Reign of Christ (Christ the King) - November 24 2013

• Organ: Prelude in G – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
• Opening Hymn 383 "Jesus shall reign" (Duke Street)
• Service Music: Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling
• Song of Zechariah (Benedictus, to Anglican chant) –
  

  Blessed be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited, and redeemed his people;
  And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us : in the house of his servant David;
  As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets : which have been since the world began;
  That we should be saved from our enemies : and from the hands of all that hate us;
  To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers : and to remember his holy Covenant;
  To perform the oath which he swore to our forefather Abraham : that he would give us;
  That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies : might serve him without fear;
  In holiness and righteousness before him : all the days of our life.
  And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
  To give knowledge of salvation unto his people : for the remission of their sins,
  Through the tender mercy of our God : whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us;
  To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father .........

• Gospel Alleluia

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor:  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord
Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 380 "O worship the King" (Hanover)
• Anthem: Laudamus te (from 'Gloria') – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

  Laudamus te, benedicimus te,adoramus te, glorificamus te;
  Gratias agimus, agimus tibi, propter magnam gloriam tuam.

  We praise Thee, we bless Thee, We adore Thee, we glorify Thee.
  We give Thee thanks for Thy great glory.

• Communion Hymn 520 "The King of Love" (St. Columba # 65)
• Concluding Hymn 377 "To the name of our salvation" (Oriel)
• Organ: Fugue in G major – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

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Pentecost 26 - November 17, 2013

• Organ: A Solemn Preamble – Stanley Vann (1910-2010)
• Opening Hymn 565 “Guide me, O thou great Jehovah” (Cwm Rhondda)
• Service Music: 
• Kyrie, Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Communion Service in D – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
•  Gloria and Creed – John Merbecke
• Psalm 98
• Gospel Alleluia

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor:  Stand up and raise your heads,
because your redemption is drawing near.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 438 “O Jesus I have promised” (Wolvercote)
• Anthem: We wait for thy loving kindness O Lord – Sir William McKie
  

  We wait for thy loving kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. Alleluya. Thy right hand is full of righteousness: Alleluya.
  O Lord, send us now prosperity. Amen.

• Communion Hymn 493 “Blessed are the persecuted” (Tonga Melody)
• Concluding Hymn 564 “Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us” (Mannheim)
• Organ: Stately Sortie – Andrew Fletcher

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Remembrance/All Souls - November 10 2013

• Organ: Nimrod (from ‘Enigma Variations’) – Sir Edward Elgar
• Opening Hymn 528 “O God, our help in ages past” (St Anne)
• Service Music: Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling
• God save the Queen
• O Canada
• Gospel Alleluia

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor:  Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the dead;
to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn  “I vow to thee, my country” 

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice. 

I heard my country calling, away across the sea,
Across the waste of waters she calls and calls to me.
Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head,
And round her feet are lying the dying and the dead.
I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns,
I haste to thee my mother, a son among thy sons. 

And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.

• Anthem: Their bodies are buried in peace (from ‘Israel in Egypt’) – George Frederic Handel
  

  Their bodies are buried in peace, but their name liveth evermore.

• Communion Hymn 588 “Come now, O Prince of Peace” (O-so-so)
• Concluding Hymn 573 “O day of peace” (Jerusalem)
• Organ: Fugue in E flat (St. Anne) – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Music Notes:
The organ music at the end of this morning’s service is somewhat longer than usual, and everyone is invited/encouraged to stay and listen. The Fugue in E flat is one of Bach’s most majestic works for the organ, and you’ll recognize the theme as the opening line of “O God, our help in ages past”, although it’s unlikely that Bach was familiar with that hymn tune, composed in 1708 by William Croft, an Englishman. The fugue is in three sections, suggesting a connection with the Trinity; in fact, a great deal has been written on this subject. Here are some notes by Indra Hughes (New Zealand), perhaps of interest to those with a mathematical mind!

