Music List, 2026-2027 Choral Season

members of the St. Luke’s choirs

Yellow text indicates that the Parish Choir sings the anthem or motet listed.

Red text indicates that the RSCM Choir sings the anthem or motet listed.

Green text indicates that the St. Nicholas Choir sings the anthem or motet listed.

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)

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  Felice 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, 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)

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) 

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