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Hilary Term 2020 Chapel Services and Music MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD
Hilary Term 2020
Chapel Services and Music
MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD
COVER IMAGE: PAPERBARK MAPLE TREE IN WINTER, NEW BUILDINGS LAWN, MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD
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We welcome you to our worshipping community at Magdalen. Prayer and praise have been offered to God in this place since the fifteenth century, when the College was founded by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. The statutes of 1480 make provision for a Choir comprising sixteen boy Choristers and a number of adult Clerks, ‘that the worship of God, from whom all good things come, might be increased more widely and better sustained’. That tradition continues unchanged today. The Choirmaster at Magdalen retains the ancient Latin title Informator Choristarum, and among those who have held the post over the centuries are John Sheppard, Daniel Purcell, Sir John Stainer, Sir William McKie, and, in more recent years, Dr Bernard Rose. It is the aim of the Dean of Divinity and the Informator Choristarum that all our services here should be dedicated to the glory of God. Our music is not an end in itself but part of a larger whole. We hope that in the singing and in the silence, in the spoken word and in the beauty of this house of God, you will feel that greater presence, and be blessed by the peace that passes all understanding. MARK WILLIAMS ANDREW BOWYER
Informator Choristarum Dean of Divinity
HILARY TERM
Choral Services
Services are normally sung by Magdalen College Choir (men and boys). Evensong on Saturdays is normally sung by Magdalen Consort of Voices (men and women). Tuesdays are
usually sung by the Choristers alone, and Fridays by the Academical Clerks alone. Details are given in the Music List when services depart from this pattern, such as during the school half-term holiday (15th to 21st February). On Sundays, at the Eucharist there is a short
homily of approximately five minutes, and at Evensong a sermon of approximately ten minutes. Eucharists on Sundays are followed by a simple lunch in Hall, and Evensong on
Sundays is followed by drinks in the Antechapel. Members of the College and University are welcome at all services, as are members of the public.
www.magdalencollegechoir.com
Visiting Choirs and Musicians
The renowned period instrument ensemble, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, will join the Consort of Voices for the Sung Eucharist for the Conversion of St Paul
on Saturday 26th January. On 10th February, the College’s non-audition choir, the Magdalen Singers, will sing Evensong, directed by Rupert Jackson. We are pleased to welcome young singers from the Pimlico Musical Foundation, who join the College Choir for Evensong on
Saturday 22nd February, and on Tuesday 10th March, the Choristers will be joined in Choral Evening Prayer by singers from the Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar.
Organ music
Organ music plays an integral part in our liturgy. Alexander Pott and Rory Moules play the organ for the majority of the services in Chapel.
Retiring Collections
Our retiring collections will go to support the work of the Chapel’s chosen charity for Hilary Term, the Oxford Foodbank. This charity seeks to reduce food waste and food poverty in the Oxford area, by collecting surplus food from supermarkets and other
suppliers, and delivering it to over eighty charities for distribution.
www.oxfordfoodbank.org
JANUARY TO APRIL 2020
Supporting the Choir and Chapel
The Chapel and Choir are grateful for the generous support of the College for their core activities, but look to benefactors to support additional activities, including recordings,
concerts and tours. If you are interested in joining the Friends of Magdalen College Choir or wish to discuss ways of supporting music at the College, please contact the Informator Choristarum, through Melanie Bennette, at [email protected], or collect a leaflet
from the back of the Chapel.
Membership of the Choir
The Informator Choristarum, Mark Williams, is always pleased to hear from prospective applicants for Choristerships, Academical Clerkships and Organ Scholarships.
To arrange an informal meeting, please email Melanie Bennette, the Chapel and Choir PA, at [email protected].
Concert
SUNDAY 29th MARCH 2020, 4.00 pm Stainer The Crucifixion
The Choir and Consort of Magdalen College, Oxford directed by Mark Williams
Alexander Pott, organ £12 Inner Chapel (East); £10 Inner Chapel (West); £8 Antechapel (restricted view)
The College Choir and members of the Consort of Voices perform this famous telling of the Passion story by former Informator Choristarum, Sir John Stainer.
