Music list  2017-2018

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Easter Sunday 21 April 

Harold Darke, Communion Service in F

Georg Friedrich Händel, "I will sing unto the Lord", from Israel in egypt

 

Holy Saturday 20 April 

Josef Haydn, Missa Sancti Nicolai

 

Good Friday 19 April 

Tomas Luis de Victoria, Improperia and Reproaches

Claudio Monteverdi, Adoramus te

 

Maundy Thursday 18 April 

Anon, Missa ferialis

Franz Schubert, Gloria, (from Mass in G)

Maurice Duruflé, Ubi caritas

Thomas Tallis, Lamentations

 

Wednesday 17 April 

William Byrd, Mass for 5 voices

 

Tuesday 16 April 

William Byrd, Mass for 4 voices

 

Monday 15 April 

William Byrd, Mass for 3 voices

 

Sunday 14 April - Palm Sunday

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Missa "Bella amfitrit'altera"

Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623), Hosanna to the son of David

Sortie: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Matthew Passion, "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß"

 

Sunday 7 April - Lent 5 - Passion Sunday

Mass: Merbecke

(Choir away on tour)

Sunday 31 March - Lent 4 - Mothering Sunday

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Missa super "La, la, maître Pierre"

Creed: Merbecke

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989), The Lord's my shepherd

Sunday 24 March - Lent 3

Tomas Luis Victoria (1548-1611), Missa "Surge, propera"

Creed: Martin Shaw

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Ave Maria

 

Sunday 17 March - Lent 2

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989), Mass for five voices

Creed: Martin Shaw

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Salvator mundi

 

Sunday 10 March - Lent I

William Byrd (1538-1623), Mass for three voices

Creed: Martin Shaw

Thomas Morley (1567-1602), Nolo mortem peccatoris

 

Wednesday 6 March - Ash Wednesday

William Byrd (1538-1623), Mass for four voices

Tomas Luis Victoria (1548-1611), Psalm 51 fauxbourdons

 

Sunday 3 March - Quinquagesima

Josef Haydn (1732-1809), Missa Sancti Nicolai (Choir Gloria)

Creed: Martin Shaw

Josef Haydn (1732-1809), Missa Sancti Nicolai, "Et incarnatus est"

 

Sunday 24 February - Sexagesima

Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), Communion service in F

Gloria and Creed: De Angelis

Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), Let all mortal flesh keep silence

 

Sunday 17 February - Septuagesima

Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Messe sur l'intonation catholique (Choir Gloria)

Creed: Plainsong I

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

 

Sunday 10 February

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Aeterna Christi Munera

Gloria: Dom Gregory Murray

Creed: Merbecke

Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Wash me throughly

 

Sunday 3 February - Candlemass

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Mass in C (Choir Gloria)

Creed: De Angelis

Johannes Eccard (1553–1611), When Mary to the Temple went

 

Sunday 27 January

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Papae Marcelli (Congregational Gloria)

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Magi tres

Sunday 20 January

Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Messe solennelle (choir Gloria)

Dr William Crotch (1775-1847), Lo! Starled Chief

 

Sunday 13th January

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Mass in G Major (Congregational Gloria)

Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Here is the little door

 

Sunday 6th January, Epiphany

Schubert (1797-1828), Mass in G

Mendelssohn (1809-1847), There shall a star from Jacob come forth

Creed, Martin Shaw

Tuesday 25th December, Christmas Day

Darke (1888-1976), Communion service in F

Trad., Chanticleer, Gibbons (1583-1625) ed. P. Willenbrock, As on the night

Gloria and Creed, Merbecke

 

Monday 24th December, Christmas Eve

Charpentier (1643-1704), Messe de minuit

Darke (1888-1976), In the bleak mid winter

Victoria (1548-1611), O magnum mysterium

Gloria and Creed, De angelis

 

Sunday 23rd December, Advent IV

Plainsong Mass for Sundays in Advent

Taverner (c. 1490-1545), Audivi media nocte

Creed, Plainsong I

 

Sunday 16 December, Advent III

Gounod (1818-1893), Messe sur l'intonation catholique

Manz (1919-2009), E'en so Lord Jesus

Creed, Plainsong I

 

Sunday 9 December, Advent II

Ireland (1879-1962), Missa Brevis

Trad., Angelus ad virginem

Creed, Martin Shaw

 

Sunday 2 December, Advent Sunday

Wood (1866-1926), Communion Service in the Phrygian Mode

Besançon melody, People look East

Creed, Martin Shaw

 

Sunday 25th November, Christ the King
Mozart (1756-1791), Coronation Mass
(choir Gloria, “Benedictus” from Missa “Rex splendens”)
Creed: De angelis,
Mozart (1756-1791), “Benedictus” from Coronation Mass
Sortie: Handel (1685-1759), Halleluia (from Messiah)

