THE CATHEDRAL OF ALL SAINTSIN THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF ALBANY

choral services2012 — 2013

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about the choir

Established in 1872, The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys is the oldest continuously performing choir of its kind in the country. As the principal

choir of The Cathedral of All Saints, the Choir of Men and Boys sings choral services in the Cathedral during the academic term. The choir enjoys an international reputation for musical excellence and acts as a vital link to the ancient choral traditions of England and Europe; all the while remaining distinctly American. In addition to its liturgical role, the choir is heard regularly in concert and has performed with The Albany Symphony, The Boston Symphony, and at The Tanglewood Music Festival. In recent years, the Choir has made three tours of England, having just completed one in February 2011, where it sang services at Hereford and Gloucester Cathedrals. The choir is made up of trebles (boys ages 7-14 with unchanged voices) who sing the soprano line, while a dedicated group of professional men sings the alto, tenor and bass parts. Boys rehearse twice weekly during the academic term, with the gentlemen joining them once each week for musical preparation. Choristers come from all parts of the Capital region, reflecting many backgrounds, faiths, and cultures. The quality of their music making, coupled with their uncommon dedication to excellence, has helped make The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys ‘Albany’s Boy Choir’ for 140 years. The choristers are trained according to the standards set forth by The Royal School of Church Music. As they move through the training scheme, choristers earn ribbons of various colors representing their rank in the ensemble. The boys not only work hard but they also play hard. Choir parents organize weekly dinners for the full choir, and the boys enjoy regular non-musical outings, giving them a chance to enjoy a lighter side of the chorister experience. If you know a boy who likes to sing, please tell him about the choir. The Director of Music, Woodrow Bynum, is always happy to meet with prospective choristers and their families. Auditions are held throughout the year by appointment, and no previous musical training is necessary or expected. For more information, e-mail The Director of Music or call 518-465-1342.

the cathedral choir of men and boys © 2012 photo by Nancy Potter

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SEPTEMBER 9 THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Communion Service in C & F Stanford Gradual Psalm 146 Monk Offertory I was glad Parry Communion Let all mortal flesh keep silence Bairstow

16 THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa ‘Montis Regalis’ Archer Gradual Psalm 116:1-8 Havergal Offertory O salutaris hostias Villette Communion Jesu, the very thought of thee Bairstow

23 THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa ‘Sancti Joannis de Deo’ Haydn Gradual Psalm 54 Hervey Offertory Insanæ et vanæ curæ Haydn Communion Ave verum corpus Mawby

30 THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Brevis Ives Gradual Psalm 19:7-14 Neswick Offertory O God, thou art my God Purcell Communion Thy word is a lantern Purcell

2:00 pm friends of the choir annual garden party Buhrmaster Barn at Pruyn House, located at 207 Old Niskayuna Road, Latham, New York Tickets are available online at gardenparty.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 event 267928

All services listed here are sung by The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys unless indicated otherwise.

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OCTOBER 7 THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Singers Setting Communion Service Powell Gradual Psalm 8 Rose Anthem Jesu, joy of man’s desiring Bach

14 THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Brevis Palestrina Gradual Psalm 90:12-17 Webster Offertory Teach me, O Lord, the way of the statutes Attwood Communion Oculi omnium Wood

21 THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Truro Eucharist Briggs Gradual Psalm 91:9-16 Bynum Offertory Thou, O God, art praised in Sion Boyle Communion The Lamb Tavener 2:30 pm viol consort recital played by Sonnambula 3:00 pm choral evensong Celebrating the 350th anniversary of The Book of Common Prayer 1662 Introit O Praise the Lord Batten Responses Byrd Psalm 106 Hylton Stewart Canticles Second Service Byrd (accompanied by Sonnambula) Anthem Prevent us, O Lord Byrd

28 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Choristers Setting Missa Brevis Britten Gradual Psalm 126 Garrett Offertory Here, O my Lord Rose Communion Lift thine eyes Mendelssohn