Tickets may be purchased from www.ticketsoxford.org.uk
www.magdalencollegechoir.com
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/chapel-and-choir
JANUARY 2020
19 SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
11.00 am Sung Eucharist WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
MASS Byrd Mass for five voices HYMNS 49 (ii), 282, 486
READINGS Isaiah 49: 1-7; John 1: 29-42 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Andrew Bowyer, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Steven Griffin Jesus refulsit omnium VOLUNTARY Buxtehude Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV 223
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Admission of Choristers and Sacristans
INTROIT Warlock Benedicamus Domino RESPONSES Leighton READINGS Ezekiel 2: 1-3: 4; John 1: 43-end CANTICLES Walmisley in D minor
HYMNS 48, 52 PSALMS 98, 99
ANTHEM Cornelius Three Kings from Persian lands afar FINAL RESPONSES Marlow VOLUNTARY Harris Flourish for an occasion
20 MONDAY RICHARD ROLLE, 1349
8.15 am Morning Prayer
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
21 TUESDAY AGNES, 304
8.15 am Morning Prayer
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS 1 Kings 19: 1-9a; Mark 1: 9-15 CANTICLE Plainsong O Trinity of blessed Light MAGNIFICAT Byrd Fauxbourdon ANTHEM Britten A New Year Carol ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
PSALM 106: 1-10
22 WEDNESDAY VINCENT OF SARAGOSSA, 304
8.15 am Morning Prayer
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Rose
READINGS 1 Kings 19: 9b-18; Mark 9: 2-13 CANTICLES Murrill in E ANTHEM Attwood O God, who by the leading of a star FINAL RESPONSES Rose
PSALM 108
FIRST WEEK
23 THURSDAY WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong
RESPONSES Smith READINGS Amos 9; Acts 10: 9-16
PSALM 115
CANTICLES Marenzio Magnificat octavi toni Victoria Nunc dimittis tertii toni ANTHEM Hassler Ecce quam bonum FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins
24 FRIDAY FRANCES DE SALES, 1622
8.15 am
Morning Prayer WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Isaiah 49: 8-13; Acts 10: 34-43
PSALM 119: 1-16
CANTICLE Plainsong Before the ending of the day MAGNIFICAT Lassus Quarti toni ANTHEM Mouton Nesciens mater ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
25 SATURDAY CONVERSION OF PAUL
6.00 pm Sung Eucharist WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY (Consort of Voices & His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts)
MASS Lassus Missa super Congratulamini mihi HYMNS 224, 155 READINGS Isaiah 56:1-8; Colossians 1: 24-2: 7
PREACHER Professor Toby Garfitt, Emeritus Fellow in Modern Languages MOTET Schütz Saul, Saul,was verfolgst du mich? VOLUNTARY Berger Canzon octavi modi mit acht Stimmen
What are you doing, O Magi? Do you adore a little Babe, in a wretched hovel, wrapped in miserable rags? Can this Child be truly God? ... Are you become foolish,
O Wise Men? ... Yes, these Wise Men have become fools that they may be wise. St Bernard of Clairvaux
JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2020
26 SUNDAY THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
11.00 am Sung Eucharist
MASS Kodály Missa Brevis HYMNS 57, 353, 56 READINGS Isaiah 9: 1-4; Matthew 4: 12-23
PREACHER The Reverend Andrew Shamel, Honorary Chaplain ANTHEM Terry Myn Lyking VOLUNTARY Widor Allegro from Symphony No. 6, Op. 42
6.00 pm Choral Evensong INTROIT Tomkins Great and marvellous are thy works HYMNS 55, 393
RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 119: 145-160 READINGS Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11; Luke 4: 14-21 CANTICLES Walton Chichester Service ANTHEM Gibbons Almighty and everlasting God FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins VOLUNTARY Handel Presto from Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 5
