Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST May 2006

4 SundayDAY OF PENTECOST
10.00amSOLEMN MASSRCL567
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Responsorial Psalm 104 (selected verses) — Gregory Murray
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Anthem: O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace — Christopher Tye
 Motet: If ye love me keep my commandments — Thomas Tallis
 Hymns: NEH 139(i) 137 367(ii) 431
 Organ: Scherzando de Concert — Gabriel Pierné
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Responses: Bernard Rose
 Psalm 81
 Canticles: Second Service — William Byrd
 Anthem: Sing choirs of heaven — Richard Shephard
 Hymns: NEH 124 119
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Postlude on a ground — Herbert Murrill

 
14 SundayTHE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00am SOLEMN MASS RCL557
 Kyrie: Missa de Angelis fauxbourdons — Claudio Casciolini
 Gloria: Lourdes — Jean-Paul Lécot
 Responsorial Psalm 22 (25-31) — Peter Moger
 Gospel Acclamation: Plainsong G
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Peter Aston in F
 Motet: Behold the tabernacle of God is with men — William Harris
 Hymns: NEH 436 336 287 105(i)
 Organ: Chorale Improvisation on 'Nun danket' — Sigfrid Karg-Elert
 
6.30pm SOLEMN EVENSONG (Eve of the Feast of St Matthias, Apostle)
 Introit: Locus iste — Anton Bruckner
 Responses: John Sanders
 Psalm 80 — Plainsong
 Canticles: Ludovico da Viadana fauxbourdons
 Anthem: Holy is the true light — William Harris
 Hymns: NEH 214(i) 165(318) 381
 Organ: Mors et resurrectio — Jean Langlais

 
21 SundayTHE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00am SOLEMN MASS RCL561
 Kyrie & Gloria: A New People's Mass — Gregory Murray
 Responsorial Psalm 98 — Gregory Murray (NEH 535)
 Gospel Acclamation: Plainsong H
 Intercessions: O Lord hear my prayer — Taizé
 Sanctus: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat
 Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Charles Villiers Stanford in F
 Motet: O taste and see — John Goss
 Hymns: NEH 401 374 387 420
 Organ: Entrée Pontificale — Enrico Bossi
 
 
6.30pmFESTIVAL EVENSONG (sung by Brentwood Deanery Choirs)
 Introit: Lead me Lord — Samuel Sebastian Wesley
 Responses: Ferial
 Psalm 45
 Canticles: Heathcote Statham in E minor
 Anthem: Greater love hath no man — John Ireland
 Hymns: NEH 113 357(468) 408(i)
 Organ: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 549) — Johann Sebastian Bach

 
25 ThursdayASCENSION DAY
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS RCL240
 Setting: William Harris in F
 Responsorial Psalm 47 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Saint Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke
 Anthem: Above all praise and all majesty — Felix Mendelssohn
 Motet: O Rex gloriae — Luca Marenzio
 Recessional Psalm 150 — George Talbot
 Hymns: NEH 130(i) (omit v 4 & 5) 443 134
 Organ: Exultemus — Percy Whitlock

 
26 Friday 
1.00pmLUNCHTIME MUSIC
 Andrew Smith (Clarinet)
Marie Saba (Piano)

 
28 SundayTHE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00am SOLEMN MASS (with the Orchestra of St Thomas*) RCL564
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith
 Responsorial Psalm 1 — Nicholas Rayner
 Gospel Acclamation: St Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke *
 Agnus Dei: St Nicholas Mass — Michael Walsh
 Motet: Tantum ergo Sacramentum — Louis Vierne
 Hymns: NEH 352 O Lord my God' * 'As the deer pants' * 476
 Organ: Trumpet Voluntary — Jeremiah Clarke
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: William Byrd
 Psalm 147 (vv 1-12)
 Magnificat: First Service — Philip Moore
 Nunc Dimittis: George Dyson in C minor
 Anthem: Lift up your heads — William Mathias
 Hymns: NEH 128(ii) 129 388(i)
 Organ: Menuet I & II (Royal Fireworks) — George Frederic Handel

 

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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