Music list  2018-2019

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Sunday 23rd June

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa brevis

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Sicut cervus

 

Sunday 16th June

Tomas Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611), Missa Ascendens Christus

Tomas Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611), O lux beata Trinitas

 

Sunday 9th June -  Pentecost

Jan Nepomuk Škroup (1811-1892), Missa 2 (congregational Gloria)

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Come, Holy Ghost (Song 44)

translation by George Wither (1588-1667) of the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus

 

Sunday 2nd June

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Mass in D (congregational Gloria)

Peter Philips (1560-1628), Ascendit Deus

 

Ascension day 30th May

Herbert Howells (1892-1983),

Communion service "Collegium regalis" (Choir Gloria and Creed)

C. Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Caelos ascendit hodie

 

Sunday 26th May

František Jan Škroup (1801-1862), Missa Pro Populo I 

Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585),  If Ye Love Me

 

Sunday 19th May

Josef Haydn (1732-1809), Missa Rorate Caeli de super

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), O Sacrum Convivium

 

Sunday 12th May

William H.Harris (1773-1841), Communion service in F

Thomas Tallis (?1505-1585), Verily, Verily I say unto you

 

Sunday 5th May

Josef Haydn (1732-1809), Kleine Orgel Messe

C. Villiers Stanford (1852-1924),Ye Choirs of new Jerusalem

 

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 (1732-1809), 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