The Saint Michael Oratorio Society

The Saint Michael Oratorio Society is a catechetical and evangelical initiative of the parish music ministry of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Leawood, Kansas. It serves to foster and share the sacred musical art of our parish with the wider Church and community.



Past Events

23 January 2011
Sunday Sing
SURSUM CORDA
A brilliant new area choral ensemble sings Sacred Polyphony
  Tomás Luis de Victoria, Alma Redemptoris Mater
  Cristobal Morales, Ave Maria
  Tomás Luis de Victoria, Ave Maris Stella
  Francisco Guerrero, Magnificat Primi Toni
  Francisco Guerrero, Tota pulchra es, Maria

19 December 2010
Sunday Sing
Members and Friends of the Parish
Favorite Hymns and Carols of Christmas
  concluding with Silent Night by candlelight

11 April 2009
Sunday Sing
Favorite Hymns and Songs
Members and Friends of St. Michael the Archangel Parish



28 March 2009
Lenten Organ Meditation
Kevin Vogt, organist
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    Valet will ich dir geben, S. 735
    Herzlich tut mich verlangen, S. 727
    Valet will ich dir geben, S. 736
    Partite divers sopra "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, S. 768
    O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, S. 622
    O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, S. 1095
    O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, S. 656

20 December 2009
Sunday Sing
Carols of Advent and Christmas
Members and Friends of St. Michael the Archangel Parish

13 December 2009
Advent Organ Meditation
Kevin Vogt, organist
Scott Wichael, tenor
    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
        Fantasia and Fugue, S. 537
    J. S. Bach
        Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, S. 140
            II. Recitativo
               IV. Chorale
     J. S. Bach
        Prelude and Fugue in Eb, S. 552
    George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
        Messiah, HVW 56
            2. Recitative. - Comfort Ye
            3. Air. - Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
    Hugo Distler (1908-1942)
        Wachet auf, ruft uns die StimmeOp. 8/II

29 November 2009
Advent Organ Meditation
Kevin Vogt, organist
    Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746)
        Ricercar pro tempore adventus
        Chaconne
    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
        Savior of the Nations, Come, S. 599
        Wake, O Wake, a Voice is Crying, S. 645
    Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)
        Magnificat
    Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
        O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
        Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
    Paul Manz (1919-2009)
        How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
    J. S. Bach
        Passacaglia, S. 582