27 MONDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
28 TUESDAY THOMAS AQUINAS, 1274
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer READINGS Ezekiel 20: 39-44; John 17: 20-end CANTICLE Grayston Ives The Lord hath clothed me MAGNIFICAT Bairstow in E flat ANTHEM Fauré Tantum ergo ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
PSALM 136
29 WEDNESDAY
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton READINGS Nehemiah 2: 1-10; Romans 12: 1-8 CANTICLES Watson in E ANTHEM Judith Weir Vertue FINAL RESPONSES Marlow
PSALM 43
SECOND WEEK
30 THURSDAY CHARLES I, 1649
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
Choral Evensong RESPONSES Rose
PSALM 148
READINGS Deuteronomy 26: 16-end; Romans 14: 1-9 CANTICLES Sumsion in G ANTHEM Stainer How beautiful upon the mountains FINAL RESPONSES Rose
31 FRIDAY JOHN BOSCO, 1888
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Leviticus 19: 9-28; Romans 15: 1-7 CANTICLE Plainsong O God, thy loving care for man MAGNIFICAT Palestrina Magnificat secundi toni ANTHEM Josquin Tu solus qui facis mirabilia ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
PSALMS 149, 150
9.00 pm
Compline (Men’s Voices) HYMN Plainsong Salvator mundi Domine CANTICLE Palestrina Nunc dimittis tertii toni RESPONSORY Palestrina Salva nos Domine ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
FEBRUARY
1 SATURDAY BRIGID OF KILDARE, C. 525
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Wood Hail, gladdening light RESPONSES Cecilia McDowall READINGS Exodus 13: 1-16; Hebrews 4: 12-end CANTICLES Howells Gloucester Service ANTHEM Jonathan Dove Vast ocean of light FINAL RESPONSES Cecilia McDowall
PSALM 7
HYMN 181 (ii)
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance,
And there is only the dance. T.S. Eliot
FEBRUARY 2020
2 SUNDAY THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS)
11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Sheppard Western Wynde Mass READINGS Malachi 3: 1-5; Luke 2: 22-40
HYMNS 359 (TN. 322),
44 (TN. 282), 339
PREACHER The Reverend Professor Sabina Alkire, Honorary Chaplain ANTHEM Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Fuga sopra il Magnificat BWV 733
6.00 pm Festal Choral Evensong with procession of candles
INTROIT Eccard When to the temple Mary went RESPONSES Janet Wheeler
HYMNS 33 (omit *), 401 PSALM 9
READINGS Haggai 2: 1-9; John 2: 18-22 MAGNIFICAT ANTIPHON Plainsong Hodie Beata Virgo Maria CANTICLES David Bevan Magnificat octavi toni Holst Nunc dimittis ANTHEM Naylor Vox dicentis clama FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin VOLUNTARY Dubois Fiat lux
3 MONDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
4 TUESDAY GILBERT OF SEMPRINGHAM, 1189
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Ruth 1: 1-18; 1 John 3: 14-end CANTICLE Plainsong O blest Creator of the light MAGNIFICAT Daniel Saleeb Westminster Service ANTHEM Richard Shephard Let him who seeks ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
PSALM 19
5 WEDNESDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins READINGS 1 Samuel 1: 19b-end; Luke 2: 41-end CANTICLES Tomkins Fifth Service
PSALM 27
ANTHEM Nicholson O pray for the peace of Jerusalem FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins
THIRD WEEK
6 THURSDAY MARTYRS OF JAPAN, 1597; ACCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 1952
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Smith READINGS Genesis 47: 1-12; Ephesians 3: 14-end CANTICLES Purcell in B flat ANTHEM Purcell I was glad FINAL RESPONSES Marlow
PSALM 30
7 FRIDAY