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NOVEMBER 4 ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY: FEAST OF TITLE 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa ‘O quam gloriosum’ Victoria Gradual Psalm 24 Barnby Offertory O quam gloriosum Victoria Communion O King, all glorious Willan 2:30 pm organ recital played by Bryan Kirk, First Presbyterian Church, Glens Falls 3:00 pm solemn evensong with procession Responses Hancock Psalm 148 Willcocks Canticles Collegium Regale Howells Anthem O what their joy and their glory must be Harris Guest Preacher The Rev’d Canon John Andrew, Rector Emeritus, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

11 THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Gentlemen of the Choir Setting Missa à tre voci (“Studentenmesse”) Lotti Gradual Psalm 146 Plainsong Offertory Thou, O God, art praised in Sion Macpherson Communion Open my eyes MacFarlane 2:30 pm organ recital played by Alfred Fedak, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany 3:00 pm evensong for veterans day Responses Walsh Psalm 91 Alcock Canticles Evening Service in G Stanford Anthems Greater love hath no man Ireland So they gave their bodies to the commonwealth Aston

18 THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Communion Service in F Darke Gradual Psalm 16 Aston Offertory Hymn to St. Columba Britten Communion Never weather-beaten saile Parry

25 THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: CHRIST THE KING 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Singers Setting All Saints Mass Cast Gradual Psalm 93 Nicholson Anthem Christ is the world’s true light Stanton

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DECEMBER 2 THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Gentlemen of the Choir Setting Mass for Three Voices Byrd The Great Litany Plainsong Gradual Psalm 25:1-9 Nicholson Offertory Zion, hört die Wächter singen Bach Communion O God, from heaven look below Prætorius 2:30 pm organ recital played by Agnes Armstrong, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Altamont & Helderberg Reformed Church, Guilderland 3:00 pm advent procession sung by The Choir of Men and Boys Choral selections include Advent Prose Lloyd Let all mortal flesh keep silence Bairstow Never weather-beaten saile Parry Ave Maria Parsons Magnificat from St. Mark’s Service Near E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come Manz

9 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Office of Holy Communion ‘Collegium Regale’ Howells Gradual Psalm 126 Garrett Offertory How beautiful upon the mountains Stainer Communion This is the record of John Gibbons

11 TUESDAY 7:00 pm cathedral concert: handel’s Messiah soloists Ava Pine, soprano Kirsten Sollek, alto Michael Slattery, tenor Nathaniel Webster, bass Tickets are available online at albanymessiah.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 Event 256259

16 THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT: GAUDETE 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Secunda Hassler Gradual Psalm 85:7-13 Parratt Offertory People look East arr. Ferguson Communion Rejoice in the Lord Lord alway Anon.

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DECEMBER, continued

23 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Singers Setting Deutsche Messe Schubert Gradual Psalm 80:1-7 Bevan Anthem There is no rose Near 2:30 pm music for brass & organ 3:00 pm a festival of nine lessons and carols sung by The Choir of Choral selections include Men and Boys The truth from above Vaughan Williams Adam lay ybounden Ord Ding dong merrily on high arr. Willcocks Sussex Carol arr. Ledger Jesus Christ, the apple tree Poston Hymn to the Virgin Britten The Road to Bethlehem Head O holy night arr. Wilberg Quem pastores laudavere Bassi

24 CHRISTMAS EVE 4:00 pm family eucharist sung by The Cathedral Singers Anthem Manger Carol arr. Sowerby 10:30 pm music for brass & organ 11:00 pm midnight mass sung by The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys with Choir Alumni Setting Messe à deux chœurs et deux orgues Widor Gradual Psalm 96:1-6 Attwood Offertory O holy night Wilberg Communion Sussex Carol Ledger Quelle est cette odeur agréable arr. Willcocks Shepherd’s Pipe Carol Rutter In the bleak mid-winter Darke Past three a clock Wood

