The Shepherd's Song

Psallam spiritu et mente.
I will sing with the Spirit and with the understanding also.
--Motto of the Royal School of Church Music (I Corinthians 14:15)
  
7 November 2013
In This Issue

10 November 2013 - 25 Pentecost


9:00am Eucharist, II

      Canterbury Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

              Campion/Bullard / Never weather-beaten sail

              J.S. Bach / Praeludium in C, BWV 547

              Hymns

                 574               Before thy throne, O God, we kneel                     St. Petersburg

                 436* (St. 1)  Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates                                   Truro

                 341*             For the bread which you have broken                            Omni die

                 625*             Ye holy angels bright                                       Darwall's 148th

 

11:15am Eucharist, II

      Treble Choir / Parish Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

              Hanforth / Psalm 145:1-5, 18-22

              Bainton / And I saw a new heaven

              J.S. Bach / Praeludium in C, BWV 547

              Hymns

                 574               Before thy throne, O God, we kneel                     St. Petersburg

                 436* (St. 1)  Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates                                   Truro

                 341*             For the bread which you have broken                            Omni die

                 625*             Ye holy angels bright                                       Darwall's 148th

 

4:15pm Concert

         Mark DeAlba, Organ

            J.S. Bach / Prelude in E-Flat Major, BWV 552

            Vierne / Adagio (Symphony No. 3)

            Franck / Choral No. 3 in A Minor                   

 

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      Mark DeAlba, Visiting Organist

              Hymns

                 625*             Ye holy angels bright                                       Darwall's 148th

                 436* (St. 1)  Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates                                   Truro

                 45*               To you before the close of day              Te lucis ante terminum

 

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]
Peterson Vocal Competition Concert This Sunday 10 November at 5:00pm
Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center

The Dr. Roy P. and Juanita Betz Peterson Arts and Education Fund, Inc. is pleased to announce its 2013 Musical Heritage Celebration (MHC), a musical concert in Memory of Dr. Roy P. Peterson. This event will be held Sunday November 10, 2013 at The Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center in Lexington, Kentucky at 5:00 p.m.  The MHC will feature the top five finalists from the 2013 Peterson Vocal Competition, held the previous day. This judged competition identifies, encourages, and recognizes aspiring undergraduate vocal students from Central Kentucky colleges recommended by their vocal coaches or choral directors. At the end of the performances, the winners will receive honors and music scholarships/stipends.

Notes for Sunday's Music

 

The Anthem at 9:00, Never weather-beaten sail, is from Thomas Campion's First Book of Ayres, 1619, originally scored for four voices with lute accompaniment. Campion (1567-1620) was a musician and practicing physician in London. A contemporary of the famous lute song writer John Dowland (1563-1626), Campion left behind over 100 lute songs. The edition sung this Sunday is arranged by Alan Bullard and found in The Oxford Book of Flexible Anthems.   Good Shepherd parishioner and choirman Dr. Joshua Cowen donated thirty copies of this collection to the Canterbury Choir at Christmas 2009 in honor of his wife Jocelyn.

 

The Anthem at 11:15, And I saw a new heaven by Edgar F. Bainton (1880-1956), is a favorite of choirs and congregations worldwide and is often sung in the autumn when we celebrate the lives of all saints and the changing of the season. Beginning in the key of D minor, imitative entrances by all four voices capture the surprise and wonder of John catching first glimpse of the new heaven. Contentment and triumph occur at the text "new Jerusalem," which also makes use of a second inversion harmony, always a commanding compositional technique. A modulation to the parallel major (D Major) provides a sense of melancholic comfort for the text "And God shall wipe away all tears." A native of London, Bainton held several important positions, including serving as Principal of Newcastle Upon Tyne Conservatory of Music, and later moved to Australia to take up a similar post at New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music.

 

Bach's Prelude in C, BWV 547, also known as the 9/8 Prelude, weaves three themes together in elegant counterpoint. The piece can be analyzed in three sections as well, allowing this piece (as with many of Bach's works) to be considered as having Trinitarian references. In addition, 9/8 is a compound triple meter (3X3). Theme one is the ascending scale pattern, theme two is the perpetual descending 4th motive in the pedal, and three is the dancing 16th note pattern that happily unites the first two themes. Tension boils to a stunning cadence punctuated by rests with complete silence followed by a cadence over a classic tonic pedal point. Because of the ascending scale as the primary theme, the prominence of the number three, and the jovial nature of the piece, this work is often programmed for services with strong Trinitarian reference (such as the "autumn Triduum" mentioned by Fr. Cole last week) and around Ascensiontide. 

Sunday Afternoon Concert Program Notes

 

J.S. Bach's Prelude in E-Flat, BWV 552, is the opening piece of his Clavier-�bung III collection published in 1739. Its most distinctive feature is the main opening theme which is in the dotted rhythm style of a French Overture. This is contrasted by quicker scalar passages which are developed through a variety of changing keys. The opening material is restated once in the middle and again to close the piece.

 

The organ symphony was a very prominent genre during the nineteenth century, brought about by the innovative instruments of the French builder Aristide Cavaill�-Coll. Louis Vierne was one of the leading composers of these symphonic works, and this Adagio is the softer fourth movement from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor. The main theme is clearly established at the beginning in canon. The piece then enters a very chromatic and meandering middle section which swells to a climax before eventually returning to the original melody in a flute solo.

