Music
Music at St. Vincent's
Music Program Schedule
Purpose of the Music Program
Objectives of the Children's Choir Program
Service List
CD Recordings
Barbara Marquart Burton
The Redman Organ, Opus 4 / 59 / 66 / 87
Stop List for Opus 4
Stop List for Opus 59
Stop List for Opus 66
Stop List for Opus 87
Raphi Giangiulio Photos
Music at St. Vincent's
Music Program Schedule
Purpose of the Music Program
Objectives of the Children's Choir Program
Service List
CD Recordings
Barbara Marquart Burton
The Redman Organ, Opus 4 / 59 / 66 / 87
Stop List for Opus 4
Stop List for Opus 59
Stop List for Opus 66
Stop List for Opus 87
Raphi Giangiulio Photos
St. Vincent's Cathedral Choir, Barbara M. Burton, Cathedral Organist, The Very Rev. Ryan S. Reed, Dean of the Cathedral
The music program offers a variety of choirs and ensembles for the musician. Barbara Marquart Burton, Music Director and Organist, conducts all of the musical groups. The Redman Organ, Opus 4/59/66/87, is located in the choir gallery at the rear of the Nave.
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A list of rehearsal times for all music ensembles.
St. Vincent's Cathedral Choir (9:00 a.m.), Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
All Saints' Chorale (11:15 a.m.), every other Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
Holy Family Choir (Grades 2-6), Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.
St. Cecelia/St. Dunstan's Choir, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.
Handbells (any age), Monday, 7:30 p.m.
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The purpose of the Music Program:
- To glorify God
- To provide support for congregational worship
- To train choirs and other ensembles to provide this support
- To provide instruction for choirs and ensembles in the performance of music of the highest Christian inspiration, from early plainsong to the present day
- To perform the works the best of our ability, in order to enhance the worship of the church and deepen the spiritual lives of both performers and congregation
- To give opportunity for parish members to involve themselves more deeply in the life of the community
Objectives of the Children's Choir Program
Objectives of the Children's Choir Program:
- To treat the children and the music of worship with respect
- To teach them the meaning of the words they sing
- To find and encourage their head voice, sing on good vowels, develop good breath to sustain long phrases, and learn proper pronunciation
- To find the most meaningful texts set to the best music, in the best range, for each group, and teach it in a way that encourages the children to understand it, take pleasure in signing it well, and believe in the worth of their contribution
- Thereby to glorify God, and to worship Him in the beauty of holiness
The choirs are on their summer sabbatical and will resume in the fall.
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Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
St. Vincent's Cathedral Choir
Recorded live on February 15, 2009, at St. Vincent's Cathedral, Bedford, Texas
Disc 1: Traditional Anglican Evensong Service followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Disc 2: Choral, Organ and Trumpet Selections
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Barbara Burton has been Music Director & Organist of St. Vincent's Cathedral, Bedford, Texas, since 1988.
A native of Dallas, she holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Organ Performance from Southern Methodist University, where her study was with Dora Poteet Barclay and Robert Anderson. Following completion of her Master's degree, she served as Adjunct Professor of Organ from 1971-81. She has also studied with Marie-Claire Alain at the Bach-Academie in St.-Donat, France. She has atttended several intensive choral workshops with Sir David Willcocks, and with David Trendell of King's College, London.
Past positions include Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, as organist, and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, as organist-choirmaster. From 1997-2000, she was co-director, with Raymond McDaniel, of the area choir Laudate. She is a past Dean of the Fort Worth and Dallas Chapters of the American Guild of Organists, and holds the AAGO certificate.
She was accompanist to St. Andrew's, Fort Worth, Choir on two trips to England, for a week of services at Wells Cathedral in 1995, and at St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, in 1997. In 2006, St. Vincent's Choir sang a week of services at Ely Cathedral under her direction, and a week's residence at Wells Cathedral is planned for August of 2009.
