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Easter Cycle 2021

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A comprehensive list of the music performed during the Easter Cycle, 2021.

Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
ASH WEDNESDAY
7.00pm Solemn Mass with Imposition of Ashes:
(The Rev the Rector)
(No Organ)

Propers: Miseris omnium
Service : Mass for three voices – Byrd
Ashing  : Hide not thou thy face from us – Farrant
Motet  :   Call to remembrance, O Lord – Farrant

Grad : O Maker of the world, give ear – St Gregory
Off   :   Lord, in this thy mercy’s day – St Philip
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Sunday, 21 February, 2021
Lent I
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Asperges: Asperges me – Michael Haydn
Propers  :  Invocabit me
Service  :  Missa in tempore Quadrageimae – Michael Haydn
Motet    :   Angeliis suis – Fux

Grad : Be thou my guardian and my guide – Abridge
Off   :   Forty days and forty nights – Heinlein
Com :  Faithful Shepherd, feed me – Pastor pastorum
Joseph Haydn (arr, Benedikt) : Andante from Concerto for Two Lyres
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Sunday, 28 February, 2021
Lent II
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Asperges
Propers :
Service :
Motet :

Grad :
Off :
Com :
Reminiscere
Missa Emendemus – Palestrina
Call to remembrance – Farrant
Immortal love for ever full – Bishopthorpe
Son of God, eternal Saviour – Everton
My God, and is thy table spread – Rockingham

J.S. Bach : Chorale Prelude, O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross BWV 622
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Sunday, 7 March, 2021
Lent III
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Asperges:
Propers:
Service :
Motet :Grad:
Off:
Com:		 Plainsong
Oculi mei
Mass for four voices – Byrd
Oculi omnium – WoodO Holy Ghost, thy people bless – St Timothy
A safe stronghold our God is still – Ein’ feste Burg
My spirit longs for thee – Quam dilecta

Howells : Rhapsody in C sharp minor, Op 101 No 4

7.00pm Solemn and Evensong and Benediction:
(The Rev the Rector)

Preces:
Service:
Anthem:Psalm:
Office Hymn:
Hymn:O Salutaris:
Tantum ergo:		 Byrd
Walmisley in D minor
O Lorde, the maker of al thing – JoubertPsalm: 36 (Chant : Harrison)
Lord, in this thy mercy’s day – St Philip
Saviour, when in dust to thee – AberystwythHereford
Tantum ergo

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Sunday, 14 March, 2021
Lent IV – Mothering Sunday
10.00am Mass (video streamed) :
(The Rev the Rector)

No singing permitted by decree of the Bishop

David Johnson : Trumpet Tune (Homage to the 18th century)
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Sunday, 21 March, 2021
Lent V – Passion Sunday
10.00am Sung Mass (sung by the Quartet):
(The Rev the Rector)

Asperges:
Propers :
Service :
Motet :		 Plainsong
Judica me
Leighton in D – Viadana
Solus ad victimam – Leighton

J.S. Bach : Fugue in G minor
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Sunday, 28 March, 2021
PALM SUNDAY
10.00am Sung Mass (sung by the Choir):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motets :		 Domine, ne longe
Missa O quam gloriosum est regnum – Victoria
Is it nothing to you – Ouseley
Adoramus te, Christe – Clemens non Papa

J.S. Bach (arr Gower) : Wir setzen uns mit tränen nieder
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Thursday, 1 April, 2021
MAUNDY THURSDAY
7.00pm Solemn Mass of the Last Supper (sung by the Choir):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers:
Service :
Motet:		 Nos autem
Missa L’Hora passa – Viadana
Christus factus est – Anerio

 

Footwashing:
Stripping of the altars:		 An Upper Room – trad. O Waly, Waly
Ps. 22 with antiphon (Tonus Peregrinus)


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Friday, 2 April, 2021
GOOD FRIDAY
12 noon Solemn Liturgy (sung by the Choir)
(The Rev the Rector)

Kyries : from Missa L’Hora passa – Viadana
The Passion :According to John – Victoria
The Veneration of the Cross : The Solemn Reproaches of St John Damascene – Victoria
The Procession of the Sacrament : Crux Fidelis – John of Portugal

During the Communion: Herzliebster Jesu – J.S. Bach; Is it nothing to you? – Ouseley

