Sunday 2 June, 11:00am. Choral Matins  | 1st Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Sing joyfully – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Responses

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Psalm

81.1-11

Canticle

Jubilate

Hymns

New every morning is the love

 

City of God, how broad and far

 

Angel-voices ever singing

Anthem

Blessed city, heavenly Salem – Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)

Recessional March

Begone Dull Care (Quick March of the Royal Corps of Signals)

Voluntary

Marcia Eroica, Op. 189, No. 2 – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Sunday 9 June, 11:00am. Choral Matins  | 2nd Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Lord, to thee I make my moan – Thomas Weelkes

Responses

Philip Radcliffe (1905-1986)

Psalm

130

Canticle

Benedictus

Hymns

Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go

 

Now is eternal life

 

All my hope on God is founded 

Anthem

Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

March

Rising of the Lark (Quick March of the Welsh Guards)

Voluntary

Master Tallis’s Testament – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Sunday 16 June, 11:00am. Choral Matins  | 3rd Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Es ist fürwahr ein köstlich Ding – Cornelius Becker (1561-1604), arr. Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Responses

Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Psalm

92.1-8

Canticle

Jubilate (The Second Service) – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Hymns

When morning gilds the skies 

 

Dear Lord and Father of mankind 

 

Father, Lord of all creation 

Anthem

Psalm 92 – Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

March

Moses in Egypt (Quick March of the 11th Hussars)

Voluntary

Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60, No. 4 – Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Sunday 23 June, 11:00am. Choral Matins  | 4th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Never weather-beaten sail – Hubert Parry (1848-1918)

Responses

Bernard Rose (1916-1996)

Psalm

107.23-32

Canticle

Venite

Hymns

Eternal father, strong to save

 

Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us

 

Jesu, lover of my soul 

Anthem

They that go down to the sea in ships – Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)

Recessional March

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

Voluntary

Ceremonial March – Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)

Sunday 30 June, 11:00am. Choral Matins  | 5th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Locus iste – Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Responses

William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Psalm

30

Canticle

Heth. Misericordiæ (Lamentations of Jeremiah) – Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)

Hymns

Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem

 

Be thou my guardian and my guide

 

All people that on earth do dwell

Anthem

Hear my prayer – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Recessional March

The Village Blacksmith (Quick March of the Royal Ordnance Corps)

Voluntary

Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor, WoO IV/6 – Max Reger (1873-1916)

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