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THE TEMPLE CHURCH
Regular Services and Special Events
October 2013
THE REVD ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES, M.A.
Master
THE REVD HUGH MEAD, M.A., B.LITT.
Reader
MR GREG MORRIS, M.A., F.R.C.O.
Acting Director of Music
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THE TEMPLE CHURCH
EVENSONG SERVICES THIS MONTH
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER, 5.45 p.m.
CHORAL EVENSONG St Luke’s Eve
Music to include
In omnem Terram (Anerio) Canticles in A (Stanford)
Give us the Wings of Faith (Bullock)
THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER, 5.45 p.m.
CHORAL EVENSONG Eve of All Saints’ Day
Music to include
O quam gloriosum (Victoria) Canticles in e (D. Purcell)
How lovely are thy Dwellings (Brahms)
All welcome!
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THIS AUTUMN’S CONCERTS from the TEMPLE CHURCH CHOIR
Following the choristers’ Prom at the Royal Albert Hall in September, we have three concerts this autumn. We hope you can come and will enjoy them all.
WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER, 7.00 p.m.
The Aurora Orchestra, The Temple Singers and Choristers of the Temple Church
Music to include
Britten’s St Nicolas cantata
For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
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MONDAY 9 DECEMBER, 7.30 p.m.
Temple Church Choir Christmas Concert in the Cadogan Hall
Music to include
Britten’s Ceremony of Carols
For booking and further information: www.cadoganhall.com/choral, 020 7730 4500.
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THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER, 7.30 p.m.
The Temple Church Choir
Music to include
Vivaldi’s Gloria
This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 as part of the whole week’s Winter Festival Concert Series from the Temple. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
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TEMPLE CHURCH DIARY
MICHAELMAS TERM
We welcome our new Director of Music Roger Sayer to the Church in the second half of October. Roger was previously Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral. It is a
pleasure to have him with us.
OCTOBER
Wednesday 2 October, 7.00 p.m.
CONCERT: ENDYMION ENSEMBLE. Music to include; Prelude to Capriccio, Til Eulenspiegel lustige Streich (Strauss), Adagio for strings (Barber), Siegfried Idyll (Wagner). Tickets: £25, £20, £15. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Tuesday 8 October, 7.00 p.m.
SILENT FILM: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. David Briggs, organ. Tickets: £20, £15, £10. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Wednesday 10 October, 6.00 p.m.
CALL NIGHT (Inner Temple)
Tuesday 15 October, 7.00 p.m.
CONCERT: SACCONI STRING QUARTET.
Music to include: Chacony (Purcell); String Quartet No. 2 (Britten); Crisantemi (Puccini), String Quartet (Verdi). Tickets: £20, £15, £10. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Thursday 17 October, 5.45 p.m.
CHORAL EVENSONG: St Luke’s Eve. Followed by drinks in the Round Church. Suggested donation for drinks £5.00.
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Saturday 19 October, 11.00 a.m. - 4.45 p.m. Middle Temple Hall and The Temple Church
COME AND SING WITH JOHN RUTTER
Pieces will be rehearsed throughout the day, firstly in the glorious acoustics of Middle Temple Hall and then, later in the afternoon, in the atmospheric Temple Church. Scores will be provided. Tickets £25 including sandwich lunch. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Thursday 31 October, 5.45 p.m.
CHORAL EVENSONG: Eve of All Saints’ Day Followed by drinks in the Round Church. Suggested donation for drinks £5.00.
NOVEMBER Thursday 7 November, 7.00 p.m.
CONCERT: The Wallfish-York Duo
Raphael Wallfish, cello; John York, piano. To include music by Britten, Wagner/Liszt and Bridge. Tickets: £20, £15, £10. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Sunday 10 November, 10.55 a.m.
CHORAL MATTINS: Remembrance Sunday. Last Post will be sounded and the Silence kept at 11.00 a.m. Guest speaker: Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE.
Monday 11 November, 11.00 a.m.
ARMISTICE DAY: The last Post and Reveille in Church Court.
