10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Addington Service - Shephard
Psalm 107:1-9, 43
Ave verum corpus - Elgar
7, 116, 375, 497, 576
Extemporisation - Gonder
Organist: Thomas Gonder
11 August - Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Missa l’hora passa - Viadana
Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24
Lead me, Lord - S.S. Wesley
379, 337, 486, 49, 467
Fanfare - Rawsthorne
Organist: Peter Waterhouse
18 August - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Call to remembrance, O Lord - Farrant
Wood in C minor
Psalm 51:1-10
Almighty and everlasting God - Gibbons
274, 278, 1, 76, 546
Prelude & Fugue in D BWV 532 - Bach
25 August - Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
God is gone up with a merry noise - Croft
Batten’s Short Service
Psalm 71:1-6
View me, Lord - Lloyd
92(93), 328, 434, 78, 383
The War March of the Priests - Mendelssohn
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
O come, ye servants of the Lord - Tye
Missa Secunda - Hassler
Psalm 30
Christ hath a garden - Drinkell
5, 586, 345, 385, 598
Toccata - Dubois
14 July 2019 - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Give almes of thy goods - Tye
Wood in the Phrygian Mode
Psalm 82
Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake - Hilton
350, 439, 500, 557, 577
Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux - Guilain
21 July 2019 - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
This is the day - Anon. 16th century
Missa Brevis XIII (Holy Cross) - Willan
Psalm 52
Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree - Poston
8, 386, 441, 511, 362
Tuba Tune - Cocker
28 July 2019 - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Let us worship and fall down - Willan
Sumsion in F
Psalm 85
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
204, 520, 455, 458, 239
Introduction and Passacaglia - Rheinberger
June 2 2019 - Sunday after the Ascension - Jerusalem Sunday
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
God is gone up - Croft
Missa Brevis III - Willan
Psalm 97
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Blow
247(206), 388(433), 497, 515
Exurgat Deus - Hurford
4.00: Choral Evensong (BCP)
Ayleward Responses
Psalms 19 and 46
Brewer in D
Lift up your heads, O ye gates - Mathias
6(Deo gratias), 22, 249
Sonata No. 1 (1st movement) - Mendelssohn
June 9 2019 - Pentecost - Whitsunday
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Come, Holy Ghost, the Maker, come - Gibbons
Missa O Westron Wynde - Willan
Psalm 104:25-36
O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit - Tallis
263, 652, 654, 638, 649(454)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor Bwv 565 - Bach
June 16 2019 - Trinity Sunday - First Sunday after Pentecost
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Oculi omnium - Wood
Missa l’hora passa - Viadana
Psalm 8
Locus iste - Bruckner
1, 505, 631, 61, 436
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor - Reger
June 23 2019 - Second Sunday after Pentecost
10.30: Joint Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Wood in C minor
Psalm 42
As the Bridegroom to his chosen - Rutter
Hymns and Songs on Ordo
“Okay everybody. On your feet. Let's do a little warm-up, shall we?”
And with that, 45 self-professed I-can't-sing singers rise to their feet to follow Christ Church Cathedral's director of music, David Drinkell, as he has them shake out their hands, relax their necks, suck in their guts, and lower their shoulders. Then comes the vocalization exercises: humming and me, me, meing up and down the scales. “You should feel it between your eyes, just where your glasses sit, for those of you who wear glasses.” Apparently those sinus cavities you curse when you have a cold are what helps sound resonate when you sing; who knew?
With the exercises over, David has the Paper Baggers “rocking, rolling, riding, out a-long the bay,” on the “Morningtown Ride,” an easy song to warm up with and familiar to most everyone there. Then came the main event: “American Pie,” a song we all know and love and which turned out to be more difficult to sing than we'd thought. “Up you go!” shouts David over the sound of the grand piano, encouraging everyone to, again, suck in those guts and raise the eyebrows, both of them, to hit those high notes; amazingly, it does work. And no, we didn't sing the whole eight minutes and 36 seconds; maybe just as well. Thankfully, “Yesterday” proved an easier sing. “Well done; you sound quite good.”
Then it was time for a break and some socializing. Little knots of people developed around the room as friends, old and new, chatted away; a congenial group of people who love to sing, but who thought, or were told, they couldn't sing, along with a few who do sing in choirs, but who come to Paper Bag Singers so they can sing just for the fun of it.
We welcome people of all ages and singing talent.
And so the evening went, as have the four previous sing togethers: warm-up; sing two or three songs a number of times each; take a break; sing a few more songs, some new, some repeats; and wrap up with one more crack at a particular song. Interspersed though the evening are David's tips on how to sing particular passages as well as his wonderful stories garnered from his years of working with choirs and schools across Britain and his time in Newfoundland.
So join us, won't you. Only two more events this season: Monday, May 27th and Monday, June 10th. We welcome people of all ages and singing talent. We sing mostly the music we grew up with – all you flower children out there – and some we might not be so familiar with – always good to learn new things. Paper Bag Singers: it's all about having fun together. And oh yes, we did take a last crack at “American Pie” – we won.
