Sunday 3 September, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 13th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

The Call – Gail Randall (b. 1955)

Responses

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

Psalm

26.1-8

Canticle

Jubilate

Hymns

Christ, whose glory fills the skies

 

Teach me, my God and King

 

O Jesus, I have promised 

Anthem

O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

March

The Old Brigade

Voluntary

Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Sunday 10 September, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 14th Sunday after Trinity

Accession Day anniversary service

Introit

O Lord, make thy servant Charles our King – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Responses

William Smith (1603-1645), revised WV

Psalm

119.33-40

Canticle

Venite

Hymns

All people that on earth do dwell

 

Father, hear the prayer we offer 

 

And did those feet in ancient time

Anthem

Teach me, O Lord – William Byrd (c.1540-1623) 

March

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

Voluntary

Fantasia – Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

Sunday 17 September, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 15th Sunday after Trinity

Royal Corps of Signals regimental visit

Introit

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

Responses

Philip Radcliffe (1905-1986)

Psalm

103.1-13

Canticle

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

Hymns

New every morning is the love

 

Dear Lord and Father of mankind 

 

The church’s one foundation 

Anthem

O, for a closer walk with God – 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 24 September, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 16th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Шестопсалмие (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, No. 7) – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1973-1943)

Responses

Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)

Psalm

145.1-8

Canticle

Benedictus

Hymns

Lord of all hopefulness 

 

Lord, thy word abideth 

 

All my hope on God is founded 

Anthem

O God, thou art my God – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

March

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

Voluntary

Allegro molto (Organ Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 65) – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

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