A Festival of Hymns and Anthems for Easter

2015 Indianapolis Choir Festival

May 3, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church I 6050 North Meridian Street I Indianapolis, IN 46208 I 317.253.1277 I stpaulsindy.org

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Voluntary Andante espressivo, from Sonata in G Major, Op. 28 Edward Elgar

Michael Gebhart, organist

Invitatory Anthem The Lord is my light Peter Hallock

The Lord is my light, the refuge of my life and my salvation; of whom then shall I be afraid? If I take the wings of the
morning or go up into heaven, your right hand will hold me. In the shadow of your wings I will rejoice and bless your
holy name; and I will sing of your Glory, O Lord my strength, as long as I live. Psalm 27:1; Psalm 139:8; Psalm 63:4, 7

Welcome

The people are seated for the lessons and anthems, and stand for the hymns.
Hymn 192 Vreuchten

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Lesson Matthew 28:1-10 The Resurrection of Jesus
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went
to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from
heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing
white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to the
women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he
has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He
has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’
This is my message for you.” So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his
disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet,
and worshipped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee;
there they will see me.”
After the reading the reader says
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Anthem Christ is alive George Frideric Handel

Christ is alive! So also in Christ shall all be made alive! And all the people rejoice and say: Christ is alive! Glory to God!
Sing we to God! He is our King for ever, Amen, alleluia!

Hymn 190 Fisk of Gloucester

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Lesson John 20:19-31 Jesus appears to the disciples
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples
had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with
you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw
the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he
had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,
they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” But Thomas (who was called the
Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have
seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in
the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were again in the
house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and
said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your
hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen
and yet have come to believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are
not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah,
the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
After the reading the reader says
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Anthem Eternal Spirit of the living Christ David Hurd

Eternal Spirit of the living Christ, Come, pray in me the prayer I need this day;
I know not how to ask or what to say; help me to see your purpose and your will
I only know my need, as deep as life, where I have failed, what I have done amiss;
and only you can teach me how to pray. held in forgiving love, let me be still.
Come with the vision and the strength I need
to serve my God, and all humanity;
fulfillment of my life in love outpoured
my life in you, O Christ, your love in me. Frank von Christierson

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Hymn 209 St. Botolph

Lesson John 10:11-18 Jesus explains the symbol of the Good Shepherd to the disciples.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not
the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and
the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care
for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this
fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For
this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from
me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I
have received this command from my Father.”
After the reading the reader says
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Hymn 646 Dominus Regit me

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Lesson Luke 24:44-53 Jesus appears to his disciples.
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything
written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their
minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and
to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his
name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon
you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing
them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to
Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God.
After the reading the reader says
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Anthem I will arise arranged by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker

I will arise and go to Jesus, Teach me some melodious sonnet
He will embrace me in His arms, Sung by flaming tongues above,
In the arms of my dear Saviour, Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it,
Oh! there are ten thousand charms. Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Come, thou fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace,
Streams of mercy never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.

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Hymn 483 St. Magnus

Anthem Morning Glory Craig Phillips

Morning glory, starlit sky,
soaring music, scholar’s truth,
flight of swallows, autumn leaves,
mem’ry’s treasure, grace of youth:
Open are the gifts of God,
gifts of love to mind and sense;
hidden is love’s agony,
love’s endeavor, love’s expense.
Love that gives, gives ever more,
gives with zeal, with eager hands,
spares not, keeps not, all outpours,
ventures all, its all expends.
Drained is love in making full,
bound in setting others free,
poor in making many rich,
weak in giving pow’r to be:
Therefore he who shows us God
helpless hangs upon the tree;
and the nails and crown of thorns
tell of what God’s love must be.
Here is God: no monarch he,
throned in easy state to reign;
here is God, whose arms of love
aching, spent, the world sustain. Dorothy Howell Sheets

Lesson Philippians 2:1–11 Paul encourages us to imitate Christ’s humility.

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any
compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being
in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others
as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let
the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard
equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born
in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point
of death—even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is
above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under
the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
After the reading the reader says
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

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Hymn 477 Engelberg

Anthem Te Deum in B Flat Charles Villiers Stanford

We praise Thee, O God, Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. When thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man,
To thee all Angels cry aloud, thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry, thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Holy, Holy, Holy; Lord God of Sabaoth; Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory. We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge.
The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee. We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants:
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee. whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
The noble army of Martyrs praise Thee. Make them to be numbered
The holy Church throughout all the world with Thy Saints, in glory everlasting.
doth acknowledge thee; O Lord, save Thy people: and bless Thine heritage.
The Father of an infinite Majesty; Govern them; and lift them up for ever.
Thine honourable, true, and only Son; Day by day, we magnify Thee;
Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. And we worship Thy Name, ever world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in Thee.
O Lord, in Thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.

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Hymn 180 Unser Herrscher

A Prayer attributed to St. Francis

Let us pray.
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury,
pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where
there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled
as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Concluding Versicle and Response
V. Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.
R. Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.
Voluntary Finale, from Symphonie VI Louis Vierne
Nicholas Quardokus, organ

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 Assisting with the Liturgy

The Rev. John Denson, D.Min

Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Bruce Barber, Guest Conductor

Interim Director of Music
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia

The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral

Michael Boney: Director of Music
Matthew Middleton: Interim Associate Director of Music

The Choir of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, Carmel

Robert Richter: Director of Music

The Choir of the Episcopal Church of All Saints

Michael Gebhart: Director of Music

The Choir of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity

Ryan Brunkhurst: Director of Music

The Choir of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Zionsville

Lee Barlow: Director of Music

The Choir of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Frank Boles: Organist and Director of Music
Brad Hughley: Associate Organist and Choir Director

The Choir of Trinity Episcopal Church

Michael Messina: Director of Music
Nicholas Quardokus: Assistant Organist

This event is made possible by underwriting by Christ Church Cathedral, Trinity Episcopal Church, and
St. Paul’s Music.

