Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Chatham Concert Series Presents: Beethoven's "Archduke" Trio, Rescheduled to Sunday, March 26 at 3:30 p.m.

The Chatham Concert Series will present pianist Harold Brown, cellist Julia Goudimova, and violinist Kevin Matheson for an afternoon of Beethoven’s music at 3:30p.m. on Sunday, March 12 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Chatham.

Christmas Eve

Download Lessons and Carols 12 24 2020 (1)

Chatham Concert Series Presents Bach 2 the Baroque, Sunday, October 9th at 3:30 p.m.

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Chatham Concert Series Announces Its 15th Season at Emmanuel

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Chatham Concert Series: An All American Program, Sunday, July 3rd at 3 p.m.

 

Compline, August 16, 2020

Compline Pentecost 8

Service for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Service for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Service for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Prayers, Thanksgiving and Music for America

Service for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Music for the Third Sunday of Pentecost

Attached is the music for this Sunday's service.  The following are a few performance notes for each piece:

 

Adagio - Rolf Lovland

Norwegian Rolf Lovland composed this piece for piano and violin for performance by his Nordic-Celtic group, Secret Garden.  Replacing the piano with the organ provides a richer tonal palette that adds more 'color' to the piece, especially in the dialogue between the instruments that occurs during the middle of the composition.  Here the organ's Hautboy (Oboe) stop provides a contrasting foil to the violin's lower register as the two echo the melodic line.  The listener may find this plaintively haunting tune to be a real ohrwurm(earworm), a tune or phrase that one hums or hears internally even after the music ceases to play.  John, my captive violinist, is the soloist for this selection.

 

Download Adagio - Rolf Loveland

 

Seek Ye First - Karen Lafferty, Johann Pachelbel, Setting by Douglas E Wagner

This selection from the eponymous collection by Douglas E. Wagner combines Pachelbel'sCanon in D with Lafferty's hymn tune.  The charm of this piece lies in its gentle simplicity.

 

Download Seek Ye First - Setting by Douglas E. Wagner

 

His Eye Is on the Sparrow - Charles H Gabriel, arr. by Roger Wilson

In today's gospel, before uttering the rather discomfiting words about bringing a sword rather than peace, Jesus offers some comforting words to his disciples when he says, "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows."  This sentiment is echoed in Gabriel's joyous paraphrase which concludes with "His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me!"

 

Wilson's arrangement of this gospel favorite appeared in the August 1969 edition of The Volunteer Choir, a monthly publication of the Lorenz Corporation that contained accessible anthems for small choirs.  I vividly remember as a very small child, sitting beside my godmother on the organ bench watching her hands and feet as she accompanied the choir on this very anthem.

 

The S.S. Hamill organ at Emmanuel, like many organs built since the mid-nineteenth century, contains a Tremulant, a non-speaking stop that, when drawn, imparts a trembling or quivering quality to the speaking stops with which it is used.  Because of my own somewhat dreary associations of this effect with funerals and other occasions during which maudlin selections that employ the Tremulant are often performed, I typically avoid its use.  In this instance, however, the stop is used in conjunction with a light registration consisting of flute tones to evoke the warbling of a sparrow's call.  Listen to see if you can hear the effect!

 

Download His Eye Is on the Sparrow - Charles H. Gabriel arr. Roger C. Wilson

 

-Kenyon Scott

Service for the Second Sunday in Pentecost

Emmanuel Service for Trinity Sunday

National Day of Mourning and Lament

Service for Pentecost

Memorial Day

As the Bread of Life is Broken - the Seventh Sunday in Easter

Music and Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Service for the Fifth Sunday in Easter

Service for the Fourth Sunday in Easter

Service for the Third Sunday of Easter

The Second Sunday of Easter

Welcome Happy Morning!

Easter Sunday at Emmanuel

Worship from St. Stephen's: Palm Sunday

Worship from St. Stephen's: Palm Sunday from StStephensRVA on Vimeo.

Lent 5 at Emmanuel

Worship from St. Stephen's: The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Worship from St. Stephen's: The Fifth Sunday in Lent from StStephensRVA on Vimeo.

Emmanuel's Kenyon Scott Plays the Organ for Lent 4

Worship Service from St. Stephen's, Richmond

Worship from St. Stephen's: The Fourth Sunday in Lent from StStephensRVA on Vimeo.

Chatham Concert Series: Music for Cello and Piano, Sunday, March 1st at 4 pm

Come join us this Sunday, March 1st at **4:00 p.m.** at Emmanuel Episcopal Church to be enthralled by the duo “Anime and Grazia” performing music by Grieg and Sibelius.

