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)
  
25 September 2013
In This Issue

29 September 2013 - 19 Pentecost

9:00am Eucharist, II

      Canterbury Choir

      Schuyler Robinson, Visiting Organist

              Buxtehude / Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139

              Stanford / Justorum animae

              Whitlock / Fanfare

              Hymns

                 429*             I'll praise my Maker while I've breath                            Old 113th

                 WLP 822      Through north and south                                 Lasst uns Erfreuen

                 320*             Zion, praise thy Saviour, singing hymns  Lauda Sion Salvatorum

                 623*             O what their joy and their glory must be              O quanta qualia

 

11:15am Eucharist, II

      Treble Choir / Parish Choir

      Schuyler Robinson, Visiting Organist

              Buxtehude / Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139

              Hopkins / Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 Qui habitat

              Stanford / Justorum animae

              Whitlock / Fanfare

              Hymns

                 429*             I'll praise my Maker while I've breath                            Old 113th

                 WLP 822      Through north and south                                 Lasst uns Erfreuen

                 320*             Zion, praise thy Saviour, singing hymns  Lauda Sion Salvatorum

                 623*             O what their joy and their glory must be              O quanta qualia

 

4:15pm Concert

         Schuyler Robinson, Organist

            Buxtehude / Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139

            J.S. Bach / Allein Gott in der H�h, sei Ehr, BWV 646

            Sowerby / Symphony in G Major (II. Fast and sinister)

            Willan / Prelude on Slane "At the close of day"

            Whitlock / Fanfare

 

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      Schuyler Robinson, Visiting Organist

              Buxtehude / Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BuxWV 184

              Bach / In dir ist Freude, BWV 615

              Hymns

                 429*             I'll praise my Maker while I've breath                  Old 113th

                 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

 

Dieterich Buxtehude stands as the champion of North German baroque organ works which featured free and chorale based works as models for J.S. Bach. The Praeludia feature improvisatory sections alternating with imitative or fugal sections. The various divisions of the organ allow echo effects, colorful full sonorities, bold pedal points, and scalar toccata-like figurations.

 

Percy Whitlock has only recently gained respect as a British organ composer. His career included study under Stanford and Vaughan Williams, while later serving as organist at Rochester Cathedral and 13 years as municipal organist in Bournemouth, UK.   This Fanfare shows his imaginative tonal and melodic language for the organ, employing the colorful and stately pageantry of British ceremony, reminiscent of Elgar. The middle section of this ABA' form allows for tranquil melodic beauty to contrast with the Tuba and Festival Trumpet fanfares in the A sections.

 

The motet Justorum animae by Charles Villiers Stanford is a dramatic setting of text from the Book of Wisdom. Echoing the Gospel Lesson as well as the Psalm, we are reminded that the righteous who have gone before us are at peace in the hand of God. The piece is in three short sections. The outer two reflect the contemplative nature of the first and last part of the text, while the middle section is a vivid depiction of malice - "Et non tanget illos tormentum malitiae." 

Sunday Afternoon Concert Program Notes

J.S. Bach culminated and perfected various styles of the chorale prelude, one of which was the trio, featuring two treble voices supported by pedal for the bass line. Each phrase of the chorale appears within the texture in long note values. This chorale based on "All Glory be to God on High" is found in his German Organ Mass, Clavierubung III of 1739.

 

Leo Sowerby, the most highly regarded American organ composer of the early 20th century, served as organist/choirmaster at St. James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago from 1927 -62, and later started the College of Church Musicians at the National Cathedral, Washington, DC. Symphony in Major (1930)is a three-movement organ symphony, following in the tradition of Franck and Widor and others. His pallet of specific organ colors reflect his fondness for the E.M. Skinner organs of his time. Fast and sinister is composed in a 5/4 meter, and combines two of the three themes with early traces of rock rhythms and even a fragment of an Easter chant tune, Christ ist erstanden.

