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Event Calendar

  • Solemn Vespers: Solemnity of Christ the King
    November 30, 2014 @ 7:00 PM
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    This service of Solemn Vespers marks the last Sunday before Advent. It will feature the great chants of the Divine Office as well as the music of Weelkes and Johann Joseph Fux.

  • Solemn Vespers: Epiphany
    January 4, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    This service of Solemn Vespers closes the great feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. It will feature the great chants of the Divine Office as well as the music of Herbert Howells, Roland de Lassus, and Hans Leo Haßler.

  • Solemn Vespers: Lent V
    March 22, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    This service of Solemn Vespers marks the close of the celebration of Annunciation’s 145th year. It will feature the great chants of the Divine Office as well as the music of Henry Purcell and Francesco Soriano.

  • Solemn Vespers: Easter II
    April 12, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    This service of Solemn Vespers marks the close of the great Octave of Easter. It will feature the great chants of the Divine Office as well as the music of William Byrd and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

  • Solemn Vespers: Pentecost
    May 24, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    This service of Solemn Vespers for Pentecost marks the birthday of the Church and the close of the great Easter Season. It will feature the great chants of the Divine Office as well as the music of Tiburtio Massano and Albert Becker.

  • Solemn Vespers: Corpus Christi (EF)
    June 7, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    This service of Solemn Vespers marks the close of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. It will be offered in the Extraordinary (i.e., “Tridentine”) Form of the Roman Rite and feature the great chants of the Divine Office as well as the music of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Edward Bairstow.

  • Solemn Vespers: All Saints' Day
    November 1, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    The service will include Arvo Pärt’s stunning musical setting of the Beatitudes as well as sacred polyphony, Gregorian chant, Anglican chant, beloved hymns, and more! The singing will be led by Sola Stella, a professional choir in residence at Annunciation led by Felipe Gasper, Annunciation’s Director of Music and Organist.

  • Advent Lessons & Carols
    November 28, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    Come mark the beginning of Advent with a service of Lessons and Carols! The service will feature a series of readings interspersed with beloved hymns and carols as well as beautiful chants (including the great “O” antiphons of Advent) and great choral music.

  • Solemn High Mass (Tridentine) with choir
    December 8, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
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    This evening Mass for the feast of the Immaculate Conception will include the singing of the entire “L’hora passa” Mass of the early Baroque composer Ludovico Grossi da Viadana, as well as the great proper Gregorian chants for this high feast day. The Mass will be celebrated entirely in Latin, according to the “Tridentine” form of the Roman Rite. The Annunciation parish schola will sing.

  • Chanted Requiem Mass
    December 12, 2015 @ 9:30 AM
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    The Mass will be celebrated entirely in Latin, according to the “Tridentine” form of the Roman Rite. The music will be the chants of the Requiem Mass, many of which are among the most well-known of the repertoire, thanks to beloved settings by composers such as Maurice Durufé. The Annunciation parish schola will sing.

  • Christmas carols and Mass
    December 24, 2015 @ 8:30 PM
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    Annunciation’s annual nighttime Christmas Mass, celebrated in English with singing led by the Annunciation parish schola. The choral repertoire will include de Victoria’s “O magnum mysterium”, de Rivulo’s “Verbum caro factum est”, Liebhold “Da die Zeit erfüllet war”, and more! Carols will begin at 8:30pm, with the Mass itself beginning at 9:00pm.

  • Solemn Vespers: Epiphany
    January 3, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
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    The service will include Healey Willan’s lovely “The Three Kings” as well as sacred polyphony by Gombert and Marenzio, Gregorian chant, Anglican chant, beloved hymns, and more! The singing will be led by Sola Stella, a professional choir in residence at Annunciation led by Felipe Gasper, Annunciation’s Director of Music and Organist.

  • Solemn Vespers & Benediction (Tridentine): Lent II
    February 21, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
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    Sung Vespers according to the Extraordinary (i.e., “Tridentine”) Form of the Roman Rite, with Benediction to follow, for the Second Sunday in Lent. This is Roman Vespers as it existed in 1962, prior to the liturgical reforms of the 1960s. The service is sung entirely in Latin. Sola Stella, a resident professional choir at Annunciation, will lead the singing.

  • Solemn Vespers: Easter III
    April 10, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
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    The service will include sacred polyphony of J. S. Bach and Orlando di Lasso, Gregorian chant, Anglican chant, beloved hymns, and more! The singing will be led by Sola Stella, a professional choir in residence at Annunciation led by Felipe Gasper, Annunciation’s Director of Music and Organist.

  • Solemn Vespers: Ascension
    May 8, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
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    The service will include sacred polyphony of Estevão de Brito, Gregorian chant, Anglican chant, beloved hymns, and more! The singing will be led by Sola Stella, a professional choir in residence at Annunciation led by Felipe Gasper, Annunciation’s Director of Music and Organist.

  • Solemn Vespers & Benediction (Tridentine): Corpus Christi
    May 29, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
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    Sung Vespers according to the Extraordinary (i.e., “Tridentine”) Form of the Roman Rite, with Benediction to follow, for the feast of Corpus Christi. This is Roman Vespers as it existed in 1962, prior to the liturgical reforms of the 1960s. The service is sung entirely in Latin. Sola Stella, a resident professional choir at Annunciation, will lead the singing.

  • Organ Recital: Felipe Gasper
    August 6, 2016 @ 12:00 PM
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    A solo organ recital in thanksgiving for the generosity of Mrs. Ann Glazier McStravick and others who have made possible the recent renovation work on Annunciation’s historic Pilcher Opus 1206 organ. This recital is also a “farewell” for Felipe Gasper, who is leaving Annunciation after a two-year tenure as Director of Music and Organist. The repertoire will showcase the Pilcher organ’s great versatility and include several works based on Gregorian chant, with assistance from the Schola Cantorum of Annunciation.

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Weddings

Congratulations on your engagement!

For most couples, wedding music planning is an occasion of discovery about aspects of the sacred liturgy that they may not have considered frequently. Couples should familiarize themselves with the pertinent guidelines and music suggestions below prior to meeting with the Director of Music:

  • Wedding Music Guidelines (Mass)
  • Wedding Music Guidelines (outside Mass)
  • Suggested Wedding Music Selections
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