The Music of First Church Boston
Service Music

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Prelude
Jazz Book: #1, #2: Moondog (1916-1999)
Choral Meditation
Caligaverunt oculi: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Offertory
Abendlied, Op. 69, No. 3: Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Postlude
Jazz Book: #3: Moondog

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Prelude
Kyrie eleison (I) (Mass in B Minor): Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Musical Meditation
Christe eleison (Mass in B Minor): Bach
Christine Teeters, Rebecca Teeters, sopranos
Offertory
Kyrie elision (II) (Mass in B Minor): Bach
Postlude
Fugue on the Name BACH, Op. 60, No. 5: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Prelude
Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878 (WTC II): Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Choral Meditation
Alleluia in D, Op. 48b: Karl Henning (b.1960)
Offertory
An Alleluia Super-Round: William Albright (1944-1998)
Postlude
Air and variations (The Harmonious Blacksmith), HWV 430: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Guest musicians: soprano Rebecca Teeters and pianist Bob Winkley

Prelude
Preludes, Op. 28 (1-4): Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Musical Meditation
Pursue thy conquest, Love (Dido and Aeneas): Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Musical Meditation
Morgen: Richard Strauss (1964-1949)
Offertory
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La Rondine): Giocomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Postlude
Preludes, Op. 28 (6 and 5): Chopin

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Prelude
Elevation: Tierce en taille / Duo sur les Tierces / Chromhorne sure la Taille (Messe pour les convents): François Couperin (1668-1733)
Choral Meditation
Exaudi Domine: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Offertory
To Live Content With Small Means: James Bohn (b. 1970)
Postlude
Offertoire (Messe pour les convents): François Couperin (1668-1733)

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Prelude
Petites pièces d'orgue en ré: Mathieu Lanes (1660-1725)
Choral Meditation
Lift Thine Eyes, from Elijah: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Offertory
Sometimes I Feel trad., arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw
Postlude
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C Major, BuxWV 137: Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Prelude
Elevations (46, 47, 48): Dom Paul Benoit, O.S.B. (1893-1979)
Choral Meditation
Veni Sancte Spiritus: George Fenton (b. 1950)
Offertory
Dravidian Dithyramb: Victor Paronjoti (1906-1967)
Postlude
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major: Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Guest musicians: Alan Rias, Marshall Hughes, Ron Murphy

Prelude
Ain't Got No Time To Die: trad.
Musical Meditation
I want to be ready/ I, Too, Sing America: trad./Langston Hughes
Offertory
I'll Fly Away: trad.
Postlude
Prelude in d, Toccata in F: Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Prelude
Ave Maria von Arcadelt: Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Choral Meditation
Ave Maria: Jacques Arcadelt (c.1507-1568)
Offertory
We Love the Place (2011): Matthew Guerrieri (b. 1971)
Postlude
Praeludium III, e minor: Nikolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Prelude
Concert champêtre: 1. Allegro molto--Adagio--Allegro molto: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord; Bob Winkley piano
Musical Meditation
La du Vaucel: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Forqueray (1699-1782)
Offertory
Concert champêtre: 1. Andante: Mouvement de Sicilienne: Poulenc
Postlude
Concert champêtre: 3. Presto très gai: Poulenc