 

Healey Willian is most remembered for his service music in the Hymnal 1940. As organist of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, he composed numerous volumes of organ and chorale music in the Anglican tradition. SLANE is best known for the text "Be Thou My Vision" in the Hymnal 1982, #488.
Schuyler Robinson, Professor of Organ at University of Kentucky
Organist Schuyler Robinson to perform this Sunday in Good Shepherd

 

Schuyler Robinson, DMA, has served as Professor of Organ and Harpsichord at the University of Kentucky since 1982. As organ recitalist he has concertized extensively in the eastern half of the U.S. and in 5 countries in Europe, Costa Rica and Taiwan. 

 

As church organist he served as Assistant Organist at Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, Kentucky, for 20 years. This tenure also incorporated 5 performance residencies in the great cathedrals of England, including Westminster Abbey (2 and a solo recital) and St. Paul's, London; also Ely, Bristol, Lincoln, Peterborough, Norwich, Gloucester and Canterbury. U.S. performance highlights have included Chicago, NYC, Washington, D.C. Atlanta, and San Francisco, as well as 2 CD recordings with the Cathedral Choirs, including one to be released this fall. 

 

His collaboration in the DiMartino-Robinson Trumpet-Organ Duo has taken performances to some 22 states and produced a CD recording, The Art of the Transcription, chosen as the International Trumpet Guild's CD of the year for its 7,000 members in 1995.The Duo performed in Australia and Tasmania as part of the International Trumpet Guild Conference in 2010. The Duo's original version of Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition for Trumpet/Organ was published by Alfred Music in 2011. Dr. Robinson has a CD release: A Kentucky Organ Tour: 9 Historic and Modern Pipe Organs of the Bluegrass available from www.RAVENcd.com, Joseph Beth Booksellers, or the artist.

 

Dr. Robinson chairs the Master of Music in Sacred Music program at UK, which merges music and seminary courses into a practical degree offering, and is drawing regional interest from church musicians in voice, organ, piano, and choral conducting.

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 and admission is free, 

however, donations are gratefully accepted.

 

29 September 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Schuyler Robinson.  Free admission.

                        Schuyler Robinson is Professor of Organ and Church Music at

                        University of Kentucky, and formerly Assistant Organist of

                        Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington

 

6 October 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Jan-Piet Knijff. Free admission.

                        Jan-Piet Knijff is Teaching Assistant in Classics, University of Kentucky,

                        Latin Teacher, Lexington Catholic High School, and Artistic Director,

                        Armidale Beethoven Festival, Australia.           

 

13 October 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Lisa Lewis. Free admission.

                        Lisa Lewis is Minister of Music at St Luke's Episcopal Church, Anchorage, Kentucky.

 

20 October 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Michael Rintamaa. Free admission.

                        Michael Rintamaa is Director of Music at Central Christian Church, Lexington.

 

27 October 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Glenna Metcalfe. Free admission.

                        Glenna Metcalfe is Minister of Music and Worship at Faith Baptist Church,

                        Georgetown, Kentucky, and teaches in Scott County Schools.

 

3 November 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Maria LeRose. Free admission.

                        Maria LeRose is Organist/Choirmaster at Trinity Episcopal Church, Danville, Kentucky,

                        and a DMA organ student at the University of Kentucky.     

 

10 November 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Mark DeAlba. Free admission.

                        Mark DeAlba is an undergraduate organ student at University of Kentucky

                        and organist at Central Baptist Church, Lexington.

 

17 November 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ/Trumpet Recital by Roy Nance and David Goins. Free admission.

                        Roy Nance has recently retired as Minister of Music at First United Methodist

                        Church, Frankfort, Kentucky. David Goins is the newly appointed Minister

                        of Music at the same institution.

 

24 November 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Rob Vanover. Free admission.

                        Rob Vanover is Organist at Centenary United Methodist Church, Lexington,

                        and is on the music staff at Lexington Catholic High School.

