Choral & Organ Music 2001-02
Robin Swales, director of music   Thomas Chase, organist     Valerie Hall, associate organist 
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September - December 2001

2 September 2001
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Charles-Marie Widor    Allegro Cantabile (Symphonie V)

Charles-Marie Widor    Adagio (Symphonie V)

Charles-Marie Widor    Toccata (Symphonie V)

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9 September 2001
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today the Cathedral Choir returns from its summer holiday

Charles-Marie Widor    Andante Sostenuto (Symphonie-Gothique)

Herbert Howells    Like as the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks

Herbert Howells    Master Tallis's Testament

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16 September 2001
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Charles-Marie Widor    Meditation (Symphonie I)

S S Wesley    Wash Me Throughly

J S Bach    O Man, Bewail Thy Grievous Sin BWV622

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23 September 2001
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Henry Purcell    Suite

Christopher Tye    O Come, Ye Servants of the Lord

William Mathias    Toccata Giocosa

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30 September 2001
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Marcel Dupré    Audi Benigne Conditor, op 38/4

Guiseppe Pitoni    Cantate Domino

Marcel Dupré     Te Splendor et Virtus, op 38/15

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7 October 2001
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time   Thanksgiving Weekend

César Franck    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

John Rutter    For The Beauty of the Earth

Karg-Elert     Triumphal March - Now Thank We All Our God

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14 October 2001
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Valerie Hall, organist

Malcolm Archer    Sicilienne, Intermezzo

Malcolm Archer    Jubilate Deo

Flor Peeters    Toccata on Ave Maris Stella, op 28

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21 October 2001
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The youth choir Juventus sings at the 11:00 Mass
Valerie Hall, organist

J S Bach    Trio Sonata No 1 in E flat: Adagio, Allegro

Benjamin Britten     Missa Brevis

Flor Peeters    Fugue and Hymn on Ave Maris Stella, op 28

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28 October 2001
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Valerie Hall, organist

Marcel Dupré    Magnificat Antiphons, op 18

Joseph Bonnet    Ave Maria

J S Bach    Fugue on the Magnificat

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4 November 2001
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Diana Woolrich, conductor   Melissa Morgan, organist

Josef Rheinberger    Passacaglia (Sonata VIII)

Adrian Batten    O Sing Joyfully

Josef Rheinberger    Fugue (Sonata VIII)

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11 November 2001
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time  Remembrance Day
Valerie Hall, organist

Johannes Brahms    Chorale Preludes

Thomas Matthews    The Lord Is My Shepherd

Johannes Brahms    Chorale Prelude "O World, I Now Must Leave Thee"

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18 November 2001
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Thomas Chase, organist

Improvisation

Charles Wood    O Thou, The Central Orb

Louis Marchand    Suite on the Second Tone

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25 November 2001
Solemnity of Christ the King
Valerie Hall, organist

J S Bach    Prelude in b

J S Bach    Crown Him King of Kings

J S Bach    Fugue in b

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2 December 2001
First Sunday of Advent  Year A begins
Thomas Chase, organist

Denis Bédard    Variations on the Old Hundredth Psalm Tune

Paul Manz    E'en so, Lord, Quickly Come

Marcel Dupré    Rejoice Greatly, O My Soul op 59/1

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9 December 2001
Second Sunday of Advent
Valerie Hall, organist

Nicholas Bruhns    Fantasia on 'Now Come, Saviour of the Nations'

G F Handel    Recit and Aria: Comfort Ye My People

David Willcocks (arr.)    The Cherry Tree Carol

J S Bach    Chorale Prelude on 'Sleepers Wake' BWV 645

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16 December 2001
Third Sunday of Advent
Valerie Hall, organist

J S Bach    Chorale Preludes on 'Now Come, Saviour of the Nations' BWV 659/660

Malcolm Archer (arr.)    The Angel Gabriel

Peter Le Huray (arr.)    Rejoice in the Lord Alway

J S Bach    Chorale Prelude on 'Now Come, Saviour of the Nations' BWV 661

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23 December 2001
Fourth Sunday of Advent    Thomas Chase, organist
The Children's Choir, directed by Joan Pratchler, sings today

Marcel Dupré    Annunciation, op 56/2

Jean-François Dandrieu    Carillon

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24/25 December 2001
Christmas
Thomas Chase, organist

MUSIC FOR CHOIR AND ORGAN INCLUDES

J  Haydn    Jugendmesse
Plainsong    Divinum Mysterium
Carol settings and arrangements by le Huray, Warlock, Halley, Archer, Willcocks,
Wood, Praetorius, Poston, Carter

MUSIC FOR ORGAN AND STRINGS INCLUDES

Claude Balbastre    Deuxième suite de noëls
Denis Bédard    Noël Huron
Denis Bédard    Toccata sur 'Il est né, le divin enfant'
W A Mozart    Church Sonatas in F (K145), D (K69), and E flat (K67)

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30 December 2001
Holy Family Sunday
Valerie Hall, organist

Denis Bédard    Variations on 'In Dulci Jubilo'

John Cook    Paean on 'Divinum Mysterium'

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1 January 2002
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Valerie Hall, organist

J S Bach    Prelude and Fugue in C

J S Bach    Chorale Prelude 'In Thee Is Joy'

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We are grateful to M. Robert Poliquin of the Université de Québec
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fascinating information at his site.

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