Odeion Choir
Music List SEMESTER I 2016
(unless otherwise stated, Choral Evensong is held in Bloemfontein Cathedral at 4pm)
*performed by the Odeion Vocal Consort
Please note that this is a provisional list – repertoire is subject to change
FEBRUARY
Rehearsal Thursday 4th 5:15-7pm
Wednesday 10th ASH WEDNESDAY*
Choral Eucharist 6pm
Psalm 51; chant ‘tonus peregrinus’
Setting: Byrd Mass for four voices
Anthem: Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis
Rehearsal Thursday 11th 5:15-7pm
Rehearsal Thursday 18th 5:15-7pm
Rehearsal Thursday 25th 5:15-7pm
MARCH
Rehearsal Thursday 5th 5:15-7pm
Sunday 6th LENT IV
Choral Evensong
Introit: Bruckner Locus iste
Responses: Tallis
Psalm 119 (105-112); chant by Dupuis
Office hymn: 56 Forty days and forty nights (Aus der Tiefe)
Canticles: Stainer in B-flat
Anthem: Goss O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Voluntary: Mendelssohn Sonata no. VI op. 76
I. Variations on ‘Vater unser’ (Andante sostenuto)
Rehearsal Thursday 11th 5:15-7pm
Sunday 13th LENT V
Choral Evensong
Introit: Farrant Hide not thou thy face
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 39; chant by Turle
Office hymn: 298 Disposer supreme (The Old 104th)
Canticles: Andreas Fauxbourdons on tones ii & viii
Anthem: Joubert O Lorde, the maker of al thing
Voluntary: Vivaldi (arr. Bach) Concerto in A minor BWV593
I. Allegro
Rehearsal Thursday 18th 5:15-7pm
Rehearsal Thursday 31st 5:15-7pm
Friday 25th GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT*
Buxtehude Membra Jesu nostri
Haydn The Seven Last Words of Christ
Odeion Vocal Consort
Odeion String Quartet
APRIL
Rehearsal Thursday 7th 5:15-7pm
Sunday 10th EASTER II
Choral Evensong
Introit: Attwood Teach me, O Lord
Responses: Gibson
Psalm 65; chant by Parratt
Office hymn: 205 Now thank we all our God (Nun danket alle Gott)
Canticles: Dyson in C minor
Anthem: Isom King of all ages
Voluntary: Karg-Elert Marche triomphale
Rehearsal Thursday 14th 5:15-7pm
Sunday 17th EASTER III
Choral Evensong
Introit: Hurford Litany to the Holy Spirit
Responses: Phillip (ferial)
Psalm 84; chant by Parry
Office hymn: 214 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)
Canticles: Morley Fauxbourdons on tones viii & v
Anthem: Rheinberger Bleib bei uns
Voluntary: Bach Trio sonata in E-flat BWV525
I. Allegro moderato
Rehearsal Thursday 21st 5:15-7pm
Sunday 24th EASTER IV
Choral Evensong
Introit: Batten When the Lord turned again*
Responses: Phillip (ferial)
Psalm 146; chant by Cutler
Office hymn: Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands (Christ lag in Todesbanden)
Canticles: Gibbons Short service*
Anthem: Parry My soul, there is a country
Voluntary: Coetzee Fantasia on ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’
Rehearsal Thursday 28th 5:15-7pm
MAY
Sunday 8th EASTER VI
Choral Evensong
Introit: Dutch trad. (arr. Wood) This joyful Eastertide
Responses: Smith (arr. Marlow)
Psalm 150; setting by Stanford
Office hymn: 81 At the Lamb’s high feast (Salzburg)
Canticles: Noble in B minor
Anthem: Stanford Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
Voluntary: Bach Prelude in E-flat major BWV552(i)
Rehearsal Thursday 12th 5:15-7pm
Rehearsal Thursday 19th 5:15-7pm
Rehearsal Friday 20th 6:30-8pm
Saturday 21st SING! Choral festival
Dutch Reformed Church, Universitas at 7:30pm
Odeion Choir & other choirs
Joubert O Lorde, the maker of al thing
Goss O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Schütz Ehre sei dir, Christe
Stanford Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
Handel Halleluia
Saturday 28th Cantate Domino*
Concert of Baroque music
Odeion Concert Hall at 7:30pm
Odeion Vocal Consort (dir. Lance Phillip)
(with Alumni Voices & OSM Camerata, dir. Leona Geldenhuys & Xavier Cloete)
Maretha Krige, Zani Ludick*, Maryke Smit* sopranos
Amohelo Lebenya, Joanne van der Westhuizen, Ilané van Wyk* altos
Hlumelo Magodla, Teboho Mashiya, Lance Phillip* tenors
Eslon Hindundu, Vhamudive Rabali, Werner Stander* basses
Lourie Coetzee organ
Whitacre Lux aurumque
Monteverdi Beatus vir, Cantate Domino
Buxtehude Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, O Herr*
Scarlatti Exultate Deo
Rheinberger Stabat mater
Vivaldi Lauda Jerusalem Dominum
(The Odeion Choir will recess until August)