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Sunday, 4 April, 2021
EASTER
10.30am High Mass (sung by the Choir)
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motets :Regina coeli :Int :
Grad :
Off :
Rec :		 Resurrexi
Darke in F (with brass quintet)
Ave verum – Elgar
This joyful Eastertide – Wood
Easter Hymn (with Fanfare in C – David Johnson)Jesus Lebt! (for brass quartet and organ) – Dercks
Fanfare in B flat – David Johnson)
Eya! Resurrexit (for brass quintet and organ) – Irish
Jesus lives! thy terrors now – St Albinus

Charpentier (arr Irish) : Prelude to a Te Deum (for brass quartet, timpani and organ)
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Sunday, 11 April, 2021
LOW SUNDAY
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg

(Organ mass)

Rawsthorne : Postlude on “Jesus Christ is risen today”
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Sunday, 18 April, 2021
Easter II
10.00am High Mass (sung by the Choir):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers:
Service :
Motet :Off:		 Misericordia Domini
Sumsion in F
The Lord’s my Shepherd – JacobCome, ye faithful, raise the strain- St John Damascene

Mathias : Jubilate
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Sunday, 25 April, 2021
THE FEAST OF ST MARK THE EVANGELIST
10.00am High Mass (sung by the Quartet):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motet :
Regina coeli :Com:		 Mihi autem
Messe in C (Windhaager) – Bruckner
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit – Brahms
Easter HymnHow beauteous are their feet – Venice

Langlais : Rosa Mystica
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Sunday, 2 May, 2021
Easter IV
10.00am High Mass (sung by the Choir):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motet :
Regina coeli :Off :
Com:		 Cantate Domino
Darke in A minor
Cantate Domino – Pitoni
Easter HymnYe choirs of new Jerusalem – St Fulbert
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain – St John Damascene

Howells : Paean
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Sunday, 9 May, 2021
Easter V
10.00am High Mass (sung by the Quartet):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motet :
Regina coeli :Off :
Com:		 Vocem jocunditatis
Missa Honoris portarum – Wood
Pleasure it is to hear – Cope
Easter HymnChrist the Lord is risen again! – Würtemburg
The Lord is risen indeed! – St Michael

Handel : Minuet
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Thursday, 13 May, 2021
THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION
7.00pm High Mass (sung by the Choir):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Anthem :Off :		 Viri Galilaei
Jackson in G
God is gone up with a merry noise – Croft
(Trumpet : Peter Catzavelos)Hail the day that sees him rise – Llanfair

J.S. Bach : Chorale Prelude, Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn
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Sunday, 16 May, 2021
The Sunday after the Ascension
10.00am High Mass (sung by the Quartet):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motet :
Regina coeli :Off :		 Exaudi, Domine
Ireland in C – Wood
I sat down under his shadow – Bairstow
Easter HymnWhere high the heavenly temple stands – Fulda

Karg-Elert : Chorale Improvisation,Nun danket alle Gott
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Sunday, 23 May, 2021
WHITSUNDAY
10.00am High Mass (sung by the Choir):
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motet :
Regina coeli :Off :
Com:		 Spiritus Domini
Darke in E
If ye love me – Tallis
Easter HymnCome, thou Holy Spirit, come – Veni, Sancte Spiritus
O Thou who camest from above – St Gregory

J.S. Bach : Fantasia in G minor
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Music

Christmas Cycle 2020-2021

Sunday, 29 November, 2020
ADVENT SUNDAY
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)
Congregational setting : An Anglican Folk Mass – Shaw
Grad:
Off :
Com :		 Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
Lo, he comes with clouds descending – Helmsley
Come, thou long-expected Jesus – Cross of Jesus

J.S. Bach : Chorale Prelude, Wachet auf!
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Sunday, 6 December, 2020
Advent II
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers :
Service :
Motet:Grad :
Off :
Com :		 Populus Sion
Messa a 4 da Capella – Monteverdi
There is no rose – Anon. (14th cent.)The advent of our King – St Thomas
Lo, he comes with clouds descending – Helmsley
When came in flesh the incarnate Word – Walsall

Brahms : Chorale Prelude, Es ist eín’ Ros’

7.00pm A PROCESSION WITH CAROLS FOR ADVENT

Processional:
Bidding Prayer
Our Father
Carol :
1st Lesson
Carol :
Hymn :
Carol :
2nd Lesson
Carol :
Hymn :
Carol :
3rd Lesson
Carol :
Hymn :
Carol :
4th Lesson
Hymn :
Carol :
5th Lesson
Carol :
Responsory
Collect
Blessing
Hymn :		 Matin Responsory – G.P. da Palestrina
Come, thou Redeemer of the earth – Veni, Redemptor
Adam lay ybounden – Ord’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died – harm. Wood
Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding! – Merton
Long ago prophets knew – arr. Malcolm Archer

