This Month's
Music in Liturgy

Below is a list of music for our worship together this month:

April 1: Wednesday in Holy Week

7:30pm Tenebrae: Section Leaders of the Cathedral Choir

Responsories - Vittoria

 

 

April 2: Maundy Thursday

7:30pm  Holy Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir

Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BVW 89 – JS Bach

Service: Hurd

Footwashing: Ubi caritas – Duruflé

Offertory: Christus factus est – Bruckner

Communion: O sacrum convivium – Tallis

Stripping of the Altar: Psalm 22 (plainsong)

 

 

April 3: Good Friday

7:30pm  Music for Good Friday: The Cathedral Choir

The Crucifixion – Stainer

 

 

April 4: Holy Saturday

8:30pm  Easter Vigil and Holy Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir

Vigil Anthems (Section Leaders):

O praise the Lord – Batten

Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake – Hilton/Farrant

Prayer of King Henry VI – Ley

O come ye servants of the Lord – Tye

Service: Near

Offertory: My beloved spake – Aston

Communion: Christ hath a garden – Near

Postlude: Incantation pour un jour Saint - Langlais

 

 

April 5: Easter Day

10:30am  Holy Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir and Brass

Prelude: Brass

Service: Near

Offertory: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Stanford

Communion: Alleluia Psallat – Aston

Postlude: Toccata (Symphonie V) - Widor

 

5:00pm  Choral Evensong: The Cathedral Choir

Responses: Rose

Psalm 150

Canticles: Dyson in D

Anthem: Hail, gladdening Light – Wood

Postlude: Fugue on “Victimae Paschali Laudes” – Ropek

 

 

April 12: The Second Sunday of Easter

10:30am  Holy Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir

Prelude: O Filii et Filiae – Dandrieu

Service: Powell, Near

Offertory: This Joyful Eastertide – arr. Johnston

Communion: Jesu, the very thought of thee – Bairstow

Postlude: Orb and Sceptre - Walton

 

5:00pm  Choral Evensong: Sopranos of the Cathedral Choir

Responses: Archer

Psalm 111

Canticles: Marshall in C

Anthem: Sing we merrily – Christopher Symons

Postlude: Resurrection Dance - Ridout

 

 

April 19: The Third Sunday of Easter

10:30am  Holy Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir

Prelude: Le Banquet Céleste - Messiaen

Service: Hurd

Offertory: Set me as a seal – Walton

Communion: Tantum ergo – Vierne

Postlude: Joie et Clarté - Messiaen

 

5:00pm  Choral Evensong: Section Leaders of the Cathedral Choir

Responses: Sumsion

Psalm 114

Canticles: Sumsion in G

Anthem: I sat down under his shadow – Bairstow

Postlude: Allegro con spirito - Bridge

 

 

April 26: The Fourth Sunday of Easter

10:30am  Holy Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir

Prelude: Pastorale - Milhaud

Service: Mathias, Schubert

Offertory: Jubilate Deo – Howells

Communion: Loving shepherd of thy sheep – Rutter

Postlude: Te Deum - Langlais

 

5:00pm  Choral Evensong: Visiting Choir (St. John the Evangelist, St. Paul)

Responses: Smith

Psalm 103

Canticles: Wood in Eb

Anthem: Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner

Postlude: Allabreve in D BWV589 – JS Bach