2014-2015 Music Brochure

GREAT MUSIC at Christ Church Cathedral

September 2014 - May 2015

CREATING SACRED RHY THMS IN MUSIC Experience Great Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington’s premiere historical setting for discovering the power of music to stir your soul and inspire your mind.

At historic Christ Church, the Gothic architecture offers a unique setting in which to savor unforgettable music, where classics become new with surprising detail.

Enjoy Christ Church Cathedral’s highly acclaimed choirs, who breathe new life into the centuries-old tradition of choral and liturgical music, organists inspired by the Cathedral’s exquisite Holtkamp Organ, and a vibrant array of concert artists whose incomparable gifts promise to thrill and enchant.

Great music creates a sacred rhythm in our lives. It can reveal our deepest selves and highest purpose. Welcome to Christ Church Cathedral where the sacred rhythm of Great Music has the power to make us whole.

Carol Wade Dean & Rector of Christ Church Cathedral

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 3:30pm

Organ Recital

Nathan Davy, Eastman School of Music 4:00pm

Evensong

with the Cathedral Choir

SCHOLA CANTORUM, OXFORD UNIVERSTY

Tuesday, September 23 7:30pm

Presented in conjunction with Music for Mission First Presbyterian Church and the American Guild of Organists Lexington.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5

3:30pm

Organ Recital

Jim Kosnik, Old Dominion University 4:00pm

Evensong

with the Choir of Men and Girls

THE FESTIVAL OF ALL SAINTS

Sunday, November 2 3:30pm

Recital

Dr. Schuyler Robinson, organ Dr. Vince DiMartino, trumpet 4:00pm

Evensong

with the Cathedral Choir

MESSIAH

George Frideric Handel FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

7:30pm

Martha Guth Christopher Conley Charles Reid Reginald Smith, Jr.

Soprano Countertenor Tenor Bass

The Lexington Baroque Ensemble The Cathedral Choir Conducted by Erich Balling

For Ticket Reservations, call 859-254-4497, Ext. 108 or visit www.ccclex.org

“....the purity of the trebles’ voices and soft sonority of the male altos created exquisitely tuned chords of radiant beauty.”

The Lexington Herald-Leader

A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS

Sunday, December 14 6:30pm

Organ Prelude 7:00pm

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with the Cathedral Choir

A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

Monday, December 22 Noon

by Benjamin Britten with the Cathedral Girls Choir and Elaine Cook, harp

C HR I S T M A S at the Cathedral

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24

Christmas Eve 2:00pm

Christmas Pageant & Eucharist

with the Cathedral Singers 4:30pm

A Ceremony of Carols

by Benjamin Britten

with the Cathedral Girls Choir and Elaine Cook, harp 5:00pm

Eucharist

with the Cathedral Girls Choir

10:30pm

Prelude

with the Cathedral Choir Traditional carols for choir and congregation 11:00pm

Eucharist

with the Cathedral Choir

GUEST CONDUCTOR, ARIC PRENTICE

Sunday, January 18 11:00am

Choral Eucharist

with the Cathedral Choir 3:30pm

Recital

Air City Wind Quintet 4:00pm

Evensong

with the Cathedral Choir Choir’s under the direction of Aric Prentice Director of Music Lincoln Cathedral, United Kingdom

A SUNDAY WITH EVERETT MCCORVEY AND FRIENDS

Sunday, February 1 11:00am

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15

3:30pm

Recital

Dieter Hennings, guitar, lute, and theorbo 4:00pm

Evensong

with the Choir of Men and Boys

SUNDAY, MARCH 8 3:30pm

Organ Recital

The Cathedral Organists, Canon Musician Erich Balling and Lisa Hall 4:00pm

Evensong

with the Choir of Men and Girls

PA LM SUN DAY SUNDAY, MARCH 29

8:30 & 11:00am

Eucharist

with the Cathedral Choir

4:00pm

FaurĂŠ Requiem

with the Choir of Men and Boys

THR E E DAYS, ONE ACT O F WORSH IP THURSDAY, APRIL 2

Maundy Thursday 7:00pm

Eucharist

with the Choir of Men and Boys

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

Good Friday Noon

Choral Liturgy

with the Choir of Men and Girls

Good Friday Night 7:00pm

Contempletive Service

with the Choir of Men and Girls

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

Easter Vigil 8:00pm

Baptisms & Eucharist with the Cathedral Singers

EA S T ER SUNDAY, APRIL 5

8:30 & 11:00am

Eucharist

with the Cathedral Choir and Brass

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

3:30pm

Recital

Scott Wright, clarinet, University of Kentucky 4:00pm

Evensong

with the Cathedral Mens Choir

SUNDAY, MAY 24

Pentecost 8:30 & 11:00am

Eucharist

Prelude: The Cathedral Organists and Brass 3:00pm

Kentucky Baroque Ensemble William Averill, organ Dieter Hennings, lute Elizabeth Packard Arnold, soprano 4:00pm

