Choral Evensong and Chapel Events HT26

WEEK 2 – Sunday 25 January, Choral Evensong

The Conversion of St Paul
Preacher: The Revd Canon Dr Peter Groves
Responses: Tallis
Psalm: 119.41-56 (Stainer)
Readings: Jeremiah 1.4-10; Acts 9.1-22
Canticles: Wood Second Service in E flat
Anthem: Palestrina Sicut cervus
Hymn: 216

Thursday 29 January, Compline (Crypt)

Nunc dimittis: Victoria Tertii toni
Motet: Rodney Bennett A Good Night

WEEK 3 – Sunday 1 February, Choral Evensong

Eve of the Presentation of Christ Temple
Preacher: The Chaplain
Introit: Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Devo
Responses: Smith
Psalm: 122 (Atkins)
Readings: Malachi 3.1-4; Luke 2.22-40
Canticles: Purcell Service in G minor
Anthem: Eccard When to the Temple Mary Went
Hymn: 157

Thursday 5 February, Compline (Crypt)

Nunc dimittis: Beach
Motet: Sullivan The Long Day Closes

WEEK 4 – Sunday 8 February, Choral Evensong

Second Sunday before Lent
Preacher: The Chaplain
Responses: Smith
Psalm: 149 (Stanford)
Readings: 1 John 4.7-21; John 15.12-17
Canticles: Tallis Short Service
Anthem: Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Hymn: 376

Thursday 12 February, Compline (Crypt)

Nunc dimittis: Gibbons Short Service
Motet: Farrant Hide not thou thy face

WEEK 5 – Sunday 15 February, Choral Evensong

Sunday next before Lent
Responses: Smith
Psalm: 84 (Parry)
Readings: Joel 2.1–2, 12–17; Matthew 6.1–6, 16–21
Canticles: Sumsion in A Anthem: Sumsion They that go down to the sea
Hymn: 333

WEEK 5 – Wednesday 18 February, Eucharist

Joint Eucharist for Ash Wednesday at St Mary’s, the University Church, 8pm.

Thursday 19 February, Compline (Crypt)

Compline sung by the St Edmund Consort

WEEK 6 – Sunday 22 February, Choral Evensong

First Sunday of Lent
Preacher: The Chaplain
Introit: Morley Nolo mortem peccatoris
Responses: Ebdon
Psalm: 101 (Goss)
Readings: Genesis 2.15-17 & 3.1-7;
Matthew 4.1-11
Canticles: Batten Fourth Service
Anthem: Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
Hymn: 67

Thursday 26 February, Compline (Crypt)

Nunc dimittis: Anon. Tertii toni
(Lugo Cathedral, Spain)
Motet: Peñalosa Inter vestibulum et altare

WEEK 7 – Sunday 1 March, Choral Evensong

Second Sunday of Lent
Responses: Ebdon
Psalm: 88 (Prendergast)
Readings: Genesis 12.1-4a; John 3.1-17
Canticles: Farrant Short Service
Anthem: Wesley Wash me throughly
Hymn: 383 (ii)

Thursday 5 March, Compline

Compline Sung by the St Edmund Consort

Saturday 7 March

Lenten Meditation with poetry and music, Woodchester Priory (Gloucestershire), 7.30pm.

WEEK 8

Sunday 8 March, Choral Evensong

Third Sunday of Lent
Preacher: The Chaplain
Responses: Ebdon
Psalm: 5 (Crotch)
Readings: Exodus 17.1-7; John 4.5-26
Canticles: Kerensa Briggs The Gloucester Service
Anthem: Greene Lord let me know mine end
Hymn: 461 (Corvedale)

Thursday 12 March, Compline (Crypt)

Nunc dimittis: Palestrina Tertii toni
Motet: Thomas/Troyte The Rev. Eli Jenkins’ Prayer (from Under Milk Wood)