Philip and James, Apostles

Services and Events May 2015

Friday 1 May, 2015

Philip and James, Apostles

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Cymun Bendigaid

6.00pm Choral Evensong

(Girls/ Layclerks) Cantoris

Responses: Byrd

Psalm: 149

Thomas T. Noble in B Minor

If ye love me, Philip Wilby

Hymn: 124

Voluntary: Trumpet Minuet, Alfred Hollins

Saturday 2 – Athanasius,

Bishop and Doctor

9.00am Morning Prayer

11.00am Choral Eucharist for the

Feast of St. Asaph, attended by the

Friends of St. Asaph Cathedral

(Boys/ Girls/ Layclerks)

11.00am Choral Eucharist

Introit: Lift up your heads, William Mathias

Gloria: “Kleine Orgelmesse,”

Franz J. Haydn

Psalm: 28, 7-10

Sanctus/ Benedictus: Harold Darke in E

Agnus Dei: Louis Vierne

Anthem: Love Divine, Howard Goodall

Preacher: The Venerable Peggy Jackson

Archdeacon of Llandaff

Voluntary : Toccata, Marcel Lanquetuit

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Sunday 3 – Fifth Sunday of Easter

8.00am Holy Communion

11.00am Choral Eucharist

(Girls/ Layclerks)

Harold Darke in E

Gloria: “Kleine Orgelmesse,”

Franz J. Haydn

Psalm: 22, 25-31

Motet: Love Divine, Howard Goodall

Hymns: 107, 120, 124

Preacher: The Canon Residentiary

Voluntary: Fugue (Sonata 2),

Felix Mendelssohn

3.30pm Evening Prayer

Monday 4

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Holy Communion

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Tuesday 5 – Asaph, Bishop

9.00amMorning Prayer

6.00pm Stillness and Prayer

Wednesday 6

9.00am Morning Prayer

10.30am Holy Communion

6.00pm Evening Prayer

7.30pm Organ Recital (John Hosking)

Thursday 7

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Friday 8 – Julian of Norwich

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Cymun Bendigaid

6.00pm Choral Evensong

(Girls/ Layclerks) Decani

Responses: Sanders

Psalm: 107, 23-43

George Dyson in F

This Joyful Eastertide,

arranged Charles Wood

Hymn: 242

Voluntary: Festal Flourish, Gordon Jacob

Saturday 9 – Gregory of Nazianzus

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Sunday 10 – Sixth Sunday of Easter, Rogation Sunday,

Christian Aid Week Begins

8.00am Holy Communion

11.00am Choral Eucharist

(Boys/ Layclerks)

Missa Alme Pater, Andrew Millington

Psalm: 98

Motet: The Lord bless you and keep you,

John Rutter

Hymns: 265, 126 (417), 420

Preacher: The Dean of St. Asaph

Voluntary: Fanfare, John Cook

3.30pmChoral Evensong

(Girls/ Layclerks)

Introit: Te lucis ante terminum,

Gregorian Chant Mode viii

Responses: Byrd

Psalm: 45

Office Hymn: 391

Second Service, William Byrd

Teach me O Lord, Thomas Attwood

Hymn: 439 omit*

Voluntary: Psalm Prelude (Set 2: No 1),

Herbert Howells

Monday 11– Rogation Day

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Holy Communion

6.00pm Choral Evensong and Installation

of Revd. Rex Matthias as Canon Precentor

and Vicar in the Rectorial Benefice

of St Asaph

(Boys/ Girls/ Layclerks) Cantoris

Responses: Ebdon

Psalm: 111

Bryan Kelly in C

Lift up your heads, William Mathias

Hymns: See service sheet

Voluntary: Final (Symphonie VI),

Ch. M. Widor

Tuesday 12– Rogation Day

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Stillness and Prayer

Wednesday 13 – Rogation Day

9.00am Morning Prayer

10.30am Holy Communion

6.00pm Evening Prayer

9.00pm Sung Compline

Thursday 14 – Ascension Day

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Evening Prayer

7.00pm Choral Eucharist

(Sung by St. Asaph Cathedral Consort)