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Tallis READINGS 2 Samuel 1: 17-end; Romans 8: 28-end CANTICLE Plainsong O Father, who didst all things make MAGNIFICAT Sheppard Primi toni ANTHEM Piers Connor Kennedy O nata lux ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
PSALM 36
8 SATURDAY
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Willan I beheld her, beautiful as a dove RESPONSES Humphrey Clucas READINGS Song of Solomon 2: 8-end; 1 Corinthians 13 CANTICLES Stanford in C ANTHEM Arvo Pärt I am the true vine FINAL RESPONSES Michael Walsh
PSALM 42
HYMN 424
Help now thy servants, gracious Lord,
That we may ever be As once the faithful Simeon was,
Rejoicing but in Thee; And when we must from earth departure take,
May gently fall asleep and with Thee wake. John Troutbeck
FEBRUARY 2020
9 SUNDAY SEPTUAGESIMA
11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Haydn Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo
HYMNS 355, 305, 440 (OMIT *)
READINGS Isaiah 58: 1-9a; Matthew 5: 13-20 PREACHER The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert, Fellows’ Chaplain ANTHEM Haydn The heavens are telling the glory of God VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend BWV 655
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with sermon
RESPONSES Rose READINGS Amos 2: 4-end; Mark 1: 29-39 CANTICLES Noble in A minor
HYMNS 445, 383 PSALM 47
ANTHEM Varley Roberts Seek ye the Lord PREACHER The Reverend Canon Dr James Walters, Chaplain, London School of Economics; Founding Director, LSE Faith Centre FINAL RESPONSES Rose VOLUNTARY Mendelssohn Con moto maestoso from Sonata No. 3, Op. 65
10 MONDAY SCHOLASTICA, C. 543
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
Choral Evensong (The Magdalen Singers) RESPONSES Radcliffe READINGS Exodus 23: 1-13; James 2: 1-13 CANTICLES Noble in B minor ANTHEM Stanford O for a closer walk with God FINAL RESPONSES Naylor
PSALMS 53, 54
11 TUESDAY
8.15 am
6.00 pm
Morning Prayer Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices)
RESPONSES Malcolm Archer PSALM 59 READINGS Deuteronomy 10: 12-end; Hebrew 13: 1-16 CANTICLE Bevan There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
MAGNIFICAT Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service ANTHEM Berkeley O that I once past changing were ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
FOURTH WEEK
12 WEDNESDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
9.00 pm
Choral Evensong RESPONSES Janet Wheeler READINGS Isaiah 58: 6-end; Matthew 25: 31-end CANTICLES Grayston Ives Edington Service ANTHEM Tallis O nata lux FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin Compline (Men’s Voices) HYMN Plainsong Before the ending of the day MOTET Anon. Ave Regina caelorum
PSALM 65
13 THURSDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins
READINGS Isaiah 42: 1-9; Luke 4: 14-21 CANTICLES Humfrey in E minor ANTHEM Parsons Ave Maria FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins
PSALM 69: 1-22
14 FRIDAY CYRIL AND METHODIUS, 869 AND 885
8.15 am Morning Prayer
VALENTINE, C. 269
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES James Whitbourn
PSALM 72
READINGS Amos 5: 6-15; Ephesians 4: 25-end CANTICLE Plainsong Fast sinks the sun to rest MAGNIFICAT Philip Moore First Service ANTHEM Walker Lord, thou hast been our refuge HYMN Biebl Ave Maria
15 SATURDAY SIGFRID, 1045; THOMAS BRAY, 1730
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) RESPONSES Byrd
READINGS Amos 5: 18-24; Ephesians 4: 25-end PSALM 77
HYMN 374 CANTICLES Hassler Magnificat quinti toni Byrd Nunc dimittis (1610)
ANTHEM Victoria Vadam et circuibo civitatem FINAL RESPONSES Byrd
The source of justice is not vengeance but charity.
