Grace Episcopal Church
924 Lake Street - Oak Park - IL - 60301
(708) 386-8036 X 3 - www.graceoakpark.org
Dr. Dennis E. Northway, Parish Musician: On Sabbatical
Kipp Kortez, Acting Parish Musician 1 708 601 5049
Nicci Krebasch, Executive Director
End Eucharistic Year B / Begin Eucharistic Year C
2015 Fall Madrigal Choir Schedule
September
13
20
27
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. First Rehearsal
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
October
4
Sunday
Sing in Church Arrive 9:15a.m.
Offertory: Cantabo Domino – Orazio Vecchi
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praise my God while I have my being.
And so shall my words please him : my joy shall be in the Lord.
Communion: Intellige clamorem meum – Allesandro Scarlatti
O Lord, I cry unto thee daily. Give ear unto me. Hear me when I cry to thee. O Lord God hear my
prayer.
NO AFTERNOON REHEARSAL
11
18
25
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
November
1
8
Sunday
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
Sunday
Sing in Church (with Adult choir) Arrive 9:15 a.m.
Offertory: Haec es Dies
Jacobus Gallus (Handl) 1550-1591
This is the day the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Alleluia!
Communion: Ave Maria – Franz Biebl
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen
15
22
29
Sunday
Sunday
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
Sunday Sing in Church
Arrive: 8:45 a.m.
Offertory: Sound forth the trumpet in Zion – Thomas Morley
Sound forth the trumpet in Zion and be joyful ye righteous. Such praise is fitting for the upright.
For the word of the Lord is right and all his works are done in truth. Alleluia!
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Communion: Ego Dixi – Anerio
I said Lord be merciful unto me; heal my soul for I have sinned against thee. Mine enemies speak evil
against me. When shall he die and his name perish. But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord and save me.
29
Sunday
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Rehearsal
December
6 Sunday 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Staging Rehearsal
9
Wednesday Boar’s Head Feast Dress Rehearsal 6:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
11/12
Friday/Saturday 15th Annual Boar’s Head Feast
(Call time 6:00 p.m.)
Literature:
When Allen-a-Dale Went a-hunting -Robert L. de Pearsall
When Allen-a-Dale went a-hunting, his bow was stout and strong, and nought that was game escaped
him, the bushes green among. The Abbot of Beverly cried, "Oh fie!" as he rode out to dine with a knight
hard by; but Allen-a-Dale went a-hunting on the King's highway. Who was the father of Allen-a-Dale?
His sire was a Saxon and Lord of the vale, but the Normans came down with their proud chivalry, and
they robbed him, and slew him, and burnt his roof-tree! So Allen-a-Dale went a-hunting on the King's
highway. What was the calling of Allen-a-Dale? He was a forester good, a harper well skilled in ditty
and tale, and the comrade of bold Robin Hood! And together they ranged the forest glade, and shot
their arrows free: but because he could sing like a minstrel king, why, Allen's the boy for me!
Cantabo Domino – Orazio Vecchi
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praise my God while I have my being.
And so shall my words please him : my joy shall be in the Lord.
Spring Returns
Luca Marenzio
(1550-1599)
Spring returns with balmy zephyrs softly breathed; April the young and gay with flowers wreathed:
The waves are stilled. The clouds in show’rs decending; while nymphs and jocund shepherds song are
blending; Now feathered songsters among the groves are flying from bough to bough with tuneful voice
replying: With evening shade’s slilence around is falling. Morning returns the song of joy recalling!
Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
“When He is King we will give Him the Kings’ gifts, Myrrh for its sweetness, and gold for a crown,
beautiful robes,” said the young girl to Joseph, fair with her first born on Bethlehem Down. Bethlehem
Down is full of the starlight, winds for the spices, and stars for the gold, Mary for sleep, and for lullaby
music, songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold. When He is King they will clothe Him in grave sheets,
Myrrh for embalming, and wood for a crown, He that lies now in the white arms of Mary sleeping so
lightly on Bethlehem Down. Here He has peace and a short while for dreaming, close-huddled oxen to
keep Him from cold. Mary, for love, and for lullaby music, songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold.
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Intellige clamorem meum – Allesandro Scarlatti
O Lord, I cry unto thee daily. Give ear unto me. Hear me when I cry to thee. O Lord God hear my
prayer.
De Listelijcke Mey – Jacobus Clemens Non Papa (1510 – 1558)
The merry month of May that pleases much is come in all her lovely greenery; you sweet and lovely
vision, you who dainty Venus serve, kind source of our contentment. For in your shelter, May, the little
birds feathers do shed, all with song that’s sweet of hearing; thus do we now take our pleasure!
April is in my Mistress’ Face – Thomas Morley
April is in my Mistress’ face, and July in her eyes hath place. Within her bosom is September, but in her
heart, a cold December.