 

1 December 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Owen Sammons. Free admission.

                        Owen Sammons is Director of Arts & Music at St Peter's Episcopal Church, Paris, Kentucky.

 

8 December 2013 - 4:15pm - Organ Recital by Jane Johnson. Free admission.

                        Jane Johnson is Organist at Crestwood Christian Church, Lexington,

                        and is Director of Student Affairs, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky.

 

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

                        John Linker is Organist/Choirmaster at Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington.    

 

                        Program

                        Widor / Symphonie gothique, Op. 70

 

 

22 December 2013 - NO CONCERT TODAY.

                        5:00pm A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

 

24 December 2013 (Christmas Eve) - 6:15pm - Organ Recital by John Linker. Free admission.

                        John Linker is Organist/Choirmaster at Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington.    

 

                        Program

                        Widor / Symphonie gothique, Op. 70

 

29 December 2013 - NO CONCERT TODAY.
Former Good Shepherd Organist/Choirmaster Bob Burton
directs the Reunion Choir
A Happy Choir Reunion Last Weekend

Last weekend many former and current singers enjoyed getting together for a time of visiting and singing.  
 
The weekend commenced with a gathering party where many singers enjoyed an informal evening of catching up.
 
On Saturday we had a full day of rehearsals, beginning with evensong rehearsal in the morning.
The Choir prepares for procession prior to Evensong on Sunday
Following a nice long lunch break, the choir re-convened for a rehearsal to prepare for Sunday morning's music.
 
Highlights of each of the rehearsals included former organist Bob Burton's witty antics and Owen Sammons's refined conducting style.
 
The organists had a LOT of notes to play, and most noteworthy was Brian Hunt's accompaniment of the canticles, which was the raucous "Dyson in D."  
 
Saturday evening the entire group enjoyed a party hosted by Reba Roberts and Mark Burton.  Thank you Reba and Mark for your gracious hospitality!
Thank you to chorister parents Mary Campbell, Susan Wright,
Laura Whittaker, and so many others who contributed to the smooth operations of the entire Choir Reunion Weekend.
The weekend culminated in the Reunion Choir singing the 9:00 and 11:15 Eucharists on Sunday morning, then joining together one last time for Evensong at 5:00pm.  At all services the sounds were simply heavenly.
 
Did you enjoy the elegant reception following Evensong on Sunday?  That was the wonderful work of chorister parents and many other behind-the-scenes people for whom we owe a fantastic debt of gratitude.
 
Huge thanks to all who pulled together to make this a most memorable Choir Reunion Weekend.  There were many acclamations of "let's do this again," so in about five year's time, we suspect to be ready to do this again!

A year of fun and service ahead!

Choirs are Enrolling for 2013-14
We're planning an action-packed academic year, and we want YOU!  

We're excited to have begun our rehearsals this last week.  And we're pleased to say it's certainly not to late to join!

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.  And please share with friends and familiy this extraordinary opportunity!

See YOU in choir!!
 
Good Shepherd Organ on the cover of The Diapason
  
The September 2013 issue of The Diapason, a monthly journal devoted to church music, has a wonderful feature about our organ as a noteworthy recent installation here in the United States.  The article describes the concept for this organ in great detail, as well as insights into the world of organ building and matching instrument to the space.  Contributors to the article were Jason Overall (President of Goulding & Wood), John Linker (Organist/Choirmaster), Joe Jones (Chair of the Organ Committee), and Fr. Brian Cole (Rector).
  
The cover photo as well as interior photos were taken by Hans Flueck.
  
Click HERE to see the article. The scan is of low resolution, so you'll need to enlarge the text for a more clear image.

Advance Planning - Highlights for 2013/14

 

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.  

 

A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols for Christmastide

This annual favorite will take place on 22 December at 5:00pm.  Please arrive early to find a good seat, as this is one of our most popular services of the year.

 

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.
Good Shepherd Choir at St Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, June 2013
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