2011 - 1212 Calendar

Sunday, October 16, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
“Sacred Funk”: Vespers with the Po’Boys Brass Band
Rochester’s high-energy New Orleans-style brass/funk band in a special Vespers liturgy.

Sunday, November 6, 2011 7:00 p.m.
Vespers for All Saints’ Sunday followed by Abendmusik Recital at 7:45 p.m.
Eastman Collegium Viol Consort;
Christel Thielmann, director
Music from the Renaissance and the early Baroque.

Sunday, December 4, 2011, 10:45 a.m. (following Holy Communion at 9:30 a.m.)
Half-hour Advent Organ Recital by Michael Unger
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Schübler Chorales.

Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:00 p.m.
Service of Advent Lessons and Carols
Our annual service of Advent Lessons and Carols features the choirs and soloists of Incarnate Word. Music to include Francesco Durante’s Magnificat.

Saturday, December 24, 2011, 10:30 p.m. (preceding Holy Communion at 11:00 p.m.)
Festive Christmas Eve Prelude
Christmas chorales for choir and organ, including Vincent Lübeck’s cantata Willkommen, süßer Bräutigam.

Sunday, January 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Pageantry for the Festival of Epiphany
Medieval poetry and pageantry combined with music from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The First Nowell.

Sunday, February 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Vespers for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany followed by Abendmusik Recital at 7:45 p.m.
Voices; William Weinert, director
“Bach and Beyond” – motets by Johann Sebastian Bach and others sung by one of Rochester’s premiere vocal ensembles.

Sunday, March 11, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Vespers for the Third Sunday in Lent followed by Abendmusik Recital at 7:45 p.m.
Uncloistered Vocal Consort
Sacred polyphonic choral music from the Renaissance and beyond sung by a vocal quintet.

Friday, April 6, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Good Friday Tenebrae Service with Arias by Johann Sebastian Bach
The soloists and choir of Incarnate Word feature sacred arias and chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach

Saturday, April 7, 2012 8:00 p.m.
Easter Vigil
Historic liturgy moving from darkness to light

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m.         
Vespers for the Second Sunday of Easter
Pablo Bustos, tenor and Thomas Lehman, baritone
Georg Philipp Telemann’s Ich weiß,  dass mein Erlöser lebt with a chamber string ensemble, along with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs with the Incarnate Word choir.

In May 2012, watch for details regarding special music and worship events as the Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word begins its year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary.