Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST November 2008

2 SundayALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY
10.00am SOLEMN MASS (with the Orchestra of St Thomas’*)
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith*(S B A)
 Responsorial Psalm 34 (vv 1-10) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia — Fintan O’Carroll (verse B) *
 Anthem: Hail glorious spirits, heirs of light — Christopher Tye
 Motet: O quam gloriosum — Tomás Luis de Victoria
 Hymns: NEH 197 'Sing of the Lord’s goodness'* 'Seek ye first'* 478
 Organ: Grand March from 'Aida' — Giuseppe Verdi (SS)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Introit: Hail glorious spirits, heirs of light — Christopher Tye
 Responses: Philip Radcliffe
 Psalm 148 — Henry Lawes
 Canticles: Heathcote Statham in E minor
 Anthem: Blessed are the pure in heart — Henry Walford Davies
 Hymns: NEH 196(214i) 381
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Springtanz (from Terpsichore) — Michael Praetorius (DR)

 
3 MondayALL SOULS’ DAY
8.00pm SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS (sung by the Becket Singers)
 Requiem aeternam — Plainsong mode vi
 Setting: Short service — Adrian Batten
 Responsorial Psalm 23 — Andrew Wright/David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray
 During Cross Laying: Give rest, O Christ — Kiev melody
 During Communion: Grant them rest — Arthur Hutchings
 Hymns: NEH 208 112 113

 
9 SundayTHIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday)
9.45amSUNG MASS
 Kyrie: Missa orbis factor
 Setting: Anglican Folk Mass — Martin Shaw
 Responsorial Psalm 63 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Motet: A Gaelic Blessing — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 238 393 274 235
 Organ: Elegy in B flat — George Thalben Ball (DR)
 
11.20amCIVIC SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE
 Intercessions: Dona nobis pacem — Iona
 Anthem: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace — Jonathan Willcocks
 Hymns: NEH 436 488 354 ‘O valiant hearts’
 Organ: March from 'Richard III' — William Walton (SS)

 
16 SundaySECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
10.00am SUNG MASS
 Kyrie & Gloria: A New People’s Mass — Gregory Murray
 Responsorial Psalm 90 — Christopher Walker
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Intercessions: O Lord hear my prayer — Taizé
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Missa Secunda — Hans Leo Hassler
 Motet: O most merciful — Charles Wood
 Hymns: NEH 473(ii) omit* 485(omit v 4) 275 272
 Organ: Allabreve — Johann Sebastian Bach (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG (Girls’ Choir)
 Responses: Ferial
 Psalm 89 (vv 19-29)
 Canticles: Berkshire Service — Malcolm Archer
 Anthem: The song of the tree of life — Ralph Vaughan Williams
 Hymns: NEH 242 406 483
 Organ: Toccata in G minor — Johann Pachelbel (ES)

 
23 SundayTHE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Kyrie & Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Responsorial Psalm 95 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: St Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke
 Anthem: Tell it out among the nations — John Travers
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Charles Villiers Stanford in C & F
 Motet: O come ye servants of the Lord — Christopher Tye
 Hymns NEH 345 296(i) 421 'Hail Redeemer, King divine'
 Organ: Toccata in B minor — Eugčne Gigout (SS)
 
11.45amHOLY BAPTISM
 Hymn: CH 260 SS
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG
 Introit: O come ye servants of the Lord — Christopher Tye
 Responses: Richard Ayleward
 Psalm 93 — Ivor Atkins
 Canticles: George Dyson in D
 Anthem: Hallelujah (Messiah) — George Frederic Handel
 Hymns: NEH 335 391 134
 Amen: Richard Ayleward
 Organ: Toccata — Georgi Mushel (PW)

 
30 SundayADVENT SUNDAY (Year B)
10.00am SUNG MASS & HOLY BAPTISM (Becket Singers)
 Sprinkling Rite: Water of life — Stephen Dean
 Responsorial Psalm 80 (vv 1-8) — Carl Turner
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Setting: Messe Basse — Gabriel Fauré
 Motet: Ave verum corpus — Gabriel Fauré
 Hymns: NEH 9 14 8(128ii) 499
 Organ: Theme and variations — Hendrik Andriesson (DR)
 
6.30pmSEQUENCE OF MUSIC AND READINGS FOR ADVENT
 Anthems: Matin Responsory — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
 People look east — Malcolm Archer
 E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come — Paul Manz
 Ave Maria, gratia plena — Tomás Luis de Victoria
 O thou the central orb — Charles Wood
 Advent Prose — Plainsong mode i
 Hymns: NEH 11 7 12 5
 Organ: Hark the glad sound — Andrew Wright (SS)

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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