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Choir Music – Spring 2025

 

Date Anthem/Motet  Composer Mass Cond/Org
Sunday 5 January
(Epiphany)		 Communion: The Three Kings  Cornelius Merbecke LB
Sunday 12 January Communion:  Listen, Sweet Dove  Ives Rawsthorne OG
Sunday 19 January Anthem:  O Sing Joyfully
Communion:  Prayer of St Richard		 Batten
Boyd		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 26 January Anthem:  O Come ye Servants
Communion:  Ubi Caritas		 Tye
Durufle		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 2 February
(Candlemas)		 Anthem:  When to the temple Eccard Merbecke LB
Sunday 9 February Anthem:   Vox Christi
Communion:   Lead me Lord		 Wilby
Wesley		 Rawsthorne OG
Sunday 16 February Communion:  Vo tsartvii tvoyem Grechaninov Merbecke LB
Sunday 23 February Communion:   Hear the voice and prayer  Tallis Merbecke LB
Sunday 2 March Anthem:   Now the green blade riseth
Communion:  O Nata Lux		 Trad arr Linley
Tallis		 Merbecke LB
Wednesday 5 March
(Ash Wednesday) 
7pm for 8pm		 Introit:  Lent Prose
Intercessions:  The Litany
Communion:  Miserere Mei  		 trad/Scott
Marshall
Byrd		 Byrd:  Agnus
Merbecke		 LB
Sunday 9 March Anthem:  Deep River
Communion:  Miserere Mei		 arr Wilde
Byrd		 Byrd:  Kyrie
Merbecke		 OG
Sunday 16 March Communion:  Of the glorious body telling Victoria Byrd: Sanctus
Merbecke		 LB
Sunday 23 March Communion:  My sinful soul Trad/T Henley Byrd:  Agnus
Merbecke		 LB
THURSDAY 27 MARCH CHOIR REHEARSAL AT 7PM.  NO REHEARSAL FRIDAY 28TH
Sunday 30 March
(Mothering Sunday)		 Anthem:     Ave Maria
Communion: Prayer for a new mother 		 Victoria
Shephard		 Byrd:  Agnus
Merbecke		 LB
Sunday 6 April
(Passion Sunday)		 Communion:   Nolo mortem peccatoris Morley Byrd complete OG
Sunday 13 April
(Palm Sunday)		 Introit:   Hosanna to the Son of David
Communion:  Pueri Hebraeorum		 Plainchant
Victoria		 Merbecke LB
Thursday 17 April
(Maundy Thursday)
7pm for 8pm		 Introit:  Ubi Caritas
Anthem:  An Upper Room
Psalm 22 		 Duruflé
Glading		 Merbecke  OG
Friday 18 April
(Good Friday)
1.30pm for 3pm		 The Lamentations
Nolo mortem peccatoris		 Bairstow
Morley		 N/A LB
Sunday 20 April
(Easter)		 Introit:    This Joyful Eastertide
Anthem:  Now the green blade riseth		 trad arr Ledger
trad arr Linley		 Rawsthorne LB
CHOIR RETURNS FRIDAY 9 MAY 7PM

Choir Music – Autumn 2024

 

