Service Music
Listed below is the upcoming service music. If you have any music questions, please contact Ben Gessner, Organist/Choirmaster: music@churchholycross.org.
During our services, you will hear many instruments throughout the year, with performances by many of the area’s finest musicians. On a weekly basis, you will hear our Skinner Opus 306 pipe organ, our 19th-century parlor organ, and/or our harpsichord.
And last but not least, our choir sings every Sunday at 11:00 am, with a rehearsal at 9:45 am. We would heartily welcome you with a folder of music. Please join us.
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost † September 8, 2024
Mass ◊ Hurd, Hampton, and Foley
Psalm 146 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Anthem ◊ Heal me, Lord – C. Petersen
Hymns ◊ 429 ◊ 568 ◊ 493 ◊ 603 ◊ 567 ◊ 610
Organ ◊ Allegretto in B – A. Guilmant ◊ Moderato in C – G. Armbrust
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost † September 1, 2024
Mass ◊ Hurd, Hampton, and Foley
Psalm 15 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Anthem ◊ Draw us in the Spirit’s tether – Friedell
Hymns ◊ 414 ◊ 656 ◊ 567 ◊ LEVAS138 ◊ WLP779 ◊ 557
Organ ◊ Nun danket, Op. 59, No. 65 – S. Karg-Elert ◊ Fanfare – Mathias
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost † August 25, 2024
Mass ◊ Hurd, Hampton, and Crisafulli
Psalm 34 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Hymns ◊ 440 ◊ 617 ◊ 632 ◊ 301 ◊ 521
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost † August 18, 2024
Mass ◊ Hurd, Hampton, and Crisafulli
Psalm 34 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Anthem ◊ Let all the world – Hampton
Hymns ◊ 420 ◊ 467 ◊ 327 (Nyack) ◊ 346 (Ellers) ◊ 432
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost † August 11, 2024
Mass ◊ Hurd, Hampton, and Crisafulli
Psalm 34 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Hymns ◊ 48 ◊ 581 ◊ 339 ◊ 341 ◊ 335
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost † August 4, 2024
Mass ◊ Hurd, Hampton, and Crisafulli
Psalm 78 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Anthem ◊ Bread of the world – Abendour
Hymns ◊ 51 ◊ 323 ◊ WLP761 ◊ 307 ◊ 527
Organ ◊ Adagio in E – Frank Bridge ◊ Fantasia on Ton-y-Botel – R. Purvis
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost † July 28, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 145 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Hymns ◊ 398 ◊ 456 ◊ LEVAS146 ◊ 635 ◊ 448
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost † July 21, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 23 ◊ Metrical setting – Hymn 663
Hymns ◊ 304 ◊ 567 ◊ 653 ◊ 708 (Bradbury) ◊ 525
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost † July 14, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 85 ◊ Metrical setting – Gardiner
Anthem ◊ Awake, thou spirit of the watchman – Melody fr. Hamburger Musikalisches handbuch
Hymns ◊ 686 ◊ 495 ◊ 321 ◊ 531 ◊ 492
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost † July 7, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 123 ◊ Metrical setting – Erhalt uns, Herr
Hymns ◊ 440 ◊ 677 (St. Anne) ◊ WLP778 ◊ 671 ◊ 371 ◊ 636
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost † June 30, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 30 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – J.W. Meachen
Hymns ◊ 518 ◊ 568 ◊ 9 ◊ 493 ◊ 411
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost † June 23, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 107 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy
Hymns ◊ 372 ◊ 559 (Lauda anima) ◊ 579 ◊ 699 ◊ 535
Organ ◊ Liebster Jesu – G. Raphael ◊ Wondrous Love – L.L. White ◊ Carillon – H. Murrill
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost † June 16, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 92 ◊ Metrical setting – Tallis Canon
Anthem ◊ Creating God, your fingers trace – David Hurd
Hymns ◊ 610 ◊ 589 ◊ WLP746 (Zeuch mich, zeuch mich) ◊ 302 ◊ WLP780