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Let us worship and fall down - Willan
Missa Secunda - Hassler
Psalm 30
Exsultate justi - Viadana
217, 432, 337, 61, 438
Dance Suite (1st movement) - Ridout
4.00: Choral Evensong (BCP)
Smith Responses
Psalms 114 and 115
Sumsion in G
Blessed be the God and Father - S.S. Wesley
23, 498, 215
Sarabande for the Morning of Easter - Howells
12 May - Fourth Sunday of Easter
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Almighty God, which hast me brought - Ford
Missa O Westron Wynde - Willan
Psalm 23
Come, let’s rejoice - Amner
444, 364, 486, 555, 216
Praeludium in C - Böhm
19 May - Fifth Sunday of Easter
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
If ye love me - Tallis (CHECK)
Wood in C minor
Psalm 148
And I saw a new heaven - Bainton
8, 341, 109, 60, 300
Prelude & Fugue in modo dorico BWV 538 - Bach
26 May - Sixth Sunday of Easter
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Jesu, the very thought of thee - Bairstow
Fredericton Missa Brevis - Murray
Psalm 67
I will not leave you comfortless - Titcomb
207, 385, 278, 596, 239
Toc-cat-a (Cat Suite) - Bédard
Thursday 30 May - Ascension Day
7.30pm: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Batten’s Short Service
Psalm 47
O God, the King of glory - Purcell
245, 246(374), 486
Prelude on Hyfrydol - Vaughan Williams
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
O come, ye servants of the Lord - Tye
Mass of St. Denis - Cabena
Psalm 126
Tantum ergo sacramentum - Séverac
2, 345, 621, 569, 377
Toccata Deo gratias - R.K. Biggs
4.00: Evensong for the Guild of St. Joseph (BCP)
The Cherry Tree Carol - Vaughan Williams
Morley Responses
Psalm 89: 1-4, 26-29
Farrant’s Short Service
Expectans expectavi - Wood
349, 505, 380, 438
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Sunday 14 April 2019 - Palm Sunday
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Batten’s Short Service
Psalm 31:9-16
The Passion according to St. Luke - Viadana
Hosanna filio David - Victoria
181, 182, 387, 50, 386
Sarabande in modo elegiaco - Howells
Wednesday 17 April 2019
7.30pm: Tenebrae
Responsaries - Willan
Psalms 4, 24, 27, 51
Benedictus - Nanini in falsobordoni
184, 330
Maundy Thursday 18 April 2019
7.30pm: Choral Eucharist and Stripping of the Altars
Missa l’hora passa - Viadana
Psalm 116: 1, 10-17
View me, Lord, a work of thine - Lloyd
Ave verum corpus - Elgar
511, 508, 497, 64
The Eve of Easter 20 April 2019
8.00pm: The Great Vigil of Easter
Festive Eucharist - Rawsthorne
Hail, sacred feast - Willan
204, 428, 226, 48, 203
Litanies - Alain
Sunday 21 April 2019 - Easter Day
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
This is the day that the Lord hath made - Anon. (c. 1600)
Missa Sancta Joannis de Deo - Haydn
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
203 & 210, 222, 231, 229, 205
Final (1st Symphony) - Vierne
Sunday 28 April 2019 - Second Sunday of Easter
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
O sing joyfully - Batten
Darke in F
Psalm 118:14-29
This joyful Eastertide - Dutch Carol arr. Ledger
10, 228:1, 4-9, 459, 605, 344
Toccata Lasst uns erfreuen - Choveaux
On Wednesday of Holy Week, we'll once again add Tenebrae to the wide selection of worship opportunities made available during perhaps the most solomn week of the Church year. The great three days (Eve of Good Friday or Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Day) are known as "the triduum."
An enormous amount of tradition and history informs modern practices where Tenebrae is celebrated. The following excerpts of the Tenebrae Wikipedia article references at least some of the detail.
The principal Tenebrae ceremony is the gradual extinguishing of candles upon a stand called a "hearse." In liturical history, eventually, the Roman Rite settled on fifteen candles, one of which is extinguished after each of the nine psalms of matins and the five of lauds. The six altar candles are put out during the Benedictus, gradually also reducing the lighting in the church throughout the chanting of the canticle. Then any remaining lights in the church are extinguished and the last candle on the hearse is hidden behind the altar (if the altar is such as does not hide the light, the candle, still lit, is put inside a candle lantern), ending the service in total darkness. The "strepitus" (Latin for "great noise"), made by slamming a book shut, banging a hymnal or breviary against the pew, or stomping on the floor, symbolizes the earthquake that followed Christ's death, although it may have originated as a simple signal to depart. After the candle has been shown to the people, it is extinguished, and then put "on the credence table," or simply taken to the sacristy. All rise and then leave in silence.
Some Anglican churches celebrate Tenebrae on Wednesday of Holy Week, although in various forms, thereby preserving the importance of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday observances.
The Episcopal Church in its Book of Occasional Services provides for a single Tenebrae service on Holy Wednesday in the evening. That form preserves the number of nine Tenebrae lessons, each followed by a responsory.
