CALENDAR & MUSIC FOR THE LENT TERM

8th January – 16th April 2017

Date / Liturgy / Time & Service / Music / Choir
Sun
8th
Jan / Epiphany / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Epiphany Carol Service / Darke in F
Here is the little door - Howells
Please see the website for separate detailed order of service / Full Choir
Full Choir
Sun
15th
Jan / Epiphany 2 / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30 Evensong / Archer - St. Albans Service
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring - J. S. Bach
Chants (Set B) / Full Choir
No Choir
Sun
22
Jan / Epiphany 3 / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30 United Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity / Mathias – Communion Service
Teach me O Lord - Attwood / Full Choir
No Choir
Sun
29th
Jan / Epiphany 4 / 10.30 Parish Eucharist)
6.30 Choral Evensong / Archer - St. Albans Service
O taste and see - Vaughan Williams
Daniel Purcell in E minor
Responses: Howe
O quam metuendus - Victoria / Full Choir
Full Choir
Sun
5th
Feb / 4th Sunday
before Lent / 10.30 All Age Eucharist
6.30 Choral Eucharist (BCP) / Shephard - Addington Service
Syahamba - Zulu trad (arr. Weaver)
Harwood in A flat
Lord for thy tender mercies’ sake - Hilton / Full Choir
Choral Scholars & Adults
Sun
12th
Feb / 3rd Sunday before Lent / 10.30 Parish Eucharist with Baptism
6.30 Choral Evensong / Mathias – Communion Service
If ye love me - Tallis
Stanford in C
Responses: Sanders
O thou the central orb - Wood / Full Choir
Full Choir
Sun
19th
Feb / 2nd Sunday before Lent / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30 Evensong / Archer - St. Albans Service
Cantate Domino - Pitoni
Chants (Set C) / Full Choir
No Choir
Sun
26th
Feb / Sunday next before Lent / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30 Choral Evensong / Mathias – Communion Service
O nata lux - Klimek
Hylton Stewart in C
Responses: Radcliffe
O nata lux - Tallis / Full Choir
Choral Scholars & Adults
Wed
1st Mar / Ash Wednesday / 7.30 Solemn Eucharist with imposition of Ashes / Harris in F
Kyries: Plainsong - Cunctipotens Genitor Deus
Miserere mei Deus - Lassus
Inter vestibulum - Perti / Full Choir
Sun
5th
Mar / Lent 1 / 10.30 All Age Eucharist
6.30 Choral Eucharist (BCP) / Shephard - Addington Service
Turn thy face from my sins - Attwood
Byrd - Mass for Three Voices
Miserere mei Deus - Byrd / Juniors & Choral Scholars
Choral Scholars & Adults
Sun
12th Mar / Lent 2 / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30 Choral Evensong / Archer - St. Albans Service
Kyries: Plainsong - Orbis Factor
God so loved the world - Stainer
Introit: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus - R. R.Terry
Sumsion in A
Responses: Sumsion
Save us O Lord - Bairstow / Full Choir
Full Choir
Sun
19th
Mar / Lent 3 / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30 Evensong / Mathias – Communion Service
Kyries: Plainsong - Salve
Like as the hart - Howells
Chants (Set D) / Full Choir
No Choir
Sun
26th
Mar / Lent 4
Mothering Sunday / 10.30 Mothering Sunday All Age Eucharist
6.30pm Choral Evensong (Lent 4) / Shephard - Addington Service
The Lord bless you and keep you - Rutter
Introit: Lent Prose - Plainsong
Holmes - Plainsong with Fauxbourdons
Responses: Ebdon
Exaudi Deus - Lassus / Juniors & Choral Scholars
Choral Scholars & Adults
Sun
2nd
Apr / Passion Sunday / 10.30 Parish Eucharist
6.30 Sequence of Music & Readings for Passiontide / Shephard - Addington Service
Kyries: Plainsong - Lux et Origo
Crucifixus à 8 - Lotti
Special Music Booklet
Sun
9th
Apr / Palm Sunday / 10.30 Blessing of Palms, Procession & Parish Eucharist
6.30 Come & Sing / Introit: Hosanna to the Son of David - Weelkes
Mathias - Communion Service
O Domine Jesu Christe - Guerrero
Handel’s Messiah Parts 2 & 3
Rehearsal 3.00pm, Tea 5.30pm, Performance 6.30pm / Full Choir
Anyone who would like to sing
Thurs
13th
Apr / Maundy Thursday / 7.30 Solemn Eucharist of the Last Supper
11.40 Close of the Watch / Jackson in G
Wash me throughly - S. S. Wesley
In monte Olivetti - Ingengneri
Compline – Plainsong / Choral Scholars & Adults
Adult Choir
Fri
14th
Apr / Good Friday / 10.00 Family Service
12.00 Three Hours Devotions / The Corpus Christi Carol - Britten / Juniors & Choral Scholars
No Choir
Sat
15th
Apr / Holy Saturday / 7.30 Easter Vigil / Exultet - Plainsong
Hail gladdening light - Wood
Alleluia, Haec dies - Donati / Choral Scholars
& Adults
Sun
16th
Apr / Easter Day / 10.30 Festival Eucharist
6.30 Festal Evensong / Archer - St. Albans Service
Hallelujah (From Messiah) - G. F. Handel
Introit: He is risen - Cope
Howells - Gloucester Service
Responses: Leighton
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem - Stanford / Full Choir
Full Choir

The Choir will be on holiday until Sunday 7th May