Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST January 2010

3 SundayTHE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
 
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith
 Responsorial Psalm 147 (vv 13-end) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray C
 Communion: A New Year Carol — Benjamin Britten
 Hymns: NEH 37 25 296 ‘Lord for the years’
 Organ: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (i) — Johann Sebastian Bach (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Responses: William Byrd
 Psalm 135
 Canticles: Herbert Sumsion in A
 Anthem: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child — Kenneth Leighton
 Hymns: NEH 20(19ii) omit * 307(CH294(ii))
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Fanfare — Kenneth Leighton (DR)

 
6 WednesdayTHE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD
 
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS
 Setting: Harold Darke in F
 Gloria: A New People’s Mass — Gregory Murray
 Responsorial Psalm 72 (vv 1-6) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Communion: The three kings — Peter Cornelius
 Hymns: NEH 52 ‘We three kings’ 47
 Organ: Wie Schon Leuchtet der Morgenstern — E.F.Richter (SS)

 
10 SundayTHE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
 
10.00amSOLEMN MASS & CONFIRMATION (Girls & Men)
 Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia — Fintan O’Carroll
 Anthems: Spirit of the living God — Paul Leddington Wright
 Ubi caritas et amor — Taizé
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Mass of the Quiet Hour — George Oldroyd
 Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit — Peter Hurford
 Hymns: NEH 137 138 297 485 (omit v 4)
 Organ: Grand Chœur — Alfred Hollins (DR)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG
 Introit: O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace — Christopher Tye
 Responses: David Rooke (Set 1)
 Psalm 46
 Canticles: Thomas Morley fauxbourdons tones vi & ii
 Anthem: Come down O love divine — William Harris
 Hymns: NEH 58 57 55
 Organ: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern — Georg Phillipp Telemann (ES)

 
16 Saturday
 
3.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG for The Essex Association of Change Ringers (Becket Singers Ladies)
 Responses: David Rooke (Set 2)
 Psalm 67
 Canticles: George Dyson in C minor
 Anthem: The Father’s love — Simon Lole
 Hymns: NEH 336 395 339
 Organ: Carillon (Sur la sonnerie du Carillon de la chapelle du Chateau de Longpont) — Louis Vierne (SD)

 
17 SundayTHE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
 
10.00amSUNG MASS & HOLY BAPTISM
 Kyrie: Missa orbis factor — Plainsong
 Setting: John Rutter
 Responsorial Psalm 36 (vv 5-10) — Stephen Darkin
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot B
 Intercessions: Hear our prayer — Ernest Sands
 Communion: Tantum ergo sacramentum — Déodat de Sévérac
 Hymns: NEH 56(omit v 4) 362(185) 305 486
 Organ: Toccata — Georgi Mushel (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: Thomas Tomkins
 Psalm 96
 Canticles: Second Service — William Byrd
 Anthem: There shall a star from Jacob come forth — Felix Mendelssohn
 Hymns: NEH 46(i) 424 248(ii)
 Organ: Postlude on a ground — Herbert Murrill (DR)

 
24 SundayTHE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
 
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Setting: The Boddington Eucharist — Father Colin Hewitt
 Responsorial Psalm 19 (or 1-6) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Communion: Ave verum corpus — Ludovico Viadana
 Hymns: NEH 476 302 513 388(i)
 Organ: Allabreve — Johann Sebastian Bach (DR)
 
4.00pmCHORAL EVENSONG (Covenant Renewal Service)
 (Eve of the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul) (Combined Boys’ Choirs of St Thomas’ & Brentwood Cathedral)
 Responses: David Rooke (Set 2)
 Psalm 67
 Canticles: Berkshire Service — Malcolm Archer
 Anthem: Gaudent in coelis — Richard Dering
 Hymns: NEH 155(117) Filled with the Spirit’s power To God be the glory
 Organ: Prelude in G major (BWV 568) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SS)

 
31 SundayTHE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY (Education Sunday)
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (with St Thomas’ Junior School Choir)
 Setting: Israeli Mass — Anthony Hampson
 Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Gradual: Seek ye first the kingdom of God
 Gospel Acclamation: St Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke
 Communion: A Gaelic Blessing — John Rutter
 Hymns: Special Service Order
 Organ: Praeludium in E minor — Nikolaus Bruhns (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: Bernard Rose
 Psalm 34 (vv 1-10)
 Canticles: T Tertius Noble in B minor
 Anthem: Alma redemptoris Mater — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
 Hymns: NEH 256 392 376
 Organ: Alla Marcia — Henry Coleman (DR)

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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