Monday 11 November, 7.30 p.m.
CONCERT: The Sixteen. Harry Christophers, conductor. Ceremony and Devotion – Music for the Tudors. Tickets: £40, £30, £20. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Thursday 14 November, 7.30 p.m.
CONCERT: Die Schöne Magelone, Brahms. Roderick Williams, baritone; Julius Drake, piano. Tickets: £45, £35, £25, £15, £10, £5. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
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Wednesday 20 November, 7.00 p.m.
CONCERT: The Aurora Orchestra, The Temple Singers and Choristers of the Temple Church. Programme to include the cantata, Saint Nicolas, Benjamin Britten. Nicolas Daniel, oboe; Roger Sayer, director. Tickets: £20, £15, £10. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Thursday 28 November, 6.00 p.m.
CALL NIGHT (Inner Temple)
Saturday 30 November, 7.30 p.m.
CONCERT: St Charlemagne and the Play of Antichrist; the cantors, choir and instrumentalists of the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge with Bristol University Schola Cantorum. Tickets £12 in advance or on the door. For tickets in advance please send a cheque, payable to ‘Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge’, to 124 Cambridge Road, Barton, Cambridge CB23 7AR.
DECEMBER Monday 2 December, 6.00 p.m.
THE TEMPLE CHURCH ADVENT CAROL SERVICE. Followed by drinks in the Round Church. Suggested donation for drinks £5.00. Tickets not required.
Tuesday 3 December, 6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. (no interval)
CONCERT: 4 Girls 4 Harps. An evening of Christmas carols arranged in jazz and Celtic styles including seasonal favourites such as Silent Night and We Three Kings. Tickets £15. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Thursday 5 December, 12 noon – 8.00 p.m. in MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL
TEMPLE CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAIR. For further information please contact Liz Clarke in the Church Offices. [email protected]
Monday 9 December, 6.45 p.m.
LAWYERS’ CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CAROL SERVICE
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Monday 9 December, 7.30 p.m. In the Cadogan Hall
TEMPLE CHURCH CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN THE CADOGAN HALL Roger Sayer, director; Greg Morris, organ; Sally Pryce, harp. Programme includes Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. For booking and further information: www.cadoganhall.com/choral, 020 7730 4500.
Wednesday 11 December, 6.00 p.m.
THE TEMPLE CHURCH CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE. Followed by drinks in the Round Church. Suggested donation for drinks £5.00. This service will be sung again on Sunday 15 December. Tickets not required.
Sunday 15 December, 11.15 a.m.
THE TEMPLE CHURCH CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE. Followed by Christmas Lunch in both Inns. Bookings for this Carol Service via Catherine de Satgé, 020 7353 8559, or [email protected] Priority will be given to members of the Inns until Friday 6 December. Bookings for the lunch via the Treasury Office. This service will have been sung on Wednesday 11 December.
Sunday 15 December, 3.00 p.m.
NATIVITY PLAY: If your children or grandchildren would like to take part, please contact Liz Clarke, [email protected]
Monday 16 December to Friday 20 December
TEMPLE WINTER FESTIVAL BBC CONCERT SERIES. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
Thursday 19 December, 7.30 p.m.
TEMPLE WINTER FESTIVAL BBC CONCERT SERIES. The Temple Church Choir. Roger Sayer, director; Greg Morris, organ. Programme includes Vivaldi’s Gloria. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
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Tuesday 24 December, 11.15 p.m.
MIDNIGHT CHORAL COMMUNION SERVICE. Sung by The Temple Singers.
Wednesday 25 December, 11.15 a.m.
CHRISTMAS DAY: CHORAL MATTINS Followed by a said service of Holy Communion.
REGULAR SERVICES AND EVENTS
SUNDAY
8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) 11.15 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS
SUNDAY SCHOOL Children are most welcome to the Church’s Sunday School, which meets in the vestry. For more information please contact Liz Clarke, 020 7427 5650 or email [email protected].
TUESDAY TO FRIDAY 9.00 a.m. – 9.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER (said) WEDNESDAY 1.15 p.m. -1.45 p.m.
