Sunday 2 April, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | Palm Sunday

Introit

Hosanna to the Son of David – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Responses

Ferial

Psalm

118.1-2,19-end

Lenten Motet (I)

Vinea mea electa – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Hymns

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

 

All glory, laud and honour 

 

My song is love unknown 

Lenten Motet (II)

Tristis est anima mea – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

March

The Old Brigade

Voluntary

Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Sunday 9 April, 11.00am. Choral Eucharist | Easter Day

Introit

Haec dies – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Processional Hymn

Jesus Christ is risen today

Mass setting

Messe Solennelle – Jean Langlais (1907-1991) 

Gradual hymn

The day of resurrection!

Offertory Hymn

At the Lamb’s high feast we sing

Communion

Resurrexi – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Recessional hymn

Thine be the glory

Voluntary

Sinfonia from Cantata “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir”, BWV 29 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750), arr. Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Sunday 16 April, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 2nd Sunday of Easter
Gunner Sunday

Introit

O decus apostolicum – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Responses

Smith

Psalm

16

Canticle

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

Hymns

Alleluia! Alleluia!

 

When Christ was risen from the dead 

 

Love’s redeeming work is done 

Anthem

Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

March

British Grenadiers & Voice of the Guns (Quick March of the Royal Regiment of Artillery)

Voluntary

Rheims - Allegro moderato (Organ Sonata No. 2: “Eroica”, Op. 151) – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Sunday 23 April, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 3rd Sunday of Easter
Commando Veterans Association St George’s Day Parade

Introit

In resurrectione tua – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Responses

Byrd

Psalm

116.1-8

Canticle

Venite

Hymns

Thine be the glory

 

I vow to thee, my country

 

And did those feet in ancient time

Anthem

Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)

March

Rule, Britannia!

Voluntary

Saraband for the morning of Easter – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Sunday 30 April, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 4th Sunday of Easter
The King’s Own Scottish Borderers Association Gallipoli

Introit

Alleluia, I heard a voice – Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)

Responses

Morley

Psalm

23

Canticle

Jubilate (Short Service) – Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)

Hymns

Ye choirs of new Jerusalem

 

The King of love my shepherd is

 

The church’s one foundation 

Anthem

My shepherd is the living Lord – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) 

March

Blue Bonnets over the Border (Quick March of King’s Own Scottish Borderers)

Voluntary

Dic nobis Maria (after Giovanni Bassano) – Heinrich Scheidemann (c.1595-1663)

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