Dr. Anna Billias was trained as a concert pianist at the Prokofiev State Academy of Music in Ukraine, performed as featured soloist with the school’s symphony orchestra and received her D.M.A. in piano performance from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. She currently teaches at Washington and Lee University and for thirteen years was Director of Piano Studies and Collaborative Performance at Sweet Briar College. Dr. Billias has performed in England, France, Russia and Ukraine. In 2018 Dr. Billias collaborated with baritone Dr. Gregory Parker for a concert in Paris, France and in 2019 she performed concerts in Crimea, Russia, with the Renowned Artist of Ukraine, soprano Anna Bratus.

Julia Goudimova teaches cello at Washington and Lee, Southern Virginia, and Hollins Universities and is principal cellist of the University Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra. Julia has performed in Germany, France, Belarus, Moldova, South Korea, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Since moving to the United States, Julia has been involved in symphony orchestras and chamber music performances in Virginia, Washington D. C. and West Virginia. Julia was born in Moscow and began studying piano at the age of five and cello at the age of seven. She studied in Tiraspol College of Music, Belarus Academy of Music and participated in the International Cello Competition in Minsk. 

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the concert series. After the concert, mingle with fellow concert fans and the musicians while enjoying the delightful reception provided by Chatham First. 

Chatham Concert Series Presents the Roanoke Ballet Theatre and the Rainier Trio, Sunday, January 26, 3 pm, at Chatham Hall

The Chatham Concert Series brings ballet and live music together for the first time this Sunday, January 26 at 3:00pm in the VanVoorhis Hall at Chatham Hall. The Roanoke Ballet Theatre’s new choreography to Piazzolla’s famous tangos “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” brings them to life. Other favorites including Canon in D and The Entertainer will have a new look with dance while the Rainier Trio provides live music.

The Roanoke Ballet Theatre is a company of professional dancers from across the country, who have undergone years of extensive training and danced professionally with other companies. Their full performance schedule includes main stage shows, in-studio Black Box series, and traveling collaborations throughout Roanoke and surrounding communities. The company also provides an opportunity for the dancers to work alongside the staff and students of Roanoke Ballet Theatre’s Youth Ballet.

The Chatham Hall Dance Ensemble will take the stage for “Connections,” choreographed to Gabriel Faure’s famous Sicilienne by their instructor Donna Franklin.

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the concert series. Chatham Hall is catering a reception afterwards where the audience can meet the dancers and musicians after the performance.

VanVoorhis Hall is in a building connected to the main building. There will be signs out as well. Here is a link to the general map. (It is in the building North and to the right of the red marker on this map) https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chatham+Hall/@36.8263053,-79.3905512,18.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x884d555715e9375b:0xabf1ff783221d731!8m2!3d36.8263541!4d-79.3896572

Special thanks to Chatham Hall for collaborating with the Chatham Concert Series for this performance. Other sponsors are Chatham First, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham Arts, Chatham Hall, Davenport Energy, First Piedmont, La Chaumière Bed and Breakfast and Reid Street Gallery.

Additional concerts this spring are “Music for Cello and Piano” on Sunday, March 1st at 4:00 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The duo “Anime and Grazia,” comprised of Washington and Lee University music faculty Julia Goudimova and Anna Billias, will perform Edward Grieg’s Sonata for Cello and Piano and other works by Scandinavian composers. 

The Rainier Trio will close the season on Friday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. with fun and familiar works including Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, Joplin’s Elite Syncopations, Meditation from Thais and Dvorak’s “Songs My Mother Taught Me.”

Chatham Concert Series: Christmas Favorites, Sunday, December 8th, 7:30 pm

Soprano Leslie Mabe will join the Rainier Trio for an evening of your favorite songs as a fitting addition to the Christmas in Chatham celebrations. Selections from The Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah, Twas the Night before Christmas and O Holy Night will get you in the holiday spirit. A sing-along of carols will send you out with a song in your heart.

At Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Advent at Emmanuel

Music and Candles                 5:00-5:30 pm                 Mondays, Dec. 2^nd,9^th, 16^th

Just come and sit and let the sacredness of space, music and light envelop you.

                                                                               

Chrismon Workshop                   6 pm                            Monday, Dec. 2^nd 

The “Crismon Crew” invites you to their next craft session. Sharon Taylor is our point person. Give her a call if you have any questions. ALL are welcome- even if you think you have NO crafting skills, come and enjoy the mistakes and/or laughter as we share our love and prepare for the birth of our Lord.

 

Festival Fridays

St. Nicholas Day   5:15 – 6:15pm          Dec. 6^th

The story of St. Nicholas. Music, crafts and refreshments. For children.

 

St. Lucy’s Market 4-6:30 pm   Dec. 13^th

Unique and local vendors. A nod back to an old Emmanuel tradition.

