbury, #274) 
Sanctus, Benedictus:  
Office of Holy Communion in D Major
 
 
Heathcote Statham
 
Prelude:   Passacaglia in D Minor   Dietrich Buxtehude  
Introit:   Introit for Lent   Healey Willan  
Anthem:   "Of the glorious Body telling"   T.L. de Victoria AB-66
Off. Anthem:   "Blest are the pure in heart"   R.S. Eaton 119
Communion:   "I call to You, Lord Jesus Christ"   J.S. Bach  
Postlude:   Toccata in E Minor   Johann Pachelbel  

FEBRUARY 13, 2002 - Ash Wednesday service in the Chapel at 7:00 p.m.
(Chalmers and Queen Street Congregations invited)


 
FEBRUARY 10, 2002 - The Transfiguration


Hymns:

 


569 - "You call us out" (Thornbury)
104 - "We have come at Christ's own bidding" (Abbot's Leigh)
342 - "You servants of God" (Lyons)
376 - "Spirit of the Living God" (Living God)
 

Prelude:   Two chorales:
      "Blessed Jesus, at your word"
      "Jesus, priceless treasure"
  Johann Sebastian Bach  
Introit:   "Jesus on the mountain peak"   Cyril Vincent Taylor VU-102
vs. 1+4
Anthem:   Brother James' Air   Gordon Jacob 216
Off. Anthem:   "The heavens are telling" from The Creation   Franz Josef Haydn 195
Postlude:   "If you but suffer God to guide you"   Johann Sebastian Bach  
FEBRUARY 3, 2002 - Epiphany 4
(prelude and postlude by Organist Emeritus Fred Clarke)

Hymns:
 
686 - "God of grace and God of glory" (CWM Rhonda, #651)
"Shout to the Lord" (by Darlene Zschech)
507 - "Today we all are called to be disciples" (Noël)
601 - The Church of Christ in every age" (Church Triumphant)
 
Prelude:   Fantasia in C minor
"Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend"
   
J.S.Bach
 
Introit:   "God of freedom, God of justice"   French Traditional Carol VU-700
Anthem:   "Bless the Lord, O my soul"   Mikail Ippolitov-Ivanov 34
Off. Anthem:   "O God of Bethel"   Eric Thiman 177
Postlude:   Fugue in C minor   J.S.Bach  
JANUARY 27, 2002 - Epiphany 3

Hymns:
 
402 - "We are one" (We Are One)
307 - "Touch the earth lightly" (Tenderness)
623 - "Dear Weaver of our lives' design" (Repton)
510 - "We have this ministry" (Ministry)
 
Prelude:   "O God, faithful God"   Johannes Brahms  
Introit:   Introit for Epiphany   F.R.C. Clarke  
Anthem:   Exsultate Justi   Ludovico Viadana AB-75
Off. Anthem:   "He, watching over Israel"   Felix Mendelssohn 124
Postlude:   Allegro in D   John Stanley  
JANUARY 20, 2002 - Epiphany 2 (Communion)

Hymns:
 
79 - Arise, your light is come (Festal Song)
641 - Lord Jesus, you shall be my song (L'Arche Hymn)
467 - One bread, one Body (One Bread, One Body)
578 - As a fire is meant for burning (Joyous Light)

Prelude:   Hymn prelude on "Rhosymedre"   Ralph Vaughan Williams  
Introit:   "O taste and see"   Ralph Vaughan Williams 10
Anthem:   Draw Near   Jonathan Willcocks new
Communion:   Elevazione I   Domenico Zipoli  
Postlude:   Choral Song   Samuel Wesley  
Com. setting:   A Short and Easy Communion Service   C. Hylton Stewart 74
JANUARY 13, 2002 - Baptism of Jesus Sunday (Infant Baptism)

Hymns:
 
101 - "Songs of thankfulness and praise" (Salzburg)
443 - "God, we pray at this beginning" (Abbot's Leigh)
341 - "Fairest Lord Jesus" (Crusaders' Hymn)
348 - "O love, how deep" (Puer Nobis Nascitur)
 
Prelude:   All' Offertorio
Al' Post Comunio
 
 
Domenico Zipoli
 
Introit:   "Lead me, Lord"   Samuel Wesley 123
Anthem:   "Be strong, and of a good courage"   H. Hugh Bancroft 93
Offertory:   Versi I-IV in D Minor   Domenico Zipoli  
Postlude:   Toccata in D Minor   Domenico Zipoli  
JANUARY 6, 2002 - Epiphany

Hymns:
  91 - The First Nowell (The First Nowell)
96 - Will you come and see the light? (Kelvingrove)
93 - When Heaven's bright with mystery (Sussex Carol)
81 - As with gladness men of old (Dix)
 
Prelude:   "How brightly shines the Morning Star"   Dietrich Buxtehude  
Introit:   "All poor ones and humble"   Welsh, arr. Erik Routley VU-68
Anthem:   Coventry Carol   arr. Martin Shaw new
Off. Anthem:   "Unto us a Boy is born"   arr. David Willcocks new
Postlude:   Toccata in F   Dietrich Buxtehude  
DECEMBER 30, 2001 — Christmas 1 — Muffin Sunday
Joint worship at Chalmer's church at 10:30 a.m.
(No service at Sydenham Street)
DECEMBER 24, 2001, 7:00 p.m. — Christmas Eve Family Service
Hymns:
  60, 6, 1, 64, 58, 69, 67, 71, 43, 55 
Prelude:
  "Es ist ein Ros"
Noël sur les flûtes
  Johannes Brahms 
Louis Claude Daquin
 
Offertory:
  "Carol for Advent"
    (Kathy and Allan Baer)
  Traditional English,
arr. Don Besig
 
Postlude:
  Noël Suisse   Louis Claude Daquin    
DECEMBER 24, 2001, 11:00 p.m. —
Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service

(Queen Street congregation joins us)
Hymns:
  62, 64, 61, 67, 59
Prelude:
  "The Nativity"    Jean Langlais   
Introit:
  "Still, still, still"   Austrian, arr. Walther Ehret  VU-47
Anthem:
  Jesous Ahatonia    arr. William S. Robinson   
Communion:
  "Es ist ein Ros"
Noël sur les flûtes 
  Johannes Brahms
Louis Claude Daquin 
 
Off. Anthem:
  "Hodie Christus natus est"    Healey Willan   
Postlude:
  Noël Suisse   Louis Claude Daquin  
DECEMBER 23, 2001 — Advent 4 — Full Service of Lessons and Carols
Hymns:
  62, 6 (vs. 1-4), 29, 1, 16, 58, 38, 64, 59, 48