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SERVICES & MUSIC June
S E R V I C E S & M U S I C
June
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Welcome
he very attractive cover of this month’s Services and Music List is a reminder that in the
northern hemisphere everything is growing – the trees are in full leaf, roses are budding
and blossom is giving way to nascent fruit. It’s a time of new beginnings and expectant
anticipation of all that lies ahead in the few warm months before the chill of autumn and
winter are once again upon us. In the church too the liturgical colour has finally changed to
green as we enter what’s often known as ‘growing time’. The great feasts and celebrations of
the past few months are behind us, now we have time to take stock, to consolidate and to
grow in faith. Happily the spring and summer usually herald a rush of weddings and baptisms –
the Royal Wedding was the first of many. So, plenty more new beginnings and the starting
point for new growth in relationships as well as faith.
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that the next Bishop of Bristol would be the Very
Revd Vivienne Faull, currently Dean of York. We were delighted to hear this news and the
ministry of the first female Bishop in this Diocese will definitely mark a significant new beginning
in our life as the people of God in this place. The new Bishop has been duly elected by the
College of Canons and we look forward to her arrival in the Diocese in the autumn. Please
pray for her as she prepares to leave York and take on the challenge of becoming the 57th
Bishop of Bristol.
Finally, do take a few moments this spring and summer to visit our beautiful Cathedral garden
which is looking – as ever – magnificent. Many people describe the garden as an oasis of peace,
in which they find the time and space to sit quietly and reflect while surrounded by the beauty
and variety of creation.
The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor
Dean of Bristol The Very Revd Dr David Hoyle
Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley
Master of the Choristers and Organist Mark Lee For more information, please contact the Music Administrator
Tim Popple [email protected]
0117 926 4879
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About the Cathedral
The original foundation on this
site was an abbey established in
1148 by Robert Fitzhardinge of
Berkeley Castle. It was built just
outside the original walls of Bristol
on high ground overlooking the
river. The new monastery was
dedicated to St Augustine.
Initially all the abbey buildings
were in Norman style
(characterized by massive pillars
and round arches) but between
the 13th and early 16th centuries
a sequence of rebuilding projects
transformed the church into a
Gothic one, showing the
successive developments of
Gothic style.
The last section due to be rebuilt
was the nave. However, just after
the old nave had been
demolished, and before much
progress had been made with the
rebuilding, Henry VIII dissolved the
country’s monasteries and
confiscated their assets. The new nave was therefore never built, and the work that had
already been done was dismantled to provide stone for other projects in the area.
On 9 December 1539 the last Abbot of Bristol handed over the abbey to the King’s
Commissioners. Unlike many other cities, it was not originally intended that there should be a
diocese of Bristol, and so its abbey was not due to become a cathedral. However, when it was
discovered that St Peter’s Abbey in the nearby rival port of Gloucester was to be made a
cathedral, Bristol’s citizens petitioned for equal treatment and in 1542 the disused abbey
church was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol.
In 1877 the rebuilding of the nave was finally completed, 350 years after the original, Norman
nave, had been demolished.
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Information
Anthems
Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English are available from page 17.
Bible Translation
The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays.
Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary.
Choir
Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. On Mondays the boy choristers sing with the lay clerks and choral scholars. On Tuesdays the girl choristers sing with the lay clerks. Weekend services alternate between boy choristers and girl choristers.
Communion
If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are.
Feast Days Key
On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows:
Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST
For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service.
Hymns
Hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH), with tunes following.
Incense
On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the † symbol.
Photography and Recording
No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter.
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Psalms
The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for “Glory be to the Father…” at the end of the last psalm.
Service Length
Said morning prayer lasts approximately 20 minutes.
Said Lunchtime Eucharist lasts approximately 30 minutes.
Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; evening prayer around 20 minutes.
Eucharist on a Sunday lasts around 1hr 15.
On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating additional hymns and a sermon.
