APRIL 2026
Wednesday 1 April at 1.15pm
Emerging Artist Concert
Songs Without Words: A Romantic Journey
Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Arensky
Maria Stadnik piano | Elizabeth Ring cello
Good Friday 3 April at 4.00pm
Oratorio
The Seven Last Words of Christ (Théodore Dubois)
St Jude's Singers and Soloists
At 4.00pm on Good Friday, the St Jude’s Singers with soloists Karen Fitz-Gibbon (soprano), David Allen (tenor) and Michael Hissey (baritone), will sing the oratorio The Seven Last Words of Christ by the Romantic French composer and organist Théodore Dubois. This work was composed in 1867 for Saint Clotilde in Paris, where Dubois was the choir director (Maitre de chapelle).
In the twentieth century, the work became synonymous with Chicago’s Second Presbyterian Church where there has been an annual Good Friday performance since 1936! The work is in nine movements: one each for Christ’s seven words from the cross with and introductory movement and concluding prayer. It depicts the spiritually moving scenes of the crucifixion presented in musical composition; the angry crowds, the anguish of Jesus’ mother, the thief on the cross, and Christ’s suffering and death on the cross.
Easter Day
Sunday 5 April at 11.30am
Choral Communion
The St Jude's Chamber Choir
At the 11.30am Service of Choral Communion on Easter Day, the St Jude's Chamber Choir will sing a setting of the service by the great classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Mozart composed this servicehe was Music Director for the Archbishop of Saltzburg (Austria). This service, which sets to music the traditional Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei, is referred to as the "Coronation Mass" as its first documented performance was at the coronation of Francis II as Holy Roman Emperor in in Frankfurt Cathedral in 1792.
The Introit is Henry Ley’s setting of the Easter hymn “The Strife is O’er.” Ley was organist at Christ College Cathedral, Oxford, and for some time in charge of Chapel Music at Eton College. He was professor of organ at the Royal College of Music.
The Communion Motet is “Laudate Dominum” from Mozart’s “Vesperae solennes de confessore” a work based on Psalms for liturgical use in Salzburg Cathedral. The Laudate Dominum is a setting of Psalm 117 and is the most popular movement from this work.
26 April at 3.30pm
Pre-Service Recital
Ziv Pinco (piano)
29 April at 1.15pm
Midweek Lunchtime Recital
Brett McKern (organ)
Recital Postponed to 15 July owing to Church Restoration
Emerging Artist Concert
Songs Without Words: A Romantic Journey
Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Arensky
Maria Stadnik piano | Elizabeth Ring cello
Good Friday 3 April at 4.00pm
Oratorio
The Seven Last Words of Christ (Théodore Dubois)
St Jude's Singers and Soloists
At 4.00pm on Good Friday, the St Jude’s Singers with soloists Karen Fitz-Gibbon (soprano), David Allen (tenor) and Michael Hissey (baritone), will sing the oratorio The Seven Last Words of Christ by the Romantic French composer and organist Théodore Dubois. This work was composed in 1867 for Saint Clotilde in Paris, where Dubois was the choir director (Maitre de chapelle).
In the twentieth century, the work became synonymous with Chicago’s Second Presbyterian Church where there has been an annual Good Friday performance since 1936! The work is in nine movements: one each for Christ’s seven words from the cross with and introductory movement and concluding prayer. It depicts the spiritually moving scenes of the crucifixion presented in musical composition; the angry crowds, the anguish of Jesus’ mother, the thief on the cross, and Christ’s suffering and death on the cross.
Easter Day
Sunday 5 April at 11.30am
Choral Communion
The St Jude's Chamber Choir
At the 11.30am Service of Choral Communion on Easter Day, the St Jude's Chamber Choir will sing a setting of the service by the great classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Mozart composed this servicehe was Music Director for the Archbishop of Saltzburg (Austria). This service, which sets to music the traditional Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei, is referred to as the "Coronation Mass" as its first documented performance was at the coronation of Francis II as Holy Roman Emperor in in Frankfurt Cathedral in 1792.
The Introit is Henry Ley’s setting of the Easter hymn “The Strife is O’er.” Ley was organist at Christ College Cathedral, Oxford, and for some time in charge of Chapel Music at Eton College. He was professor of organ at the Royal College of Music.
The Communion Motet is “Laudate Dominum” from Mozart’s “Vesperae solennes de confessore” a work based on Psalms for liturgical use in Salzburg Cathedral. The Laudate Dominum is a setting of Psalm 117 and is the most popular movement from this work.
26 April at 3.30pm
Pre-Service Recital
Ziv Pinco (piano)
29 April at 1.15pm
Midweek Lunchtime Recital
Brett McKern (organ)
Recital Postponed to 15 July owing to Church Restoration