Sunday 18th November

William Byrd (1543-1623), Mass for four voices (choir Gloria)
William Byrd (1543-1623), Ne irascaris Domine 
Creed : Plainsong I

 

Sunday 11th November, Remembrance Sunday

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Messe (Congregational gloria)

Geraint Lewis (1958-) The souls of the righteous

 

Saturday 10 November, 14h00

Service of Licensing of new chaplain, Father Mark Osborne

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), Missa Misericordias Domini (Congregational Gloria)

Pierre Villette (1926-1998), Hymne à la Vierge

 

Sunday 4th November, All Saints

Harold Darke (1888-1976), Communion service in E, "Collegium regalis" (Choir gloria)

William Harris (1883-1973), Faire is the heaven

 

Thursday 1st November, All Souls

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Requiem

 

Sunday 28th October,

Arthur Wills (1926-), Missa Passionis Christi (Congregational gloria)

Edgar Bainton (1880-1956), And I saw a new heaven

 

Sunday 21st October,

William Byrd (1538-1623), Mass for 3 voices (Choir Gloria)

Pierre Villette (1926-1998), Hymne à la Vierge

 

Sunday 14th October, Harvest

John Merbecke (1515-1585), Mass, harmonised for 4 voices by John Stainer (Choir with Congregation)

John Stainer (1840-1901), Ye shall dwell in the land

 

Sunday 7th October

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), Missa Cantuariensis (Congregational Gloria)

Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Behold, O God, our defender

 

Sunday 30th September,

Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Communion service "Collegium regalis" (Choir Gloria)

Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Behold, O God, our defender

 

Sunday 23rd September,

George Oldroyd (1887-1956), Mass for the Quiet Hour (Congregational Gloria)

C. Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), O for a closer walk with God

 

Sunday 16th September,

Charles Wood (1886-1926), Mass in F (congregational Gloria)

Charles Wood (1886-1926), Expectans expectavi

 

Sunday 9th September,

Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809), Little Organ Mass

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), I was glad 

 

Wednesday 15th August, Assumption

Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Assumpta est Maria

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Ave Maria à 8 

 

Sunday 15th July

Robert Führer (1525-1594), Kurze Festmesse in B

 

Sunday 8th July,

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Missa "in illo tempore" (Choir Gloria)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Hear my prayer

 

Sunday 1st July, Visiting Choir, St George's Belfast

Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809), Little Organ Mass

Edgar Bainton (1880-1956), And I saw a new heaven

 

Sunday 24th June,

Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809), Mass in F (Choir Gloria)

C. Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Benedictus in Bb

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), This is the Record of john

 

Sunday 17th June, Choir in Caen

John Taverner (1490-1545), Leroy Kyrie (Choir Gloria)

Christopher Tye (1500-1572), Missa "Euge bone"

William H.Harris (1883-1973), Holy is the true light

 

Sunday 10th June, Wills Halls Visiting Choir

William Byrd (1540-1623), Mass for three voices (Congregational Gloria)

Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623), Hosanna to the son of David

 

Sunday 3rd June,

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Missa 1650 (Congregational Gloria)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Nunc Dimitis

 

Sunday 27th May,

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Aeterna Christi munera (Congregational Gloria)

Piotr IlitchTchiakovski (1840-1893), Hymn to the Trinity

 

Sunday 20th May,

John Ireland (1879-1962), Communion service in C (Choir Gloria)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Dum complerentur

 

Sunday 13th May,

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), Missa Cantuariensis (Congragational Gloria)

Charles Villiers Standford (1852-1924), Christus ascendit hodie

 

Thursday 10th May, Ascension Day

Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Collegium Regalis Communion service (Choir Gloria)

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), God is gone up

 

Sunday 6th May,

John Merbecke (1510-1585), Communion Service, harmonized by Stainer

Maurice Greene (1696-1755), Thou visitest the earth

 

Sunday 29th April,

John Taverner (c.1495-1545), Leroy Kyrie

Christopher Tye (C.1500-1573), Mass Euge Bone Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus

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

 

Sunday 22nd April,

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), Missa "Misericordias Domini"

William Byrd (1538-1623), Victimae paschali

 

Sunday 15th April,

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Missa Salve

John Taverner (c.1490-1545), Dum transisset sabbatum

 

Sunday 8th April,

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Mass in D

Charles Villiers Standford (1852-1924), Ye choirs of new Jerusalem

 

Holy Week

 

Sunday 25th March, Palm Sunday

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Missa "Salve"

Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Hosanna to the son of David

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Matthew Passion, "Kommt, ihr Töchter"

 

Monday 26th March 19h

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Missa "Simile est regnum"

