Music List, 2026-2027 Choral Season

members of the St. Luke’s choirs

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August 23, 2026 –  The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Choral Introit: A prayer of St. Richard of Chichester (Hymn 654) Arthur Henry Biggs

Hymn in Procession: 522, Glorious things of thee are spoken                 Austria

Gloria in excelsis:          from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Gradual:     Psalm 124, Nisi quia Dominus                        Anglican chant, Derrick Cantrell

Sequence Hymn:  304             I come with joy to meet my Lord           Land of Rest

Anthem at the Offertory:           If the Lord had not been on our side             Henry Aldrich 

Carrie Prewitt, Adrienne Wagster, and David McCall, soloists

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Motet during the Communion: Tu es Petrus                     Jacobus Clemens non Papa

Hymn in Procession: 379             God is Love, let heaven adore him       Abbot’s Leigh

August 30, 2026 –  The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Choral Introit:  When Jesus wept, the falling tear              William Billings

Hymn in Procession: 450            All hail the power of Jesus’ Name            Coronation

Gloria in excelsis:          from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Gradual:  Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c  Confitemini Domino         Anglican chant, Steven Elvey

Sequence Hymn:  484, Praise the Lord through every nation   Wachet auf

Motet at the Offertory:  I. Dixit Dominus (I. “The Lord said”) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

from Vespera solennis de Confessore, (Solemn Vespers for a Saint's Day), KV 339

Carrie Prewitt, Adrienne Wagster, Matthew Eller, and David McCall, soloists

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Agnus Dei:         from Mass for St. Luke’s                              Jessica French

Hymn during the Communion: 572,    Weary of all trumpeting, Distler

Hymn in Procession: 675 Take up your cross, the Savior said Bourbon

September 6, 2026 –  The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Choral Introit: You are righteous, O Lord          plainsong

Hymn in Procession: 518            Christ is made the sure foundation         Westminster Abbey

Gloria in excelsis:          from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Gradual:           Psalm 149, Cantate Domino                       Anglican chant, John Barnard

Sequence Hymn:            407, Most High, omnipotent, good Lord   Lukkason

Motet at the Offertory:  Cantate Domino  Giovanni Francesco Anerio

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Anthem during the Communion: Lamb of God                              arr. F. Melius Christiansen

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Hymn in Procession: 610, Lord, whose love through humble service   Blaenhafren

September 6, 2026 –  the Eve of Labor Day, Choral Evensong (4 pm)

Hymn in Procession:      586, Jesus, thou divine companion          Pleading Savior

Preces and Responses:    The Tryon Service                         Richard Shephard

Lucernarium: Take up the Song 315,    O Light whose splendor thrills and gladdens  Phos hilaron

Psalter: Psalm 107, Confitemini Domino Anglican Chant, Edward Cuthbert Bairstow

Magnificat & Nunc dimittis:      Evening Service in G                                    Charles Villiers Stanford

Office Hymn:   482, Lord of all hopefulness Slane

Anthem:             He hath made everything beautiful in His time   Jeffrey Hoffman

Hymn in Procession:      541, Come, labor on                    Ora labora 

September 13, 2026 –  The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Introit: Give peace, O Lord (Da pace Dominum)          plainsong (schola only)

            Da pace cordium           Taizé (choir and congregation)

Hymn in Procession: 390             Praise to the Lord, the Almighty    Lobe den Herren

Gloria in excelsis:          from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Gradual:             Psalm 114, In exitu Israel           Anglican chant, George Mursell Garrett

Sequence Hymn:  674, “Forgive our sins as we forgive”   Detroit

Motet at the Offertory: In exitu Israel   Antonio Vivaldi

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Motet during the Communion: Verleih uns Frieden (Grant us thy peace)         

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Hymn in Procession:  411, O bless the Lord my soul   St. Thomas (Williams)

September 20, 2026 –  The Sevententh Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Choral Introit:  Occuli  Omnium             Charles Wood

Hymn in Procession: 410           Praise, my soul the King of Heaven  Lauda Anima

Gloria in excelsis:          from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Gradual: Psalm 105, Confitemini Domino           Anglican chant, David Hurd

Sequence Hymn:  9, Not here for high and holy things  Morning Song

Anthem at the Offertory: With a voice of singing   Martin Shaw

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Agnus   Dei:     from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Motet during the Communion: How dazzling fair          Charles Wood

Hymn in Procession:      527, Singing songs of expectation  Ton-y-Botel 

September 27, 2026 – The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am) 