25 CHRISTMAS DAY 9:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Gentlemen of the Choir Setting Communion Service in E Howells Gradual Psalm 98 Randall Offertory Ave Maria Biebl Communion Salvation is created Tchesnokov

30 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Congregation Setting Communion Service Powell

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JANUARY 6 THE EPIPHANY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Brevis Ives Gradual Psalm 72:1-7,10-14 Norris Offertory The Three Kings Cornelius Communion Here is the little door Howells 2:30 pm organ recital played by Maury Castro, First Presbyterian Church, Troy 3:00 pm choral evensong Introit Arise, shine, O Jerusalem Palestrina Responses Hancock Psalm 132 Maunder & Edwards Canticles St. Mark’s Service Near Anthem Christus Mendelssohn

13 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY: THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Brevis Walton Gradual Psalm 29 Archer Offertory Greater love hath no man Ireland Communion Set me as a seal Walton

20 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Singers Setting Communion Service Powell Gradual Psalm 36:5-10 Harrison Anthem Joys Seven Traditional

27 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Communion Service in F Sumsion Gradual Psalm 19:7-14 Neswick Offertory The Spirit of the Lord Elgar Communion Ave verum corpus Elgar

FEBRUARY 3 THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Brevis in D Mozart Gradual Psalm 71:1-6 Day Offertory How lovely are the messengers Mendelssohn Communion Laudate Dominum Mozart

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FEBRUARY, continued

10 THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa ‘Montis Regalis’ Archer Gradual Psalm 99 Day Offertory Bless the Lord, O my soul Dove Communion Beautiful Savior Christiansen

13 ASH WEDNESDAY 7:00 pm the liturgy of ash wednesday Setting The Office of Holy Communion Howells Gradual Psalm 103:8-14 Walford Davies Tract Psalm 130 Plainsong At the Imposition of Ashes Miserere mei, Deus Allegri Offertory Wash me throughly Wesley Communion Call to remembrance Farrant

17 THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Mass for Four Voices Byrd The Great Litany Plainsong Gradual Psalm 91:9-16 Bynum Tract Psalm 91:1-4 Plainsong Offertory For he shall give his angels charge over thee Mendelssohn Communion Emendemus in melius Byrd 2:30 pm organ recital 3:00 pm choral evensong Introit Call to remembrance Farrant Responses Smith Psalm 103 Walford Davies Canticles First Service Weelkes Anthem Give ear, O Lord Weelkes

24 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Singers Setting New Plainsong Hurd Gradual Psalm 27:10-18 Cutler Anthem Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake Farrant

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MARCH 3 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Mass of the Quiet Hour Oldroyd Gradual Psalm 63:1-8 Atkins Tract Psalm 42:1-7 Plainsong Offertory Be still, my soul Whitlock Communion Sing, my soul, his wondrous love Rorem 2:30 pm organ recital played by Andrew Cantrill 3:00 pm choral evensong Introit Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts H. Purcell Responses D. Purcell Psalm 18:1-19 Walmisley & Wesley Canticles Evening Service in E Minor D. Purcell Anthem Lord, how long wilt thou be angry H. Purcell

10 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT: LÆTARE 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa ‘Sancti Joannis de Deo’ Haydn Gradual Psalm 32 Thalben-Ball Tract Psalm 122 Plainsong Offertory O where shall wisdom be found? Boyce Communion Ave verum corpus Mozart

12 TUESDAY 7:00 pm cathedral concert: mozart Solemn Vespers & Requiem soloists Jennifer Aylmer, soprano Vivien Shotwell, mezzo-soprano Nicholas Phan, tenor Nigel Smith, baritone Tickets are available online at mozart.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 Event 273929

17 THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Singers Setting New Plainsong Hurd Gradual Psalm 126 Garrett Anthem A Prayer of St. Richard Chichester White

