Sunday 3 March, 11.00am | Choral Matins | 3rd Sunday of Lent

Introit

Remember not, Lord, our offences – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Responses

Plainchant

Psalm

19.7-end

Canticle

Venite

Hymns

When I survey the wondrous cross

 

Lord Jesus, think on me 

 

We sing the praise of him who died

Anthem

This Worldes Joie – Arnold Bax (1883-1953)

March

Passacaglia - The Death of Falstaff – William Walton (1902-1983)

Voluntary

Toccata (Toccata, Chorale and Fugue) – Francis Jackson (1917-2022)

Sunday 10 March, 11.00am | Choral Eucharist | 4th Sunday before Lent - Mothering Sunday

Introit

Богородице Дево, радуйся (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, No. 6) – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1973-1943)

Processional Hymn

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Mass setting

Messe basse – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) 

Gradual hymn

For Mary, Mother of our Lord 

Offertory Hymn

Jesus, good above all other

Communion Motet

Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Recessional hymn

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!

Voluntary

Acclamations Carolingiennes (Suite Médiévale) – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)

Sunday 17 March, 11.00am | Choral Matins | 5th Sunday of Lent - Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps regimental visit

Introit

Miserere mei, Deus – William Byrd (c.1543-1623)

Responses

Plainchant

Psalm

51.1-13

Canticle

Benedictus

Hymns

The royal banners forward go 

 

There is a green hill far away 

 

O Father, by whose servants 

Anthem

Wash me throughly – Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)

March

Grey and Scarlet (Quick March of the QARANC)

Voluntary

Herzlich tut mich verlangen (11 Choral Preludes, Op. 122) – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sunday 24 March, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | Palm Sunday

Introit

Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)

Responses

Ferial

Psalm

118.1-2,19-end

First Anthem

God so loved the world – John Stainer (1840-1901)

Hymns

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

 

All glory, laud and honour 

 

My song is love unknown 

Second Anthem

Komm süsser Tod – Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), after J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

March

Dirge – Thomas Attwood (1765-1838)

Voluntary

Prelude in B minor, BWV 544 – J. S Bach (1685-1750)

Sunday 31 March, 11.00am. Choral Eucharist | Easter Day

Introit

Dum transisset sabbatum (1st setting, Prima Pars) – John Taverner (c.1490-1545)

Processional Hymn

The day of resurrection!

Mass setting

Mass in G – Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 

Gradual hymn

Jesus Christ is risen today

Offertory Hymn

At the Lamb’s high feast we sing

Communion

Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) – George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Recessional hymn

Thine be the glory

Voluntary

Final (Symphony No. 2, Op. 20) – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

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