Short Service, Adrian Batten

Psalm: 47

Motet: Antiphon,

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Hymns: 128ii, 130i omit*, 352

Voluntary: Sinfonia (Cantata 29), JS Bach

Friday 15 – Matthias, Apostle

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Cymun Bendigaid

6.00pm Choral Evensong

(Girls/ Layclerks) Cantoris

Responses: Sanders

Psalm: 15

Thomas Morley, In Fauxbourdons

Walk humbly with your God,

Malcolm Archer

Hymn: 165 (419)

Voluntary: Aria, J.S. Bach

Saturday 16 – Edmund Prys, Priest, Poet and Translator, and John Davies,

Priest and Translator

9.00am Morning Prayer

2.30pm Choir Association Afternoon Tea,

with music by the Cathedral Choir

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Sunday 17 – Seventh Sunday of Easter

Ministry and Calling Sunday

8.00am Holy Communion

11.00am Choral Eucharist

(Boys/ Layclerks)

Introit: The Call, Ralph Vaughan Williams

John Ireland in C

Psalm: 1

Motet: The Call of Wisdom, Will Todd

Hymns: 359 (322), 345, 443

Preacher: Revd. Chancellor Pam Powell

Voluntary: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott

(BWV 680), J. S. Bach

3.30pmEvening Prayer

4.15pm A Sacred Space

Monday 18

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Holy Communion

6.00pm Choral Evensong

(Boys’ Voices) Decani

Responses: Cousins

Psalm: 136

Edward C. Bairstow in Eb

Risen Lord, Barry Rose

Hymn: 221(244)

Voluntary: Fantasia super

Komm Heiliger Geist, J.S. Bach

Tuesday 19 – Dunstan, Bishop

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Stillness and Prayer

Wednesday 20 – Chad, Bishop

9.00am Morning Prayer

10.30am Holy Communion

6.00pm Evening Prayer

7.00pm RSCM Festival Area Rehearsal

Thursday 21

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Friday 22

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Cymun Bendigaid

6.00pm Choral Evensong

(Girls/ Layclerks) Decani

Responses: Sanders

Psalm: 145

Herbert Sumsion in A

Benedictus, Philip Moore

Hymn: 467

Voluntary: Adagio (BWV 564), J.S. Bach

(The Cathedral Choristers and Layclerks are on holiday until Monday 1st June)

Saturday 23

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Sunday 24 – Pentecost

8.00am Holy Communion

11.00am Choral Eucharist

(Sung by the Border Singers)

Missa Brevis, W. A. Mozart

Psalm: 104, 24-36

Motet: O Vos Omnes, T. L. de Victoria

Hymns: 256, 140, 431

Preacher: The Canon Precentor

3.30pmChoral Evensong

(Sung by the Border Singers)

Introit: Ubi Caritas, Maurice Duruflé

Responses: Williams

Psalm: 139, 1-11

Office Hymn: 342 (178)

George Dyson in D

Cantique de Jean Racine, Gabriel Fauré

Hymn: 137

Monday 25 – Bede, Doctor

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30amHoly Communion

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Tuesday 26 –

Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Stillness and Prayer

Wednesday 27 – Ember Day

9.00am Morning Prayer

10.30am Holy Communion

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Thursday 28 – Melangell, Abbess,

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Friday 29 – Ember Day

9.00am Morning Prayer

9.30am Cymun Bendigaid

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Saturday 30 – Ember Day

9.00am Morning Prayer

6.00pm Evening Prayer

Sunday 31 – Trinity Sunday

8.00am Holy Communion

11.00am Choral Eucharist

(Organ and Cantor)

Christopher Robinson in C

Psalm: 29

Motet: Come, ever smiling liberty,

George F. Handel

Hymns: 147(417), 466, 146

Preacher: The Dean of St. Asaph

Voluntary: Festival Voluntary, Flor Peeters

3.30pmEvening Prayer

Very Revd. Nigel Williams: Dean Revd. Canon Michael Balkwill: Canon Residentiary Revd. Canon Rex Matthias: Canon Precentor

Alan McGuinness: Director of Music John Hosking: Assistant Director of Music