Choral Services at the Cathedral of St. Philip

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Last Sunday after the Epiphany The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Lauren Holder. Choral repertoire includes:

• Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Preces & Responses
• Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Second Service
• Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), Dazzling as the Sun
• Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), I sat down under his shadow

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of Absalom Jones. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa. Choral repertoire includes:

• Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Preces & Responses
• David Hurd (b. 1950), Sewanee Canticles
• Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003), This little light of mine
• Spiritual, arr. Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Deep River

This Candlemas Procession and Choral Eucharist, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of the Presentation. The celebrant and preacher is the Rev. Canon George Maxwell. Choral repertoire includes:

• Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Nunc Dimittis Short Service
• William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), Mass for Four Voices
• Johannes Eccard (1553-1611), When to the temple Mary went

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of Thomas Aquinas. The officiant and preacher is the the Very Rev. Sam Candler. Choral repertoire includes:

• Käthe Wright Kaufman, Preces & Responses
• Hugh Blair (1864-1932) in B minor
• Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977), O salutaris hostia
• Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), O sacrum convivium

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa. Choral repertoire includes:

• Käthe Wright Kaufman, Preces & Responses
• Roland E. Martin (b. 1955), St Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, in D
• William Mathias (1934-1992), Let the people praise thee, O God
• Roland E. Martin (b. 1955), Phos hilaron

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener. Choral repertoire includes:

• Thomas Morley (1557-1602), Preces & Responses
• Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968) in A flat (SATB)
• Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore(1904-1989), We shall walk through the valley in peace
• Spiritual arr. Carl Haywood (b. 1949), There is a balm in Gilead

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Lauren Holder. Choral repertoire includes:

• Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Preces & Responses
• Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) in D
• Richard Lakey, Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
• Marty Wheeler Burnett (b. 1961), Vidi aquam

This Festival Holy Eucharist service is sung by the Cathedral Choir with members of the Atlanta Symphony Brass, and timpani. 

Prelude music:

• “God rest you merry, gentlemen” God Rest You Merry
• arr. Kenneth Leighton (British, 1929-1988), O leave your sheep
• “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
• arr. Mack Wilberg (American, b. 1955), Ding dong! merrily on high
• “Good Christian friends, rejoice” In dulci jubilo
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (English, 1872-1958), Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Service music: 

• “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste fideles
• “Angels we have heard on high” Gloria
• “While shepherds watched their flocks by night” Winchester Old
• Kim André Arnesen (Norwegian, b. 1980), Cradle Hymn
• “Hark! the herald angels sing” Mendelssohn
• Tómas Luis de Victoria (Spanish, c. 1548-1611), O magnum mysterium
• Stephen Paulus (American, 1949-2014), A Savior from on High
• “In the bleak midwinter” Cranham
• “Silent night” Stille Nacht
• “Joy to the world” Antioch

This Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is sung by the Cathedral Schola. The officiant is the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener.

Modeled on the beloved carol service broadcast each Christmas Eve from King’s College, Cambridge, this is our most popular choral service of the year. Ancient prophecies foretelling the coming of a Messiah and the Gospel accounts of the birth of Jesus are illumined by extra-biblical texts, anthems and Christmas carols that have inspired composers, choirs, and worshippers throughout the world and across time.

Choral repertoire includes:

• “Once in royal David’s city” Irby
• Frank Boles, Adam lay ybounden
• Eric Whitacre, Lux Arumque
• arr. John Rutter, Sans Day Carol
• “Prepare the way, O Zion” Bereden väg för Herran
• Robert Parsons, Ave Maria
• “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
• Richard Runciman Terry, Myn lyking
• Francis Pott, Balulalow
• arr. Stephen Jackson, Noël nouvelet
• arr. David Willcocks, “God rest you merry, gentlemen”
• arr. Simon Preston, I saw three ships come sailing in
• arr. Dale Adelmann, “Of the Father’s love begotten” Divinum mysterium
• John Tavener, God is with us
• “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste fideles

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Second Sunday of Advent. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa. Choral repertoire includes:

• Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Preces & Responses
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in G
• Dan Locklair (b. 1949), Comfort ye my people
• Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), The Lord will surely come