Evensong with Chorister Promotions and Valedictions with the Cathedral Choir

SANCTUARY

SUNDAYS

6:00pm

Contempletive Service

with music in the Celtic tradition

Find Sanctuary at 6:00 Sunday evenings at Christ Church Cathedral. Sanctuary is a place and time of deep peace, heartwarming music of the Celtic tradition, votive candles, contemplation, communion and worship.

Sanctuary is where you can feel close to God, find peace of mind and heart, and bring into focus your purpose and place in the world. Sanctuary is worship that gives both solace and strength in the joy of Holy Eucharist.

Sanctuary is followed by a simple meal. Sanctuary takes a break during July and December, but is every Sunday throughout the rest of the year.

MUSIC AT THE CATHEDRAL

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lease visit our website, www.ccclex.org, to learn more about the Cathedral’s music program and to hear new recordings of the Cathedral Choirs. In addition to the services listed in this brochure, the Cathedral Choirs sing weekly at the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Sunday services.

The music program at Christ Church Cathedral exists in order to adorn the liturgy, to edify and educate the congregation, and to enhance the cultural life of the community. You are invited and welcome to participate in the worship, education and fellowship of the Cathedral. We invite you to share this brochure with family and friends by way of extending this invitation.

Christ Church Cathedral has for many decades supported and sustained choirs trained in the English Cathedral tradition. Unique in its depth and breadth, instruction for the boys, girls and teens is based on the curriculum of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM). Children and youth deepen their sense of history, liturgy, language and art as well as their ability to interpret sacred texts and music. Through the ongoing effort of learning and working together, they also develop friendships and become part of a community that uplifts collective and individual efforts. Christ Church Cathedral

choristers learn what it is to be at the heart of vibrant worship.

During the summer of 2014, the Choir of Men and Boys and the Cathedral Girls Choir traveled to England where they sang in residency at York Minster and Saint George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

We regard these trips as enhancements of our regular program of weekly services, rehearsals, and occasional concerts here in Lexington and invite you to share in our enthusiastic preparations for this journey.

Membership in the Cathedral Girls Choir is open to all girls ages eight through eighteen. Membership in the Cathedral Boys Choir is open to all boys ages seven through voice change. We also offer a choir for those younger than age eight: The Cathedral Imps (beginning at age 4 or 5 through age7). Our mixed adult choir, the Cathedral Singers, sings throughout the summer months and several times throughout the academic year. Our Women’s Choir, Cathedral Schola, sings once per month and for special services during the academic year.

You are cordially invited to become a part of the Cathedral music program. Please contact Canon Musician, Erich Balling at 859-254-4497 ext. 117 for more membership information.

CATHEDRAL MUSIC STAFF Canon Erich Balling Canon Musician eballing@ccclex.org

Kathleen Balling Music Assistant kballing@ccclex.org

Lisa Hall Assistant Organist lhall@ccclex.org

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL

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hrist Church Cathedral serves a unique ministry in the heart of Lexington, Kentucky. As a people of prayer and action stirred by compassion, Christ Church Cathedral is eager to serve the community. We have programs and events for all generations.

Cathedrals are by nature multi-dimensional. They are places of spiritual and aesthetic exuberance. At Christ Church Cathedral, worship takes place in varied forms; music pours forth in resonant beauty, and spiritual growth and education deepen the mind and spirit. As a vital citizen, Christ Church Cathedral seeks to offer a meeting place of the spirit where differences are honored and people from all walks of life can meet in search of common ground to serve the common good.

If you would like to know more about the Cathedral, please call Parish Secretary Margaret Christensen at 254-4497 or email her at mchristensen@ccclex.org to set up an appointment. Also, visit our website at www.ccclex.org.

Christ Church Cathedral 166 Market Street Lexington, Kentucky 40507 www.ccclex.org 859-254-4497