St Bridget of Sweden
FEBRUARY 2020
16 SUNDAY SEXAGESIMA
11.00 am Sung Eucharist (Men’s Voices) MASS Duruflé Messe ‘Cum Jubilo’
HYMNS 237, 295, 466
READINGS Genesis 1: 1-2: 3; Matthew 6: 25-end PREACHER Dr Ralph Walker, Founder’s Chaplain ANTHEM Poulenc Seigneur, je vous en prie VOLUNTARY Langlais Dialogue sur les Mixtures from Suite Brève
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Men’s Voices)
INTROIT Gibbons O Lord, I lift my heart to thee RESPONSES Richard Lloyd READINGS Proverbs 8 1: 22-31; Luke 12: 16-31 CANTICLES Sheppard First Service ANTHEM Gombert Lugebat David Absalon FINAL RESPONSES Richard Lloyd
HYMNS 387, 333 PSALM 83
VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Allegro from Trio Sonata No. 5 in C BWV 529
17 MONDAY JANANI LUWUM, 1977
8.15 am Morning Prayer
18 TUESDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
19 WEDNESDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Richard Lloyd READINGS Isaiah 52: 13-53: 6; Romans 15: 14-21 CANTICLES Wood in E
PSALM 101
ANTHEM Wood View me, Lord, a work of thine FINAL RESPONSES Richard Lloyd
FIFTH WEEK
20 THURSDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) RESPONSES Cecilia McDowall PSALM 104: 1-23
READINGS Isaiah 53: 4-12; 2 Corinthians 4: 1-10 CANTICLES Howells Gloucester Service ANTHEM Howells Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks FINAL RESPONSES Cecilia McDowall
21 FRIDAY
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong
READINGS Zechariah 8: 16-end; Matthew 10: 1-15 CANTICLE Grayston Ives The eyes of the Lord MAGNIFICAT Suriano Primi toni ANTHEM Tallis In pace ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
PSALM 106: 1-12
22 SATURDAY
6.00 pm Choral Evensong sung jointly with the Pimlico Musical Foundation RESPONSES Rose
READINGS Jeremiah 1: 4-10; Matthew 10: 16-22 CANTICLES Stanford in B flat ANTHEM Bainton And I saw a new heaven FINAL RESPONSES Rose
PSALM 108 HYMN 239
The Word they still shall let remain
Nor any thanks have for it; He’s by our side upon the plain With His good gifts and Spirit.
And take they our life, Goods, fame, child, and wife,
Though these all be gone, Our vict’ry has been won;
The Kingdom ours remaineth. Lutheran Service Book
FEBRUARY 2020
23 SUNDAY QUINQUAGESIMA
11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Darke in F
HYMNS 398 (TN. 395), 307, 436
READINGS Exodus 24: 12-end; Matthew 17: 1-9 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Andrew Bowyer, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Vaughan Williams O taste and see VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with sermon RESPONSES Rose HYMNS 247, 420
READINGS 2 Kings 2: 1-12; Matthew 17: 1-23 CANTICLES Brewer in D
PSALM 114
ANTHEM Mendelssohn I waited for the Lord PREACHER The Reverend Dr Julie Gittoes, Vicar, St Mary and Christ Church, FINAL RESPONSES Rose Hendon VOLUNTARY Whitlock Toccata from Plymouth Suite
24 MONDAY MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
8.15 am Morning Prayer
25 TUESDAY SHROVE TUESDAY
8.15 am
6.00 pm
Morning Prayer Choral Evensong with Distribution of Claymond’s Dole
INTROIT Cecilia McDowall Ave Regina caelorum RESPONSES Janet Wheeler READINGS Leviticus 19: 1-17; Acts 4: 23-35 CANTICLES Stainer in B flat
PSALM 119: 73-88 HYMN 267
ANTHEM Grayston Ives There is a land of pure delight FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin VOLUNTARY Mendelssohn Allegro maestoso e Vivace from Sonata No. 4, Op. 65
26 WEDNESDAY ASH WEDNESDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Sung Eucharist
MASS Byrd Mass for five voices HYMNS 67, 70 READINGS Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17; Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21
