Liturgical Music

Vaughn Williams Mass in G minor

(Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
Ralph Vaughn Williams
The Church of the Ascension Choir
Thomas Wikman, Choirmaster
Collection Seven, Vol. 4

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de Minuit

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Amy Cochrane, Patricia Mueller, sopranos
Mark Crayton, countertenor
Jan Jarvis, Richard Cohn, baritones
Michael Bahmann, organ
Collection Four, Vol. 5

Track Audio Location/Time
1. Kyrie eleison 0:00
2. Organ Interlude ~ Lebegue 1:37
3. Christe eleison 2:27
4. Kyrie eleison 3:26
5. Organ Interlude ~ Une juene pucelle by Lebegue 6:00
6. Gloria 7:09
7. Laudamus te 8:00
8. Domine Deus 9:05
9. Qui Tolis 10:14
10. Quonium tu solus Sanctus 11:58
11. Credo 13:53
12. Deum de Deo 15:50
13. Et incarnatus est 17:42
14. Cujus regni non erit finis 18:58
15. Et in spiritum sanctus 23:17
16. Offeratory LeBegue 27:04
17. Sanctus 31:37
18. Benedictus 33:30
19. Agnus Dei 34:28

Laetatus Sum ~ Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Amy Cochrane, Patricia Mueller, soprano
Mark Crayton, countertenor
William Watson, tenor
Richard Cohn, baritone
Peter van de Graaff, bass

Richard and Judith Mintel, Recording Engineers · Psalm 122 Laetatus Sum ~ Marc-Antoine Charpentier

O Jesu, rex noster ~ Johann Melchior Gletle

William Watson, tenor
Elliott Golub, Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky, violin
Barbara Haffner, cello
Thomas Wikman, conductor & harpsichord
Collection Three, Vol. 8

O Jesus, our King, hope of those who love, how fair, beautiful and lovely.
How worthy to be loved; how sweet to watch over.
O Jesus grant that I may serve you.

O my Jesus, love and one and only light, consolation of the heart
most faithful guide! O pattern of goodness transform me into thee
I hope for nothing besides thee.

O Jesus, honey nectar, most sweet dew.
O rose of love, fairest flower. My heart, ah!
Bedew and bind fast.
This only if you allow is the end of my desires.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ~ Sicut cervus

Thomas Wikman, Choirmaster
The Church of the Ascension Choir
Collection Seven, Vol. 3

Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, As a hart longs for the flowing streams,
ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. so longs my soul for thee, O God.

Byrd Mass for Five Voices

Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
by William Byrd (1540–1623)
The Church of the Ascension, Chicago
Thomas Wikman, choirmaster
Collection Seven, Vol. 4

Beatus vir by Claudio Monteverdi

Thomas Wikman, Music Director & conductor
Patrice Michaels, soprano. Emily Lodine, Mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor. Jan Jarvis, baritone
Myron Myers, bass
Charles Geyer & Barbara, trumpet
Collection Four, Vol. 10

Psalm 112: Blessed is the man
that feareth the Lord. He hath great delight
in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty
upon the earth, the generation of the faithful
shall be blessed….

Blow, John ~ The Lord is my Shepherd

Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor
Steven Rickards, countertenor.
Kurt Hansen, tenor.
Richard Cohn, baritone.
Myron Myers, bass.
David Schrader, organ.
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Two, Vol. 12

Psalm 23 ~ The Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture:
and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul: and lead me forth into the path of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me:
thou anointed my head with oil; and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever.

Laetatus sum (twelve voices) ~ Claudio Monteverdi

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Amy Conn, soprano
Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor
Jan Jarvis, baritone
Peter Van de Graaff, Myron Myers, bass

Psalm 122 and Doxology

Laetatus sum in his, quae dicta sunt mihi: I was glad in this, when it was said to me:
In domum Domini íbimus. Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem; Our feet will stand within your entrance, Jerusalem;
Jerusalem, quae aedificatur ut civitas, Jerusalem, which is built like a city
cuius participatio ejus in idipsum. Which is compact together.
Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, For there the tribes will ascend,
tribus Domini, testimonium Israel, The tribes of the Lord, of the testimony of Israel,
ad confitendum nomini Domini. To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, For there will be placed thrones of judgment,
sedes super domum David. The thrones over the house of David.
Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Jerusalem Pray that Jerusalem be at peace,
et abundantia diligentibus te. And that there be abundance for those who love you.
Fiat pax in virtute tua May there be peace in your strength,
et abundantia in turribus tuis. And abundance in your towers.
Propter fratres meos et proximos meos For my brothers and my neighbors’ sake
loquebar pacem de te. I will ask for peace for you.
Propter domum Domini Dei mei For the sake of the house of the Lord my God
quaesivi bona tibi, I have sought good things for you.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, As it was in the beginning, is now,
et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. And forever shall be. Amen.

In ecclesiis ~ Giovanni Gabrieli

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Dale Terbeek, countertenor
Kurt Hansen, tenor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Four, Vol. 10

Psalm 26: Bless the Lord in the congregation. Alleluia.
In every region of his power, may my soul bless the Lord, Alleluia.
In God is my salvation and my glory.
The Lord is my aid, and my hope is in God. Alleluia.
Our God, we call upon you, we adore you; liberate us, revive us. Alleluia.
God, our Helper forever. Alleluia.