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MARCH, continued

24 THE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION: PALM SUNDAY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Liturgy of the Palms Hosanna to the Son of David Weelkes Pueri Hebreorum Victoria Liturgy of the Word Setting Mass for Four Voices Byrd Gradual Psalm 31:9-11 Lloyd Tract Christus factus est Anerio Offertory Salvator mundi Tallis Communion Drop, drop slow tears Gibbons 2:30 pm organ recital played by Trevor Kahlbaugh, Trinity United Methodist Church, Albany 3:00 pm meditation on the passion of christ Choral selections include The Lamentation Bairstow Nolo mortem peccatoris Morley Solus ad victimam Leighton Crucifixus à 8 Lotti Passion according to St. Matthew Plainsong

28 MAUNDY THURSDAY 7:00 pm cathedral eucharist & stripping of the altar Introit A new commandment Shephard Setting Missa ‘Euge Bone’ Tye Gradual Psalm 116 selected verses Havergal Tract Psalm 43 Plainsong Washing of the feet Ubi caritas Duruflé Offertory Tristis est anima mea Lassus Communion O salutaris Villette Stripping of the Altar Psalm 22 Wesley

29 GOOD FRIDAY 12:00 noon good friday liturgy Gradual Psalm 31 (selected verses) Tonus Perigrinus with Fauxbourdon Tract Christus factus est Anerio Veneration The Reproaches Victoria Motet Crucifixus à 8 Lotti

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MARCH, continued

30 HOLY SATURDAY 7:00 pm the great vigil of easter sung by The Gentlemen of the Choir Setting Messe ‘Cum Jubilo’ Duruflé Offertory Most glorious Lord of life Harris Communion Upon this Holy Eastertide Eccard I got me flowers Vaughan Williams

31 THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION: EASTER DAY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Introit Victimæ paschali laudes Plainsong Setting Truro Eucharist Briggs Gradual Psalm 118: 1-2,14-24 Atkins Offertory Sing ye to the Lord Bairstow Communion When the Lord turned again Batten Lord of the Dance arr. Bertalot Dum transisset sabbatum ii Taverner

APRIL 7 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 10:00 am cathedral eucharist sung by The Cathedral Congregation Setting Communion Service Powell

14 THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Resurrectionis Hancock Gradual Psalm 30 Lloyd Offertory And I saw another angel Stanford Communion Alleluia! I heard a voice Weelkes 2:30 pm organ recital played by Ruaraidh Sutherland, Christ’s Church, Rye, NY 3:00 pm festal evensong Responses Walsh Psalm 114 Bairstow Canticles Evening Service in G Minor Purcell Anthem Rejoice in the Lamb Britten

21 THE FOUTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Communion Service in F Sumsion Gradual Psalm 23 Hylton Stewart Offertory Jubilate Deo in C Britten Communion The Lord is my shepherd Greene

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APRIL, continued

28 THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Brevis Palestrina Gradual Psalm 148 Willcocks Offertory Ubi caritas Duruflé Communion A new commandment Shephard

MAY 5 THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Communion Service in C & F Stanford Gradual Psalm 67 South Offertory Let all mortal flesh keep silence Bairstow Communion Jesu, the very thought of thee Bairstow

12 THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Communion Service in F Darke Gradual Psalm 97 Stainer Offertory O clap your hands Vaughan Williams Communion O Rex gloriæ Marenzio

19 THE SUNDAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY 10:00 am cathedral eucharist Setting Missa Brevis Ives Gradual Psalm 104:25-35 Parratt Offertory Bless the Lord, O my soul Dove Communion Listen, sweet dove Ives 2:30 pm organ recital played by Graham Schultz, Lloyd Cast Organ Fellow

3:00 pm festal evensong Responses Rose Psalm 145 Hanforth Canticles Jesus College Matthias Anthem Hear my words, ye people Parry

The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys returns on 8 September 2013For more information about our summer liturgies, please visit www.thecathedralofallsaints.org

Repertoire listed in this booklet is subject to change.

