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)
  
26 June 2014
In This Issue

29 June 2014 - The Third Sunday after Pentecost

10:00am Eucharist, II

      Summer Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            Archer / Come my Way, my Truth, my Life

            J.S. Bach / Fugue in D Major, BWV 532

            Hymns

            525*                   The Church's one foundation                                 Aurelia

            511* (st. 1)         Holy Spirit, ever living                                  Abbot's Leigh

            572*                   Weary of all trumpeting                                            Distler

            609*                   Where cross the crowded ways of life                     Gardiner

 

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist

            J.S. Bach / Fugue in D Major, BWV 532

            Hymns

            609*                   Where cross the crowded ways of life                     Gardiner

            511* (st. 1)         Holy Spirit, ever living                                  Abbot's Leigh

            432*                   O praise ye the Lord                              Laudate Dominum

 

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]
Notes for Sunday's Music
Malcolm Archer's Anthem Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life is a delicious treatment of this famous text by George Herbert. Set in the buoyant meter of 3/4, the outer verses are in F major, while the middle verse is given to the men's voices alone and set in the third-related key of D major. Malcolm Archer has served as organist for Norwich, Bristol, Wells, and St. Paul's Cathedrals, and currently serves as Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College.

 

Hymn 572 is rather infrequently sung, but is one of the most stunning combinations of text and tune in our Hymnal. The antiwar text, couched in strong prophetic rhetoric, matched with an equally strong tune punctuated by martial dotted rhythms, is in itself a paradox. It reflects the paradox of much of the Gospel, especially the paradox of the painful crucifixion and death of Christ, which is seen by some as defeat, but by others as victory over sin and death.

 

Bach's Fugue in D Major, BWV 532, is one of his most joyous works and represents very well the joy we share on this day of Baptism. It is joyous and even humorous at times and travels through key areas D, A, D, b, f#, c#, E, A, D. Near the end, intensity builds as an extended dominant pedal point with fragments of the subject is then followed by a final entry of the subject in D Major in the pedal. A substantial fragment of the subject in the left hand leads to the coda, a cadenza of manual and pedal arpeggios. The concluding section is reminiscent of the opening passages and shows the influence of the stylus fantasticus, a hallmark of the north German school. There's plenty of "fancy footwork" in this piece, and congregants (particularly kids!) are invited to the quire to watch the organist's feet cover a lot of territory. 
Members of Kentucky Baroque Trumpets playing for the 5:00pm Eucharist last Sunday, 6/22.
Summer Choir Continues through June & July

Summer Choir Sings in June & July

 

Do you like to sing? Well then, Summer Choir is for you! During the summer there are no midweek rehearsals, just a rehearsal the hour prior to the morning service. Repertoire for the summer will include favorites over the past year as well as other easy reads from standard choral repertoire. Be in touch with John Linker (859 335 6166; john@johnlinker.com) if you'd like to sing any of the Sundays throughout June and July.
Heart and Voice Uniting: 2014 Association of Anglican Musicians Conference

By John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

Church of the Good Shepherd

Lexington, Kentucky

 

The week of June 14-20 I had the pleasure of joining over 300 colleagues from across the nation in Washington, DC for the annual Conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM). In addition, a sizeable number of clergy were present for the week, including four bishops. It was a tightly run conference all around, and apart from the heat wave that hit Washington last week, it was a picture perfect time of liturgies, concerts, lectures, panel discussions, and camaraderie among those of us serving in similar situations, sharing parallel joys and challenges. If I had just one word to describe the experience, it would be "enlightening." I was inspired by the music, encouraged by colleagues, and reaffirmed by sermons and lectures. 

 

Click HERE to read the full article.

 

Heart and Voice Uniting: AAM Conference in Washington DC, June 2014

Washington National Cathedral bathed in the afternoon sunshine, Tuesday, June 17th

Upcoming Sunday Afternoon Concerts in Good Shepherd


We are launching our second annual concert series each Sunday afternoon throughout the academic year beginning in September 2014.  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.

 

Sunday afternoon Conerts resume in September 2014

 

7 September 2014 - 4:15pm - Concert by Backroom Bluegrass Band (Lexington, KY)

 

14 September 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Eugene Lavery (Louisville, KY)

 

28 September 2014 - 4:15pm - Choir Concert by Unversitatis Schola Cantorum, J. Young, Director (Lexington, KY)

 

12 October 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Robert Poovey (Rochester, NY)

 

19 October 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Erich Balling and Lisa Hall (Lexington, KY)

 

26 October 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Mitchell Miller (Bloomington, IN)

 

2 November 2014 - 6:00pm - Annual All Saints' Concert by Good Shepherd Choirs

 

9 November 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Louis Perazza (Philadelphia, PA)

 

16 November 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Jerry Martin, MD (Lexington, KY)

 

23 November 2014 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Kevin Faulkner (Elizabethtown, KY)
Good Shepherd Choir at St Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, June 2013
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