Ye Weekly Blurb

The Newsletter for the Choirs of

the Church of the Holy Spirit 3345 Lexington Road (at Cannons Lane)

Louisville, Kentucky 40206

The Third Sunday of Easter Vol. 7, No. 34 4 May 2014

Remainder of the Choral Season

Choir Repertoire ( = new; ++ = new “Table Prayers”)

4 May Third Sunday of Easter (Derby Weekend) R Hymns & Service Music

S/T Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether Harold Friedell 11 May Fourth Sunday of Easter (Mother’s Day) R Hymns & Service Music

S/T Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep Philip Ledger Blessing to God, Forever Blest ++ Richard Shephard 18 May Fifth Sunday of Easter (Chris Pickering, organist) ALL-CHOIR BRUNCH AFTER 10 a.m. MASS

R Hymns & Service Music Prelude: A Jubilant Procession arr. Ardrey-Graves

S/T O Bless the Lord [double choir] Giovanni Gabrieli Father of Mercies ++ Richard Shephard 25 May Sixth Sunday of Easter (Memorial Day Weekend) R Hymns & Service Music

S/T If Ye Love Me Thomas Tallis Lord For These ++ Richard Shephard 1 June Sunday: The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord R Hymns & Service Music

S/T King of All Ages, Throned on High Paul Isom 8 June The Solemnity of Pentecost (Patronal Feast Day) R Hymns & Service Music

S/T Spirit Truth, Pure Light of Love Robert J. Powell O Come, Thou Sweet Redeeming Fire Daniel Gawthrop 15 June The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity R Hymns & Service Music

S/T Introit: By Day and By Night Richard Shephard Anthem: TBA 22 June The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) R Hymns & Service Music

S/T Come to the Feast Parker Ramsay 29 June The Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Ordinary Form Mass in Latin R Hymns & Service Music

S/T Anthem: Te Deum Laudamus Alternatum Chant Motet: O Taste and See Ralph Vaughan Williams

End of 2013/2014 Choral Season

Don’t Forget! Mark Your Calendar!

All-Choir

Brunch

Sunday, 18 May 2014 at

Molly Malone’s—St. Matthews

Immediately following the 10 a.m. Mass

We offer prayers of comfort for Spirit Ringer, Anne Sabetta, and prayers for the repose of her mother, Margaret A. “Peggy” Wagner Hines. She passed away in Owensboro, Ken-tucky, this past Sunday, aged 85. Her funeral was held today (Wed.) at Parish of the Im-maculate Catholic Church, in Owensboro.

Grant her eternal rest, O Lord, and may Light Perpetual shine upon her.

Prelude and Postlude

This past Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, we heard choir bass, Bob Adelberg, sing a perennial favorite, The Holy City. An interesting account of the work states that it is a religious Victorian ballad dating from 1892, with music by Michael Maybrick writing under the alias Stephen Adams, with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly. The song is recorded in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review in 1911 as having been sung by an opera singer awaiting trial for fraud in his cell while a group of men arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct were before the judge. The men were said to have dropped to their knees as the song began 'Last night I lay a-sleeping, There came a dream so fair.', the lyrics contrasting with their previous night's drunkenness. The song's conclusion resulted in the judge dismissing the men without punishment, each having learned a lesson from the song. Pip’s organ postlude was a powerful organ transcription of G.F. Handel’s Circumvection of the Ark of the Covenant from his orato-rio, Joshua.

YE WEEKLY BLURB is the official newsletter of the Choirs of the Church of the Holy Spirit, 3345 Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky, and is published weekly on Wednesday during the choral season (September—June). At least two issues will be published during the choirs’ summer hiatus (July—August). Announcements, articles, and photos of interest to the choirs should be emailed to the editor (David Minton, Director of the Choirs, dmin-ton@hspirit.org). Submissions are due by Sunday for inclusion in the next issue, space permitting, and may be edited for length and/or content.