C�sar Franck's Trois Chorals are large, complex works that were written in 1890, the last year of his life. The final choral in A Minor begins in the fast style of a toccata, an idea that returns several times throughout the piece. Two other tunes are used, one in alternating fashion with the opening material, and the third introduced in a sublime adagio section with light accompaniment. The piece then builds up to a triumphant finish which features aspects of the first two themes simultaneously.
Mark DeAlba
Organist Mark DeAlba to Perform this Sunday in Good Shepherd
 

Mark DeAlba is the organist at Central Baptist Church in Lexington. He is currently a student of Dr. Schuyler Robinson at the University of Kentucky, pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance.  Mark was previously organist at Stanford Christian Church until 2012.  In the past he has studied with John Linker as well as Clif Cason, organist at Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church.  Mark holds the Service Playing Certificate from the American Guild of Organists.  In addition to his interest in music, Mark is also a photography aficionado and aviation enthusiast. 

 

Sunday Afternoon Concerts in Good Shepherd


We have launched an exciting new concert series each Sunday afternoon throughout the academic year.  Though these concerts are primariliy organ recitals, 

many different genres of music will be celebrated throughout the year.  

Please spread the word and invite your friends!

All Sunday afternoon concerts are at 4:15pm and admission is free, 

however, donations are gratefully accepted.

 

10 November 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Mark DeAlba. Free admission.

                        Mark DeAlba is an undergraduate organ student at University of Kentucky

                        and organist at Central Baptist Church, Lexington.

 

17 November 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ/Trumpet Recital by Roy Nance and David Goins. Free admission.

                        Roy Nance has recently retired as Minister of Music at First United Methodist

                        Church, Frankfort, Kentucky. David Goins is the newly appointed Minister

                        of Music at the same institution.

 

24 November 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Rob Vanover. Free admission.

                        Rob Vanover is Organist at Centenary United Methodist Church, Lexington,

                        and is on the music staff at Lexington Catholic High School.

 

1 December 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Owen Sammons. Free admission.

                        Owen Sammons is Director of Arts & Music at St Peter's Episcopal Church, Paris, Kentucky.

 

8 December 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Jane Johnson. Free admission.

                        Jane Johnson is Organist at Crestwood Christian Church, Lexington,

                        and is Director of Student Affairs, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky.

 

15 December 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by John Linker. Free admission.

                        John Linker is Organist/Choirmaster at Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington.    

 

                        Program

                        Widor / Symphonie gothique, Op. 70

 

22 December 2013 - NO CONCERT TODAY.

                        5:00pm A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

 

24 December 2013 (Christmas Eve) - 6:15pm - Organ Recital by John Linker. Free admission.

                        John Linker is Organist/Choirmaster at Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington.    

 

                        Program

                        Widor / Symphonie gothique, Op. 70

 

29 December 2013 - NO CONCERT TODAY.
Thank You from the Linker family
Betty Linker, mother of Good Shepherd organist John Linker, died on Monday 23 September in northern Illinois after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.  Below is a note from John's father with appreciation to the Good Shepherd community.


The family of Betty Linker would like to thank the people of Good Shepherd for remembering us at the time of our sorrow.  Your kindness will always be remembered.   
                                                                                                      --Billy Linker
Dick Sisto, Vibraphonist
Second Annual Good Shepherd Jazz Night, Friday, November 22

Back by popular demand is The Dick Sisto-Steve Allee Spirit of Life Quartet for a dynamic program called "The Spiritual Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn.  The concert is Friday, November 22nd, at 7:30pm.  Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.  (For tickets, call 859 252 1744 or visit www.goodshepherdlex.org.)

Making their second appearance on the Good Shepherd Friends of Music Concert Series, Dick Sisto (vibraphone) and Steve Allee (piano) will delight the audience with their soul-satisfying rhythms, angelic melodies, and modern jazz harmonies.  

A native of Chicago, Sisto has had an illustrious career throughout the United States, performing with such noteworthy musicians as Milt Hinton, David "Fathead' Newman, Willie Pickens, Ira Sullivan, Fred Hersch, and Barry Ries, just to name a few.


Steve Allee, Pianist
Pianist, composer and arranger Steve Allee is a veteran of more than 35 years on the music scene, working principally in jazz, writing and performing for syndicated radio programs, network television and motion pictures, and as a music educator.
 
As an educator, Steve has taught or lectured at several college and university music programs over the years, including the University of Cincinnati, University of Louisville, University of Illinois, Morehead College, Purdue University, Butler University, University of Indianapolis, Indiana State University, Drury College, and Florida International University. He now teaches at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops and other master classes and workshops during the year.   www.steveallee.com  

Advance Planning - Highlights for 2013/14

 

A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols for Christmastide

This annual favorite will take place on 22 December at 5:00pm.  Please arrive early to find a good seat, as this is one of our most popular services of the year.

 

Organist Olivier Latry coming to Good Shepherd in 2014

Olivier Latry, one of the three organistes-titulaires de Grande-Orgue of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, will be playing a recital in Good Shepherd on Friday 28 February 2014. This remarkable event will be co-sponsored between the Lexington and Louisville Chapters of the American Guild of Organists as well as Good Shepherd. Latry is also organ professor at Paris Conservatory and is considered to be one of the finest organists in the world. You may read more info about this dynamic musician here.
Good Shepherd Choir at St Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, June 2013
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