Quire Services: those unable to stay for the whole service are asked to sit in the Nave.
Joining the Cathedral Choir
To start in September, we are seeking a Bass Choral Scholar, and an Alto Choral Scholar. More information on these vacancies and how to apply are towards the back of this booklet.
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Sunday 27 May Trinity Sunday 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Setting Mass in E flat Op 109 (Cantus Missae) – Rheinberger Psalm 29 Motet Hymn of the Cherubim – Rachmaninov Hymns Processional 484 Aurelia [167] Offertory I, the Lord the sea and sky
Communion 305 Anima Christi
Post-communion 146 Nicaea
Voluntary Fantasia and Fugue in g (BWV 542) – J. S. Bach 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Responses Radcliffe Psalm 104.1-10 Canticles Sumsion in G Anthem Hymn to the Trinity – Tchaikovsky Hymns 358 Rievaulx; 466 Moscow
Voluntary Praeludium in a – Buxtehude
Monday 28 May
Jordan, Missionary, Companion to St. Augustine 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 137 (omit 7-9), 138
Tuesday 29 May
Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 143
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Wednesday 30 May Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 147, 148
Thursday 31 May Choir in Residence Today CORPUS CHRISTI The Fitzhardinge Consort
8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalms 23, 42, 43
6.00pm † CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST QUIRE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Setting Missa Papae Marcelli – Palestrina Psalm 116.10-end Motet O sacrum convivium – Messiaen Hymns Processional 271 Hyfrydol Offertory 307 Divine mysteries
Communion 268 (vv 5&6) Pange lingua
Post-communion 296 Bryn Calfaria
Friday 1 June
The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 122, 127, 128
Saturday 2 June Choir in Residence Today Feria St Peter’s, Winchcombe
8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL
3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Sanders Psalm 9 Canticles Murrill in E Hymn 360 Shipston
Anthem Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner translations are available from page 16
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Sunday 3 June First Sunday of Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST sung by a Quartet NAVE Preacher Canon Derek Chedzey Setting Short Service – Tallis Psalm 139.1-5, 12-18 Motet Verily, verily I say unto you – Tallis Hymns Processional 148 (omit*) Leoni Offertory 410 Westminster Communion 308 Adoro Te
Post-communion 363 Evelyns [338]
Voluntary Fantasia in C major BWV 570 – J. S. Bach 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the University of Bristol Church Choir QUIRE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Responses Rose Psalm 35 Canticles Collegium Regale – Howells Anthem Os justi – Bruckner translations are available from page 16 Hymns 500 Irish; 252 St Clement
Voluntary Master Tallis’s Testament – Howells
Monday 4 June Verses | Cantoris
Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars QUIRE Responses Cleobury Psalm 19 Canticles Wood in E Hymn 248 Strength and Stay
Anthem Holy is the true light – Harris
Tuesday 5 June
Boniface of Crediton, Bishop, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL NAVE Bristol University Madrigal Ensemble 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Piccolo Psalm 24 Canticles Wood in E flat (No 2) Hymn 221 Ely
Anthem Beati quorum via – Stanford translations are available from page 16
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Wednesday 6 June Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Nardone Psalm 30 Canticles Berkshire Service – Archer Hymn 480 St Stephen
Anthem O for a closer walk with God – Caesar
Thursday 7 June Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 35
Friday 8 June
Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Nonjuror, Hymn Writer, 1711 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalm 39
Saturday 9 June Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL
3.30pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalm 44
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Sunday 10 June Second Sunday of Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars NAVE Preacher Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Setting Leicester Service – Sumsion Psalm 138 Motet Ave Virgo Sanctissima – Stokes Hymns Processional 335 Engelberg Offertory 339 Slane
