February 13, 2022 – December 5, 2021
Feb 2022
Solemn High Mass for Candlemas (Presentation)
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Richard Farrant (c. 1530-1580) Nunc dimittis from Short Service
Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565-1628) Missa de Beata Virgine
Peter Philips (c. 1560-1628) Hodie Beata Virgo Maria à5
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Jan 2022
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Quatrième messe solennelle:
Messe chorale sur l’intonation de la liturgie catholique
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Almighty and Everlasting God
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Jan 2022
Choral Mass for Epiphany
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) Missa Ich stund an einem Morgen à5
Scott Villard (b. 1971) Omnes de Saba venient, from Five Magi Antiphons (2011)
Villard Stella ista sicut flamma, from Five Magi Antiphons
Villard Lux de luce, from Five Magi Antiphons
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2021
Choral Mass for Christmas Day
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa Aeterna Christi munera
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532-1585) Angelus ad pastores ait
John Tavener (1944-2013) The Lamb (1982)
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2021
Midnight Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (“Kleine Orgelmesse”)
Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962) The Word Was God (1996)
James MacMillan (b. 1959) In splendoribus sanctorum (2005) from The Strathclyde Motets
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Advent Lessons & Carols
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
adapted from Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Matin Responsory
Paul Manz (1919-2009) E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come (1953)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Deo gracias, from Ceremony of Carols (1942)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) O thou that tellest, from Messiah
Bob Chilcott (1955-) O Emmanuel, from Advent Antiphons (2004)
arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934) People, Look East
arr. Stefan Claas Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (2007)
Kathryn Rose (b. 1980) Advent (2015)