Choral Repertoire

May 2013

Sunday, May 5

Introit – “Lift Up Your Hearts” – George Thalben-Ball

(8:00) Anthem – “Let All the World” – Eric H. Thiman

(9:30 and 11:00) Anthem – “Alleluia” – Ralph Manuel

(9:30 and 11:00) Prayer Response – “Amen” – Vincent Persichetti

(9:30 and 11:00) Offertory Anthem – “Let All the World” – Eric H. Thiman

(8:00) Communion Anthem – “Gift of Finest Wheat” – Robert E. Kreutz


Sunday, May 12

Introit – “Enter These Gates with Thanksgiving” – Anne Bartenfeld Barrows

Anthem – “O Clap Your Hands” – John Rutter

(9:30 and 11:00) Prayer Response – “Amen” – Kenneth E. Runkel

(9:30 and 11:00) Offertory Anthem – “God Is Gone Up” – Gerald Finzi

(8:00) Communion Anthem – “Stay with Us” – Walter L. Pelz


Sunday, May 19
(Last Sunday for the Chancel Choir)

(8:00) Introit – “Alleluia. The Spirit of the Lord Renews” – Iain Quinn

(9:30 and 11:00) Introit – Sung by the Children’s and Youth Choirs

(8:00) Anthem – “Behold, Now, the House of God” – Richard Proulx

(9:30 and 11:00) Anthem – “Lord, Speak to Me” – Richard Shepherd

(9:30 and 11:00) Prayer Response – “Hear My Prayer” – Eun Young Lee

(9:30 and 11:00) Offertory Anthem – “Obey the Spirit of the Lord
     – African American spiritual / arr. Robert DeCormier

(8:00) Communion Anthem – “Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether” – Harold Friedell


Sunday, May 26
(Last Sunday for the Morning Choir)

Introit – “We All Believe in One True God” – German chorale

Anthem – “Trinitarian Blessings” – K. Lee Scott

(9:30 and 11:00) Prayer Response – “Amen” – Philip Baker

(9:30 and 11:00) Offertory Anthem – “Te Deum” – Charles V. Stanford

(8:00) Communion Anthem – “I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord” – Carl Schalk


Adult choirs information, including rehearsal schedules, is available here.

Children and youth choirs information, ncluding rehearsal schedules, is available here.


For more information about choral repertoire at Fourth Presbyterian Church, contact John Sherer, Organist and Director of Music (312.981.3592).