Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST December 2011

4 SundaySECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (Parish Choir)
 Sprinkling Rite: Give us Lord a new heart — Bernadette Farrell
 Responsorial Psalm 85 — Alan Smith
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot B
 Offertory: Advent Prose — Plainsong mode i (v 2)
 Setting: John Rutter
 Communion: Adam lay ybounden — Philip Ledger
 Hymns: NEH 1518276(ii)10
 Organ: Prelude and Fugue in E minor (BWV 555) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SD)
 
6.30pmSAINT FRANCIS HOSPICE CAROL SERVICE (Parish Choir)
 Hymns: NEH 34422230(omit vv 5 & 7)35
 Choir carols: The Angel Gabriel — Old Basque arr Edgar Pettman
 In the bleak mid-winter — Harold Darke
 Ding! Dong! merrily on high — Charles Wood

 
10 Saturday
 
7.30pmCONCERT by SongCycle

 
11 SundayTHIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (Girls’ Choir & Men)
 Sprinkling Rite: Water of life — Stephen Dean
 Responsorial Psalm 126 — Stephen Darkin
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot C
 Intercessions: Come Lord Jesus, maranatha — Christopher Walker
 Offertory: Advent Prose — Plainsong mode i (v 3)
 Setting: Mass of All Saints — Alan Wilson (GF)
 Communion: The peace of God — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 12563(ii)
 Organ: Postlude on 'Wachet auf' — Sigfrid Karg-Elert (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG & BENEDICTION (Parish Choir)
 Responses: William Smith
 Closing Responses: James Thomas
 Psalm 68 (vv 1-19)
 Canticles: Carolus Andreas fauxbourdons ii & viii
 Anthem:Rejoice in the Lord alway — Henry Purcell
 Hymns: NEH 1(i)17
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ:Lo he comes — John Marsh (SS)

 
18 SundayFOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
 
10.00amSUNG FAMILY MASS (Becket Consort of Voices)
 Sprinkling Rite: Water of life — Stephen Dean
 Responsorial Psalm 89 (vv 1-8) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot D
 Offertory: Advent Prose — Plainsong mode i (v 4)
 Setting: The Brentwood Mass — David Rooke
 Communion: Our Lady and Child — Philip Moore
 Hymns: NEH 11(omit v 2 & 7)‘The Angel Gabriel’161(385)186
 Organ: Fantasia on "Veni Emmanuel" — Cuthbert Harris (DR)
 
6.30pmFESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS (Parish Choir)
 In the bleak mid-winter — Harold Darke
 Adam lay ybounden — Philip Ledger
 Ding! Dong! merrily on high — Mack Wilberg
 A tender shoot — Otto Goldschmidt
 A maiden most gentle — Andrew Carter
 The Candlelight carol — John Rutter
 The Sussex Carol — Philip Ledger
 Hymns: NEH 343932 (omit *)4230 (vv 1, 2 & 6)26 (omit *)
 Organ: Chorale Prelude on 'In Dulci Jubilo' (BWV 729) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SS)

 
24 SaturdayCHRISTMAS EVE
 
4.30pmCHRISTINGLE SERVICE I (Girls' Choir)
 Hymns: NEH 34(omit vv 3 & 4)2235"It’s rounded like an orange"
 Choir carol:Rise up shepherd and follow — Richard Rodney Bennett
 
6.00pmCHRISTINGLE SERVICE II (Orchestra of St Thomas')
 Hymns: NEH 34(omit vv 3 & 4)2235"It’s rounded like an orange"
 
11.30pmBLESSING OF THE CRIB AND SOLEMN MASS

(Becket Singers & Parish Choir Gentlemen)

 Setting: Harold Darke in E
 Gloria: The Brentwood Mass — David Rooke
 Responsorial Psalm 96 (vv 1-6) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Philip Duffy
 Offertory: All my heart this night rejoices — Johann Georg Ebeling
 Communion: O holy night! — Adolphe Adam
 Hymns: NEH 32293530 (v 1, 2, 6 & 7)
 Organ: Postlude on "Mendelssohn" — David Willcocks (SD)

 
25 SundayTHE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (Parish Choir)
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Gloria:Coventry Gloria — Peter Jones
 Responsorial Psalm 98 — Gregory Murray (NEH 535)
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Offertory:Ding! Dong! merrily on high — Mack Wilberg
 Communion: The Candlelight carol — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 34[22]30 (omit *vv)4226 (omit v 4)
 Organ:Hark the herald angels sing — Gordon Young (SS)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG (No Choir)
 Responses: Ferial
 Psalm 8 (Key C)
 Canticles: Chants Set D
 Hymns: First of martyrs (Monkland)

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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