Music

CHOIR PROGRAM
Music is at the heart of Anglo-Catholic worship. It is one of the
primary ways in which we worship, love and serve our Lord Jesus
Christ.

The choir of The Good Shepherd consists of a professional core with
talented, auditioned volunteer singers. The choir sings weekly at the
10 o’clock Mass on Sunday and at special liturgies throughout the year, including Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, the Solemn Liturgies of Holy Week, Easter and Pentecost. Our choir offers a sung setting of the Mass on most Sundays and Feast Days ranging from Palestrina and Victoria to Stanford and Parry and the great English Cathedral repertoire as well as sacred music being written for the church today such as James MacMillan, Eriks Esenvalds and local Philadelphia composers.

If you are interested in singing in the choir, please contact the Organist and Choirmaster, Matthew Glandorf about setting up an appointment (215 435 6016).

CHORAL SCHOLARS
Our music program seeks to nurture and encourage a new generation of talented musicians to participate in worship, and thus we have formed a Choral Scholar Program for talented students from our neighboring colleges. Currently we have four choral scholars from Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, in order to support them in the studies.

All of our music offerings are dependent on the generosity of donors. Please do consider making a gift to the Music Fund of the Church of the Good Shepherd, especially to our special music fund or the Choral Scholarship Fund.

Please click here to make a donation

ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER

Matthew C. Glandorf has a versatile career as a conductor, teacher, organist, improviser, church musician and composer. At the age of 16, Matthew began his studies at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with John Weaver (organ) and Ford Lallerstedt (counterpoint and Music History).Further studies were undertaken at the Manhattan School of Music with McNeil Robinson.

Mr Glandorf has held the position as Music Director at several historic Philadelphia churches including the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, Old Pine Presbyterian Church, Old st. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church and Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church.

Since 1995 he has served on the Musical Studies department at Curtis where he has taught early music history, counterpoint, figured bass, ear training and improvisation. Most repellent he formed the Curtis Collegium, an ensemble that specializes in historical performance practice.

He has also taught at Swarthmore College and Westminster Choir College and the Esther Boyer College of Music at Temple University. As an organist, he has appeared as recitalist throughout the United States, England and Germany as well as a recitalist and conductor for conventions of The Organ Historical Society, American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians. Matthew currently serves as artistic director of Choral ArtsPhiladelphia (since 2004) and the Philadelphia Bach Festival (since 2008) where he founded the Philadelphia Bach Collegium which is comprised of the region’s finest period instrumentalists and scholars.

THE ORGAN
Rosemont, Pennsylvania
Church of the Good Shepherd

Austin Op. 2613 1977 3/57
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GREAT SWELL
16′ Violone 16′ Bourdon Doux
8′ Principal 8′ Principal
8′ Violone 8′ Flûte à Cheminée
8′ Hohlflöte 8′ Viole de Gambe
4′ Octave 8′ Voix Céleste
4′ Rohrflöte 4′ Prestant
2′ Super Octave 4′ Flûte à Fuseau
IV Fourniture 2 2/3′ Nasard
III Cymbale 2′ Quarte de Nasard
16′ Bombarde 1 3/5′ Tierce
8′ Trompette IV Plein Jeu
4′ Clairon II Cymbale
16′ Bombarde
8′ Trompette
8′ Hautbois
4′ Hautbois Clairon
Tremulant

PEDAL
32′ Bourdon Resultant
16′ Contra Bass
16′ Bourdon
16′ Violone
16′ Bourdon Doux
8′ Octave POSITIV
8′ Bourdon 8′ Principal
8′ Violone 8′ Melodia
8′ Bourdon Doux 4′ Octave
4′ Choralbass 4′ Koppelflöte
4′ Koppelflöte 2′ Superoctave
IV Fourniture 1 1/3′ Larigot
32′ Contre Bombarde III Scharf
16′ Bombarde II Cymbel
16′ Bombarde SW 8′ Clarinet
8′ Trompette Tremulant
8′ Rohrschalmei Zymbelstern
4′ Rohrschalmei 8′ Festival Trumpet
4′ Festival Clarion

 

 

Song List

September 16th HOLY CROSS (transferred)

Asperges me - Tomas Luis da Victoria

Opening: At the Name of Jesus 1982 Hymnal #435

Communion Service in C - Charles V. Stanford

Offertory Anthem: Crux Fidelis - Jean Roger-Ducasse

Offertory Cross of Jesus 1982 Hymnal # 160

Communion 66 Sing, my tongue the glorious battle verses

1, 4, 5, 6,

Closing Lift High the Cross 1982 Hymnal; #473

 

 

September 23rd

 

Opening: Put forth, O God 380

Missa “O Quam Gloriosum” - Tomas Luis da Victoria

Offertory Anthem: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - C. Hubert Parry

Offertory: Lead, kindly Light 430 Second Tune

Communion: King of Glory, King of Peace 1982 Hymnal 282

Closing: Come gracious Spirit 378

 

 

September 28th ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS Solemn Evensong and Benediction

 

Preces and Responses - William Byrd

Office Hymn: 120 Around the throne of God a band Evening Service in D - C. Hubert Parry (North American Premiere) Blest pair of sirens - Parry Psalm 117 - Jeffrey Smith

