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)
  
2 August 2013
In This Issue

4 August 2013 - 11 Pentecost


10:00am Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

      Carter Leer, Assisting Organist

      Grace Campbell, Treble soloist

              Langlais / Chant de paix (from Neuf pi�ces, Op. 40)

              Spiritual / Go Down, Moses

              Vaughan Williams / A Song of the Tree of Life

              Langlais / Mode de sol (from Huit pi�ces modales, Op. 90)

              Hymns

                 529*              In Christ there is no East or West                              McKee

                 674*              Forgive our sins as we forgive                                 Detroit

                 408*              Sing praise to God who reigns above     Mit Freuden zart

 

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      Carter Leer, Organist

      Grace Campbell, Treble Soloist

              Spiritual / Go Down, Moses

              Vaughan Williams / A Song of the Tree of Life

              Hymns

                 529*              In Christ there is no East or West                              McKee

                 WLP 822*     Through north and south                      Lasst uns Erfreuen

                 24*                The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended                  St Clement

 

[* = 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. 

 

His Neuf pieces, composed 1942/43, was in response to World War II, which was ravaging France at the time. Chant de paix is a simple song of peace. Langlais's Huit pieces modales, composed in 1956, is a collection of eight short pieces in eight different modes. Mode de sol (Mode of G) is a lively work in Mixolydian mode. The scale of this mode is very similar to the major scale (Ionian mode), but the seventh scale degree is lowered one semitone, giving the music a more ancient, chant-like atmosphere. 

Party Time!

 

All prospective singers of any age and families are warmly invited to the Iroquois Hunt Club,

7520 Grimes Mill Rd on Saturday 24 August (time to be announced) for a pool party hosted by Jerry and Kakie Hester. 
  
This is a great opportunity to meet other choir families before the start of the year and to have fun making a splash at the Hunt Club.  Some food will be provided, but please bring your own beverages.
And your swim wear....this is a pool party!  Call John Linker on 859 335 6166 for further info.
  

Concerts in Good Shepherd

Sunday 8 September 2013 - 4:15pm - Concert by Amy and David Carwile, violinists/fiddlers. Free admission.

 

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

 

Sunday 22 September 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by participants of Choir Reunion Weekend. Free admission.

Choirs are Enrolling for next year 

Choirs are Enrolling for 2013-14
We're planning an action-packed academic year, and we want YOU!  Good Shepherd offers choirs for all ages, from preschool through retirement.  Instruction in music theory, choral repertoire, foreign languages, rehearsal, performance, spirituality, and liturgical education are all part of the package.  And all of this is offered for FREE!  Contact John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster, for more information.

Advance Planning - Highlights for 2013/14

Choir Reunion Weekend

Mark your calendars now for an exciting weekend of reunion activities for the choir program from 20 - 22 September 2013! As a way of celebrating the installation of our new Goulding & Wood organ, all singers of Good Shepherd Choirs, past and present, are invited to participate in this weekend of choral festivities. If you haven't done so already, please be in touch with John Linker and he will provide you with pertinent details.

 

Annual All Saints' Concert - 1 November

This year's All Saints' Concert will feature Mozart's final masterpiece, Requiem, K. 626.  Note that this year's concert will be on a Friday evening at 7:00pm.  

 

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.
The Choir at St Paul's Within the Walls, Rome
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