Sunday 7 May, 11.00am. Choral Matins | 5th Sunday of Easter; Coronation Sunday

Introit

O Lord, make thy servant – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Responses

Smith (adapted)

Psalm

O Taste and See – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Canticle

Te Deum in B flat – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Hymns

He who would valiant be

 

Guide me, O thou great Redeemer 

 

O Praise ye the Lord!

Anthem

I was Glad – Hubert Parry (1848-1918)

March

Trumpet Tune – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Voluntary

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Op. 39 – Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Sunday 14 May, 11.00am. Choral Matins | 6th Sunday of Easter; London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

Introit

The Little Messiah – Eloise Irving (b. 1985)

Responses

William Petter (1982-2016)

Psalm

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1st Anthem

They came unto the sepulchre – Angus McPhee (b.1992)

Hymns

At the name of Jesus 

 

We have a gospel to proclaim

 

I danced in the morning

Anthem

The Lord is Good – Cecilia McDowall (b.1951)

March

Wings (Quick March of the Royal Engineers)

Voluntary

Church Bells Beyond the Stars – Cecilia McDowall (b.1951)

Sunday 21 May, 11.00am. Choral Matins | Sunday after Ascension

Introit

Coelos ascendit hodie, Op. 38, No.2 – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Responses

Smith

Psalm

O Clap your Hands – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Canticle

Jubilate

Hymns

Hail the day that sees him rise

 

The head that once was crowned with thorns 

 

Crown him with many crowns

Anthem

God is Gone Up – Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

March

On Parade (Quick March of the Royal Logistics Corps)

Voluntary

Toccata (Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 53) – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Sunday 28 May, 11.00am. Choral Eucharist  | Pentecost

Introit

O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Processional hymn

O Thou who camest from above

Mass setting

Missa Dum Complerentur – Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (c.1525-1594)

Gradual hymn

Holy Spirit, come, confirm us

Offertory Hymn

Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round 

Communion     

Dum Complerentur – Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (c.1525-1594)

Recessional hymn      

Come down, O Love divine

Voluntary

Fantasia super ‘Komm, Heiliger Geist’, BWV 651 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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