 

September 30th

 

Opening: 367 When morning gilds the skies

Missa Brevis Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina

Offertory: Superflumina Babylonis - Palestina

Offertory: 498 Where cross the crowded ways of life

Communion: 418 Blest are the pure in heart

Closing: 310 God moves in a mysterious way

 

 

October 7th

 

Opening 376 Come Down O Love Divine

Missa Ave Jesus - George Oldroyd

Offertory Geistliches Lied - Johannes Brahms

Offertory 363 Lord of all hopefulness

Communion 411 O for a Heart to Praise my God

Closing 417 Lord Jesus think on me

 

 

October 14th

 

Opening 301 Immortal, invisible God only wise

Communion Service in E Harold Darke

Offertory: O How Amiable - Ralph Vaughan Williams

Offertory 399 Lord, thy word abideth

Communion 195 Father, we thank thee who hast planted

Closing 432 I know not where the road will lead

 

 

October 21st

 

Opening Be thou my vision 488 hymnal 1982

Mass for Four Voices - William Byrd

Offertory: Teach me, O Lord the way of they statutes - Byrd

Offertory By gracious powers 1982 Hymnal #695

Communion 211 Come with us, O blessed Jesus

Closing All my hope on God is founded 1982 Hymnal; #665

 

 

October 28th

 

Opening 396 The Church’s one foundation

Communion Service in D - Kenneth Leighton

Offertory: Hear my prayer, O Lord - Henry Purcell

Offertory 418 Blest are the pure in heart

Communion There’s a wideness in God’s mercy 1982 Hymnal 469

Closing 347 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

 

November 4th Sunday within the Octave of all Saints

 

Opening 126 For all the Saints

Mass in G - Franz Schubert

Offertory: Justorum Animae - Charles V. Stanford

Offertory 597 Jerusalem the golden

Communion: 585 Jerusalem my happy home

Closing: 583 Sing Alleluia forth in duteous praise

 

 

November 11th

 

Requiem - Gabriel Faure

 

November 18th

 

Opening: Out of the depths I call to you 1982 Hymnal #666

Communion Service in D - Herbert Sumsion

Offertory: Out of the depths - Alan Hovhaness

Offertory: 522 Lord, Christ, when first thou cam’s to earth

Communion: 521 O God of earth and altar

Closing: 525 O day of God, draws nigh

 

November 25th

 

Opening: 352 Crown him with many crowns

Missa Misericordiae Domini - Jean Langlais

Offertory: Dignus est Agnus - Malcolm Willamson

Offertory: King of Glory King of Peace 1982 Hymnal # 382

Communion: 197 Let all mortal flesh

Closing: 106 The head that once was crowned with thorns

 

 

December 2nd Advent I

 

Opening: 9 Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding

Mass for Four Voices - Claudio Monteverdi

Offertory: E’en So Lord Jesus - Paul Manz

Offertory: 1 Come, thou long expected Jesus

Communion: 6 Creator of the Stars of Night FIRST TUNE

Closing: 5 Lo, he comes with clouds descending

 

December 9th Advent II

 

Opening: Comfort, comfort ye my people 1982 Hymnal #67

Communion Service in A - Harold Darke

Offertory Prepare ye the way of the Lord - Michael Wise

Offertory: Prepare the way, O Zion 1982 Hymnal #65

Communion 8 O Word, that goest forth on high

Closing: 11 The King shall come when morning dawns

 

December 16th Advent III

 

Opening: 10 On Jordan’s bank

Missa Brevis in C - Wolfgang A. Mozart

Offertory: Rejoice in the Lord alway - Anon

Offertory: 3 Wake, awake!

Communion 463 O thou who camest from above

Closing: Rejoice, rejoice believers 1982 Hymnal #68

 

December 21st ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS

 

The Spirit of the Lord - Philip Stopford, Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord, Lo, How Rose - Benjamin Boyle, O Oriens - Melissa Dunphy This is the Record of John - Orlando Gibbons

O Emmanuel - Eriks Esenvalds

 

 

December 23rd Advent IV

 

Opening Savior, of the nations come 1982 Hymnal #54

Missa Dixit Maria - Hans Leo Hassler

Offertory: Bogoroditse Djevo - Arvo Pärt

Offertory: Ye who claim the faith of Jesus 1982 Hymnal #268

Communion: Sing we of the blessed Mother 1982 Hymnal #278

Closing: 2 O Come, O come Emmanuel

 

 

Christmas Eve

 

Prelude: Noels - Charpentier, D’Aquin

Hymns in Procession:

236 Once in Royal David’s City

12 O Come, all ye faithful

Messe de Minuit - Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Offertory: Lux Arumque - Eric Whitacre

Offertory: 42 Angels we have heard on High

Communion: A stable lamp is lighted 1982 Hymnal #104

33 Silent Night

Closing: 27 Hark the Herald Angels sing

 

 

Christmas Morning

Opening: 28 Angels from the realms of glory

Second Communion Service Mary Magdalene Healey Willan

Offertory: God rest you, merry, gentlemen

Communion: 43 Away in a manger

Closing: 21 O Little Town of Bethlehem SECOND TUNE