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The Redman Organ, Opus 4 / 59 / 66 / 87
The organ was originally designed and built for St. Vincent's Church in 1971 by Roy Redman or the Redman Organ Company of Fort Worth, Texas, with the assistance of several of St. Vincent's parishioners.
It was the first pipe organ in the Mid-Cities area, and one of only a handful of mechanical-action organs in Texas and surrounding states. Opus 4 was a tracker action instrument of 18 stops and 23 ranks and had an entirely mechanical stop action and attached key desk. The instrument made use of wind chests, keyboards, and parts of the action of Hook & Hastings Opus 2106, originally built for Kavanaugh Methodist Church in Greenville, Texas. The organ had been replaced and broken up for parts. It also utilized some recycled pipes from an 1887 Odell Opus 239, originally built for Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans. Stinkens and Giesecke supplied burnished front pipes of 90% tin and other new pipes. The organ was voiced in the neo-baroque manner popular at the time. Tonally, Redman organs are based on historical traditions; however, the tonal resources are not limited by one specific period of organ history.
With the building of the new and current church in 1989, the Vestry approved revisions for installation in the gallery, high on the axis of the building, in a live and responsive room which is optimal placement for a musical instrument of its caliber. Frank Friemel designed this reconstruction as Opus 59 with 22 stops and 29 ranks of pipes. The revisions included: a new detached three manual console, a vertical extension of the casework, new wind chests for the manual division (to allow for later additions), new mechanical action throughout (made necessary by the separation of console and case), a solid-state combination action, and pipe shades to enhance the casework. Provision was made for future additions in order to avoid costly rebuilding later. Additions included a Salicional and Vox Coelestis in the Swell. A Schalmei replaced the original 2' Flute. The pedal organ was made to serve as best it could. The organ was re-voiced for the new room, and the sound was broadened and smoothed from the original concept.
The year 1994 saw the building of the pedal towers, the installation of all the pedal pipe work within them, and the completion of the Great and Swell divisions as Opus 66 with 30 stops and 40 ranks of pipes. Again, it contains both old and new. Stinkens of Holland made the front pipes of the Great 8' Principal of 90% tin. The pipes of the 16' Pedal Principal, which sit in the facade of the pedal towers, were made of 90% tin by the Giesecke firm in Germany. Tin is the most expensive and most precious metal for front pipes, and because of this purity, they will stay bright. Anyone looking at the organ will notie that the appearance of the 1971 pipes in the center mateches the appearance of the large 16' pipes in teh pedal towers, installed in 1994! Other pipes from the 1971 organ were also retained, although somewhat re-voiced for the new building. Other additions included the 16' Bourdon, 8' Spitzflute, Cornet, and a new and larger 8' Trumpet in the Great. The Swell received a new 16' Fagott, and an Oboe replaced the Schalmei. The pedal now included a 32' Bourdon and a new and larger 16' Posaune.
The Great and Pedal Trumpets and other reeds were also manufactured in Germany for this installation. On the other hand, the pipes of the 32' Bourdon were originally part of an 1857 Schwab Opus 216 organ built for St. Alphonsus Catholic Church (now defunct) in New Orleans. These pipes had lain silent for a number of years. Along with other wooden pipes which originally sounded in an 1887 Odel Opus 239 organ built for Trinity Church, New Orleans, these voices help to link us to the prayers and praises of past generations. We hope that this instrument will assist the prayers and praises of the faithful for many generations to come.
The members of the Redman Organ firm who brought the 1994 state to completion are Mich Fenner, Frank Friemel, Robert Hubatch, Phil Pott, and Roy Redman.
Finally, in 2007, the organ has been completed according to Frank Friemel's design as Opus 87 with the new Ruckpositv and a new Festival Trumpet (Trompette-en-Chamade), provided by Schopp. Its intention is to corwn the chorus, but not to obliterate it. The other stops of the Ruckpositiv provide a more intimate sound than that from the Great and Swell since it is nearer the ear. Based on a 4' principal, they provide contrast and fullness as well. The larger and fuller Cromorne fills the needed stop in the organ. A 1 1/3' stop here, instead of a mixture, provides more registration possibilities, along with enough brilliance to the division. the Gemshorn and Celeste are of the classic type, which are flutes with string overtones. They provide a nice contrast to the string Celeste in the Swell. Swell shades give additional flexibility to the division. The completed organ has 39 stops and 51 ranks of pipes.