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Bruce J. Barber II was appointed Director of Cathedral Music of St James Cathedral, Chicago, in January
2004. Prior to joining the staff of St. James, he served as Canon Precentor & Director of Cathedral Music at
the Cathedral Church of St. John, the Diocese of the Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for 10 years.
As an orchestral musician, Mr. Barber has performed with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the Florida
Symphony Orchestra, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and since moving to the Midwest, has
performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of such notable maestros as Riccardo
Muti, Bernard Haitink, James Conlon, David Zinman, Helmuth Rilling, Semyon Byshkov, Charles Dutoit, and
Michael Tilson Thomas. An avid conductor, he has conducted a wide range of sacred music, orchestral
literature and concerto repertoire ranging from Bach to Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart, Brahms to Duruflé,
Bernstein and Stravinsky.
In 2010, the Cathedral Choir of St James Cathedral released its first recording in over 25 years under Barber’s
direction– Arise, Shine! (MSR Classics)– which has garnered high praise in national reviews. He has made
two CD recordings with the Musicians of St. Johns Cathedral, To the Creator of Light: Choral Music from the
Cathedral Church of St. John and All This Time: Music for Advent and Christmas, both of which have been
critically acclaimed as well. While in New Mexico, the St. John’s Cathedral Choir was directed by such
notable Anglican choral directors as Dr. Gerre Hancock, Sir David Willcocks, Dr. Murray Forbes Somerville,
and Bruce Neswick.
Trained as a choral and orchestral conductor, an organist and cellist, Mr. Barber holds a Bachelor of Arts
Degree from Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, and a Master of Music Degree from the Yale School of
Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. His primary teachers have included Alexander Anderson
(Rollins), Dr. Robert S. Baker and Dr. Gerre E. Hancock (Yale).
His professional affiliations are as a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians and as a member and
Past Dean of the American Guild of Organists.

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Saints ($1,000 and up) Archangels ($100 - $249), Cont. Angels (up to $99), Cont.
Kate Appel Joanna Giesek Joan L. Henderson
Cummings Family Charles Goodlett & Joan Brandt Rachel G. Hildebrandt
Gorman Jones Judith Gustafson Susan Joiner
Col. A. D. Kneessy C. William Hanke Mr. & Mrs. George Kimsey
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Seraphim ($500 - $999) Stephen & Candis Lang Anne Traynor
Sue Hale Melanie Manges Mary Jo Wallace
Ann Hinson Beverly Milgate Mary Anne & Ken Winslow in honor
Matt Middleton Timothy S. Needler of Frank Boles & Harry R. Mamlin III
Michael & Stacy Morgan Stephen R. Nelson Bernard Wurger
Ruth J. Nelson Phyllis Nolen & Carol Wissman
Chuck Roemer John Vernon Oaks St. Paul’s Music Foundation
John & Elsa VanHekken Marion Paris Three Anonymous
Margaret Yergler The Rev. David & Mrs. Donna Purvis in Kate Appel
Celebration of the 40th Anniversary Jose & Angela Espada
Cherubim ($250 - $499) of David’s Ordination Col. A. D. Kneessy
Rick & Becky Adams Robert & Kathryn Riester Ruth J. Nelson
Simon Atkinson & Joan Duwve Diana Saltanovitz Stephen Pettinga
Martha Bowman The Rev. Robert & Dr. Rita Schilling Melanie & Jack Sokhey
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Dean Franke Ann Shupert Contributions in Memory of
John & Liz Jenkins Melanie & Jack Sokhey Molly Adams
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Steven Pettinga Peter Whitten Contributions in Thanksgiving
Fred & Bev Ruebeck Deborah Williams For the marriage of Frank Boles &
Barbara Schubert Timothy & Mary Beth Wott Harry R. Mamlin, III given by
Nancy & Lloyd Utz Jeff Young, in memory of St. Paul’s Choir.
Marilyn L. Vargo Floyd Powell
Mary Anne & Ken Winslow Donna Zierdt Scholarships
Ace & Beth Yakey One Scholarship in memory and
Angels (up to $99) honor of many generations of
Archangels ($100 - $249) Five Anonymous Carvey Family musicians by the
Two Anonymous Armen Avakian Carvey Family.
Tom & Anna Beczkiewicz Patricia K. Bradshaw
Dave & Pam Comer Jose & Angela Espada One Scholarship given by
Jan Douglas Duke & Tammy Hardy Marilyn L. Vargo, in thanksgiving
Pam Douglas John & Judy Havens in honor of for the life of Edward G. Vargo
Reba & Tim Erickson Marilla Havens’ Baptism anniversary

Members of St. Paul’s Music Committee: Ann Hinson, Chair, Kate Appel, John Carvey,
Jan Douglas, Pam Douglas, Joanna Giesek, Charles Goodlett, Sue Hale, Cheri Irmscher, Tracie Lowe
Harry R Mamlin III, Mark Stoner, Nancy Utz; Frank Boles, ex officio, Brad Hughley, ex-officio.

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