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)
  
20 February 2014
In This Issue

23 February 2014 - The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

 

9:00am Eucharist, II

      Treble Choir / Canterbury Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            Langlais / Pastoral Song; Fl�tes (from Organ Book, 1956)

            Arr. Hancock / Deep River

            Langlais / How Firm a Foundation (from American Folk Hymn Settings, 1985)

            Hymns

            525*                   The Church's one foundation                                 Aurelia

            593* (st. 1)         Lord, make us servants of your peace   Dickinson College

            395                     Creating God, your fingers trace                                 King

            636*                   How firm a foundation                                         Foundation

 

11:15am Eucharist, II

      Parish Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            Langlais / Pastoral Song; Fl�tes (from Organ Book, 1956)

            Thalben-Ball / Psalm 119:33-40

            Arr. Hancock / Deep River

            Langlais / How Firm a Foundation (from American Folk Hymn Settings, 1985)

            Hymns

            525*                   The Church's one foundation                                  Aurelia

            593* (st. 1)         Lord, make us servants of your peace   Dickinson College

            395                     Creating God, your fingers trace                                 King

            636*                   How firm a foundation                                         Foundation

           

4:15pm Concert

      Students from Central Music Academy

            Spiritual / Follow the Drinking Gourd

            Myers / February Improvisation

            Spiritual / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

            Williams / Basin Street Blues

            Brown / Tidal-Eyed

            Newton / Amzing Grace

            Thiele &Wiess / What a Wonderful World

            Glapser / Happy Birthday

 

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist

      Joshua Bracken, Music Intern

            Rheinberger / Trio in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1

            Rheinberger / Trio in G major, Op. 49, No. 9

            Langlais / How Firm a Foundation (from American Folk Hymn Settings, 1985)

            Hymns

            525*                   The Church's one foundation                                    Aurelia

            593* (st. 1)         Lord, make us servants of your peace    Dickinson College

            WLP 750            So the day dawn for me                                                       

                                                  Wildridge and St Charles, Queensborough Terrace

 

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]
Notes for Sunday's Music

French composer Jean Langlais (1907-1991), by his life and testament, united two traditions in France in the twentieth century. As organist at St Clotilde in Paris for more than forty years, he strengthened the spiritual musical legacy established there by C�sar Franck and continued by Charles Tournemire. As a blind man, he was his generation's foremost successor to the great blind virtuosos Louis Vierne and Andr� Marchal. Organ Book (1956) was written as a gift for Marchal's daughter on the occasion of her marriage to composer Giuseppe Englert. Pastoral Song features the haunting registration of 8' Clarinet with 2 2/3' Nazard of the Choir division pitted against the warm 8' & 4' flutes of the Swell. Fl�tes, as the name implies, is a delightful movement that features the various flute stops of the organ. A profound sense of mysticism abounds in both movements, and the irregular meter of Fl�tes gives the impression of a certain improvised spontaneity. As a result of his many tours to the US, Langlais was familiar with American hymns, and 1985 American publisher Fred Bock encouraged Langlais to compose his American Folk-Hymn Settings. His setting How Firm a Foundation is played for the closing voluntary.

 

The Anthem is Gerre Hancock's (1934-2012) treatment of the spiritual Deep River. Affectionately known as "Uncle Gerre" by his choristers, Hancock was organist of St Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York, from 1971-2004, and previously held positions at St Bartholomew's, New York, and Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati. In his student days he studied in France with Marie-Claire Alain, Jean Langlais, and Nadia Boulanger. As a prolific composer, teacher, performer, and founding member of the Anglican Association of Musicians, he is a great legacy in the community of American Episcopal musicians.

Students from Central Music Academy to Perform this Sunday in Good Shepherd

Students from Central Music Academy

This Sunday for the 4:15pm Concert we welcome students from the Central Music Academy. The Central Music Academy is a non-profit organization that exists to provide quality music performance education for financially disadvantaged children in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. The Academy partners with the community and other arts organizations to reach every child regardless of experience or financial need, enabling them to develop artistically, intellectually, spiritually, and socially through musical study.

The Central Music Academy understands that the expense of a quality arts education is the main reason why many children miss this opportunity for development. Therefore, CMA provides free music programs to children who receive free/reduced lunches at school. We pride ourselves on embracing unique musical programs that promote cultural and ethnic awareness; our student population is also very diverse.