PSALM Allegri Miserere MOTETS Byrd Emendemus in melius Croce In spiritu humilitatis VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir BWV 686
SIXTH WEEK
27 THURSDAY GEORGE HERBERT, 1633
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Genesis 2: 7-end; Hebrews 2: 5-end CANTICLE Plainsong O Kind Creator, bow thine ear MAGNIFICAT Plainsong Tertii toni ANTHEM Walmisley Ponder my words ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
PSALMS 126, 127
28 FRIDAY
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong
READINGS Genesis 4: 1-12; Hebrews 4: 12-end PSALMS 137, 138
9.00 pm
CANTICLE Plainsong O Christ who art the light and day MAGNIFICAT Morley Short Service ANTHEM Byrd O Lord, rebuke me not ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum Compline (Men’s Voices) HYMN Whyte Christe qui lux es et dies ANTIPHON Morales Ave Regina caelorum
29 SATURDAY
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices)
INTROIT Trad. arr. Tippett Nobody knows the trouble I see RESPONSES Humphrey Clucas READINGS Genesis 6: 11-end; Luke 4: 14-21 CANTICLES Wood Collegium Regale ANTHEM Mendelssohn Richte mich, Gott FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin
PSALM 143 HYMN 64
God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to
cope with his environment and many different situations. Martin Luther King
MARCH 2020
MARCH
1 SUNDAY FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
11.00 am Sung Eucharist DAVID OF WALES, C. 601 MASS Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli HYMNS 234, 425, 376
READINGS Genesis 2: 15-17, 3: 1-7; Matthew 4: 1-11 PREACHER The Reverend Dana English Assistant Priest, United Benefice of ANTHEM Carissimi Plorate, filii Israel Holland Park, Diocese of London VOLUNTARY Ootmerssen Nun ruhen alle Wälder
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon and Founder’s Prayers RESPONSES Leighton HYMNS 457 (ii), 368
READINGS Deuteronomy 6: 4-9, 16-end; Luke 15: 1-10 PSALM 6 CANTICLES Howells Westminster Service
ANTHEM Walton Where does the uttered music go? PREACHER The Reverend Dr Helen Dawes, Rector, Shaftesbury Team Ministry FINAL RESPONSES Marlow Diocese of Salisbury VOLUNTARY Smyth Fuge über O Traurigkeit, O Herzelied
2 MONDAY CHAD, 672
8.15 am Morning Prayer
3 TUESDAY
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer READINGS Deuteronomy 31: 7-13; 1 John: 3-10 CANTICLE Grayston Ives Return to the Lord MAGNIFICAT Rose in E ANTHEM Ireland Ex ore innocentium ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
PSALM 17
4 WEDNESDAY EMBER DAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Smith READINGS Genesis 11: 1-9; Matthew 24: 15-28 CANTICLES Tomkins Fifth Service ANTHEM Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins
PSALM 19
SEVENTH WEEK
5 THURSDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins READINGS Genesis 13: 1-13; 1 Peter 2: 13-end CANTICLES Greene in C ANTHEM Whyte Christe qui lux es et dies FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins
PSALM 27
6 FRIDAY EMBER DAY
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Genesis 21: 1-8; Luke 9: 18-27 CANTICLE Plainsong Lent Prose NUNC DIMITTIS Victoria Tertii toni ANTHEM Verdelot Si bona suscepimus ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
PSALM 33
7 SATURDAY PERPETUA, FELICITY AND COMPANIONS, 203
6.00 pm
Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Tallis Miserere nostri RESPONSES Byrd
EMBER DAY PSALM 37: 1-21
HYMN 382
READINGS Genesis 32: 22-32; 2 Peter 1: 3-15 CANTICLES Gibbons Second Service ANTHEM Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins
Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life. Charles Stanley
MARCH 2020
