Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST February 2009

 
1 SundayTHE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
 
10.00amCANDLEMAS CEREMONIES & SOLEMN MASS
 During Lighting of Candles: Nunc Dimittis — Plainsong mode viii
 Setting: The English Mass — Leonard J White
 Responsorial Psalm 24 (vv 7-10) — Stephen Darkin
 Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia — Fintan O’Carroll
 Offertory: I will worship toward thy holy temple — David Rooke
 Communion: When to the temple Mary went — Johannes Eccard
 Hymns: 'In his temple now behold him' (procession)
  NEH 466 187 'Shine Jesus shine'
 Organ: Prelude and Fugue in E minor (BWV 533) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SS)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Introit: I will worship toward thy holy temple — David Rooke
 Responses: Humphrey Clucas
 Psalm 122 — Sydney Nicholson fauxbourdons
 Canticles: Charles Wood in D
 Anthem: O nata lux de lumine — Thomas Tallis
 Hymns: NEH 156(288) 157
 Organ: Chorale Improvisation on ‘Praise the Lord’ — Sigfrid Karg-Elert (DR)

 
8 SundayTHE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT (Education Sunday)
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (with the choirs from St Thomas’ Junior School)
 Kyrie & Agnus Dei: Israeli Mass — Anthony Hampson
 Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Responsorial Psalm 147 (v 1-12) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray C
 Offertory: Love the Lord your God — Mark & Helen Johnson (L S Choir)
 Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa Brevis — Brian Lynn
 Communion: The Lord is my shepherd — Howard Goodall (with U S Choir)
 Hymns: "To God be the glory" "The Servant King"
  "Be still for the presence of the Lord" NEH 368
 Organ: Intrada — Grayston Ives (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: Philip Radcliffe
 Psalm 5
 Canticles: Colin Ashworth in D
 Anthem: As the bridegroom to his chosen — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 426 353 482
 Amen: Philip Radcliffe
 Organ: A Thornbury fanfare — Malcolm Archer (SS)

 
13 Friday
 
7.30pmCONCERT by the PHOENIX YOUTH ORCHESTRA

 
14 Saturday
 
5.30pmHOLY BAPTISM of FELICITY BEMAND
 Responsorial Psalm 34 — David Rooke
  Gospel Acclamation:
  Hymns: NEH 159/278 478 439(257)
  Organ: Marche Pontificale — Charles-Marie Widor (SD)

 
15 SundayTHE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT
 
10.00amADMISSION OF CHORISTER & SUNG MASS (Girls’ Choir & Men)
 Kyrie & Gloria: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 104 (selected verses) — Gregory Murray
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot B
 Intercessions: Listen Lord — Iona
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Harold Darke in E
 Communion: Fairest Lord Jesus — Martin How
 Hymns: NEH 263(omit*) 372 337 265
 Organ: Toccata — Théodore Dubois (DR)
 
11.45amHOLY BAPTISM
 Hymn: CH 181 (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: Thomas Morley
 Psalm 65
 Canticles: Thomas Morley fauxbourdons viii & v
 Anthem: A Song of creation — David Rooke
 Hymns: NEH 349 363 245
 Amen: Sydney Nicholson
 Organ: Postlude on 'Ar hyd y nos'- Sam Adams (SA)

 
22 SundayTHE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT
 
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Kyrie: Missa de Angelis
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith
 Responsorial Psalm 50 (vv 1-8) — Philip Moore
 Gospel Acclamation: Saint Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke
 Communion: Ave verum corpus — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 Hymns: NEH 440(omit *) 178 282 234(ii)
 Organ: Hornpipe (Water music) — George Frederic Handel (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: David Rooke
 Psalm 99
 Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat
 Anthem: Evening Hymn — Henry Balfour Gardiner
 Hymns: "Alleluya song of sweetness" NEH 377 339
 Amen: John Sanders
 Organ: Fanfare — Kenneth Leighton (DR)

 
25 WednesdayASH WEDNESDAY
 
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS & IMPOSITION OF ASHES
 Responsorial Psalm 51 (selected verses) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you O Christ — David Rooke
 During Ashing: The Lent Prose — Plainsong mode v
 Offertory: Hide not thou thy face from us O Lord — Richard Farrant
 Setting: A New English Folk Mass
 Communion: Lord for thy tender mercy's sake — John Hilton
 Hymns: NEH 67 507 64 357

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