Christ Church Cathedral (Fredericton) uses Tenebrae in a sung traditional language form on the Wednesday evening of Holy Week
The majority of parishes within the Anglican Church of Canada do not routinely celebrate Tenebrae, and the Anglican Book Centre does not publish any service explicitly for Tenebrae. Parishes that do celebrate Tenebrae follow a variety of practices. The Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto) is notable for the excellence of its music, of which the musical Tenebrae services are exemplary. Christ Church Cathedral (Fredericton) uses Tenebrae in a sung traditional language form on the Wednesday evening of Holy Week which includes lessons from Jeremiah with responding psalms, the fourth being from John 17, and Benedictus. At the Church of the Epiphany (Oakville) Tenebrae is described as the reversal of the Advent wreath: "starting Lent with the brightness of six candles, the darkness grows as a candle is extinguished each week in anticipation of Jesus dying on the cross on Good Friday." This abbreviated Tenebrae liturgy begins worship services on Sundays during Lent. The Sisterhood of Saint John the Divine have their own liturgy, "The Order of Tenebrae," published in 1933.
Sunday 3 March 2019 - Last Sunday after the Epiphany
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Cantate Domino - Pitoni
Missa Secunda - Hassler
Psalm 99
169(239), 521, 624, 619, 457
There shall a star from Jacob come forth - Mendelssohn
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 - Bach
4.00: Choral Evensong (BCP)
Drinkell Responses
Psalms 114 and 115
Stanford in C
O thou, the central orb - Wood
13, 631, 622
Toccata-Prelude on Vom Himmel hoch - Edmundson
Wednesday 6 March 2019 - Ash Wednesday
7.30pm: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Missa l’hora passa - Viadana
Psalm 103:8-18
Nolo mortem peccatoris - Morley
180, 542, 508, 541, 178(439)
Prelude on O Mensch, bewein BWV 622 - Bach
Sunday 10 March 2019 - First Sunday in Lent
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Great Litany
Short Service - Gibbons
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
Almighty and everlasting God - Gibbons
175, 466, 458, 564
Choral No. 3 - Franck
Sunday 17 March - Second Sunday in Lent
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
God be in my head - Rutter
Missa Brevis XIII (Holy Cross) - Willan
Psalm 27
Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake - Hilton
10, 629, 607, 71(Kilmarnock), 491
Fanfare - Whitlock
Sunday 24 March - Third Sunday in Lent
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Deliver us, O Lord our God - Batten
Missa O Westron Wynde - Willan
Psalm 63:1-8
Like as the hart - Howells
501, 511, 92(93), 400, 467
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor - Reger
Sunday 31 March - Fourth Sunday in Lent
10.00: Choral Matins (BCP)
Let thy merciful ears, O Lord - Mudd
Smith Responses
Venite
Psalm 32
Benedicite - Naylor in G
Jubilate - Medley in B flat
474, 611, 348, 601
Praeludium in C BuxWV 137 - Buxtehude
"Individually, we can't carry a tune in a paper bag. Together, we sound GREAT!" Been told you can't sing, think you can't sing? Nonsense! Anyone can sing. Choirs and singing groups for people who don't have "a golden voice" have been springing up all across the UK and Canada. And now here in Fredericton, we have the Paper Bag Singers.
This is a casual group for people of all ages who just want to belt one out and have fun singing with like-voiced people. No auditions, no commitment; join us when you can. We meet every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month, starting Monday, March 11th. Only $5 an evening. Find us online! email questions to: <paperbagsingers at gmail.com>
Hi all - the main idea here is to have fun. Our esteemed Cathedral music director, David Drinkell, will be giving us tips and hints to help us along the way - thank you David. Check out our meetup site; it costs you nothing to join the meetup group and RSVP. Spread the word; the more the merrier. Attaching a poster, should you wish to print out a few to put up in your place of work or on a local bulletin board - thanks for that if you do.
Hope to hear you all in fine voice - oh, we'll all sound wonderful!
February 3 - Presentation of the Lord (transferred) - Candlemas
10:00: Service of Light and Choral Eucharist
Nunc Dimittis - Gibbons
Missa Secunda - Hassler
Psalm 84
Locus iste - Bruckner
267(155), 96, 627(362), 159, 560
Fiat Lux - Dubois
4.00: Choral Evensong (BCP)
Ayleward Responses
Psalms 48 and 87
Weelkes’ Short Service
In pace in idipsum - Blitheman
17, 617, 140
Psalm Prelude Set 1, No. 1 - Howells
February 10 - Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
10.00: Choral Eucharist (BCP)
Jesu dulcis memoria - Victoria
Darke in E
Psalm 138
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
373, 326, 1, 559, 320
“Giant” Fugue BWV 680 - Bach
February 17 - Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
10:00: Choral Eucharist (BAS)
O Lord, increase our faith - Loosemore
Wood in C minor
Psalm 1
O sacrum convivium - Davis
381, 439, 207, 60, 375
Rigaudon - Campra
February 24 - Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
10:30: Combined Worship - Holy Eucharist
Festive Eucharist - Rawsthorne
A Gaelic Blessing - Rutter
Hymns and Songs on Ordo