Remember, O thou man – Melismata (1611)
The Lord will come and not be slow – St Stephen
Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen – harm. Michael Praetorius

There is no rose of such virtue – Joubert
Come, thou long-expected Jesus – Cross of Jesus
Gabriel’s Message – arr David Willcocks

On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry – Winchester New
Our blessed Lady’s dream – trad. arr. Deon Irish

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – trad. arr. Willcocks

O come, O come, Emmanuel – Veni Emmanuel

Organ Postlude : Fantasia on Veni Emmanuel – Eric Rowley
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Sunday, 13 December, 2020
Advent III
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers:
Service:
Motet: 

Grad :
Off :
Com :

 Gaudete
Missa in tempore Adventus – Michael Haydn
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Purcell

On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry – Winchester New
O come, O come, Emmanuel – Veni Emmanuel
Come, thou long-expected Jesus – Cross of Jesus

Purcell : Trumpet Tune
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Sunday, 20 December, 2020
Advent IV
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Propers:
Service:
Motet: 

Grad :
Off :
Com :

 Memento nostri
Short Communion Service in the Phrygian Mode – Wood
The truth from above – Vaughan Williams 

On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry – Winchester New
O come, O come, Emmanuel – Veni Emmanuel
When came in flesh the incarnate word – Walsall

J.S. Bach : ‘Slumber Song’, from Christmas Oratorio
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Friday, 25 December, 2020
THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers:
Service:
Carols: 

Grad :
Off:
Final carol :

 Puer natus est
Darke in F
Away in a manger – arr, Willcocks
There is no rose – Joubert
Unto us is born a son – Arr. Llewellyn

O come, all ye faithful – Adeste fidelis
It came upon the midnight clear – Noel
We wish you a merry Christmas (arr Warrell)

J.S. Bach : Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo, BWV 729;

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The Choir is on vacation. Choral services resume on 24 January, 2021

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Sunday, 27 December, 2020
THE FEAST OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Congregational setting : Wilson in D

Grad :
Off :
Com :		 Word supreme, before creation – Winchester Old
O little town of Bethlehem – Forest Green
Of the Father’s love begotten – Divinum mysterium

Daquin : Noël Suisse
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Sunday, 3 January, 2021
Christmas II

Grad:
Off:		 Hark! the herald-angels sing
Shepherds, in the fields abiding – Shepherds in the field

Messiaen : Les Enfants de Dieu, from La Nativite
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Sunday, 10 January, 2021
Epiphany I
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Grad:
Off :
 The heavenly Child in stature grows – Tallis
Earth has many a noble city – Stuttgart

Lang : Tuba Tune
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Sunday, 17 January, 2021
Epiphany II
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Grad:
Off :
 Songs of thankfulness and praise – St Edmund
The Three Kings – Cornelius (solo: Ntando Ngcume)

Mendelssohn : Fugue, from Sonata No 6 in D minor
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Sunday, 24 January, 2021
Epiphany III
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Grad:
Off :
 Blest are the pure in heart – Franconia
Alleluia, song of sweetness – Alleluia, dluce carmen

Mendelssohn : Con moto maestoso, from Sonata No 3 in A major
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Choral services resume
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Sunday, 31 January, 2021
Septuagesima
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Grad:
Off :
 Creator of the world, to thee – St Gregory
Songs of praise the angels sang – Northampton

Elgar: Serenade, from the Wand of Youth Suite
J.S. Bach : Prelude in G
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Sunday, 7 February, 2021
THE FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE, also known as
THE PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
10.00am High Mass:
(The Ven the Rector)

Propers:
Nunc dimittis :
Service:
Motet :

Grad :
Off :

 Suscepimus
from The Short Service – Gibbons

Missa super Dixit Maria – Hassler
Ave Maria – Arcadelt

O Sion, open wide thy gates – Bristol
Hail to the Lord who comes- Old 120th

Rawsthorne : Fafare for a Bride

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Sunday, 14 February, 2021
Quinquagesima
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev the Rector)

Propers:
Service:
Anthem:

Grad :
Off :
Com :
 Esto mihi
Missa brevis in D minor – Rheinberger
Jubilate in B flat – Stanford

Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost – Charity
We pray thee, heavenly Father – Dies Dominica
Faithful Shepherd, feed me – Pastor pastorum

Mathias : Processional
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