Communion 272 All for Jesus
Post-communion 476 Paderborn
Voluntary Fanfare – Cook 3.30pm First CHORAL EVENSONG of Barnabas the Apostle QUIRE Preacher The Dean Responses Radcliffe Psalms 1, 15 Canticles Stanford in C Anthem Expectans expectavi – Wood Hymns 349 Nativity; 428 Warrington
Voluntary Solemn Prelude – Elgar
Monday 11 June Verses | Decani
Barnabas the Apostle 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 147 Canticles Sixth Service – Weelkes Hymn 167 Aurelia
Anthem In pace – Blitheman translations are available from page 16
Tuesday 12 June
Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL NAVE Matthew Clark, Rob Waters, David Bednall – War & Peace 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Piccolo Psalm 62 Canticles Fourth Service (“for Trebles”) – Weelkes Hymn 452 Carlisle
Anthem Teach me, O Lord – Byrd
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Wednesday 13 June Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Archer Psalm 68.1-10 Canticles Canterbury Service – Moore Hymn 388 Truro
Anthem And now another day is gone – Blake
Thursday 14 June Richard Baxter, Puritan Divine, 1691 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 71
Friday 15 June
Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL
5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Rose Psalms 75, 76 Canticles Wood in G Hymn 387 Quem Pastores
Anthem Great Lord of Lords – Wood
Saturday 16 June Joseph Butler, 28th Bishop of Bristol, Philosopher, 1752 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalm 79
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Sunday 17 June Third Sunday of Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Martin Gainsborough Setting Missa Brevis – Walton Psalm 20 Motet A Litany – Walton Hymns Processional 420 Wolvercote Offertory 353 Repton
Communion 294 Saffron Walden
Post-communion 467 Wiltshire
Voluntary Finale (Five Studies in form of a Sonata) – Cook 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Derek Chedzey Responses Piccolo Psalm 39 Canticles Chichester Service – Walton Anthem Let all the world – Leighton Hymns 407 Ravenshaw; 492 King’s Lynn
Voluntary Paean – Leighton
Monday 18 June Verses | Cantoris
Bernard Mizeki, Apostle of the MaShona, Martyr, 1896 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 90 Canticles Day in B flat Hymn 434 University College
Anthem Like as the hart – Howells
Tuesday 19 June
Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu (holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Piccolo Psalm 96 Canticles Second Service – Byrd Hymn 496 Melita [354]
Anthem O Lord, in thy wrath – Gibbons
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Wednesday 20 June Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 102.1-11
Thursday 21 June Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 105.1-22
Friday 22 June
Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL
5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Bertalot Psalm 107.1-22 Canticles Doveton in d Hymn 217 Martyr Dei
Anthem Honestum fecit – Handl translations are available from page 16
Saturday 23 June Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL
3.30pm First Evening Prayer of the Birth of John the Baptist BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalm 71
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Sunday 24 June The Birth of John the Baptist BCP: Fourth Sunday of Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP, Fourth Sunday of Trinity) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST sung by the Cathedral Consort NAVE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Setting Missa Sancti Nicolai – Haydn Psalm 85.7-end Motet This is the record of John – Gibbons Hymns Processional 12 Winchester New Offertory 168 Diva Servatrix [288]
Communion 273 Unde et Memores
Post-communion 332 (omit *) Miles Lane
Voluntary Prelude in f BWV 534 (i) – J. S. Bach 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG with Consort Valedictions QUIRE sung by the Cathedral Consort SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Preacher Canon Martin Gainsborough Responses Sanders Psalms 80, 82 Canticles Kelly in C Anthem Hear my prayer – Mendelssohn Hymns 368 Cwm Rhondda; I cannot tell Voluntary Sonata 1 (i) – Mendelssohn
Monday 25 June Verses | Decani
Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars QUIRE Responses Cleobury Psalm 119.33-56 Canticles Howells in E Hymn 419 Tallis’s Ordinal
Anthem Behold, now praise the Lord – Harris
