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Choral Repertoire – Spring 2023

Sunday, January 8 – BAPTISM OF OUR LORD

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 29 (chant: Malcolm Archer)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day – John Gardner
Ave verum corpus – Edward Elgar

Sunday, January 15– EPIPHANY 2

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 40:1-12 (chant: John Bennett)
Epiphany Alleluias – John Weaver
Steal Away – arr. Nicholas White

5:00pm Lessons & Carols for Epiphany (Schola and Choristers*)
Lord, When You Came to Earth – arr. Barry Rose*
Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree – Anthony Piccolo
Here is the Little Door – Herbert Howells
Lo, Star-Led Chiefs – William Crotch*
The Three Kings – Jonathan Dove
I Wonder as I Wander – arr. John Rutter*
Falan Tidings – Donald Pearson*

Sunday, January 22– EPIPHANY 3

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Schola and Choristers)
Psalm 27:1 ,5-13 (chant: Edwin C. Cutler)
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind – Hubert Parry
I Wonder as I Wander – arr. John Rutter

Sunday, January 29– FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL

10:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 67 (chant: Bruce Neswick)
How Lovely Are the Messengers – Felix Mendelssohn
O nata lux – Morten Lauridsen

5pm Choral Evensong (Adult Choir)
Responses – Richard Ayleward
Psalm 67 (chant: Bruce Neswick)
Mount St. Alban’s Service – David Hogan
All Wisdom Cometh From the Lord – Philip Moore

Sunday, February 5 – EPIPHANY 5

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 112:1-10 (chant: Walter Parratt)
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118 – Johann Sebastian Bach
God Be in My Head – John Rutter

Sunday, February 12 – FEAST OF ABSALOM JONES

10:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Canterbury Jazz Mass – Andy Barnett/ Theodicy Jazz Collective

Sunday, February 19 – EPIPHANY LAST

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Psalm 99 (chant: John Goss)
Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies – T. Frederick H. Candlyn
Eternal Light – Leo Sowerby

5pm Choral Evensong (Adult Choir)
Hail, Gladdening Light – Charles Wood
Responses – Herbert Sumsion
Psalm 115 (chant: George C. Martin)
Evening Service in B minor – Herbert Howells
For Lo, I Raise Up – Charles Villiers Stanford

Wednesday, February 22 – ASH WEDNESDAY

7pm Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Psalm 103:8-14 (Plainsong)
Miserere mei – Gregorio Allegri
Lord, Let Me Know Mine End – Maurice Greene
Call to Remembrance – Richard Farrant

Sunday, February 26 – LENT 1 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
The Great Litany (SATB setting) 
Psalm 32 (Plainsong)
Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Call to Remembrance – Richard Farrant

Sunday, March 5 – LENT 2

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 121 (Plainsong)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Parker Kitterman
God So Loved the World – Bob Chilcott

Sunday, March 12 – LENT 3 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Choristers)
Psalm 95 (Plainsong)
Give Ear Unto Me – Benedetto Marcello
Ave verum corpus – Gabriel Fauré

Sunday, March 19 – LENT 4 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Schola) 
Collegium Regale – Herbert Howells (Kyrie, Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus)
Psalm 23 (chant: H. Walford Davies)
I Will Arise and Go to Jesus – Leo Nestor
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – John Bell/arr. Kotylo

5pm Evensong (Adult Choir) 
Responses – William Byrd
Psalm 19 (chant: Bruce Neswick)
Second Service – Orlando Gibbons
Agnus Dei – Samuel Barber

Sunday, March 26 – LENT 5 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir) 
Psalm 130 (chants: Turle/Purcell and Rimbault)
O Saviour of the World – John Goss
Jesus, I Adore Thee – Stephen Caracciolo

Sunday, April 2 – PALM SUNDAY 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir) 
Psalm 31:9-16 (chant: C. H. Lloyd)
Crux fidelis – Roger-Ducasse
O vos omnes – Pablo Casals

Thursday, April 6 – MAUNDY THURSDAY 

7:00pm Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 116:1,10-16 (Plainsong)
Mandatum – Peter Latona
TBA
Tantum ergo – Louis Vierne

Friday, April 7 – GOOD FRIDAY 

12:00pm Liturgy (Schola)
Psalm 22 (Plainsong)
Crucifixus a 8 – Antonio Lotti
Vinea mea electa – Francis Poulenc
Ave verum corpus – William Byrd

Saturday, April 8 – EASTER VIGIL

7:00pm Liturgy for Holy Saturday and Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Psalm 46
Song of Moses 
Psalm 42
R Psalm 30
Sing ye to the Lord – Edward Bairstow
Magdalen, Cease from Sobs and Sighs – arr. Peter Hurford

Sunday, April 9 – EASTER SUNDAY 

9:00am & 11:15am Holy Eucharist (Choristers & Adult Choir) 
Missa brevis  (Gloria) – Jonathan Dove (11:15am only)
Psalm 118 – Richard Proulx (9:00am only)
Christ Our Passover – Frank Boles (11:15am only) 
Surrexit a mortuis – Charles-Marie Widor
Magdalen, Cease from Sobs and Sighs – arr. Peter Hurford
Hallelujah from MessiahGeorge Frideric Handel (11:15am only)

Sunday, April 16EASTER 2

10:30am Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Psalm 16 (chant: Peter Aston)
The Risen Sun – Craig Phillips
Arise, My Love, My Fair One – Gerald Near

Sunday, April 23 – EASTER 3 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 116: 1-3, 10-17 (chant: William Havergal)
Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem – Charles Villiers Stanford
Stay With Us – Egil Hovland

Sunday, April 30 – EASTER 4 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Schola)
Missa secunda – Hans Leo Hassler (Gloria & Sanctus/Benedictus)
Psalm 23 (chant: Jeffrey Smith)
Jubilate Deo in E-flat – E. J. Moeran
The Lamb – John Tavener

5:00pm Evensong (Adult Choir with the Choir from St. Martin-in-the-Field’s, Chestnut Hill)
Responses – Erik Meyer
Psalm 23 (chant: Jeffrey Smith)
Evening Service in D – A. Herbert Brewer 
Abendlied – Joseph Rheinberger

Sunday, May 7 – EASTER 5 

10:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 (chant: F.A. J. Hervey)
Psaume 150 (“Hallelujah, Louez le Dieu”) – César Franck 
God Be in My Head – John Rutter

Sunday, May 14 – EASTER 6 

11:00am Holy Eucharist and Chorister Commissioning (Choristers)
Psalm 66:7-18 (chant: Henry Ley)
For the Beauty of the Earth – John Rutter
O mysterium ineffabile – Jean-Francois Lallouette

Sunday, May 21– SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION AND ANNUAL MEETING

10:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 47 or 93 (chant:  )
O Clap Your Hands – Ralph Vaughan Williams 
Ascendit Deus – Peter Phillips (Schola only)

Sunday, May 28– PENTECOST SUNDAY 

11.00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 104:25-35 (chant: William Crotch)
Come, Holy Ghost – Leo Sowerby
Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether – Harold Friedell

Sunday, June 4– TRINITY SUNDAY 

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Adult Choir)
Psalm 8 (chant: Corfé/Lawes)
Te Deum in C – Benjamin Britten
O sacrum convivium – Stephanie Martin