Tuesday 27th March 19h

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Missa "O quam gloriosum est regnum"

Wednesday 28th March

Chrism Mass 11h30

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa "Aeterna Christi munera"

William Byrd (1540-1623), Ecce quam bonum

 

Evening service 19h

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Missa "Surge Propera"

Thursday 29th March 19h30

Adrian Batten (1591-1637), Short Service

Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809), Missa brevis in F (Gloria)

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Ubi Caritas

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Lamentations for Easter Saturday

Friday 30th March 19h30

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Impromperia, Caligaverunt oculi mei

Saturday 31st March, Holy Saturday 21h

Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Messe Solennelle

 

Sunday 1st April, Easter 10h30

Harold Darke (1888-1975), Communion service in F

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantate N° BWV31," Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde jubiliert" mvt N°2

 

 

 

 

Earlier this Year

 

 

Sunday 14th January, Epiphany 2

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Papae Marcelli

Peter Cornelius (1824-1874), Three Kings

 

Sunday 21st January

C. Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Mass in G (congregational Gloria)

Howard Skempton (b. 1947), It was a star

 

Sunday 28th January

Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809), Missa brevis in F (choir Gloria)

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Omnes de Saba

 

Sunday 4th February, Candlemas

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Missa "Bella Amfitrit'altera" (choir Gloria)

William Byrd (1540-1623), Hodie beata virgo

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Nunc dimittis

 

Sunday 11th February, Quinquagesima

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Missa "Cum jubilo" (choir Gloria)

Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Alma redemptoris

 

Wednesday 14th February, Ash Wednesday

William Byrd (1540-1623), Mass for four voices

Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652), Miserere

 

Sunday 18th February, Lent 1

William Byrd (1540-1623), Mass for five voices

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Hear my prayer

 

Sunday 25th February, Lent 2

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Missa "Quando io penso al martir"

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Miserere mei

 

Sunday 4th March, Lent 3

Plainsong Kyrie

Christopher Tye (1500-1572), Mass "Western Wynd"

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), In jejunio et fletu

 

Sunday 11th March, Mothering Sunday

Harold Darke (1888-1975), Communion service in E

Peter Crump (b.1928), Ave maris stella

 

Sunday 18th March, Passion Sunday

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Mass 1650

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Ne in furore

 

 

First term 2017

 

 

Monday 25th December, Christmas Day

Charles Wood (1886-1926), Missa Portae Honoris

Trad., Ding dong merrily on high

 

Sunday 24th December, Christmas Eve

Harold Darke (1888-1975), In the bleak mid-winter

Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809), Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo

Jan Pieters Sweelinck (1562- 1621), Hodie Christus natus est

 

Sunday 24th December, ADVENT IV

Merbecke/Stainer (1840-1901), Mass for four voices

John Joubert (b. 1927), There is no rose

 

Sunday 17th  December ADVENT III

Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Collegium Regale

Charles Wood (1886-1926), Magnificat

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Ne Timeas Maria

 

Sunday 10th  December ADVENT II

John Ireland (1879-1962), Missa Brevis

James Macmillan (1959- ), O radiant dawn

 

Sunday 3rd  December ADVENT I

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), Mass Salve Intermerata

John Taverner (1490-1545),  Audivi vocem de caelo

 

Sunday 26th November

Wolfang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Coronation Mass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Benedictus as Anthem

 

Sunday 19th November

William Walton (1902-1983), Missa Brevis

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Jubilate Deo

 

Sunday 12th November

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), Missa Cantuariensis

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Remember, remember, Lord, not our offenses

 

Sunday 5th November

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Missa O quam gloriosum est regnum

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), O quam gloriosum

 

Thursday 2nd November

Mozart (1756-1791), Requiem Mass

 

Sunday 29th October

Charles Wood (1886-1926), Mass in F

C. Viliers Stanford (1852-1924), O for a closer walk with God

C. Viliers Stanford (1852-1924), Te Deum Laudamus

 

Sunday 22nd October

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594), Missa La La Maitre Pierre

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Bell Anthem

 

Sunday 15th October

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Messe des morts

Maurice Greene (1696-1755), Thou visited the Earth

 

Sunday 8th October

Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Brevis

Françis Poulenc (1899-1963), Salve Regina

 

Sunday 1st October

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), Missa In Honorem Sancti Dominici (Cong Gloria)

William Byrd (1540-1623), Ave Verum

 

Sunday 24th September

Francisco  Guerrero (1528-1599), Missa 'De la Bataila Escoutez' with Gloria

Igor Stravinski (1882-1971), Pater Noster

 

Sunday 17th September

C. Viliers Stanford (1852-1924), Mass in G Major

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), For he shall give his Angels charge over Thee

 

Sunday 10th September

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Missa Sancti Nicolai

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Ne in furore