The ‘St Anne’ Fugue by Bach (so called because of the coincidental resemblance of the first fugue subject to the hymn tune ‘St Anne’ [O God, our help in ages past]) is traditionally played on Trinity Sunday, because of its many mathematical and symbolic references to the number 3. 

It is in 3 clearly delineated sections which may be understood to represent the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; there are 3 separate fugue subjects which combine with each other; it has 3 different time signatures and yet the beat remains proportional (suggesting, perhaps, theological ‘Unity in Trinity’). 

The total number of bars of the three sections of the fugue is 36+45+36=117; 117 can be expressed as 13x3x3: a very Trinitarian row of numbers (1333) encapsulating Unity (1) and Trinity (three 3s). The lengths of these three sections (36/45/36) are in a proportional relationship: the Golden Section or 'proportio divine'. 

The total of those digits (3+6+4+5+3+6) is 27, which might be expressed as 3x3x3; and indeed 2+7=3+3+3. In a further allusion to the number 27, the fugue is the 27th in a collection of 27 pieces. 

In another reference to the number 27, the fugue contains 378 beats. 378 is the sum total of the numbers 1 to 27. It can also be expressed as a 'triangular': by writing out the numbers 1 to 378 in triangular form (a trinitarian reference in itself!), the resulting triangle has 27 rows and 27 digits in the bottom row:
This piece is a good example of Bach’s habit of embedding ‘hidden’ theological statements in the structure of his music.

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All Saints’ - November 3, 2013

• Organ: Before the Image of a Saint - Siegfried Karg-Elert (1877-1933) 
• Opening Hymn 276 “For all the saints” (Sine nomine) 
• Service Music: Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
• Psalm 24: 1-6
• Gospel Alleluia
  

  Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
  All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
  Cantor: They are before the throne of God:
  and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.
  All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 275 “O what their joy” (O Quanta Qualia)
• Anthem: And I Saw a New Heaven – Edgar Bainton (1880-1956)
  

  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

• Communion Hymn 286 “Give me the wings of faith” (Westminster)
• Concluding Hymn 281 “Who are these like stars appearing” (All Saints)
• Organ: Toccata in G – Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)

Music Notes:
Edgar Leslie Bainton (14 February 1880 -- 8 December 1956) was a British-born composer, most celebrated for his church music. Perhaps his most famous piece is the liturgical anthem “And I saw a new heaven”, but during recent years Bainton's other musical works - neglected for decades - have been increasingly heard in the concert repertoire. In the early 1930s Bainton did lecture tours to Canada and in the summer of 1933 the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music offered him its directorship. Accordingly, in 1934 Bainton and his family started a new life in Australia where, for the next 20+ years he taught and conducted. In 1956 a heart attack severely affected his health - his wife had died not long beforehand - and on the morning of 8 December he died on the beach at Point Piper in Sydney.

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Pentecost 23 - October 27 2013

• Organ: Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro (from Sonata in C) – Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713); Daniel Kushner, violin 
• Opening Hymn 474 "Jesus, where`er thy people meet" (Warrington) 
• Service Music: Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
• Psalm 65 
• Gospel Alleluia
  

  Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
  All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
  Cantor: All who exalt themselves will be humbled:
  but all who humble themselves will be exalted.
  All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 384 "Praise to the Lord, the almighty" (Lobe den Herren) 
• Communion Hymn 610 "Before I take the body of my Lord" (Laying Down) 
• Concluding hymn 503 "Fight the good fight" (Pentecost) 
• Organ: Allegro "Giga" (from Sonata in C) – Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713);  Daniel Kushner, violin 

Music Notes:
A warm welcome and thanks this morning to Daniel Kushner, violinist. Usually a member of our 9 am congregation, Daniel has kindly agreed to provide music before and after the 10:30 service, as well as during communion.

