Media/Music Library
On this page we'll offer samples of music from the Music at St. Peter's concert series, and from recordings of services throughout the year.
Hymns, Anthems, and Organ Music: Services 2010
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Rivers of Living Water (Trevor Weston) (The mp3 by itself is here. It will open in new window.) This anthem was sung by the Choir of Men & Women at Morning Prayer on the Day of Pentecost - May 23, 2010. |
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Jubilate Deo (Givoanni Gabrieli) (The mp3 by itself is here. It will open in new window.) This beautiful motet for double choir was sung as the first Canticle at Morning Prayer on the Day of Pentecost - May 23, 2010. |
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I am the Vine (Alan Pote) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) The Girls' Choir sang this motet at Communion on May 9, 2010. Anne Yardley played the flute. |
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Psalm 8 (Domine, Dominus noster); (Tone V2; fauxbourdon by Gerre Hancock) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) The Choir of Men & Boys sang this Psalm at Evensong on May 2, 2010. |
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Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (or mp3 here- will open in new window) This hymn was sung before the Gospel reading on March 21, 2010. |
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Teach Me, O Lord (William Byrd) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) Sung March 21, 2010, by the Choir of Men & Boys. The soloists are David Boyer and Peter Schoellkopff. |
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Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 ( J.S. Bach) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) Brian Harlow on the organ; this piece was the postlude on March 21, 2010. |
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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Edward Bairstow) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) Sung March 14, 2010, by the Choir of Men & Women. |
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Amazing Grace (arr. John Coates Jr.) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) Sung March 7, 2010, by the Girls' Choir. |
Brian Harlow: Organ Music
| Paean (Kenneth Leighton) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Allegro risoluto (Percy Whitlock, from Plymouth Suite) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Fanfare (John Cook) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) |
Sunday, February 7, 2010: Evensong for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
The Choir of Men & Women sang this special service. Use the Flash players to listen to the selections.
| Psalm 34 (Anglican Chant: George Thalben-Ball) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Nunc Dimittis (Herbert Howells, the St. Paul's Service) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Te Lucis Ante Terminum (H. Balfour Gardiner) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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Thursday, September 24, 2009: The Institution of The Reverend Janet Broderick as 17th Rector of St. Peter's
The Choir of Men & Women and the Boys' and Girls' Choirs combined sang this special service. Use the Flash players to listen to the selections.
| Greater Love Hath No Man (John Ireland) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) |
| I Was Glad (C.H.H. Parry) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Look at the World (John Rutter) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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Sunday, April 11, 2009: Easter Day
The Choir of Men & Women sang Louis Vierne's Messe solennelle on Easter Day, 2009. Use the Flash players below to listen to the named selections.
| Messe solennelle: Gloria (Louis Vierne) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) |
| Messe solennelle: Sanctus (Louis Vierne) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Messe solennelle: Agnus Dei (Louis Vierne) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Hymn at Communion: Good Christians, All (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Motet: Alleluia (Randall Thompson) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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Friday, April 9, 2009: Good Friday
The Choir of Men & Women sang the Good Friday 2009 service. Use the Flash player below to listen to the selection.
| Salvator Mundi (Thomas Tallis) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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Saturday, April 4, 2009: The 2009 St. Peter's and St. James' Choir Festival
On Saturday, April 4, 2009, the Boy and Girl Choristers from St. James' Church, NYC and St. Peter's came together to sing a Choir Festival Evensong. Over 100 years ago, when St. Peter's Choir of Men & Boys was in its infancy, it joined together with St. James' Choir of Men & Boys for a Choir Festival. We renew that tradition this year. (And you can open this PDF file to see a scanned copy of the original 1890 service.) Use the Flash players below to listen to the named selections.
| Anglican Chant: Psalms 42 and 43 (S.S. Wesley) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| "Love One Another With a Pure Heart, Fervently" (from "Blessed Be the God and Father," S.S. Wesley) (or mp3 here - will open in new window)
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The Boy and Girl Choristers of St. James' Church, NYC and St. Peter's Church, Morristown.
Sunday, March 1, 2009: The First Sunday in Lent
The Choir of Men & Boys sang S.S. Wesley's Wash Me Throughly on Lent 1. Use the Flash player below to listen to the selection.
| Wash Me Throughly (S.S. Wesley) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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Sunday, November 9, 2008: Adult Choir Festival
The St. Peter's Choir of Men & Women, and the choir of Trinity Church, Princeton - together almost a hundred voices strong - joined forces in November 2008 to sing the beloved Requiem of Gabriel Fauré and two other pieces.
Below are recordings of the seven movements of Fauré's Requiem and his Cantique de Jean Racine, and César Franck's Psalm 150.
| Requiem: Introit and Kyrie (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Requiem: Offertoire (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window) |
| Requiem: Sanctus (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Requiem: Pie Jesu (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Requiem: Agnus Dei and Lux Aeterna (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Requiem: Libera Me (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Requiem: In Paradisum (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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| Psalm 150 (César Franck) (or mp3 here- will open in new window)
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Read a review of the Fauré Requiem concert; the review includes a video clip of the performance of the Cantique de Jean Racine.
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