Tuesday 26 June
Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL NAVE Anthony Gritten – Royal Academy of Music 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Piccolo Psalm 119.105-128 Canticles Gray in f Hymn 457 St Columba
Anthem The Lord is my shepherd – Berkeley
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Wednesday 27 June Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Fox Psalm 122 Canticles Bairstow in E flat Hymn 456 Sandys
Anthem Song of the Tree of Life – Vaughan Williams
Thursday 28 June Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher of the Faith, c.200 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of Peter and Paul, Apostles QUIRE Psalms 66, 67
Friday 29 June
PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL
5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Lloyd Psalms 124, 138 Canticles Victoria Tones vii & iii Hymn 171 (omit *) Annue Christe
Anthem Janitor coeli – Ortiz translations are available from page 16
Saturday 30 June Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL
3.30pm ORDINATION OF DEACONS QUIRE Preacher The Rt Revd Humphrey Southern SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE
Principal Ripon College Cuddesdon Setting Darke in E Motet Ave verum corpus – Byrd Voluntary Tu es petra et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus te – Mulet
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Translations of Anthems not in the English Language
Saturday 2 June– Balfour Gardiner
Evening Hymn Henry Balfour Gardiner 1877-1950
Te lucis ante terminum Before the ending of the day, rerum Creator poscimus Creator of the world, we pray, ut pro tua clementia that with thy wonted favour thou sis praesul et custodia. wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
Procul recedant somnia From all ill dreams defend our eyes, et noctium phantasmata; from nightly fears and fantasies; hostemque nostrum comprime tread under foot our ghostly foe, ne polluantur corpora. that no pollution we may know.
Praesta, Pater piissime, O Father, that we ask be done, Patrique compar unice through Jesus Christ thine only Son, cum Spiritu Paraclito who, with the Holy Ghost and thee, regnans per omne saeculum. Amen. doth live and reign eternally. Amen.
Latin, translated by John Mason Neale 1818-66
Sunday 3 June
Os justi – Bruckner Anton Bruckner 1824-96
Os justi meditabitur sapientiam: The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom: et lingua ejus loquetur judicium. and their tongue speaks the thing that is right. Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius: The law of their God is in their heart: et non supplantabuntur gressus ejus. and their footsteps shall not slide.
Psalm 37.31-32
Tuesday 5 June
Beati quorum via – Stanford C. V. Stanford 1852-1924
Beati quorum via integra est: Blessed are they whose way is blameless: qui ambulant in lege Domini. who walk in the law of the Lord.
Psalm 119.1
Monday 11 June
In pace – Blitheman William Blitheman c.1525-91
In pace in idipsum dormiam et requiescam. In peace I will sleep and take my rest. Si dedero somnum oculis meis: If I will allow my eyelids to sleep: et palpebris meis dormitacionem; and my eyelids to slumber; dormiam et requiescam. I will sleep and take my rest. Gloria Patri, et Filio, Glory to the Father, and to the Son, et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Holy Spirit. In pace in idipsum dormiam et requiescam. In peace I will sleep and take my rest.
Psalms 4, 8a, 132.4
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Friday 22 June
Honestum fecit Jacobus Gallus called Handl 1550-91
Honestum fecit illum Dominus, The Lord made him honourable, ut custodivit illum ab inimicis, so that he kept him safe from his enemies,
et a seductoribus tutavit illum: and defended him from seducers: Et dedit illi claritatem aeternam. And he gave him everlasting glory.
Descenditque cum illo in foveam, And he went down with him into the pit non dereliquit eum, and did not abandon him,
et in vinculis non dereliquit eum. And did not leave him in chains. Et dedit illi claritatem aeternam. And he gave him everlasting glory.
Friday 29 June
Janitor coeli Diego Ortiz c.1510-70
Janitor coeli, Doorkeeper of heaven, Doctor orbis pariter, And teacher of the world, judices saecli, Judges of the age, vera mundi lumina, True light of the world, per Crucem alter, The one through his cross, alter ense triumphans, The other by his triumphant sword, vitae senatum laureati possident. Possess the crown of life.