THE CATHEDRAL OF ALL SAINTS62 South Swan Street

Albany New York 12210518-465-1342

www.thecathedralofallsaints.org

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ABOUT THE CATHEDRALThe Cathedral of All Saints was the first Episcopal cathedral in America to be conceived and built on the English model of church, hospital, convent and school. The brainchild of William Croswell Doane 1832-1914, First Bishop of Albany, the Cathedral was intended to recreate and imitate its English prototypes right down to the ancient pavements and stones. Bishop Doane’s vision was to recreate, as perfectly as possible, an English or European cathedral in America.

We want in America, to do everything today; and to finish instantly whatever we begin. The result is poor churches, badly built, cheaply furnished inside and out with stucco and staining. The great churches of the world are the growth of centuries sometimes, and the man who builds a tenth part of a Church well, leaves a truer and better monument than he who builds it all, meanly. I had rather put an unhewn pillar in, rough with scars of its splitting from the virgin rock, and let a third generation shape the shaft and carve the capital, till the faces on it speak and the flowers in it smell; than shape, out of sanded wood or

moulded plaster, the fairest lie that ever seemed to support what would crush its unreality into powder, if the weight rested on it. …and now the building waits its final completion by some other hands, with only this one satisfaction in my heart, that it never can be built in any mean or small and narrow way, but it must be the carrying on of the great plan so far attained. The Cathedral service is the very highest ideal of the earthly worship of Almighty God. The buildings seem so full of age and song, that the old echoes are awakened, to become the chorus to the anthems of today. The carved Angelic corbels lean over the surpliced singers, till one wonders whether they are listening to, or making, the music of the services. The psalter, as they chant it, furnishes, in every verse, with the thoughtful modulation and adaption of organ and voice, a comment on its meaning, as though a Seraph sang a sermon on the words, awakening and satisfying the most intense idea of penitence or of praise. And this, I confess, I hope to begin a reproduction of, here. Nay, I account this unattractive building and this simple service the cradle of an American Cathedral.

—William Crosswell Doane, First Bishop of Albany

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THE FRIENDS OF THE CHOIR

Founded by long-time Director of Music, Dr. Lloyd Cast, The Friends of The Choir of The Cathedral of All Saints is a non-profit organization that seeks

to provide financial, logistical, and administrative support primarily to The Choir of Men and Boys as well as to other choral ensembles across the United States and abroad. Each year, The Friends provide partial and in some cases full scholarships to all choristers who attend the Royal School of Church Music’s annual Training Course for Boys in Montreal. The Friends provide funding for the choir’s publicity, sponsor concerts, fund a variety of visiting artists and conductors, assist with chorister recruitment, and provide support for choir travel. The Friends’ membership roster contains more than 200 individuals and families who give of their time and money to support this unique choral tradition. In addition to their support of the choir, The Friends of the Choir provide full financial support for The Lloyd Cast Organ Fellowship, a two-year full-time residency for a deserving young musician.If you would like to become a member of The Friends, please e-mail Andrew Howard, President of The Friends. Membership dues and gifts are 100% tax deductible. The Friends of The Choir of The Cathedral of All Saints, Inc. is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation governed by a Board of Directors.

THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR IN CONCERT

Handel’s MessiahTuesday 11 December at 7:00 pm

with period instrument orchestra and guest soloistsAva Pine, soprano

Kirsten Sollek, alto Michael Slattery, tenorNathaniel Webster, bass

Tickets are available online at albanymessiah.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 Event 256259

Mozart’s Solemn Vespers & RequiemTuesday 12 March at 7:00 pmwith orchestra and guest soloists

Jennifer Aylmer, sopranoVivien Shotwell, mezzo-soprano

Nicholas Phan, tenorNigel Smith, baritone

Tickets are available online at mozart.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 Event 273929

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