Date Anthem/Motet  Composer Mass Cond/Org
Sunday 8 September Communion:  The Lamb  Tavener Rawsthorne OG
Sunday 15 September Communion:  Now the green blade riseth  Mudd  Merbecke LB
Sunday 22 September Anthem:  Lord, for they tender mercies’ sake
Communion:   Lead me, Lord		 Farrant
Wesley		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 29 September Anthem:  O Sing Joyfully Batten Merbecke LB
Sunday 6 October
(Harvest Festival)		 Anthem: Thou Visitest the Earth
Communion: Give Almes of Thy Goods		 Greene
Tye		 Merbecke LB
CHOIR PRACTICE ON THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER 7pm
Sunday 13 October Communion: Ave Verum Byrd Rawsthorne OG
Sunday 20 October Anthem:  O Come ye Servants of the Lord Tye Merbecke LB
Sunday 27 October Gradual:  Exultate justi  Bruckner Merbecke OG
Sunday 3 November
(All Saints)		 Anthem:     O quam gloriosum
Communion:  Sicut Cervus		 Victoria
Palestrina		 Merbecke OG
  Commemoration of the Faithful Departed 4.00pm. rehearsal 3.15pm
(All Souls) Introit:  Missa di Requiem
Anthem:  In Paradisum (Requiem)   		 Plainchant
Faure		   OG
Sunday 10 November
Remembrance Sunday
At the War Memorial:		 Rehearsal at 10:00AM for 10.45am service
In War, Resolution
For the Fallen
Malcolm Archer
Douglas Guest		  
OG
Sunday 17 November Communion:  Ubi Caritas Durufle Merbecke LB
Sunday 24 November Anthem:  Mine Eyes for Beauty Pine Howells Merbecke LB
Sunday 1 December
   		 ADVENT SUNDAY
Advent Wreath 1
Anthem:  Remember O Thou Man
Archer
Ravenscroft		 Merbecke LB
(4pm, 3pm rehearsal) ADVENT CAROLS
Introit:  Evening Responsory
Remember O Thou Man
Adam lay Ybounden
A maiden most gentle
A great and mighty wonder 
Palestrina/Cleobury
Ravenscroft
Ord
arr. Carter
Praetorius		   LB/OG
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER CHOIR PRACTICE 7PM
Friday 6 December
(Jesus Hospital Carols)		 Adam lay Ybounden  Ord   LB
Sunday 8 December Advent Wreath 2
Anthem:  A maiden most gentle		 Archer
arr. Carter		 Rawsthorne OG
  COMMUNITY CAROL CONCERT
Community choir/church choir and friends		      
THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER CHOIR PRACTICE 7PM
Sunday 15 December Advent Wreath 3
Anthem:  A great and mighty wonder		 Archer
Praetorius		 Merbecke  LB
Sunday 22 December  Advent Wreath 4
Anthem:    Adam lay YBounden		 Archer
Ord		 Merbecke LB
  CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Myn Lykyng
Peace on Earth
Away in a Manger
Candlelight Carol
Dancing Day
R R Terry
Wallen
arr Willcocks
Rutter
Gardner		   LB/OG
Tuesday 24 December
(11.30pm, 10.30 rehearsal)		 MIDNIGHT MASS
Introit:   Hodie Christus Natus Est   
Anthem:   Away in a Manger
Communion:    Peace on Earth 
Britten
arr Willcocks
Wallen		 Rawsthorne LB/OG
Wednesday  25 December CRISTMAS DAY
Introit:   Hodie Christus Natus Est
Anthem:   Ding dong Merrily on High
Britten
Trad arr Willcocks		 Merbecke LB

Choir resumes on FRIDAY 3 JANUARY at 7pm

Choir Music – Summer 2024

 