Organ ◊ Consolation in D-flat – F. Liszt ◊ Prelude and Fugue in E minor, “Cathedral” – J.S. Bach
The Third Sunday after Pentecost † June 9, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 130 ◊ Metrical setting – Hymn 666
Hymns ◊ 50 (Dunlap’s Creek) ◊ 621 ◊ 445 ◊ LEVAS188 ◊ 209 ◊ 594
Organ ◊ Arietta – S. Coleridge-Taylor ◊ God of Grace – P. Manz
The Second Sunday after Pentecost † June 2, 2024
Mass ◊ Powell and Hampton
Psalm 89 ◊ Metrical setting – Winchester Old
Hymns ◊ 381 ◊ 538 (Dix) ◊ 567 ◊ LEVAS203 ◊ MHSO94 ◊ 530
Organ ◊ Sicilienne – Maria Theresia von Paradis ◊ Gigue Fugue – D. Buxtehude
The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday † May 26, 2024
Mass ◊ Decius and Powell
Psalm 29 ◊ Metrical setting: St. Thomas (Williams)
Anthem ◊ Bring many names – C.R. Young
Hymns ◊ 370 St. Patrick’s Breastplate/Deirdre ◊ 603 St. Botolph ◊ 324 Picardy ◊ WLP819 Here I am, Lord ◊ 362 Nicaea
Organ ◊ Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552.ii, “St. Anne” – J.S. Bach ◊ Festival Toccata – P. Fletcher
The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday † May 19, 2024
Mass ◊ Willan and Merbecke
Psalm 104 ◊ Metrical setting: Azmon
Anthems ◊ Enemy of Apathy – J.L. Bell ◊ Veni Sancte Spiritus – J. Berthier
Hymns ◊ 225 Salve festa dies ◊ 516 Down Ampney ◊ LEVAS119 Morecambe ◊ 521 Chelsea Square
Organ ◊ Phoenix Processional – D. Locklair ◊ Spirit Fantasy – C. Haywood
The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day † May 12, 2024
Mass ◊ Willan and Merbecke
Psalm 1 ◊ Response: Hymn to Joy; plainsong, tone I.2
Hymns ◊ 214 Llanfair ◊ 315 Song 1 ◊ 481 Darwall’s 148th ◊ 307 Bryn Calfaria ◊ 460 Hyfrydol
Violin and Organ ◊ Sonata No. 2 in D – William McGibbon ◊ Andante grazioso from Sonata in A minor, Op. 4/2 – Friedrich Müller
The Sixth Sunday of Easter † May 5, 2024
Mass ◊ Mathias and James
Psalm 98 ◊ Response: Gelobt sei Gott; plainsong, tone VIII.1
Anthems ◊ Come, we that love the Lord – R.W. Dirksen
Hymns ◊ 204 Noël nouvelet ◊ 455 Dunedin ◊ LEVAS151 One Bread, One Body ◊ 292 Kingsfold ◊ 412 Earth and All Stars
Organ ◊ 3 Variations on Noël nouvelet – M. Dupré ◊ Rejoice, the Lord is King – E. Simpson-Curenton
The Fifth Sunday of Easter † April 28, 2024
Mass ◊ Mathias and James
Psalm 22 ◊ Response: Birmingham; plainsong, tone V.1
Anthems ◊ The Call – Vaughan Williams ◊ He is the Way – R. Wetzel
Hymns ◊ 182 Truro ◊ LEVAS50 Nyland ◊ 213 Middlebury ◊ 657 Hyfrydol
Organ ◊ Jesus calls us o’er the tumult – E.L. Diemer ◊ Prayer: An Offertory – G. Walker ◊
Prelude on Truro – W. Held
The Fourth Sunday of Easter † April 21, 2024
Mass ◊ Mathias and James
Psalm 23 ◊ Metrical setting: Resignation
Anthem ◊ The Lord is my Shepherd – H. Goodall
Hymns ◊ 208 Victory ◊ 644 St. Peter ◊ 304 Land of Rest ◊ 708 Bradbury ◊ 645 St. Columba
Organ ◊ “…beside the still waters” from Windows of Comfort – D. Locklair ◊ Fanfare and Chorale – Calvin Fuller
The Third Sunday of Easter † April 14, 2024
Mass ◊ Mathias and James
Psalm 4 ◊ Response: Noël nouvelet; plainsong, tone IV.2
Hymn-Anthem ◊ Festival Canticle – R. Hillert
Hymns ◊ 199 St. Kevin ◊ 203 O filii (Carol) ◊ 178 Alleluia No. 1 ◊ 192 Vreuchten ◊ 193 Puer nobis
Organ ◊ The Rejoicing – C. Callahan ◊ Trumpet Tune – C. Callahan
The Second Sunday of Easter † April 7, 2024
Mass ◊ Mathias and Hurd
Psalm 133 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant: R.K. Kennedy
Hymns ◊ 205 Gelobt sei Gott ◊ 209 St. Botolph ◊ 212 Richmond ◊ 195 Mowsley ◊ 492 Finnian
Organ ◊ Gelobt sei Gott – H. Willan ◊ Toccata on O filii – L. Farnam
Weekend Services
Saturday
6pm † Evening Prayer Rite II
Online on Facebook & Youtube
Sunday
9am † Holy Eucharist Rite II
In person, Chapel
11am † Holy Eucharist Rite II
In person & Online
Weekday Services
Monday - Friday
6pm † Evening Prayer Rite II
Online on Facebook & Youtube
Wednesday
12pm † Holy Eucharist Rite II
In person
6pm † Evening Prayer Rite II
In person & Online
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