10:00am Eucharist, II

      Summer Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            Greene / Danza del Espiritu Santo

            Tallis / If ye love me

            Hymns

            215*                   Hail thee, festival day                                Salve festa dies

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

            513*                   Like the murmur of the dove's song                 Bridegroom

            506*                   Praise the Spirit in creation                                     Finnian

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist

            Greene / Danza del Espiritu Santo

            Hymns

            513*                   Like the murmur of the dove's song                 Bridegroom

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

            43*                     All praise to thee                                     The Eighth Tune

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]

The opening voluntary, Robert J. Greene's spritely Danza del Espirito Santo (Dance of the Holy Spirit), received First Prize in the American Guild of Organists Region V Composer's Competition of the American Guild of Organists in spring 2011. It was premiered by John Linker in a recital at Christ Church Cathedral on 12 June 2011. Compositional ideas are borrowed from Louis Vierne's Carillon de Westminster, Maurice Ravel's Bolero, and other sources. The original title was to be Carillon, but after a couple performances, the composer declared it had a Latin feel, and renamed the piece Danza del Espirito Santo, influence bearing from the composer's time of teaching in Mexico. In spite of its history, it was only recently published when it won First Prize in the Lexington Chapter AGO composition contest three years ago.  It is available through MorningStar Press.

Summer Choir Begins this Sunday

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.