Concert Evensong March 8, 2020 5 pm
Concert Gabriel Lefkowitz, violin Christopher Brody, piano Cantabile Berceuse
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Nicolo Paganini
Gabriel Faure
Valse Bluette
Riccardo Drigo
Humoresque
Antonin Dvorak
Souvenir
FrantiĹĄek Drdla
Gabriel Lefkowitz
Christopher Brody
A native of the Boston area, violinist/ composer/conductor Gabriel Lefkowitz is the Concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra, an active soloist and chamber musician, a frequent masterclass clinician, and a conductor. A versatile musician of the 21st century, Gabriel is also a composer for films, theater, and video games.
is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Louisville, where he coordinates the first-year sequence in music theory and aural skills and teaches graduate courses in music analysis. He is a frequentlypublished writer on music theory and on Baroque music, and gives several public talks each year to academic and concertgoing audiences. He holds degrees in music theory from the University of Minnesota (MA) and Yale University (PhD), and has also served on the faculties of Indiana University and the Eastman School of Music. As a pianist, he was trained at Northwestern University (BM) and the University of Minnesota (MM and DMA) and is frequently heard in collaboration with students and colleagues at the University of Louisville. In the 2019– 2020 season, he also joins the NouLou Chamber Players on two programs
During the 2019-2020 season, Gabriel performs as soloist in the Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Louisville Orchestra, Pierre Monteux Festival Orchestra), the Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 1 (McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra), is the featured violinist soloist on the soundtrack to the film Harriet(Focus Features), and performed on The Tonight Show in October with colleagues from the Louisville Orchestra and singersongwriter Jim James. Gabriel also made his return to the Louisville Orchestra’s podium to conduct multiple performances of Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Brahms in November, as well as the annual Holiday Show at Broadway Baptist Church in December. In March, Gabriel makes his podium debut with the NouLou Chamber Players in a special performance of Mahler’s 4th Symphony (arr. Simon) at Oxmoor Farm in Louisville.
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Evensong • at the sound of the bells, all stand
Procession of Choir and Clergy
Invitatory and Psalter Opening Sentence
If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night,” darkness is not dark to thee, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to thee are both alike.
Psalm 139:10, 11
Richard Shephard
Preces
O Lord, open thou our lips: And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. O God, make speed to save us: O Lord, make haste to help us. 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. Praise ye the Lord. The Lord’s Name be praised. • all be seated
Phos Hilaron
Louis Bourgeois/Claude Goudimel
O gladsome Light, O Grace of God the Father’s face, the eternal splendor wearing; celestial, holy, blest, our Savior Jesus Christ, joyful in Thine appearing. Now, as day fadeth quite we see the evening light, our wonted hymn outpouring; Father of might unknown, Thee, His incarnate Son, and Holy Ghost adoring. To Thee of right belongs all praise of holy songs, O Son of God, Life-giver; Thee, therefore, O Most High, the world does glorify and shall exalt forever.
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Psalm 46
Martin Luther
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth be moved, and though the mountains be toppled into the depths of the sea, though its waters rage and foam, though the mountains tremble at its tumult. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be overthrown; God shall help her at the break of day. The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are shaken; God has spoken, and the earth shall melt away. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Come now and look upon the works of the Lord, what awesome things he has done on earth. It is he who makes war to cease in all the world; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; and burns the shields with fire. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!� The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
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The Lessons • silence is kept after each reading for reflection
First Lesson
Romans 6: 3-14
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
Magnificat in G Major
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We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. C.V. Stanford
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. 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.
Second Lesson
John 5: 19-24
Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished. Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomsoever he
wishes. The Father judges no one but has given all judgement to the Son, so that all may honour the Son just as they honour the Father. Anyone who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him. Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgement, but has passed from death to life.
Nunc dimittis in G Major
C.V. Stanford
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people, To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. 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. • all stand
The Apostles’ Creed officiant I believe in God, all the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
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The Prayers The Responses The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Let us pray.
Richard Shephard
• the people stand or kneel Lord have mercy upon us, Christ have mercy upon us, Lord have mercy upon us.
The Lord’s Prayer • spoken by all Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen
Suffrages O Lord, show thy mercy upon us: and grant us thy salvation. O Lord, save the State: and mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Endue thy ministers with righteousness: and make thy chosen people joyful. O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine inheritance. Give peace in our time, O Lord: Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. O God make clean our hearts within us: and take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
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Richard Shephard
Collect of the Day
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from thy ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ thy Son; who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Collect for Sundays
Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ triumphed over the powers of death and prepared for us our place in the new Jerusalem: Grant that we, who have this day given thanks for his resurrection, may praise thee in that City of which he is the light; and where he liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen.
Collect
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give thine angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for thy love’s sake. Amen. • all be seated
Dean’s Welcome • an offering will be received during the singing of the anthem please use the Cathedral Arts envelope provided in the bulletin
Anthem
Abendlied
Josef Rheinberger
Bide with us, for it will soon be evening, and the day is at its ending.
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• all stand
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
• said by all
Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love. We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for the loving care which surrounds us on every side.
We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy and delight us. We thank you also for those disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.
Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying, through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.
Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know him and make him known; and through him, at all times and in all places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.
Prayer of St. Chrysostom Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication unto thee; and hast promised through thy well beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name thou wilt be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.
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Dismissal officiant all
The Grace May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Romans 15:13
Hymn
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O Trinity of blessed light
Procession of Choir and Clergy
Postlude
Trio in C major, Op. 49 No. 2
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
The Very Reverend Matthew Bradley, officiant Daniel Gilliam, choirmaster Matt Wetmore, associate choirmaster The Cathedral Choir Shawn Dawson organ Organist and Director of Music, Calvary Episcopal Church
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