10:00am Eucharist, II

      Debbie Jackson, Alto; Reba Roberts, Soprano

      John Linker, Organist

            Leb�gue / Gloria in excelsis (from 2e Livre d'Orgue, 1678)

            Gounod / O Divine Redeemer

            Faur� / Maria, Mater gratiae

            Hymns

            380*                   From all that dwell below the skies                      Old 100^th

            708*                   Savior, like a Shepherd lead us                Sicilian Mariners

            402* (st. 1)         Father, we thank thee who hast planted        Rendez � Dieu

            544*                   Jesus shall reign where'er the sun                    Duke Street

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      Carrie Shirley, Soprano

      John Linker, Organist

            Leb�gue / Gloria in excelsis (from 2e Livre d'Orgue, 1678)

            Vaughan Williams / The Song of the Tree of Life

            Lallouette / O mysterium ineffabile

            Hymns

            380*                   From all that dwell below the skies                      Old 100^th

            402* (st. 1)         Father, we thank thee who hast planted        Rendez � Dieu

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

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]

Sunday's opening voluntary is a gem from the French Baroque organ repertory and gives us a glimpse into liturgical life of 17^th-century France as handed to us by Nicolas Leb�gue (1631-1702). An "organ mass" is a collection of short versets to be played in alternation with recitation of plainchant for the ordinaries of the mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei). Cantors sing one phrase, the next played by organ, and so on. The organ versets sometimes use the chant as an outline, and other times is freely crafted inspired by the text. Our "Miller and Wrigley" organ is capable of registering this music with close authenticity. A native of Laon in northern France, Leb�gue was organist at �glise Saint-Merri in Paris from 1664 until his death.

Though French, Charles Gounod (1818-1893) had a fairly international life, having lived in England to absorb English choral music in the 1870s. His dramatic song O divine Redeemer is a favorite of vocal soloists worldwide. Gounod composed both the words (in French) and music to this song in April 1893, six months before his death. Some consider it to be one of his last expressions of faith.

Jean Baptiste Fran�ois Lallouette (1651-1728) served as choirmaster at Rouen Cathedral and later Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. His beautifully haunting setting of O mysterium ineffabile dramatically conveys the piety of this Eucharistic text of devotion.