Evensong.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

St. Thomas' Church (New York, N.Y.). Choir, performer.

Contributor:

Hancock, Gerre, 1934-2012, conductor, instrumentalist.

Andrew, John, Rev., Dr.

Stoltzfus, Peter, instrumentalist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evening worship services--Episcopal Church.

Evening worship services.

Evening service music.

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ.

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.

Organ music.

Genre:

Organ music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch International Classics, [1995]

Contents:

Introit : The Lord is in his holy temple / music by Gerre Hancock (0:43)

Improvisation / by Gerre Hancock (5:00)

Preces / music by Gerre Hancock (Rector and the Choir) (1:18)

Psalm 133 : Ecce, quam bonum! / music by Gerre Hancock and John Andrew (1:02)

Psalm 134 : Ecce nunc / music by Gerre Hancock and John Andrew (1:02)

First lesson : Isaiah 35 (read by the Rector) (2:17)

Hymn : We sing of God (Magdelen College) / text by Christopher Smart ; music by William Hayes (3:51)

Magnificat : [from] The evening service : in A minor / music by T. Tertius Noble (descant by Peter Stoltzfus) (4:37)

Second lesson : John 17:13-23 (read by the Rector) (1:21)

Nunc dimittis : [from] The evening service : in A minor / music by T. Tertius Noble (3:11)

The Apostles' Creed (1:18)

Responses / [music by Gerre Hancock] (Rector and the Choir) (6:56)

Anthem : O God, my heart is ready / text from Psalm 108 ; music by Ned Rorem (4:02)

Prayers (0:17)

Blessing (0:12)

Hymn : Abide with me (Eventide) / text by Henry Frances Lyte ; music by William Scott Holland (descant by Gerre Hancock) (5:20)

Anthem : Judge eternal / text by Henry Scott Holland ; music by Gerre Hancock (5:11)

Anthem : Christ, whose glory [fills the skies] / text by Charles Wesley ; music by T. Frederick H. Candlyn (6:22)

Organ voluntary : Magnificat [from] Organbook II / music by Ned Rorem (Peter Stoltzfus, organ) (2:44).

Participant:

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys ; Gerre Hancock, conductor ; John Andrew (Rector, Saint Thomas Church), reader ; Gerre Hancock, Peter Stoltzfus, organ.

Notes:

Episcopal evening service, sung in English, consisting of choral music (in part unaccompanied), organ music, and spoken readings and prayers.

Recorded May 17-18, 1994, at St. Thomas Church, New York City, except first track, which was recorded live in March 1995 at St. Thomas Church.

Compact disc.

Program and biographical notes and texts in container.

Contains:

Hancock, Gerre, 1934-2012. Choral music. Selections

Hayes, William, 1708-1777. We sing of God.

Noble, T. Tertius (Thomas Tertius), 1867-1953. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, A minor.

Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. O God, my heart is ready.

Monk, William Henry, 1823-1889. Abide with me.

Candlyn, T. Frederick H. (Thomas Frederick Handel), 1892-1964. Christ, whose glory fills the skies.

Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Organbook, no. 2. Magnificat

Evening service.

OCLC:

54023552

Publisher Number:

9992372852

3-7285-2 H1 Koch International Classics