Sunday, May 22, 2022 11:00 a.m.

Sixth Sunday of Easter SENT!: Peter’s Gift of Healing - Rev. Kelsey Sorge Worship/Music Notes We begin our service this morning with God Be in My Head, an invocation to center our entire being - our head, our understanding, thinking, speaking, looking and, in the end, our departing – in God. This short petition, which comes from the Sarum Primer, a 16th century prayer book from Salisbury, England is set in a contemplative, motet-like style by John Ru3er (b. 1945). Needing no introduction, Rutter is among the most well-known composers of sacred choral music in the English-speaking world. Our first of two anthems, Be Thou My Vision, is a se3ing of the well-known text by the English composer, Bob Chilcott (b. 1955.) Chilcott is a highly regarded composer, conductor, and singer, perhaps most well known from his membership in the renowned vocal ensemble, The King’s Singers. The text, “Be Thou My Vision,” most commonly heard to the hymn tune “Slane,” was translated from Old Irish by Mary Elizabeth Byrne. Chilcott’s setting blends a contemporary, almost popular influenced melodic and harmonic approach, within a traditional choral-organ framework. Our second anthem, Jubilate Deo, is a setting of Psalm 100 by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). Britten is one of the most highly regarded composers of the 20th century. His operas in particular are considered the greatest English operas since those of the 17th century composer Henry Purcell. Blending traditional tonality with an occasionally pungent harmonic vocabulary, Bri3en has an unmistakable musical voice. Composed in 1961, his Jubilate Deo was wri3en for St. George’s Chapel at Windsor at the request of the Duke of Edinburgh. Like much of the service music from the Anglican Church, the piece retains a pre-reformation Latin title even though the text is in English. Also, as is typical with choral Psalm settings, the piece ends with the so-called “lesser” doxology, also known in Latin as the Gloria Patri: “Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen.” (The term “lesser doxology” refers to its distinction from the Greater Doxology, known in Latin as Gloria in excelsis Deo.) The choir concludes the service with the “Amen” from a 16th century anthem attributed to Farrant titled Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake. Copyright Information God Be In My Head John Rutter © 1970, Oxford University Press. Be Thou My Vision Bob Chilcott © 2001, Oxford University Press. Jubilate Deo in C Benjamin Bri3en © 1961, Oxford University Press.