MUSIC AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Dr. William J. B. Gatens, Organist-Choirmaster
November 22, 2020 – Christ the King
Voluntary: Master Tallis’s Testament – Herbert Howells
Offertory Solo: “Antiphon” (from Five Mystical Songs) – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Communion Solo: “Heavenly Lord, who leadest the wandering flock” – Felix Mendelssohn
Voluntary: Paean – Herbert Howells
November 29, 2020 – 1 Advent
Voluntary: “Wake, awake, for night is flying” (BWV 645) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Communion Service in D – Leo Sowerby
Offertory Solo: “O thou that tellest” (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel
Communion Solo: “He shall feed his flock” (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel
Voluntary: “Saviour of the nations, come” (BWV 661) – Johann Sebastian Bach
December 6, 2020 – 2 Advent
Voluntary: “Saviour of the nations, come” (BWV 659 & 660) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Communion Service in D – Leo Sowerby
Offertory Solo: “Comfort ye” (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel
Communion Solo: “Comfort, comfort ye, my people” – Louis Bourgeois
Voluntary: Prelude & Fugue in E minor (BWV 553) – Johann Sebastian Bach
December 13, 2020 – 3 Advent (Gaudete)
Voluntary: Advent Chorales from Orgelbüchlein (BWV 599-602) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Service Music: Communion Service in D – Leo Sowerby
Offertory Solo: “I will sing new songs” – Antonin Dvorak
Communion Solo: “The people that walked in darkness” (from Messiah) – George Frideric Handel
Voluntary: Fugue in G minor (BWV 578) – Johann Sebastian Bach
December 20, 2020 – 4 Advent
Voluntary: Ave Maria after Arcadelt – Franz Liszt
Service Music: Communion Service in D – Leo Sowerby
Offertory Solo: “Esurientes implevit bonis” (from Magnificat) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Communion Solo: “Ave Maria” – McNeil Robinson
Voluntary: Fugue on the Magnificat (BWV 733) – Johann Sebastian Bach