Sunday 6 November, 11.00am. Choral Matins | 3rd Sunday before Advent

Introit

Приидите, поклонимся (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, No. 1) – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1973-1943)

Responses

William Petter

Psalm

17

Canticle

Venite

Hymns

Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem

 

Be thou my guardian and my guide

 

Fight the good fight with all thy might

 

Glorious things of thee are spoken

Anthem

O sing unto the Lord a new song – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Voluntary

Preludium, MB 3 – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Sunday 13 November, 10.55am. Service of Remembrance  | Remembrance Sunday

Music beforehand

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

 

Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff (Suite from Henry V) – William Walton (1902-1983)

 

Elegy – George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)

Introit

For the fallen – Douglas Guest (1916-1996)

Hymns

O God, our help in ages past

 

O Valiant Hearts

 

O worship the King, all glorious above

 

I vow to thee, my country

 

He who would valiant be

Anthems

They are at rest – Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

 

Agnus Dei (Requiem) – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Voluntary

Crown Imperial – William Walton (1902-1983)

Sunday 20 November, 11.00am. Choral Matins | Christ the King

Introit

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

Responses

Leighton

Psalm

46

Canticle

Jubilate

Hymns

Christ triumphant, ever reigning

 

Rejoice! The Lord is King

 

Crown him with many crowns

Anthem

Let all the world in every corner sing – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

Voluntary

Paean – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

Sunday 27 November, 11.00am. Choral Eucharist | Advent Sunday

Introit

Vigilate – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Processional Hymn

Come, thou Redeemer of the earth

Mass setting

Mass for four voices – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Gradual hymn

Come, thou long-expected Jesus

Offertory Hymn

O Come, O come, Emmanuel

Communion motet

O sacrum convivium – Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Recessional Hymn

Lo, he comes with clouds descending

Voluntary

Fugue in A minor BWV 543(ii) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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