Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST January 2012

 
1 SundayTHE SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS
 (The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus)
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (Parish Choir)
 Setting: A New People’s Mass — Gregory Murray
 Responsorial Psalm 148 (vv 7-end) — Simon Lindley (NEP 687)
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray C
 Communion: A New Year Carol — Benjamin Britten
 Hymns: NEH 33(omit v 2, 3 & 6) 25 295 "Lord for the years"
 Organ: Variations on ‘In dulci jubilo’ — Jacques Berthier (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG & BENEDICTION (St Thomas’ Singers)
 Responses: Ferial
 Closing Responses: James Thomas
 Psalm 115 — Sydney Nicholson
 Canticles: Thomas Morley fauxbourdons viii/v
 Anthem: Coventry Carol — arranged Martin Shaw
 Hymns: NEH 153(Wareham) 385
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Sarabande — Eric Thiman (DR)

 
6 FridayTHE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD
 
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS (Parish Choir)
 Setting: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 72 (vv 1-6) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Communion: The three kings — Peter Cornelius
 Hymns: NEH 50(338) (omit vv 4 & 5) "We three kings" 47
 Organ: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern — Georg Phillipp Telemann (SS)

 
8 SundayTHE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
 
10.00amADMISSION OF CHORISTERS & SOLEMN MASS (Parish Choir)
 Kyrie: Lux et origo — Plainsong
 Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith
 Responsorial Psalm 29 — Ian Forrester (NEP 671)
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Sanctus: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat
 Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Charles Villiers Stanford in F
 Communion: Ave verum corpus — Edward Elgar
 Hymns: NEH 55 58(128ii) 52 352 (omit v 4)
 Organ: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern — EF Richter (SS)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG (Girls’ Choir & Men)
 Introit: O Holy Spirit, Lord of Grace — Christopher Tye
 Responses: William Smith
 Closing Responses: James Thomas
 Psalm 46
 Magnificat: Song of Mary — Richard Shephard
 Nunc Dimittis: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat
 Anthem: O for a closer walk with God — Charles Villiers Stanford
 Hymns: NEH 48 49(ii) 425
 Organ: Postlude on a ground — Herbert Murrill (DR)

 
15 SundayTHE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (Parish Choir)
 Kyrie & Gloria: The English Mass — Leonard John White
 Responsorial Psalm 139 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Vulpius E
 Intercessions: Listen Lord — Iona
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: John Ireland in C
 Communion: Jesu, the very thought of thee — Edward Bairstow
 Hymns: NEH 56 (omit v 4) 57 294 393
 Organ: Praeludium in E minor — Nickolaus Bruhns (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG (Parish Choir)
 Responses: Humphrey Clucas
 Closing Responses: James Thomas
 Psalm 96
 Canticles: Charles Wood in E flat No. 2
 Anthem: There shall a star from Jacob come forth — Felix Mendelssohn
 Hymns: NEH 46(i) 477(271) 248(ii)
 Amen: Sydney Nicholson
 Organ: Offertoire ('Heures mystiques') (Opus.29 No 2) — Léon Boëllmann (SA)

 
22 SundayTHE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
 
10.00amSUNG MASS (Girls’ Choir & Men)
 Kyrie & Gloria: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 128 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Saint Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke A
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Mass of the Quiet hour — George Oldroyd
 Communion: O taste and see — Ralph Vaughan Williams
 Hymns: NEH 440 (omit*) 302 287 333
 Organ: Variations on ‘Lobe den herren’ — Jacques Berthier (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG (Covenant Renewal Service)
 (Becket Singers & Brentwood Cathedral Consort & Men)
 Introit: Locus iste a Deo factus est — Anton Bruckner
 Responses: Richard Ayleward
 Closing Responses: James Thomas
 Psalm 33 (vv 1-12) — Kellow Pye
 Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford in C
 Anthem: Evening Hymn — Henry Balfour Gardiner
 Hymns: NEH 334 484(167) 486
  Organ: Toccata in B minor — Eugène Gigout (GF)

 
29 SundayTHE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY (Education Sunday)
 
10.00amFAMILY MASS (Parish Choir with the Choir of St Thomas' Junior School)
 Kyrie & Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia — Fintan O'Carroll
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Israeli Mass — Anthony Hampson
 Communion:
 Hymns: NEH 436 'Servant King' 'Be still for the presence of the Lord' 368
 Organ: Toccata from Suite Gothique — Léon Boëllmann (SS)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG of Charles, King and Martyr (Parish Choir)
 Introit: Holy is the true light — William Harris
 Responses: Thomas Morley
 Closing Responses: James Thomas
 Psalm 20 — Gerald Knight
 Canticles: Herbert Sumsion in G
 Anthem: Give us the wings of faith — Ernest Bullock
 Hymns: ‘The praise of Charles, our martyr King’
 ‘With thankful hearts thy glory’ NEH 230(ii)
 Amen: Martin Shaw
 Organ: For a festive occasion — Alec Rowley (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'