Music Ministry
A Music-Filled Church.
Bill Bruneau is now our Director of our Music Ministry. He assumed this role on Sunday, September 20, 2009.
September 20
Prelude: Gerald Bales (1919, Toronto-2002). Prelude in E minor [1947] (a Canadian Work)
Offertory: Healey Willan (1880-1968). Prelude on ‘Richmond’ [1956] (a Canadian Work)
Postlude: Eugene Hill (1909, Toronto-1976). Sonatine. 3rd movement: Allegro brillante [1959] (a Canadian Work)
October 4
Prelude: J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Chorale Prelude, Durch Adam’s Fall ist ganz verderbt‘
Offertory: Frank Bayford (1941- ). Robin’s Dance
Postlude: William Reed (1859-1945). Grand Choeur (a Canadian Work)
October 11
Prelude: Denis Bédard (1950- ). Interludes I and II [1993] (a Canadian Work)
Offertory: R. Lowry, arr. G. Baker. [Shall we Gather] at the River
Postlude: Clarence Lucas (1866-1947). Toccata [comp. ~1900] (a Canadian Work)
October 18
Prelude: Joseph-Arthur Bernier (1877-1937). Méditation pour orgue, op. 6 [1903] (a Canadian Work)
Offertory: Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Impromptu no. 3, D 866 (for piano)
Postlude: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643). Air and Variations
October 25
Prelude: Christian Heinrich Strube (1803-1850). Präludium.
Offertory: César Franck (1822-1890). Andantino
Postlude: Charles A.E. Harriss (1862-1929). Allegro pomposo [1898] (a Canadian Work)
November 1
Prelude: William R. Spence (1859-1946). Andante pastorale in A [1914] (a Canadian Work)
Offertory : Kimo Smith (1954- ), arr. Where all is peace (Meditation on two American melodies)
Postlude: Charles Tournemire (1870-1939). Sortie [1919]
November 8
Prelude: Healey Willan (1880-1968). Elegy (a Canadian Work)
Offertory: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Sarabande from Holberg Suite (op. 40/piano)
Postlude: Guy Weitz (1883-1970). De profundis clamavi [1945]
November 15
Prelude Violet Archer (1913-2000). Andantino grazioso (from Sonatina, 1944) (a Canadian Work)
Offertory Gustav Merkel (1827-1885). Pastorale
Postlude J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Kleine Präludium & Fuge VII
November 22
Prelude Healey Willan. Prelude on ‘Aberystwyth’ [1954] (a Canadian Work)
Offertory Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897). Voluntary
Postlude C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918). Chorale Prelude on S.S. Wesley’s ‘Hampton’
November 29
Prelude César Franck (1822-1890). Fantaisie
Offertory Robert Schumann (1810-1856). Canon
Postlude Graham George (1912-1994). A Pompous Fancy (a Canadian Work)
December 6
Prelude Herbert Howells (1892-1983). Master Tallis’s Testament [1953]
Offertory J. Rheinberger (1839-1901). Adagio (form Organ Son. 5)
Postlude A.G.Y. Brown (1902-1982). A Festive Alleluia (a Canadian Work)
December 13
Prelude Alfred Hollins (1865-1942). Christmas Cradle Song [1909]
Offertory Conrad Bernier (1904-1988). Prière [1926] (a Canadian Work)
Postlude John E. West (1863-1929). Fantasy on Two Carols [1911]
December 20
Prelude: J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Choral prelude, “Puer natus in Bethlehem” (A child is born in Bethlehem)
Offertory: Alfred Whitehead (1887-1974). Christmas Slumber Song on ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ (a Canadian Work)
Postlude: Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911). Offertoire sur deux Noëls, op. 19
December 24
Prelude Arthur Egerton (1891-1957). Prelude-Improvisation on ‘Veni Emmanuel’ (a Canadian Work)
Offertory [special instrumental/voice]
Postlude Denis Bédard (1950- ). Toccata sur ‘Il est né, le devin enfant’
December 27
Prelude: Healey Willan (1880-1968). Puer nobis nascitur/chorale prelude [1953] (a Canadian Work)
Offertory: Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911). Cantabile (from Organ Son. 7)
Postlude: T.J. Crawford (1877-1955). Toccata in F major [1903] (a Canadian Work)
January 24
Prelude: Gerald Finzi (1901-1956). Prelude (arr. Alan Ridout for organ)
Offertory: Dimitri Kabalevsky(1904-1987). Prelude I (for piano)
Postlude: Arthur Letondal (1869-1956). Toccata [1902] (a Canadian Work)
January 31
Prelude: William R. Spence (1859-1946). Grand Choeur [1927] (a Canadian Work)
Offertory: Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). Sonata I for piano (movement IV)
Postlude: J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Préambule (6th sonata for violin solo, arr. for piano)