Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST April 2009

5 SundayPALM SUNDAY
9.15amPALM SUNDAY CEREMONIES & SOLEMN MASS
 Motet: Hosanna filio David — Tomas Luis da Vittoria
 Responsorial Psalm 31 (vv 9-16) — Alan Rees
 Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you O Christ — David Rooke
 Offertory: O bone Jesu — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
 Sanctus & Benedictus: Eucharistic Acclamations 2 — Paul Inwood
 Agnus Dei: Peter Aston in F
 Communion: Drop, drop slow tears — Orlando Gibbons
 Hymns: NEH 509 510 511: 86 (omit v 4, 6) 89(i) 92
  
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & STATIONS OF THE CROSS
 Introit: Drop, drop slow tears — Orlando Gibbons
 Responses: Plainsong
 Psalm 69 (vv 1-20) — Plainsong
 Canticles: Thomas Tomkins fauxbourdons tone vi
 Anthem: O vos omnes — Tomas Luis da Vittoria
 During Stations of the Cross: Jesus, remember me — Taizé
 Hymns: NEH 79 (omit vv 3 & 4) 90 (omit *) 94
 Amen: John Hilton

  
8 WednesdayWEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
9.30pmSUNG COMPLINE (Men’s voices)
 Responses, Psalm 4 & Nunc Dimittis — Plainsong
 Office Hymn: 241(ii)

  
9 ThursdayMAUNDY THURSDAY
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS OF THE LAST SUPPER
 Setting: Herbert Sumsion in F
 Gloria: John Merbecke
 Responsorial Psalm 116 — Gregory Murray
 Gospel Acclamation: David Rooke
 During feet washing: Ubi caritas et amor — Maurice Duruflé
 Offertory: Adoremus te Christe — Orlande de Lassus
 Communion: Ave verum corpus — William Byrd
 Hymns: The glory of the cross; Kneels at the feet of his friends; Servant King; An upper room
 During Procession: NEH 268
 During Stripping of the Altar: Psalm 22 — Plainsong tone ii

  
10 FridayGOOD FRIDAY
9.30amSTATIONS OF THE CROSS (Girls' Choir)
 Anthems: Christ has no body now but yours — David Ogden
  My God, why have you forsaken me — Andrew Moore
 Hymns: Love is his word; Lord of the dance
  
2.00pmLITURGY OF THE PASSION (Becket Singers)
 Responsorial Psalm 22 (selected verses) — David Rooke
 Acclamation: Christus factus est pro nobis — Felice Anerio
 Passion Response: Damion Lundy
 Veneration of the Cross: Reproaches — Tomas Luis da Vittoria
 Crux fidelis — King John IV of Portugal
 Agnus Dei: Short Service — Adrian Batten
 Communion: God so loved the world — John Stainer
 Hymns: NEH 86 (omit *) 92 95

  
11 SaturdayHOLY SATURDAY
8.00pmPASCHAL VIGIL & FIRST MASS OF EASTER
 Responsorial Psalms — Gregory Murray
 Gloria: A New People's Mass — Gregory Murray
 Responsorial Psalm 118 — Noel Rawsthorne
 Litany of the Saints — James Walsh Vidi aquam — Plainsong mode viii
 Offertory: Surrexit Christus Alleluia — Taizé
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Communion: Christ the Lord is risen again — Anthony Foster
 Hymns: NEH 124 120 (HFT95)
 Organ: Christ is risen — Christopher Tambling (DR)

  
12 SundayEASTER DAY
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Kyrie: Missa Brevis in G (K 140) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 Gloria: Coventry Gloria — Peter Jones
 Responsorial Psalm 118 — Gregory Murray (NEH 539)
 Sequence: Victimæ paschali laudes — Plainsong mode i
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Offertory: Praise God in his holy place — John Harper
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Missa Secunda — Hans Leo Hassler
 Communion: This joyful Eastertide — Dutch Carol arr Charles Wood
 Hymns: NEH 110 119 296(i) 117
 Organ: Fantasy on Easter Hymn — William Harris (SS)
  
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Introit: This joyful Eastertide — Dutch Carol arr Charles Wood
 Responses: Bernard Rose
 Psalms 114 117 — Peter Hurford
 Canticles: Herbert Sumsion in A
 Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father — Samuel Sebastian Wesley
 Hymns: NEH 101(ii) omit*vv 106(219)
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: An Easter Postlude — John Marsh (DR)

  
18 Saturday
2.00pmWEDDING
 Entrance: Trumpet Voluntary — Jeremiah Clarke
 Anthem: The Lord bless you and keep you — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 368 339 408(ii)
 Recessional: Crown Imperial March — William Walton

  
19 SundayTHE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00amADMISSION OF CHORISTERS & SUNG MASS
 Setting: The English Mass — Leonard J White
 Responsorial Psalm 133 — Nicholas Rayner
 Gospel Acclamation: Vulpius E
 Intercessions: Hear our prayer — Ernest Sands
 Communion: Risen Lord — Barry Rose
 Hymns: NEH 104 105(i) 123 113
 Organ: Crown Imperial March — William Walton (SS)
  
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: William Byrd
 Psalm 143 (vv 1-11)
 Canticles: Samuel Sebastian Wesley in F
 Anthem: Out of the stillness — Richard Shephard
 Hymns: NEH 101(i) 119 107
 Amen: William Byrd
 Organ: Postlude on "Gelobt sei' Gott" — Noel Rawsthorne (DR)

  
26 SundayTHE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00amSUNG MASS & HOLY BAPTISM (Girls' Choir & Men)
 Kyrie & Gloria: The Brentwood Mass — David Rooke
 Responsorial Psalm 4 — Colin Mawby
 Gospel Acclamation: Vulpius F
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Mass of All Saints — Alan Wilson
 Communion: Here O my Lord I see thee face to face — Percy Whitlock
 Hymns: NEH 103 120 (HFT95) 118 112
 Organ: Exultemus — Percy Whitlock (DR)
  
11.45amHOLY BAPTISM
 Hymn: CH 181 SS
  
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG for the Feast of the Dedication
 Introit: Locus iste a Deo factus est — Anton Bruckner
 Responses: John Sanders
 Psalm 122 — Sydney Nicholson fauxbourdons
 Canticles: Sydney Watson in E
 Anthem: O how amiable are your dwellings — Ralph Vaughan Williams
 Hymns: NEH 204 471 208
 Amen: Sydney Nicholson
 Organ: Gelobet sei’ gott — Gilbert Martin (SS)

  

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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