 

St. Thomas Eve 5:30 – 6:30 pm  Dec. 20^th

A service on the longest of nights  

The Chatham Concert Series Kicks Off Its 11th Season at Emmanuel - Friday, October 25 at 7:00 p.m. with Mozart’s Night Music and Schubert’s “Trout Quintet"

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Lent at Emmanuel: Come and See

See the event listing on the Calendar.

Chatham Concert Series: Virtuoso Solos, Friday, March 8 at 7 pm

On Friday, March 8^th the Chatham Concert Series continues with an exciting program featuring pianist Judith Clark and Bryan, Kevin and Elizabeth Matheson.

Over the centuries, the greatest violinists wrote or arranged music to show off their talents and dazzle the audience. Jascha Heifetz adapted Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous “Flight of the Bumble Bee” and the Mexican serenade “Estrellita” for violin, Fritz Kreisler arranged deFalla’s “Spanish Dance,” and Pablo de Sarasate wrote “Zigeunerweisen” or “Gypsy Airs."

The twentieth century violist William Primrose transcribed Weber’s “Andante & Hungarian Rondo” and “Jamaican Rumba” by Arthur Benjamin to help increase the virtuoso viola repertoire. Other works on the program are Robert Schumann’s romantic “Fairy-Tale Pictures” for viola and piano and Bela Bartok’s ever popular “Romanian Folk Dances” for violin and piano. Judith Clark will perform Franz Liszt’s Grand Etude “La Campanella” based on Paganini’s famous violin piece.

Join fellow concert fans and the musicians to enjoy a glass of wine, chocolate truffles, mini fruit kabobs and marinated mozzarella and tomato skewers. The Chatham First sponsored receptions are a tradition not to miss!

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the concerts. Come Friday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 N. Main St. in Chatham.

The Chatham Concert Series would like to thank all of the individual sponsors who have made this season possible! Mr. and Mrs. William Black, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Bruning, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Richard Camp, Mr. and Mrs. John Collins, Mr. Rick Dixon, Capt. Cameron A. Gillespie, MD and Tomoko U. Gillespie, Dr. Peyton and Lucy Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rogers.

The concert series is also sponsored by Chatham First, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham Arts, Chatham Hall, La Chaumière Bed and Breakfast, Reid Street Gallery, Callands Coffee and Brenda Brokaw music lessons.

 

Chatham Concert Series: Saturn String Quartet - Mozart, Dvorak & Gershwin, Sunday Jan 27, 3 pm

The Chatham Concert Series will continue its 10^th anniversary season this Sunday, January 27 at 3:00p.m. with the Saturn String Quartet, comprised of Bryan, Kevin and Elizabeth Matheson and Russian cellist Julia Goudimova. They will play Dvorak’s famous “American” Quartet, Gershwin’s “Lullaby for Strings,” the romantic “Nocturne” by Borodin and Mozart’s virtuosic “Divertimento for Strings.” The theme from the De Beers diamond commercial, “Palladio,” and some Chinese folk songs arranged for string quartet will transport you from the winter weather to faraway lands.

Chatham Concert Series: Christmas Traditions, Sunday, December 2 at 3 pm

Soprano Leslie Mabe will join the Rainier Trio for an afternoon of your favorite songs as a fitting addition to the Christmas in Chatham celebrations. Selections from The Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah, Believe from the Polar Express, Gesu Bambino and O Holy Night will get you in the holiday spirit. A sing-along of carols will send you out with a song in your heart.

After the concert, mingle with fellow concert fans and the musicians while enjoying the delightful reception provided by Chatham First.

Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 p.m. –“Christmas Traditions” at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Chatham Concert Series Presents Vivaldi & Piazzolla, Friday, October 5 at 7 pm

The Chatham Concert Series is pleased kick off its 10^th season with the Rainier Trio’s new program “Vivaldi and Piazzolla: The Four Seasons” on Friday, October 5, 2018, at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 N. Main St. Chatham

Guest violinist Elizabeth Matheson will join the Rainier Trio, comprised of Kevin and Bryan Matheson, violin and viola and Brenda Wittwer on piano.

The timeless music of Antonio Vivaldi's “The Four Seasons” will be paired with passionate tangos “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla. You will also hear readings of the poems that inspired Vivaldi to write the first “programmatic music,” painting a picture with sound by imitating bird calls, thunder, insects and frigid winds.

 

After the concert, mingle with fellow concert fans and the musicians while enjoying the delightful reception provided by Chatham First.  These receptions have become a tradition not to be missed in Chatham!

Chatham Concert Series Announces Its 10th Season at Emmanuel

 The Chatham Concert Series is pleased to announce the dates for the tenth season of the series!

