Sunday 5 February, 11.00am | Choral Matins | 3rd Sunday before Lent

Introit

O nata lux – Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Responses

Tallis

Psalm

112

Canticle

Benedictus (Dorian Service) – Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) 

Hymns

Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go 

 

Thy kingdom come, O God

 

Love divine, all loves excelling 

Anthem

Beatus vir – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1641) 

March

Huntsman’s Chorus – The Italian Song (Quick March of the Royal Green Jackets)

Voluntary

Allegro (Concerto in A minor, BWV 593) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750), after Vivaldi

Sunday 12 February, 11.00am | Choral Matins | 2nd Sunday before Lent

Introit

I sat down under his shadow – Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)

Responses

Smith

Psalm

136

Canticle

Te Deum in F – John Ireland (1879-1962)

Hymns

Guide me, O thou great Redeemer

 

Let us, with a gladsome mind

 

All my hope on God is founded 

Anthem

Sing ye to the Lord (Israel in Egypt) – George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

March

The Watch Tower (Quick March of the Royal Corps of Military Police)

Voluntary

Epic March – John Ireland (1879-1962), arr. Robert Gower

Sunday 19 February, 11.00am | Choral Matins | Sunday next before Lent

Introit

Why fum’th in sight (Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter) – Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Responses

Radcliffe

Psalm

2

Canticle

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

Hymns

New every morning is the love 

 

Ye holy angels bright

 

O praise ye the Lord! 

Anthem

For lo, I raise up – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

March

Begone dull care (Quick March of the Royal Corps of Signals)

Voluntary

Postlude in D minor, Op. 105: No. 6 – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Sunday 26 February, 11.00am | Choral Matins | 1st Sunday of Lent

Service of commemoration for the tricentenary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723)

Introit

Hear my prayer, O Lord – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Responses

Reading

1st Anthem

Remember not, O Lord, our offences – Henry Purcell

2nd Anthem

Lord, how long wilt thou be angry? – Henry Purcell 

Hymns

Blessèd city, heavenly Salem Adapted from an anthem by Henry Purcell

 

Forty days and forty nights Melody attrib. Martin Herbst (1654-1681)

 

O God, our help in ages past Melody & bass attrib. William Croft (1678-1727)

3rd Anthem

Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei – Henry Purcell 

March

The Prince of Denmark’s March – Jeremiah Clarke (c.1674-1707)

Voluntary

Voluntary in A major on the 100th Psalm, Z. 721 – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

 

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