Office hymn for the feast of SS Peter & Paul
Bristol Cathedral Choir
There has probably been a choir singing in Bristol Cathedral since its days as an Augustinian abbey church, founded in 1140. When, in 1542, it became the cathedral church of the new diocese of Bristol, its new statutes still provided for cathedral life in terms of worship, community and education; of the praises of God sung with perpetual jubilation, of the common table, of the masters of the choristers and of the Cathedral Grammar School. The passing of the centuries has modified but not destroyed the pattern.
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The choir consists of 28 choristers (14 boys and 14 girls), all of whom are educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School - occupying the former Augustinian refectory, and magnificent new buildings. These are supported by incentives endowed by the Bristol Cathedral Choral Foundation. There are also probationary choristers who fulfil a part timetable and attend other schools in the city, 6 Lay Clerks, and 4 Choral Scholars. Together, with the voluntary Consort, Choral Evensong is sung 6 times a week in the Cathedral in term time.
The Choir enjoys a busy and challenging timetable, and highlights have included singing at the Royal Maundy Service in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, tours to France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and the USA (New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island). Recent events have included singing live on BBC One on Christmas Day 2016. The Choir also broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3.
Choral Scholarships
There are places for up to four Choral Scholars in the Bristol Cathedral Choir at any one time. These will generally be two basses, a tenor, and an alto. The alto Choral Scholarship is open to anyone, regardless of gender. They will be expected to sing one weekday service (currently Monday) and at the weekend. They will be of a very high standard, both vocally and in terms of reading, but will not be expected to sing without the support of the professional Lay Clerks. There may be opportunities to deputise for absent Lay Clerks for extra remuneration, but this will only be with the agreement of the Master of the Choristers who will assess their proficiency for such an undertaking.
The current value of a Choral scholarship is incremental on years of service: £2580 p.a. (Year 1), £3100 p.a. (Year 2), and £3621 p.a. (Year 3).
Choir terms are:
Michaelmas: The first weekend after the beginning of the Bristol Cathedral School term in September until Christmas Day
Lent: The weekend of Epiphany until Easter Day Trinity: The beginning of the choir term until the Sunday after the end of the Bristol
Cathedral Choir School term.
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The Choral Scholarships can be held in conjunction with a degree course at either Bristol University or UWE, though this is not an essential requirement. It would be our hope that an undergraduate Choral Scholar would be in post for three years, though the Scholarship would be reviewed annually.
Music is an integral part of Bristol Cathedral's life and mission. Evensong is sung on most days at 5.15pm (on Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm).
The Cathedral Eucharist is sung each Sunday Morning. In addition there are a number of special services throughout the year as well as the important church festivals and feasts.
If you are interested in a Choral Scholarship, please contact:
Mark Lee Master of the Choristers & Organist
Cathedral Consort
The Cathedral Consort was launched in 2009. It is a choir which not only enhances the worship of the Cathedral, but also provides an opportunity for young people to develop their singing skills to a professional standard. They also enjoy the social side of being part of such a close knit team.
The Consort is open to membership from across the city from 11 to 19. It rehearses weekly and usually sings Choral Evensong twice a month. It also collaborates with other choirs in the Cathedral, such as Bristol Cathedral Concert Choir, to perform concerts of large scale works with orchestral accompaniment. The experience offered is particularly valuable to those who wish to apply for choral scholarships at universities like Oxford and Cambridge.
The girls of the Consort have been an important part of the Cathedral’s musical life since 1993. In May 2002, as part of Bristol Cathedral Festival, they sang with the internationally renowned soprano Emma Kirkby, at which time she agreed to become Patron of the Choir. The Cathedral Consort has toured most recently to Toulouse, performing in St Sernin, the Temple Du Salin, and previously have been on tour to Belgium included performances at Brussels and Antwerp Cathedrals, Ireland including performances at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.
If you are interested in joining the Cathedral Consort, please contact:
Paul Walton Director of the Cathedral Consort
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