8 SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Grayston Ives Missa Brevis HYMNS 387, 342 (TN. 178), 439
READINGS Genesis 12: 1-4a; John 3: 1-17 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Andrew Bowyer, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Tallis Salvator mundi VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Christ, der du bist der helle Tag BWV 766
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon and Founder’s Prayers
RESPONSES Janet Wheeler READINGS Numbers 21: 4-9; Luke 14: 27-33
HYMNS 76, 245 PSALM 41
CANTICLES Sumsion in G ANTHEM Rheinberger Meditabor in mandatis tuis PREACHER The Reverend Canon Dr Angus Ritchie, Executive Director, The Centre for Theology and the Community, London FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin VOLUNTARY Duruflé Fugue sur le nom d’Alain
9 MONDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
10 TUESDAY
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) sung jointly with the Maîtrise de RESPONSES Plainsong
READINGS Isaiah 1: 10, 16-end; Matthew 23: 1-12 CANTICLE Stainer Holy Father, cheer our way MAGNIFICAT Dyson in C minor ANTHEM Hayes By the waters of Babylon ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
Garçons de Colmar
PSALM 100
11 WEDNESDAY
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton READINGS Job 1: 1-22; Luke 21: 34-22: 6 CANTICLES Farrant Short Service ANTHEM Gibbons Behold, thou hast made my days FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin
PSALMS 60, 61
EIGHTH WEEK
12 THURSDAY GREGORY THE GREAT, 604
8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm
Choral Evensong RESPONSES Rose READINGS 2 Chronicles 29: 1-11; Mark 11: 15-19 CANTICLES Murrill in E ANTHEM Wesley Wash me throughly FINAL RESPONSES Naylor
PSALM 65
13 FRIDAY
8.15 am
Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES James Whitbourn READINGS Exodus 19: 1-9a; 1 Peter 1: 1-9 CANTICLE Grayston Ives A Song of Penitence MAGNIFICAT Hidalgo Quarti toni ANTHEM Obrecht Parce Domine ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave Regina caelorum
PSALM 68: 1-19
14 SATURDAY
6.00 pm
Choral Evensong (College Choir & Consort of Voices) INTROIT Stainer God so loved the world RESPONSES Radcliffe
PSALM 74
HYMN 383 (ii)
READINGS Exodus 19: 9b-19; Acts 7: 44-50 CANTICLES Howells Collegium regale ANTHEM Stanford For lo, I raise up FINAL RESPONSES Naylor VOLUNTARY Leighton Martyrs
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. John Henry Newman
MARCH & APRIL 2020
SERVICES FOLLOWING THE END OF TERM
MARCH 28 SATURDAY
6.00 pm Choral Evensong before the Gaudy (2009-10) INTROIT Purcell Hear my prayer
RESPONSES Janet Wheeler PSALMS 137, 138
HYMN 272
READINGS Ezra 1; 2 Corinthians 1: 12-19 CANTICLES Leighton Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense ANTHEM Trad. arr. René Clausen There is a balm in Gilead FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin VOLUNTARY Elgar Allegro maestoso from Organ Sonata in G, Op. 28
APRIL
10 FRIDAY GOOD FRIDAY 12.00 pm
The Good Friday Liturgy (Men’s Voices) GOSPEL Victoria The Passion according to St John ANTHEMS Tallis The Lamentations of Jeremiah
PSALM 22: 1-21
12 SUNDAY EASTER DAY 11.00 am
Festal Sung Eucharist MASS Mozart Krönungsmesse
HYMNS 110, 117, 120
READINGS Acts 10: 34-43; John 20: 1-18 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Andrew Bowyer, Dean of Divinity ANTHEMS Poulenc Exultate Deo Handel Since by man came death Vaughan Williams Rise heart, thy Lord is risen VOLUNTARY Howells Saraband for the morning of Easter
REGULAR CHORAL SERVICES IN THE TRINITY TERM WILL RESUME ON
SUNDAY 26TH APRIL 2020 AT 11.00 AM WITH THE UNIVERSITY SERMON FOR ST MARK’S DAY.
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