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St Luke the Evangelist - October 20 2013

• Organ: Adagio in E – Frank Bridge (1879-1941) 
• Opening Hymn “By all your saints still striving” (Thornbury)

  By all your saints still striving, for all your saints at rest,
  your holy name, O Jesus, forevermore be blessed!
  For those passed on before us, we sing our praise anew
  and, walking in their footsteps, would live our lives for you.
  
  For Luke, belov’d physician, all praise; whose gospel shows
  the healer of the nations, the one who shares our woes.
  Your wine and oil, O Saviour, upon our spirits pour,
  and with true balm of Gilead anoint us evermore.
  
  We pray for saints we know not, for saints still yet to be,
  for grace to bear true witness and serve you faithfully,
  till all the ransomed number who stand before the throne
  ascribe all power and glory and praise to God alone. 

• Service Music: John Merbecke 
• Psalm 147: 1-7 
• Gospel
  

  Alleluia Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
  All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
  Cantor: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace: who brings good news / who announces salvation. All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn (Gonfalon Royal)

  Let the round world with songs rejoice;
  let heaven return the joyful voice;
  all mindful of the Apostles' fame,
  let heaven and earth their praise proclaim.
  
  Ye servants who once bore the light
  of Gospel truth o'er heathen night,
  still may your work that light impart,
  to glad our eyes and cheer our heart.
  
  O God, by whom to them was given
  the key that shuts and opens heaven,
  our chains unbind, our loss repair,
  and grant us grace to enter there;
  
  for at thy will they preached the word
  which cured disease, which health conferred:
  O may that healing power once more
  our souls to grace and health restore:
  
  that when thy Son again shall come,
  and speak the world's unerring doom,
  he may with them pronounce us blessed,
  and place us in thy endless rest.
  
  To thee, O Father; Son, to thee;
  to thee, blessed Spirit, glory be! .
  So was it ay for ages past,
  so shall through endless ages last. Amen. 

• Anthem: Judge Eternal – Malcolm Archer (1952- )
  The text of the anthem can be found in the blue hymnbook # 594. 
• Communion Hymn 74 - For the bread which you have broken (Omni dei dic Maria) 
• Concluding hymn 433  - Lord you give the great commission (Abbot’s Leigh)
• Organ: Allegretto grazioso – Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

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Harvest Thanksgiving - October 13 2013

• Organ: Larghetto (from Sonata in C) – G.F. Handel (Flute and Organ, with Fiona Strachan) Opening Hymn 262 “Come ye thankful people, come” (St. George’s) 
• Service Music: 
• Kyrie, Gloria – New Plainsong – David Hurd
• Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling 
• Psalm 100 sung to Anglican chant 
• Gospel Alleluia 

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance: so that by always having enough of everything you may share abundantly in ev 'ry good work.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia 

• Offertory Hymn 403 “Let all things now living” (The Ash Grove)
• Anthem – Sing to the Lord of Harvest – arr. Healey Willan 

Sing to the Lord of harvest, Sing songs of love and praise;
With joyful hearts and voices Your alleluias raise.
By Him the rolling seasons In fruitful order move;
Sing to the Lord of harvest, A joyous song of love.

By Him the clouds drop fatness, The deserts bloom and spring,
The hills leap up in gladness, The valleys laugh and sing.
He filleth with His fullness All things with large increase,
He crowns the year with goodness, With plenty and with peace.

Bring to His sacred altar The gifts His goodness gave,
The golden sheaves of harvest, The souls He died to save.
Your hearts lay down before Him When at His feet you fall,
And with your lives adore Him, Who gave His life for all. 

• During Communion: Larghetto (from Sonata in C) – G.F Handel (Flute and Organ, with Fiona Strachan) 
• Communion Hymn 259 “For the fruit of all creation” (Ar hyd y nos) 
• Concluding hymn 398 “Let us with a gladsome mind” (Monkland)
• Organ: Allegro (from Sonata in C) – G. F. Handel (Flute and Organ with Fiona Strachan)

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