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"The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament."
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), quoted by Robert Craft

Music

Mr. John Martin Marks, Director of Music and Organist

Click to listen to Grace & St. Peter's Choir
Agnus Dei - Missa Brevis - Andrea Gabrieli

angel window From the The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross through the Feast of Corpus Christi, Solemn High Mass is celebrated on Sundays at ten o'clock A.M.

The parish choir, a mixed-voice ensemble under the direction of John Martin Marks, sings a setting of the ordinary, plainsong propers, and anthems or motets at the offertory and during communion.

Repertoire ranges from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries with particular emphasis on British composers from Tallis to Leighton.

The office of Evensong is sung on three or four Sundays a year and is often preceded by a short recital on the 1922 Austin organ of 3 manuals and over 60 ranks.

The Choir

 

Choral services will resume at High Mass on
Sunday, October 4th, with music of Hans Leo Hassler and Giles Farnaby.

angel and portative Jennifer Laurent-Andersen (Soprano)
Lien-Ying Liu (Soprano)
Stephanie Miller (Soprano)
Megan Amoss (Mezzo-Soprano)
Laura Epp (Mezzo-Soprano)
Erica Hamby (Mezzo-Soprano
George Bareford (Tenor)
Mark Blackwell (Tenor)
Eberhard Froehlich (Baritone)
Ralph Gaston (Baritone)
Matthew Sullivan (Baritone)
Stephen Heaver (Bass)

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The Organ

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Austin Organ Company - Opus 1074, 1922

Additions by Austin, Crossan-Savage, and Lewis & Hitchcock

Stephen P. Bartley, Curator of the Organ

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GREAT (enclosed with Choir)

16 Quintaton
8 Open Diapason
8 Doppelflote
8 Gamba
8 Gamba Celeste
8 Gemshorn
8 Bourdon
4 Octave
4 Harmonic Flute
3 1/5 Tierce
2 2/3 Twelfth
2 Fifteenth
1 3/5 Tierce
Mixture III
Chimes

GRAND CHORUS (Available on Great or Choir)(Unenclosed)

8 Open Diapason
8 Harmonic Flute
4 Octave
Mixture IV
8 Tromba

CHOIR (Enclosed with Great)

8 Geigen Principal
8 Nason Flute
8 Dolce Celeste II
4 Koppelflote
2 2/3 Nasard
2 Blockflote
1 3/5 Tierce
8 Trumpet
8 Clarinet
8 Cor Anglais

SWELL (Enclosed)

16 Lieblich Gedeckt
8 Open Diapason
8 Stopped Diapason
8 Viola
8 Celeste
8 Salicional
8 Voix Celeste
8 Spitzflote
4 Octave
4 Flauto Traverso
2 Flageolet
Cornet II
Mixture III
16 Contra Fagotto
8 Trompette
8 Oboe
8 Vox Humana
4 Clarion
Tremulant
8 Trompette En Chamade

PEDAL (Partially enclosed)

32 Resultant
16 Open Wood Diapason
16 Violone
16 Bourdon
16 Quintaton(Gt.)
16 Lieblich Gedackt(Sw.)
8 Principal
8 Cello
8 Flute
4 Fifteenth
Harmonics IV
16 Trombone
16 Contra Fagotto(Sw.)
8 Trumpet

Cymbelstern
Rossignol

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Performance Space

 

Grace and St. Peter's welcomes inquiries from performers looking for a performance space with great acoustics and unique ambience. Please contact the Director of Music at jmarks15@gmail.com if you would like to discuss the possibilities.

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Grace & St. Peter's Church
707 Park Avenue (at Monument Street)
Baltimore, Maryland (MD) 21201
410-539-1395 | gracestpeter @ aol . com
The Rev'd. Frederick S. Thomas, SSC, Rector
Mr. John Martin Marks, Director of Music and Organist