Christmas Week 2
This Week at St. Matthew's

January 3, 2010
Christmas Eve St Matts
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Sing Alleluia!
Chapel Stained Glass & Candles
Christ is born Give Glory!
Christ comes from heaven, meet Him. Christ is on the earth, be exalted. O all the earth, sing unto the Lord and sing praises in gladness, O all you people, for he has been glorified.  Wisdom and Word and Power, Christ our God is the Son and the Brightness of the Father; and unknown to the powers both above and upon the earth, he has made man and so has won us back again: for He has been glorified.
 
Eastern Orthodox Church
Instrumental Service Music for This Week
 
Christmas Week 2

 
PRELUDE 
 " Sheep May Safely Graze"    J.S. Bach

OFFERTORY
 "Come to Bethlehem"             Peter Warlock
 
CLOSING VOLUNTARY
"The Rejoicing"                       G. F. handel            
 
 
Hymns For January 3, 2010
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PROCESSIONAL # 93
Angels From the Realms Of Glory
 
GLORIA # 96 v.1 
Angels We Have Heard On High
 
SEQUENCE # 247
Lully, Lullay, Thou Little Tiny child
 
COMMUNION #109
The First Nowell 
 
RECESSIONAL # 640
Watchman Tell Us Of The Night
 
Service Music Notes 
 
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"O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven:  Be ever present with your servants who seek through art and music to perfect the praises offered by your people on earth; grant to them even now glimpses of your beauty, and make them worthy at length to behold it unveiled for evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"
 
 
The Prelude selection, "Sheep May Safely Graze", 
forthis week
 is perhaps one of the most well known transcriptions from the Birthday Cantata by J. S. Bach. It is an arrangement  of a Soprano aria from Cantata 208 for the birthday of Duke Christian of Sachzen - Weissenfels in 1716. The fresh, pastoral character of the music is a remarkable instance of Bach's power of tone painting.  The phrasing throughout is extremely recognizable by many individuals who have no idea of the magnitude and volume of J.S. Bach's musical output.
 
The elegant offertory "Come To Bethlehem" is by the Welsh composer, Peter Warlock and is the somewhat paganistic sobriquet of Philip Arnold Heseltine used for this instrumental suite know as the "Capriole Suite". The text of this tune was written and arranged by Dom Gregory Murray (1905-1992) who wrote a vast amount of music for the Roman Catholic church and literally revolutionized the content and actual quality of music performed therein.
 
And finally The Rejouisance, (the Rejoicing)  from The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) is a musical suite composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749. It was to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.
 
We hope to usher in this new year with great beauty and musical luster.  amen RDL
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The Sounds of St. Matthew's 
Organ Pipes 

You can listen to a few clips of last week's service (12/27/2009) as well as clips from past services online by clicking one of the following links:
 
 
 
Table of Contents
Instrumental Music
Hymns for this Week
Service Music Notes
Blog with Rick & Russ
Sounds of St. Matt's
Holiday Schedule
Music Details
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Sounds of
St. Matthew's
You can listen to clips from last Sunday's service by clicking on this link:
 
Worship Music Clips
 
 
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Holiday Schedule
 
12/31 - Jan. 3, 2010
Church Office Closed
 
Wed, Jan. 6, 2010
Ephiphany Candle Light Service
6:00 PM
 


 
 
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 Service Music
For more details about this week's service music click on this link:  
Worship Music This Week At St. Matt's
 
 
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St. Matthew's Worship Ministries
Rev. Linda Kelly, Rector -  Rick Land & Russ Tapp, Musicians
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church  727 W. Browning, Pampa, TX  79065