Date Anthem/Motet  Composer Mass Cond/Org
Sunday 21 April Communion:  The Lamb  Tavener Merbecke LB
Sunday 28 April Communion:  Now the green blade riseth  Trad arr. Lindley  Merbecke LB
Sunday 5 May Gradual:  Perspice, Christicola
Communion:  If ye love me		 10th century anon
Tallis		 Merbecke LB
Thursday 9 May 
(Ascension Day)		 Introit: Viri Galilei
Gradual: Lift up your heads		 Plainchant
Amner		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 12 May Gradual:  Lift up your heads
Communion:  O God the King of Glory		 Amner
Purcell		 Rawsthorne OG
CHOIR REHEARSAL ON THURSDAY 16 MAY AT 7PM INSTEAD OF FRIDAY 17 
Sunday 19 May
(Pentecost)		 Gradual: Alleluia I heard a Voice Weelkes Merbecke LB
Sunday 26 May
(Trinity)		 Introit:  Laus Trinitate  
Gradual:  Mine eyes for beauty pine
Communion:  Hymn to the Trinity		 Hildegarde of Bingen
Howells
Tchaikovsky		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 2 June Gradual:  Exultate justi  Viadana Merbecke OG
Sunday 9 June  Gradual:  O Sing Joyfully Batten Merbecke OG
Sunday 16 June   Communion:  Cantique de Jean Racine Faure Merbecke LB
Sunday 23 June Gradual:  Rejoice in the Lord always
Communion:  Oculi omnium		 Anon
Wood		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 30 June Communion:  Prayer for the Healing of the Sick Tavener Merbecke LB
CHOIR REHEARSAL ON THURSDAY 4 JULY AT 7PM INSTEAD OF FRIDAY 5
Sunday 7 July Gradual: Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake
Communion:  Geistliches Lied		 Farrant
Brahms		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 14 July Gradual:  Give us the wings of Faith
Communion:  Ubi caritas		 Bullock
Gjeilo		 Rawsthorne OG

REHEARSALS WILL RESTART ON FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER!

 

Choir Music – Spring 2024

 

Date Anthem/Motet  Composer Mass Cond/Org
Sunday 7 January Communion: The Three Kings  Cornelius Merbecke LB
Sunday 14 January Anthem: The Lamb
Communion: God be in my head		 Tavener
Howells		 Merbecke OG
Sunday 21 January Anthem: O Sing Joyfully
Communion: Sicut Cervus		 Batten
Palestrina		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 28 January Anthem: When to the temple Mary went Eccard Merbecke LB
Sunday 4 Feburary Anthem: Cantate Domino
Communion: Holy is the True Light		 Hassler
Harris		 Merbecke LB
Sunday 11 Feburary Anthem: O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht
Communion: Jesu, the very thought of thee		 JS Bach
Bairstow		 Merbecke OG
Wednesday 14 Feburary
(Ash Wednesday)		 Introit: Lent Prose trad
Intercessions: The Litany
Communion: Miserere Mei		 Scott
Marshall
 		 Byrd: Agnes
Merbecke
Merbecke		 LB
Sunday 18 Feburary Anthem: Miserere Mei   Byrd: Merbecke LB
Sunday 25 Feburary Anthem: Call to Remembrance
Communion: My Sinful Soul		 Farrant
Trad/T Henley		 Byrd: Kyrie
Merbecke		 LB
Sunday 3 March Communion: Lord, let me know mine end Greene Byrd: Sanctus
Merbecke		 LB
Sunday 10 March
(Mothering Sunday)		 Anthem: A Hymn to the Virgin
 		 Glading
 		 Byrd: Agnus
Merbecke		 OG
Sunday 17 March
(Passion Sunday)		 Anthem: Christus Factus Est
Communion: Were you there?		 Bruckner
Trad/Chilcott		 Byrd: Kyrie/
Merbecke		 LB
Sunday 24 March
(Palm Sunday)		 Introit: Hosanna to the Son of David
Communion: Puer Hebraeorum		 Plainchant
Victoria		 Byrd: Sanctus/
Merbecke		 LB
Thursday 28 March
(Maundy Thursday)
(7pm for 8pm)		 Introit: Ubi Caritas
Anthem: An Upper Room
Psalm 22		 Duruflé
Glading		 Merbecke OG
Friday 29 March
(Good Friday)		 Were you there?
The Lamentations		 Trad/Chilcott
Bairstow		 Byrd (complete) LB
Sunday 31 Match
(Easter)		 Introit: This Joyful Eastertide 
Anthem: The Heavens are Telling		 trad arr Ledger
Haydn		 Rawsthorne LB/OG


REHEARSALS WILL CONTINUE FOR CONCERT ON APR 7 AND THEN RESTART ON FRIDAY 19 APRIL

 

 

 

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