Pastoral Music Office 502-893-3982

Philip T. Hines, Jr. Organist and Director of Music

Ext. 710 Mobile: 502-648-3653 Email: phines@hspirit.org

David L. Minton, Choir Director

Ext. 716 Mobile: 502-439-3165 Email: dminton@hspirit.org

Anne Sabetta, Choir Advisory Board Chair Mobile: 502-876-3298 Email: annes993@gmail.com

O Bless the Lord This motet for double choir by Giovanni

Gabrieli will be sung on Sunday, 18 May

during the 10 a.m. Mass.

This date was chosen based on everyone’s ability

to be in choir that Sunday. We need EVERY singer for this beautiful piece of music! If a long-lost

relative or friend comes to town that weekend, do

not sign out. Bring them to church!! They will hear something very exciting and unique! The original plan was to have our Bellarmani serve

as “Choir I,” with the rest of the choir as “Choir II.”

Four voices against some 15-17 voices would be dif-

ficult to balance effectively. Note below the new “division of forces.” The Bellarmani will still serve

as Choir I, but are now augmented with a few volun-

teer singers to better balance against the rest of

the choir singing Choir II.

We’ve been rehearsing “Choir II” so far, but do

remember that Choir I and Choir II are essentially

the same, and merely “flip-flop” how they dialogue

with one another.

CHOIR I CHOIR II (Decani/West) (Cantoris/East) SOPRANO SOPRANO

Tricia McGillan Liz Gammons

Lisa Schrenger Mary Beth Krebs

Jill Smith Trudy Miller

Treble Choristers

ALTO ALTO August Anderson Kat Gammons

Debbie Bennett Pam Huter

Barbara Burridge Martina Gregory

Cathy White Ann Wallace

TENOR TENOR Sean Allen Steve Gammons

BASS BASS Stephen Allen Bob Adelberg

Bill Doyle John Huckestein

Kevin Johnson Bruce Hillenmeyer

The two choirs will divided to either side of the gallery, tossing the two parts back and

forth to each other.

Be ready for some great fun!!

Notre Dame on Lexington Road??

For the final choral Sunday of the season, 29 June (Sts. Pater and Paul), we are looking at another work that will be quite unique not only to our parish, but to most American parishes. As this Mass will be in Latin—in the Ordinary Form—the anthem will be the Te Deum Laudamus (We Praise Thee, O God). The “simple mode” chant will be sung in alternatum with the organ.

The Te Deum prayer “unites heaven and earth.” The alternating style has the “earthly choir” singing every other verse, while “the heavenly hosts” sing the alternating verses, their accompa-niment being thundered out quite liter-ally on the full organ. This is a great ecclesiastical roar! Stay tuned for more information!!

Update on Bobbie Raibert

Last Wednesday afternoon Pip and Dave went to visit Bobbie Raibert in Baptist Hospital. As Pip was feeling quite under the weather, he purchased a “get well” balloon and stayed down the hall in a waiting room. Dave visited with Bobbie for a good while. She loved the balloon and the card from the choir! All things considered, Bobbie looked quite well, and was talking nearly non-stop. She had been sitting up in a chair for about 3-1/2 hours. All good signs! As of last Wednesday, she had made the decision to not do any more dialysis. That said, the kidney specialist has been very pleased with her increased kidney function, and the pulmonary specialist is quite pleased with her lung function. Bobbie mentioned that she may be moving to a rehab facility in the near future, but that has not been finalized as of publication time for this newslet-ter. She send her love and says “hello” to everyone.

Please Sign In

and Sign Out!

EVERYONE—Please be sure to sign in when you arrive in choir. Also, be sure that you sign out on the calendar if you know you’ll miss a rehearsal or Sunday Mass. BELLARMANI — It is imperative that you sign-in! The sign-in sheet also functions as your “time sheet.” Please be sure you DO sign-in so you are paid for every rehearsal and Mass that you sing.

I could not resist including the pun, below, that was posted on Sean Allen’s Face-book page. I think we all know a certain choir bass and pun-master who will likely be impressed! Dave