Christ Church

On Sunday, December 8th, 2019, at 4:00pm the annual Advent/Christmas Services of Nine Lessons and Carols with King’s-Edgehill School (Grades 7-11) will be held at Christ Church. A pageant of Word and Song, the service is an integral feature of our intellectual and spiritual communities such as the School and the Parish. Members of the Parish and those of the wider community are invited and encouraged to attend.

There is something quite powerful and significant in the parade of readings and songs. It is not a show or a performance but a participatory event that challenges students and faculty, friends and family, priest and people to sit and listen, to stand and sing and to do all that together. It is one of the counter-cultural aspects of the School and the Parish.

It was just over one hundred years ago that this service was first inaugurated in December 1918 following the overwhelming and devastating ravages of the First World War. The service speaks of peace and hope in the face of the horrors of war and the evils of our humanity. It awakens us to the real dignity of our humanity as the counter to our deadly destructiveness. It is found in paying attention to the pageant of God’s Word coming as light into the darkness of the world and into the darkness of our hearts.

I encourage you to come and see, to sing and listen.

Fr. David Curry

Acadia Percussion will perform at Christ Church on Monday, April 1st, at 7:30pm. This will be the third event in our 2012-13 Concert Series.

Click here to download a poster (pdf) suitable for printing.

Prelude
(1) “From Heaven Above to Earth I Come”- Johann Bernard Bach (1676-1749)
(2) Variations on “Il Est Ne”- Franklin Ashdown (b.1942)
(3) “The Holy Boy” – John Ireland (1879-1962)
(4) Noel and Variations “Josef est Bien Marie” – Claude Louis Balbastre (1727-1799)

Music During Communion
(1) Prelude on “Quem Pastores”- Healey Willan (1880-1968)
(2) Pastorale on “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” – John G. Barr (b. 1938)

Postlude
Prelude on “From Heaven Above” and “O Thou Joyful One” – Anton Wilhelm Leupold (1867-1940)

Christ Church is very pleased to announce that Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir will perform a Christmas concert on Friday, December 21st, at 7pm. Tickets cost $10 and may be purchased at the door or in advance at Windsor Home Hardware.

Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir, directed by Nick Halley, celebrates its third annual To Bethlehem With Kings concert with three Christmas performances, in Windsor, Lunenburg, and Halifax.  A traditional and heart-warming evening of beautiful carols for Christmas, ancient and modern, performed by a choir of 12 boys (ages 7-14) and 12 men.  The concert will also include hymns for audience participation, Paul Halley playing pipe organ, and the Maritime Brass Quintet joining the ensemble for the final, Halifax performance.

Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir was founded in Halifax by Director Nick Halley in 2010 and is modeled on the great Anglican tradition of men and boys church choirs.  While Canada was once rich with such choirs, Capella Regalis is one of only a handful of men and boys choirs in Canada today.  It aims to help rejuvenate the tradition in Canada.  The choir sings Choral Evensong every Tuesday of the academic term at 5:00 p.m. in the University of King’s College Chapel, 6350 Coburg Road, Halifax.  The choir also performs concerts around Nova Scotia throughout its September – June season.  Please visit www.capellaregalis.com for more information.

Click here for a larger poster suitable for downloading and printing.

Prelude
(1) “From Heaven Above to Earth I Come” – Johann Bernard Bach (1676-1749)
(2) Variations on “Il Est Ne”- Franklin Ashdown (b.1942)
(3) “The Holy Boy” – John Ireland (1879-1962)
(4) Noel and Variations “Josef est Bien Marie” – Claude Louis Balbastre (1727-1799)

Music During Communion
(1) Prelude on “Quem Pastores” – Healey Willan (1880-1968)
(2) Pastorale on “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” – John G. Barr (b. 1938)

Postlude
Prelude on “From Heaven Above” and “O Thou Joyful One” – Anton Wilhelm Leupold (1867-1940)

Choral Evensong is one of the glories of our Anglican tradition. We are pleased to offer a series of Choral Evensongs, one of which (Oct. 30th), under the sponsorship of the Prayer Book Society, will feature several choirs from the Valley and will be part of a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

The Evensongs are at 4:00pm on the following Sundays: September 25th, 2011; October 30th; November 27th; April 29th, 2012; and May 27th.

The first event in our 2011-12 Concert Series will take place on Saturday, 24 September, at 7:30 pm. This poster has information on all four concerts.

A brochure with further information, including biographical notes for each featured musician, can be downloaded here as a pdf document.

UPDATE: Please note that the date of the fourth concert has been changed to Sunday, June 10th. This change is reflected in the above poster, but not in the brochure with further information.

Click here to download a copy of the poster (in pdf format).

Prelude:
(1) “In Dulci Jubilo”, Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
(2) Siciliana (The Holly and the Ivy) from Christmas Suite, Alec Rowley (1892-1958)
(3) Pastoral Symphony from Messiah, Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)

Music during Communion:
(1) Prelude on “From Heaven Above”, Gordon Young (1919-1998)
(2) Prelude on “This Endris Nyght”, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
(3) Berceuse on “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, Mary Gifford (b. 1951)

Postlude: Fantasy on “He is Born”, Richard Hudson (b. 1924)