The Central Music Academy's overarching goals include building personal capacity, discipline, musical skills, and self-esteem within at-risk youth. We pursue these objectives through free music lessons taught by qualified instructors in all areas of musical performance: winds, percussion, voice, and strings. To date, CMA's dedicated teachers have served over 750 students in private lessons, group classes, and camps. www.centralmusicacademy.org

 

About the Performers

Constance Brown: Age 15, grade 9, SCAPA/Lafayette High School, has studied at CMA for 3 years

Kelvin Myers: Age 15, Bryan Station High School, grade 10, has studied at CMA for 2 years

Christian Hovermale: Age 9, grade 4, Arlington Elementary, has studied at CMA  for 1 year

Josh Rivera:  Age 16, grade 10, Tates Creek High School, has studied at CMA for 4 years

Abby Holthaus: Age 13, grade 8, Southern Middle, has studied at CMA for 2 years
French organist Olivier Latry
Organist Olivier Latry to Perform in Good Shepherd Friday, Feb. 28
 
Olivier Latry, one of the three organistes-titulaires de Grande-Orgue of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, will be a playing a recital in Good Shepherd on Friday 28 February 2014 at 7:00pm. This remarkable event is 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.

Click HERE to order tickets, or call 859 252 1744.

Check out the following YouTube clips of Latry's amazing musicality.




 

PROGRAM for 2/28/14

 

Jean-Louis FLORENTZ (1947- 2004) :

      Pr�lude de � L'Enfant noir �

                         
Jehan ALAIN (1911 - 1940) :
     Fantasmagorie
     Berceuse sur deux notes qui cornent
 
Marcel DUPR� (1886 - 1971) :
     Pr�lude et fugue en Sol mineur
 
Olivier LATRY (n� en 1962) :
     Improvisation
 
Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844 - 1937) :
      5�me Symphonie :
          -       Allegro vivace
          -       Allegro cantabile
          -       Andantino quasi allegretto
          -       Adagio
          -       Toccata
Kentucky Bach Choir

Kentucky Bach Choir in Concert March 7th

 

Mark your calendar March 7 for something special. The Choir's spring concert will focus on the lighter side of Bach.

Featuring:

J.S. Bach's Kaffeekantate, BWV 211 (the Coffee Cantata)

 

Two works by P.D.Q. Bach:

Cantata: Blaues Gras (the Bluegrass Cantata) with the UK String Ticklers bluegrass band

Knock-Knock Cantata

And more!

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, March 7, 2014 at 7:30.

Tickets at the door $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students with ID

Weekly Service of Compline coming in Lent

 

During Lent Good Shepherd will be offering the Office of Compline on Wednesday evenings at 9:00pm (3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9). 

 

The English word Compline is derived from the Latin completorium, as Compline is the completion of the working day. 

 

Music, silence, and contemplative prayer are the key features of this meditative service. 

 

All are welcome to join in this weekly service during the season of Lent.

Participants filled the quire stalls for our
Be A Chorister for an Evening event on Sunday.
A Wonderful Evening of Music

 

This past Sunday evening the choirs hosted a "Be A Chorister for an Evening" event in order to share their love of music and liturgy with others. Together hosts and guests numbers about 50 singers, and we enjoyed sharing in a meal, rehearsing together, singing in small groups, and closed the evening by singing together in the church.

 

Don't fret if you missed this evening and would still like to join one of our wonderful choirs. We have a spot for you!  Call or e-mail the choirmaster today to learn how your family can be involved.  859 252 1744; choirmaster@goodshepherdlex.org 

What's Coming Up

 

16 March 2014 - Choir Tour to Louisville

Keeping with the spirit of celebrating our faith with neighboring parishes, the Choir is taking a short tour Sunday afternoon March 16th to sing Evensong in St Luke's Anchorage.  Good Shepherd along with St Luke's Choir, directed by Lisa Lewis, will join together for the service, which is preceded with an organ recital by John Linker.  

Upcoming 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 (unless otherwise noted) and admission is free, 

however, donations are gratefully accepted.

 

23 February 2014 - 4:15pm - Central Music Academy Student Recital

 

2 March 2014 - 4:15pm - Bluegrass Concert by University of Kentucky Bluegrass Ensemble

 

9 March 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by John Linker

 

16 March 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Clif Cason

 

23 March 2014 - 4:15pm - Trumpet Recital by students of Eastern Kentucky University Trumpet Studio, Dr. Joe Van Fleet, Director

 

30 March 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Joshua Bracken

 

6 April 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Jason Overall

 

13 April 2014 - 4:15pm - Trumpet & Organ Recital by Caleb Hudson, Trumpet, and John Linker, Organ

 

27 April 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Jane Johnson

 

4 May 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Zachary Klobnak

 

11 May 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Ted Gentry

 

18 May 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Larry Sharp

 

25 May 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Margaret Dickinson

 

1 June 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Robert Nicholls
Good Shepherd Choir at St Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, June 2013
Church of the Good Shepherd | 859 252 1744 | office@goodshepherdlex.org | http://goodshepherdlex.org
533 East Main Street
Lexington, Kentucky  40508


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