Easter 3 - April 14 2013

• Organ: Ballade en mode phrygien Jehan Alain (1911-40) Petite pièce (played by Peter Dunphy)
• Opening Hymn (Duke Street)
  

  I know that my Redeemer lives; O the sweet joy this sentence gives!
  He lives, he lives, who once was dead; he lives, my ever living Head.
  He lives triumphant from the grave, he lives eternally to save,
  he lives all-glorious in the sky, he lives exalted there on high.
  He lives, all glory to his Name! he lives, my Jesus, still the same.
  Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives, I know that my Redeemer lives!

•  Service Music: New Plainsong – David Hurd
• Psalm 30 (Tone VIII.1)
• Gospel Alleluia
  

  Lord Jesus, explain the scriptures to us.
  Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us.

• Offertory Hymn 329 “Maker, in whom we live”
• Anthem: Examine me, O Lord – William Boyce
  

  Examine me, O Lord, and prove me try out my reins and my heart. For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes and I will walk in thy truth.

• Communion Hymn 85 “Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless
• Concluding Hymn 239 “Jesus lives! Thy terrors now”
• Organ: Paean Fanfare - Soorjo Alexander William Langobard Oliphant Chuckerbutty

Music Notes:

In his short life Jehan Alain (1911-1940) composed some of the most fresh and original music for organ. The influences of composers such as Duruflé, Messiaen and Dutilleux mingle with Gregorian chant, jazz and the exotic. He drew particular inspiration from the music of North African and Indian systems, especially their modal and rhythmic properties. Thus even modestly informed listeners may easily identify this composer within a few moments of listening to almost any one of his works. Tragically, he was killed in action in 1940 during one of the first skirmishes of World War II at the age of 29.

Ballade en mode phrygien (1930) is written in a tripartite structure, with a chorale at its centre. He dedicated this work to his grandmother.

Petite pièce (1932) is constructed with its motif in parallel sixths, repeated four times, followed by the theme stated over a flowing triplet accompaniment and ends with a short canon.

Soorjo Alexander William Langobard Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884-1960) was an English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent who played in both cinemas and churches. Little known as a composer (except for his piece Pæan Fanfare which has entered the standard repertoire), Chuckerbutty wrote mainly for organ. He began playing the piano at six, and was composing by 14. His careers in church and cinema occurred simultaneously. Quentin MacLean, the famous Canadian theatre and church organist, called him "the only organist I know who combines whole-time cinema work with whole-time church work and makes a job of both”.