Choral services on Sundays are Mass at 10:00 and Evensong at 6:30. There are extra services at major festivals. The programme of music for the current month is shown.


Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST July 2010

4 SundayTHE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
 
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith
 Responsorial Psalm 66 (7-13) — Sam Adams
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray C
 Communion: Tantum ergo Sacramentum — Louis Vierne
 Hymns: NEH 401 311 297 362(185)
 Organ: Prelude & Fugue in C major (BWV 553) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Responses: Thomas Morley
 Psalm 65
 Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat
 Anthem: Steal away — Michael Tippett
 Hymns: NEH 452 360
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Trumpet Tune — David N Johnson (DR)

 
7 WednesdaySAINT THOMAS OF CANTERBURY (Patron & Martyr)
 
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS
 Kyrie & Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Responsorial Psalm 123 — Andrew Moore
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Offertory: Alleuia! Praise God in his holy place — John Harper
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Missa Secunda — Hans Leo Hassler
 Communion: Blessed are the pure in heart — Henry Walford Davies
 Hymns: 'Christ the Lord by saints surrounded'
 NEH 218(214ii) ‘Hail Redeemer King divine’
 Organ: La Rejoissance (Firework Suite) — George Frederic Handel (SS)

 
11 SundayTHE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (with the Orchestra of St Thomas’) *
 Kyrie & Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith
 Responsorial Psalm 25 (vv 1-10) — Gregory Murray (NEH 528)
 Gospel Acclamation: Saint Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke (A)*
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: The Boddington Eucharist — Father Colin Hewitt (* SB AD)
 Communion: Jesu dulcis memoria — Tomàs Luis da Vittoria
 Hymns: NEH 473(ii) When I needed a neighbour* 292(i)
 In Christ alone
 Organ: Chorale Improvisation on 'Nun Danket' — Sigfrid Karg-Elert (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: Richard Ayleward
 Psalm 77 (vv 1-12)
 Canticles: Ernest John Moeran in D
 Anthem: Ubi caritas et amor — Maurice Duruflé
 Hymns: NEH 257 367(ii) 246(ii) Amen: Martin Shaw
 Organ: Procession — Craig Sellar Lang (DR)

 
17 Saturday
 
1.00pmWEDDING (Boys’ voices)
 Organ: Prince of Denmark’s March — Jeremiah Clarke
 Anthem: Ave Maria, gratia plena — Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod
 Hymns: NEH 436 459 239
 Organ: Toccata (5th Symphony) — Charles Marie Widor

 
18 SundayTHE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (Girls & Men)
 Kyrie & Gloria: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 15 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Intercessions: Listen Lord — Iona
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Missa Brevis — Brian Lynn
 Communion: Thou art God — Lionel Bourne
 Hymns: NEH 238 410 376 ‘And can it be’
 Organ: Allabreve — Johann Sebastian Bach (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: David Rooke (Set 1)
 Psalm 81
 Canticles: Charles Wood in E flat (No.2)
 Anthem: Cantique de Jean Racine — Gabriel Fauré
 Hymns: NEH 54(i) 406 335
 Amen: John Hilton
 Organ: Fugue sur le Trompette — François Couperin (SS)

 
25 SundaySAINT JAMES (Apostle)
 
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Kyrie: Missa de angelis — Plainsong
 Setting: John Rutter
 Responsorial Psalm 126 — Stephen Darkin
 Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia — Fintan O’Carroll (B)
 Communion: Alleluyas of St James — trad French melody arr Anthony Greening
 Hymns: NEH 478 225(i) 341 475
 Organ: Hymn Tune Prelude on Darwall’s 148th — Percy Whitlock (DR)
 
6.30pmFESTAL EVENSONG
 Introit: Cantate Domino — Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
 Responses: Humphrey Clucas
 Psalm 94
 Canticles: Thomas Morley fauxbourdons viii & v
 Anthem: Hail glorious spirits, heirs of light — Christopher Tye
 Hymns: NEH 214(i) 175 230(ii)
 Amen: John Sanders
 Organ: Praeludium and Fugue in G (BuxWV 147) — Dietrich Buxtehude (ES/SS)

 
30 Friday
 
1.00pmLUNCHTIME MUSIC
 Andrew Smith (clarinet) Marie Saba (piano)

 
31 Saturday
 
12 NoonWEDDING BLESSING (Boys’ voices)
 Organ: Bridal March — Richard Wagner
 Anthem: The Lord bless you and keep you — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 436 239 My Jesus, my Saviour
 Organ: Wedding March — Felix Mendelssohn

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

Music is a very important part of the life and worship at St Thomas'