Sunday 4 August, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 10th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Ego sum panis vivus – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Responses

William Smith (1603-1645), arr. Richard Marlow (1939-2013)

Psalm

78.23-29 

Canticle

Venite

Hymns

Christ, whose glory fills the skies

 

O food to pilgrims given 

 

Guide me, O thou great Redeemer 

Anthem

Panis angelicus – César Franck (1822-1890), arr. Sir John Rutter (b. 1945)

Recessional March

Aida and the Royals (Quick March of the Blues and Royals)

Voluntary

Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Sunday 11 August, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 11th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

O Taste and See – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Responses

Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

Psalm

34.1-8

Canticle

Jubilate

Hymns

When morning gilds the skies 

 

The King of love my shepherd is 

 

Praise the Lord! Ye heavens, adore him

Anthem

Geistliches Lied – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Recessional March

The Old Brigade

Voluntary

Allegro maestoso and Fugue (Sonata No. 2) – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Sunday 18 August, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 12th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Verily, verily I say unto you – Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Responses

William Smith (1603-1645)

Psalm

34.9-14

Canticle

Jubilate (Second Service) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Hymns

Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go

 

Let all the world in every corner sing

 

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

Anthem

Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Recessional March

Milanollo (Quick March of the Coldstream Guards)

Voluntary

Fantazia of four parts – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Sunday 25 August, 11.00am. Choral Matins  | 13th Sunday after Trinity

Introit

Quis est homo (Prima Pars) – William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Responses

William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Psalm

34.15-end

Canticle

Benedictus 

Hymns

Lord of all hopefulness

 

Through all the changing scenes of life

 

Praise to the Holiest in the height 

Anthem

Beati quorum via – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Recessional March

On Parade (Quick March of the Royal Logistics Corps)

Voluntary

Flourish for an Occasion – William Henry Harris (1883-1973)

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