MUSIC AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Dr. William J. B. Gatens, Organist-Choirmaster
April 25, 2021 – 4 Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)
Voluntary: Variations on Psalm 80 – John Davison
Service Music: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena – Healey Willan
Offertory Solo: “My Shepherd will supply my need” – arr. by Virgil Thomson
Communion Solo: “How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds” – Fred Bock
Voluntary: Toccata in D – Flor Peeters
May 2, 2021 – 5 Easter
Voluntary: “Glory be to God on High” (BWV 663) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena – Healey Willan
Offertory Solo: “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel
Communion Solo: “How beautiful are the feet” (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel
Voluntary: Toccata & Fugue in F (BuxWV 157) – Dietrich Buxtehude
May 9, 2021 – 6 Easter (Rogation Sunday)
Voluntary: Allegro from Sonata No. 5 (BWV 529) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena – Healey Willan
Offertory Solo: “This hallowed chosen morn of praise” – Johann Hermann Schein
Communion Solo: “Thou visitest the earth” – Maurice Greene
Voluntary: Fugue à la gigue in G (BWV 577) – Johann Sebastian Bach
May 16, 2021 – 7 Easter (Sunday after Ascension)
Voluntary: Toccata in C; Adagio in A minor (BWV 564) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena – Healey Willan
Offertory Solo: “Thou art gone up on high” (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel
Communion Solo: “Comfort, O Lord, the soul of thy servant” – William Crotch
Voluntary: Fugue in C (BWV 564) – Johann Sebastian Bach
May 23, 2021 – The Day of Pentecost
Voluntary: “Come, Holy Ghost” (BWV 652) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena – Healey Willan
Offertory Anthem: “Come, Holy Ghost” – Thomas Attwood
Communion Motet: “O Spirit of life” – Johann Sebastian Bach
Voluntary: Fantasia on “Come, Holy Ghost” (BWV 651) – Johann Sebastian Bach
May 30, 2021 – Trinity Sunday
Voluntary: Prelude in E-flat (BWV 552) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena – Healey Willan
Offertory Solo: “To thee, Jehovah, will I sing praises” – Johann Sebastian Bach
Communion Solo: “O Unity of threefold light” – from Este’s Psalter (1592)
Voluntary: Fugue in E-flat, “St. Anne” (BWV 552) – Johann Sebastian Bach