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Chatham Concert Series: The Classic Strings Duo, Sunday, Jan 28 at 3 pm

Join us this Sunday at 3pm for a concert of Mozart, Beethoven Dvorak and more! The Classic Strings Duo will be joined by Kevin’s violinist wife, Elizabeth Matheson for the famous “Terzetto” that Dvorak composed in just one week, January 1887. Also on the program are Beethoven’s Serenade for two violins and viola and Mozart’s first duo for violin and viola. Theme and Variations in Boogie and R&B, “Hebraique Elegie” by Amy Barlowe and a Japanese video game theme round out the program.

Reception following the performance provided by Chatham First to talk with the performers and fellow concert fans.

Chatham Concert Series Presents Holiday Favorites, Sunday, Dec 3, 7:30 pm

Sunday, December 3 at **7:30pm** Maestro David Stewart Wiley, conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra will join Kevin and Bryan Matheson for a truly memorable Christmas program. Classic Christmas selections for piano and strings, plus Christmas stories and a new holiday sing-along sure to put you in the Yuletide spirit.

David Stewart Wiley, Pianist

Kevin Matheson, Violin

Bryan Matheson, Viola

Please join us at Emmanuel for this memorable program.

Chatham Concert Series Opens Sunday, October 1, at 3 pm

Sunday, October 1 at 3:00p.m. Celtic, Japanese & French Impressionist Selections performed by the Silver and Strings Quartet: Helen Rifas, harp; Julee Hickcox, flute; Kevin Matheson, violin; Bryan Matheson, viola.

The heavenly sounds of harp, joined by flute, violin and viola transport the listener to a different world with the famous “Claire de Lune” by Claude Debussy, “Flower Duet” by Delibes and “Barcarolle” from the Tales of Hoffmann. Other works on the program are Shenandoah, March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Japanese folk songs and Three Celtic Duos for Violin and Viola.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 N Main Street, Chatham, VA

Admission by Donation for the Musicians

Chatham Concert Series Announces 2017-18 Season at Emmanuel

The Chatham Concert Series is pleased to announce the dates for the ninth season of the series!

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Duo Pianists to Perform at Chatham Hall Saturday, September 16, 2017

Miri Yampolsky and Xak Bjerken

A husband-and-wife duo piano team from Cornell University will play a free concert open to the community at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 16, 2017 in St. Mary’s Chapel at Chatham Hall. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Frances Hallam Hurt, local author, historian, and arts patron, and is sponsored by Chatham Hall. There will be a reception in the Tea Room of the library following the concert.

Xak Bjerken, professor of piano at Cornell, and Miri Yampsolsky, senior lecturer of chamber music at Cornell, will open the concert with the Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448. They will also perform the Rachmaninoff Suite for Two Pianos No. 2, Op. 17, along with a variety of solo works that includes Scriabin’s Ninth Sonata and pieces from Brahms Op. 116. 

The couple recently played the Rachmaninoff Suite for Two Pianos at The Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee Chamber Music Festival, Israel’s oldest chamber music festival. In the upcoming year, Yampolsky will perform in New York City and Berlin with cellist Zvi Plesser, and Guy Braunstein, former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic. Bjerken will record and premiere concertos by Stephen Hartke and Jesse Jones at Oberlin College-Conservatory, as well as perform these pieces in Ithaca, Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles. 

Bjerken, born and reared in Santa Barbara, California, and Yampolsky, born in Russia and reared in Israel, were students of Leon Fleisher at Peabody Conservatory. They are co-founders and artistic directors of Mayfest, the Cornell Department of Music’s annual festival of world-class chamber music, which celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. The couple has three children: Misha, who is in high school and plays the double bass and sings; Anna, who is in middle school and plays the piano and sings; and Maya, who is in kindergarten and studies dance. 

The entire community is invited to attend. 

Bishop Hollerith Confirms Eight at Emmanuel

 On April 23rd, the second Sunday of Easter, Bishop Hollerith visited Emmanuel, Chatham. He celebrated the Holy Eucharist with the Rev. Dr. Regina Christianson and confirmed eight: four from Emmanuel Church and four from Chatham Hall where Regina+ also serves.

The service was followed by a reception in the Parish Hall for the confirmands, their families, guests, and fellow parishioners.

See more photos in the Photo Galleries.

Regina+ and Stephen Perform at Tartan Dinner and Ceilidh

On April 19, Regina+ and Stephen performed at the Virginia-Carolina Scottish Society's annual Tartan Dinner and Ceilidh at First Presbyterian Church in Danville.  Lots of kilts, tartan swags, shepherd's pie, scones, bagpipes, Celtic harp, Robbie Burns, and much, much more, in addition to haggis!

Chatham Concert Series - A Musical Trumpet Garden, Friday, March 31, 7 pm

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