Choral Introit:                              Unto him that loved us  Ralph Vaughan Williams

Hymn in Procession: 435          At the Name of Jesus  King’s Weston 

Gloria in excelsis:            from Mass for St. Luke’s                              Jessica French

Gradual: Psalm 78, Attendite, popule      Hymn-tune Psalter

Sequence Hymn:            685, Rock of Ages, cleft for me  Toplady

Offertory anthem:           O hold thou me up                        Benedetto Marcello

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                         Jessica French

Communion anthem:    Ex ore innocentium                       John Ireland

Hymn in Procession:      344, Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing   Sicilian Mariners

October 4, 2026 – The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Choral Introit:  The universe is in your power, O Lord                plainsong

Hymn in Procession:  360, Only begotten, Word of God eternal             Rouen

Gloria in excelsis:             from Mass for St. Luke’s                                  Jessica French

Gradual:           Psalm 19, Cæli enarrant             Anglican chant, Stephen Darlington

Sequence Hymn:           449, O love, how deep, how broad, how high    Deo gracias

Anthem at the Offertory: The Heavens are Telling from The Creation      

Franz Joseph Haydn

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Motet during Communion:       Lauda anima mea         Gregor Aichinger

Hymn in Procession:  546, Awake my soul, stretch every nerve   Siroe

October 4, 2026 — Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (4:00 pm)

Hymn in Procession:       400, All creatures of our God and King  Laßt uns erfreuen

Preces and Responses:      Sarah MacDonald (Set 3)              

Lucernarium: Hymn,     O laughing light  East Deaderick

Psalter: Psalm 121, Levavi occulos Anglican Chant, Barry Rose

Magnificat & Nunc dimittis:  

Evening Service in D Herbert Brewer                                                  

Office Hymn:    606, Where true charity and love dwell Ubi caritas

Anthem:               A prayer of St. Francis                M. Searle Wright

Hymn in Procession:     416, For the beauty of the earth              Lucerna Laudoniae

October 11, 2026 —The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Choral Introit:  Si iniquitates                                        Samuel Wesley

Hymn in Procession:  481, Rejoice the Lord is King      Gopsal

Gloria in excelsis:             from Mass for St. Luke’s                                  Jessica French

Gradual:           Psalm 23, Dominus regit me (King James version)

                  Anglican chant, Jeffrey Hoffman

Sequence Hymn:        316, This is the hour of banquet and of song      Canticum refectionis

Anthem at the Offertory:           Come, let us join our joyful songs            arr. Alice Parker Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Motet during Communion:       O quam suavis              William Byrd

Hymn in Procession:  336, Come with us, O blessed Jesus   Werde munter

October 18, 2026 —The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am), Annual Episcopal Visit and Sacrament of Confirmation

Choral Introit:  Ecce sacerdos magnus                                        Tomas Luis de Victoria

Hymn in Procession:  408, Sing praise to God who reigns above Mit Freuden zart

Gloria in excelsis:             from Mass for St. Luke’s                                  Jessica French

Gradual:           Psalm 99, Dominus regnavit                   Anglican chant, Thomas Attwood

Sequence Hymn: 591, O God of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry      King’s Lynn      

Anthem at the presentation of the candidates for confirmation:   

Come, Holy Spirit, Come              setting by S. Drummond Wolff

Hymn of Confirmation: WLP 805, I want Jesus to walk with me           Black spiritual

Motet at the Offertory:  Laudate nomen Domine                        Christopher Tye

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Anthem during Communion:    He watching over Israel from Elijah       Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy   

Hymn in Procession:  594, God of grace and God of glory         Cwm Rhondda

October 25, 2026 —The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Eucharist (10:30 am)

Choral Introit (with handbells): God is in his temple Joachim Neander,

arr. Katherine K. Davis, handbell arr. by Jeffrey Hoffman

Hymn in Procession: 517, How lovely is thy dwelling-place        Brother James’s Air

Gloria in excelsis:             from Mass for St. Luke’s                                  Jessica French

Sequence Hymn: 431,   The stars declare his glory          Aldine

Offertory anthem:            Give me the strength to walk the soft earth             Bob Chilcott

Communion anthem: Loving shepherd of thy sheep                            Ludwig Lenel

Hymn of Praise at the Presentation:  493, v. 6 Glory to God and praise and love Azmon

Sanctus et Benedictus:   from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Agnus Dei:       from Mass for St. Luke’s                          Jessica French

Hymn in Procession:  WLP 779, The church of Christ in every age                                 Dunedin