Roy Redman writes that "Many have commented that the organ has 'grown up' and matured. This has happened because of the desire of the congregation to have the finest organ possible and to implement the changing esthetics in organ building. It is perhaps a study in how an organ can be enlarged and expanded to meet the demands of a different time and place."
Those who worked on the 2007 project include Roy Redman, Frank Friemel, Andrew Packard, Wesley Miller, Joel Grey, Carl Fishcer, Joseph Watson, Chris Wilson, and Jake Morris.
Redman Pipe Organs
816 East Vickery
Fort Worth, TX 76014
(817) 332-2953
Organ Stoplist in 1971
Great
8' Principal
8' Rohrflute
4' Octave
2' Blockflote
1 1/3' Mixture IV
8' Trompete
Zimbelstern
Swell
8' Holzgedeckt
4' Rohrflote
2' Principal
2 2/3' Sesquialtera II
1' Zimbell III
8' Krummhorn
Tremulant
Pedal
16' Subbass
8' Principal
4' Choralbass
2' Flute
16' Fagott
Organ Stoplist in 1991
Great
8' Principal
8' Rohrflute
4' Octave
4' Hohlflote
2' Blockflote
1 1/3' Mixture IV
8' Trompete
Tremulant
Zimberstern
Swell
8' Holzgedeckt
8' Salicional
8' Vox Coelestis
4' Principal
2' Spitzflote
2 2/3' Sesquialtera II
1' Scharf III
8' Schalmei
Tremulant
Pedal
16' Subbass
8' Principal
4' Choralbass (new)
2' Mixture III
16' Posaune
Organ Stoplist in 1994
Great
16' Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Principal
8' Rohrgedeckt
8' Spitzflote
4' Octave
4' Hohlflote
2 2/3' Cornet II
2' Octave
1 1/3' Mixture IV
8' Trompete (new)
Tremulant
Zimbelstern
Swell
8' Holzgedeckt
8' Salicional
8' Vox Coelestis
4' Principal
4' Rohrflote
2' Spitzflote
2 2/3' Sesquialtera II
1' Scharf III
16' Fagott
8' Oboe
Tremulant
Pedal
32' Bourdon
16' Principal
16' Subbass
8' Octave
8' Gedeckt
4' Choralbass
2' Mixture III
16' Posaune (new)
8' Trompete
4' Schalmei
Organ Stoplist in 2007
Great
16' Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Principal
8' Rohrgedeckt
8' Spitzflote
4' Octave
4' Hohlflote
2 2/3' Cornet II (from G2)
2' Octave
1 1/3' Mixture IV
8' Trompete
Tremulant
Zimbelstern
Swell
8' Holzgedeckt
8' Salicional
8' Vox Coelestis
4' Principal
4' Rohrflote
2' Spitzflote
2 2/3' Sesquialtera II
1' Scharf III (new breaks)
16' Fagott
8' Oboe
Tremulant
Pedal
32' Bourdon
16' Principal
16' Subbass
8' Octave
8' Gedeckt
4' Choralbass
2' Mixture III
16' Posaune
8' Trompete
4' Schalmei
Ruckpositiv (enclosed)
8' Bordun
8' Gemshorn
8' Gemshorn Celeste (tenor C)
4' Principal (unenclosed)
4' Spillflote
2 2/3' Nasat
2' Flachflote
1 3/5' Terz
1 1/3' Quinte
8' Krummhorn
Tremulant
8' Festival Trumpet (mounted on central tower)
Raphi Giangiulio played trumpet at St. Vincent's on special occasions. See his pictures of St. Vincent's organ and organist towards the bottom of his website.
He's added a section to his website about Redman Organs.
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