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08/06/2026

Join us at Trinity Church, Portsmouth on Sunday, August 16th at 4:00 p.m. for a free organ recital and service of Choral Evensong! The recital will be played by guest organist Julie Heard. The service of Evensong will be sung by the combined choirs of Trinity, St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Chesapeake) .thomaschesapeake , and St. Bride's Episcopal Church (Chesapeake).
A reception in the courtyard follows the service.

08/05/2026

Music for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2026
CHORAL
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Give to the Winds Your Fears | Robert J. Powell (1932-2025)

ORGAN
“Prelude” from Ten Pieces | Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137 | Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

HYMNS
At the name of Jesus | King’s Weston
The Lord will come and not be slow | York
Jesus, lover of my soul | Aberystwyth
O God, our help in ages past | St. Anne

07/29/2026

Music for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 2, 2026

CHORAL
The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee | Jean Berger (1909-2002)
Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts | Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

ORGAN
“Hyfrydol” from Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Nachspiel in D minor | Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

HYMNS
Love divine, all loves excelling | Hyfrydol
We will extol you, ever blessed Lord | Old 124th
I come with joy to meet my Lord | Land of Rest
Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion | Donne secours

07/22/2026

Music for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 26, 2026
Remember that we're in summer pick-up choir mode - so come out and sing with us on Sunday at 9:15 a.m. in the Choir Room! No commitment it required - just show up and sing.

CHORAL
O For a Closer Walk With God | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
God Be In My Head | Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)

ORGAN
Intermezzo | Healey Willan (1880-1968)
“March of the Priests” from Athalia | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

HYMNS
O worship the King, all glorious above | Hanover
The Christ who died but rose again | St. Magnus
Eternal light, shine in my heart | Jacob
Thy kingdom come | St. Flavian

07/16/2026

Music for the Eight Sunday after Pentecost, July 19

CHORAL
Teach Me, O Lord | Thomas Attwood (1765-1838)
Jacob’s Ladder | John Stainer (1840-1901)

ORGAN
Antiphon V “How Fair and how Pleasant art Thou”, op. 18 | Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Prelude and Fugue in F Major | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

HYMNS
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty | Lobe den Herren
Come, thou almighty King | Moscow
Judge eternal, throned in splendor | Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens
All my hope on God is founded | Michael

07/09/2026

Music for July 12, the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

CHORAL
Behold, the Tabernacle of God | Robert J. Powell (1932-2025)
Thou Visitest the Earth | Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

ORGAN
Sonata No. 2 in C minor | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

HYMNS
O day of radiant gladness | Es flog en kleins Waldvogelein
Almighty God, your word is cast like seed upon the ground | Walden
Lord, make us servants of your peace | Dickinson College
Spread, O spread, thou mighty word | Gott sei Dank

07/02/2026

Music for the Six Sunday after Pentecost, July 5.

CHORAL
I Sat Down Under His Shadow | Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Simple Gifts | arr. Robert Lehman (b. 1960)

ORGAN
Variations on Simple Gifts | James Pethel (1936-2026)
Trumpet Tune in D | David N. Johnson (1922-1987)

HYMNS
God, my King, thy might confessing | Stuttgart
Awake, my soul | Morning Hymn
Father, we thank thee who hast planted | Rendez a Dieu
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun | Duke Street

06/25/2026

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 28
We're back to our "normal" summer pick-up choir routine after having survived last week's 1662 Choral Matins - so come on out and meet in the Choir Room at 9:15 a.m. to sing with us on Sunday! No long-term commitment is required; just come rehearse and sing as you are available throughout the summer.

CHORAL
“How lovely are the messengers” from St. Paul | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Hide Not Thou Thy Face | Richard Farrant (c.1525-1580)

ORGAN
Prelude & Fughetta in D minor | Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Finale Jubilante | Healey Willan

HYMNS
The Church’s One Foundation | Aurelia
O Jesus, I have promised | Nyland
Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face | Nyack
Where cross the crowded ways of life | Gardiner

06/19/2026

Our choir is out selling chili dogs during this big Haborfest/Sail250/America250 weekend in Portsmouth! Our first little fundraiser as we lay plans for an England residency…
Hospitality is next door selling all sorts of fantastic goodies.

06/17/2026

As part of this weekend's "Sail Virginia" and "America 250" celebrations in Portsmouth, we will hold a colonial-inspired service this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. - Choral Matins (Morning Prayer) according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Though we are in summer "pick-up choir" mode, we are firing on all cylinders for a "big sing" this Sunday morning. Colonial attire is welcome!

CHORAL
Te Deum in B-flat | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Jubilate in B-flat | Charles Villiers Stanford
Blessed Be the God and Father | Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
Venite - Chant in G | Henry Purcell (1658-1695)
Psalm 14 | The Cambridge Chant

HYMNS
All people that on earth do dwell | Old 100th, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Metrical setting of Psalm XXIX | Dundee

ORGAN
Rhosymedre | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Voluntary in D | William Croft (1678-1727)

This service is what would have been celebrated at Trinity 250 years ago, though music would have been sparse in 1776. As this is a celebratory weekend, we have opted to utilize this historic service format but are not binding ourselves to musical historical accuracy...silence and metrical psalms would be a little boring to us in 2026.

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Portsmouth, VA
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