ORGAN RECITAL The Wednesday Organ Recitals will resume in January 2014. Details will be published shortly on our website. www.templechurch.com
THURSDAY 1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
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OCTOBER 2013
WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER
7.00 p.m. CONCERT: ENDYMION ENSEMBLE. Music to include; Prelude to Capriccio, Til Eulenspiegel lustige Streich (Strauss), Adagio for strings (Barber), Siegfried Idyll (Wagner). Tickets: £25, £20, £15. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER
1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
11.15 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS
Organ Prelude Theme and Variations in D (Mendelssohn)
Introit Exsultate Deo (Palestrina)
Responses Rose
Psalm 141
1st Lesson Isaiah 49. 1-11
Te Deum Collegium Regale (Howells)
2nd Lesson Matthew 5. 1-12
Jubilate Collegium Regale (Howells)
Anthem Vast Ocean of Light (Dove)
Preacher The Master
Organ Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545 (J. S. Bach)
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TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER
7.00 p.m. SILENT FILM: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. David Briggs, organ. Tickets: £20, £15, £10. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER
5.45 p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE – Mark Sheldon CBE
Master of the Bench, Inner Temple.
THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER
1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
6.00 p.m. CALL NIGHT (Inner Temple)
SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
11.15 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS
Organ Prelude Psalm Prelude Set 1, No. 2 (Howells)
Introit Look down, O Lord (Gibbs)
Responses Smith
Psalm 143
1st Lesson Isaiah 50. 4-11
Te Deum in C (Britten)
2nd Lesson Matthew 5. 17-20, 38-48
Jubilate Plainsong
Anthem O Jesu Christ, meins lebens licht (J. S. Bach)
Preacher The Reader
Organ Voluntary Fugue in G “à la Gigue”, BWV 577 (J. S. Bach)
12.45 p.m. BAPTISM – Imogen Zoe Margaret Kerr
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TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER
7.00 p.m. CONCERT: SACCONI STRING QUARTET.
Music to include: Chacony (Purcell); String Quartet
No. 2 (Britten); Crisantemi (Puccini), String Quartet (Verdi). Tickets: £20, £15, £10. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER
1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG St Luke’s Eve.
Drinks will be served after the service in the Round Church. Suggested donation for drinks £5.00.
Organ Prelude Psalm Prelude Set 1, No. 2 (Howells)
Introit In omnemTerram (Anerio)
Responses Rose
Psalm 103 (1-8, 20-22)
1st Lesson Isaiah 35
Magnificat in A (Stanford)
2nd Lesson Luke 4. 1-4
Nunc Dimittis in A (Stanford)
Anthem Give us the Wings of Faith (Bullock)
Organ Voluntary Postlude in d, Op. 101, No. 6 (Stanford)
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER
11.00 a.m. – 4.45 p.m.
Middle Temple Hall and Temple Church
COME AND SING WITH JOHN RUTTER
The choir rehearses throughout the day, firstly in Middle Temple Hall and then, later in the afternoon, in the Temple Church. Tickets: £25 including sandwich lunch. For further information and to book, contact Alex Madgwick, 020 7427 5641 or www.templemusic.org
2.00 p.m. WEDDING – Craig Vickers and Tiffany Wilkinson
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SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity
8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
11.15 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS
Organ Prelude Consolation No. 4 in D-flat (Liszt)
Introit Ave Maria (Bruckner)
Responses Smith
Psalm 147 (1-7)
1st Lesson Isaiah 55
Te Deum in C (Stanford)
2nd Lesson Matthew 7. 1-12
Jubilate (Leighton)
Anthem Like as the Hart (Howells)
Preacher The Master
Organ Voluntary Excelsior (Liszt)
12.45 p.m. BAPTISM – Alexander Duncan Mure Wood
WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER
5.45 p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE – Sir Ian Sinclair KCMG QC
Master of the Bench, Middle Temple.
THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER
1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER
4.00 p.m. WEDDING – Dominic Lee and Deborah Middleton
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SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity
8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
11.15 a.m. CHORAL COMMUNION (Men’s Voices)
Organ Prelude Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 (J. S. Bach)
Introit Gloria tibi Domine (Byrd)
Mass Missa inter Vestibulum (Guerrero)
Epistle Philippians 1. 3-11
Gradual Psalm 119 (105-112)
Gospel Matthew 18. 21-end
Preacher The Master
Communion Anthem Great Lord of Lords (Wood)
Organ Voluntary Finale from Symphonie No. 6 (Widor)
3.00 p.m. BAPTISM – Zoe Sienna Sherrington-McNeill
4.00 p.m. BAPTISM – Scarlett Marsh
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER
5.45 p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE – Rachel Lawrence
THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER
1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)
5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG Eve of All Saints’ Day.
Drinks will be served after the service in the Round Church. Suggested donation for drinks £5.00.
Organ Prelude Adoratio (Grunenwald)
Introit O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Responses Rose
Psalm 150
1st Lesson Isaiah 65. 17-25
Magnificat in e (D. Purcell)
2nd Lesson Revelation 7
Nunc Dimittis in e (D. Purcell)
Anthem How lovely are thy Dwellings (Brahms)
Organ Voluntary Placare Christe Servulus (Dupré)
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CHURCH INFORMATION
Address for all Correspondence The Temple Church Office
First Floor, 2 King’s Bench Walk Temple EC4Y 7DE
The Master The Revd Robin Griffith-Jones Tel: 020 7353 8559. [email protected] PA to the Master, Catherine de Satgé Tel: 020 7353 8559. [email protected] The Verger, John Shearer Tel: 020 7353 3470. [email protected]
The Choir Further information about the choir and scholarships for choristers is available from: The Acting Director of Music, Greg Morris The Director of Music, Roger Sayer Tel: 020 7427 5650 Fax: 0203 122 1064 Music Administrator, Liz Clarke Tel: 020 7427 5650. [email protected] The choristers’ singing-teacher is Anita Morrison.
Concerts and other Events
Development Consultant: Rachel Pearson Tel: 020 7427 5641. [email protected] Finance and Box Office Manager: Carol Butler Tel: 020 7427 5640. carol @templechurch.com Events and Marketing Assistant: Alex Madgwick Tel: 020 7427 5641. [email protected] www.templemusic.org
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The Temple Church Choristers’ Bursary Endowment Fund
We owe an immense debt of gratitude to the 450 benefactors who helped us to cover the entire cost of the organ’s refurbishment from donations; and we are glad that so many were able to join us when Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh came here in May for its rededication.
We are now starting our next and even larger project. Encouraged by the success of the Organ Appeal, we are confident that over time we can raise a very significant capital sum towards the permanent endowment of our Choristers’ Bursaries.
We have already received some very generous legacies and gifts specifically for this cause. Over the coming months we will be able to publish further details of our plans. For the moment, we would like the Church’s own congregation to be the first to know of this task that we are gladly undertaking, to ensure that the organ and choir together continue to make their wonderful music here for decades – and for centuries! – to come.
There were already organs and choristers in the Temple Church in 1307. It is a privilege and delight for us all to hear their successors. We look forward to handing on this extraordinary tradition, safe and sound, to generations yet unborn.
If you would like to hear more of our plans and of the ways in which you yourself can help, you are most welcome to get in touch directly with me.
With very many thanks meanwhile to all those who supported the Organ Appeal. As we hear every week, the result has vindicated every hour of the work – and every pound of the cost – dedicated over the last three years to this magnificent instrument.
Robin Griffith-Jones, The Master of the Temple [email protected]
020 7427 5642
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The Temple Church Christmas Fair
Thursday 5 December 12 noon to 8.00 p.m.
MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL
Following last year’s immensely successful Christmas Fair in Inner Temple Hall, we are now
well advanced with plans for this year’s Fair in Middle Temple. We hope you will join us again
with your colleagues, friends and families.
For further information contact ;
Liz Clarke or Judith Butler
020 7427 5650, [email protected]