Sound forth the trumpet in Zion – Thomas Morley
Sound forth the trumpet in Zion and be joyful ye righteous. Such praise is fitting for the upright.
For the word of the Lord is right and all his works are done in truth. Alleluia!
Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis – John Wilbye
Adieu, sweet Amaryllis, for since to part your will is: Adieu, sweet Amaryllis. O woeful tiding! There is
for me no biding. Yes, once again ere that I part from thee, Amaryllis, sweet, Adieu.
Long is Our Winter – Traditional
Long is our winder, dark is our night, O come set us free, O Saving Light!
The Boar’s Head (1521)
Noel! Tidins good I think to tell. The boar’s head that we bring here betokeneth a Prince without peer is
born this day to buy us dear. Noel! A boar is a sovereign beast and acceptable in every feast; so might
this Lord be to most and least. Noel! This boar’s head we bring with song in worship of Him that thus
sprang of a Virgin to redress all wrong. Noel!!
Gloucestershire Wassail- arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wassail, all over the town! Our toast it is white, and our ale it is brown, our bowl it is made of the white maple tree; with the
wassail bowl we’ll drink to thee. So here is to Cherry and to his right cheek, pray God send our master a good piece of beef, and a
good piece of beef that may we all see; with the wassail bowl we’ll drink to thee.
And here is to Dobbin and to his right eye pray God send our master a good Christmas pie, and a good Christmas pie that may we
all see; with our wassail bowl we’ll drink to thee. So here is to Broad May and to her brad horn, may God send our master a
goood crop of corn, and a good crop of corn that may we all see: with the wassail bowl we’ll drink to thee.
And here is to Fillpail and to her left ear, pray God send our master a happy New Year, and a happy New Year as e’er he did see;
with our wassail bowl we’ll drink to thee. And here is to Colly and to her long tail, pray God send our master he never may fail a
bowl of strong beer; I pray you draw near, and our jolly wassail it’s then you shall hear.
Come butler come fill us a bowl of the best, then we hope that your soul in heaven may rest: but if you do draw us a bowl of the
small, then down shall go butler, bowl and all.
Then here’s to the maid in the lily white smock, who tripped to the door and slipped back the lock! Who tripped to the door and
pulled back the pin, for to let these jolly wassailers in.
In the Bleak Midwinter – Gustav Holst
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow
on snow, in the bleak midwinter long ago. Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain; heaven and earth
shall flee away when He comes to reign; in the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed the Lord God Almighty, Jesus
Christ. Angels and archangels may have gathered there, cherubim and seraphim thronged the air; but
His mother only, in her maiden bliss worshipped the Beloved with a kiss.
What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; if I were a wise man, I
would do my part; yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.
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NO Rehearsal Schola LESSONS AND CAROLS
24 Wednesday Christmas Eve Call 9:30 p.m. – Preservice Carols 10:30 p.m.
Preservice: In the Bleak Midwinter – Gustav Holst
Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
“When He is King we will give Him the Kings’ gifts, Myrrh for its sweetness, and gold for a crown,
beautiful robes,” said the young girl to Joseph, fair with her first born on Bethlehem Down. Bethlehem
Down is full of the starlight, winds for the spices, and stars for the gold, Mary for sleep, and for lullaby
music, songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold. When He is King they will clothe Him in gravesheets,
Myrrh for embalming, and wood for a crown, He that lies now in the white arms of Mary sleeping so
lightly on Bethlehem Down. Here He has peace and a short whild for dreaming, close-huddled oxen to
keep Him from cold. Mary, for love, and for lullaby music songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold.
Offertory: Gloria in Excelsis Deo (from Christmas Cantata) – Daniel Pinkham
Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace. O be joyful in the Lord all nations, serve the Lord
with gladness. Come before His presence with exultation. Know that the Lord is God, and God created
us, now we ourselves.
Communion First Motet: Hodie, Christus natus est – Francis Poulenc
Today is Christ born; today the Savior has appeared;
today the Angels sing, the Archangels rejoice;
today the righteous rejoice, saying: Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia!
Communion Second Motet: Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre
Light, warm and heavy as pure gold and the angels sing softly to the new-born baby. – Edward Esch
January 2016
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Sunday Christmas II Adults & Madrigals Sing Arrive 9:15
Offertory: Sound forth the trumpet in Zion – Thomas Morley
Sound forth the trumpet in Zion and be joyful ye righteous. Such praise is fitting for the upright.
For the word of the Lord is right and all his works are done in truth. Alleluia!
Communion: Ego Dixi – Anerio
I said Lord be merciful unto me; heal my soul for I have sinned against thee. Mine enemies speak evil
against me. When shall he die and his name perish. But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord and save me.
10
Sunday
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Rehearsal
17
Sunday
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Rehearsal