Music and Service List 2005

Prelude: Adagio (Symphonie III) Louis Vierne

Introit: Assumpta est Maria Giovannni Palestrina

Messe Solennelle, in C sharp minor Louis Vierne

First Reading: Zechariah 2. 10 to end

Second Reading: Galatians 4. 1-5

Gradual: Ave Maria Anton Bruckner

Gospel: Luke 1. 39-49

Sermon: The Reverend Canon John Armson Honorary Canon of Rochester Cathedral

Offertory: The sorrows of Mary Richard Bennett

Communion Motet: Emmanuel Philip Moore

Voluntary: Final (Symphonie III) Louis Vierne

WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST

11.00am SOLEMN EUCHARIST of the Holy Cross

Prelude: O Mensch, bewein dein' Sunde gross (BWV 622) Johann Sebastian Bach

Introit: Miserere mei, Deus William Byrd

Mass for Double Choir Frank Martin

First Reading: Numbers 21. 4-9

Second Reading: Philippians 2. 5-11

Gradual: Si quis diligit me David Peebles

Gospel: John 3. 13-17

Sermon: The Reverend Canon David Hoyle Residentiary Canon of Gloucester Cathedral

Offertory: Remember not, Lord, our offences Henry Purcell

Communion Motet: Crucifixus etiam pro nobis Antonio Lotti

Voluntary: Praeludium in E minor Nikolaus Bruhns

7.30pm ORGAN RECITAL given by Carleton Etherington

9.00pm COMPLINE

O nata lux Thomas Tallis

Christe, qui lux es et dies Robert Whyte

In pace William Blytheman

Ave Maria Robert Parsons

THURSDAY 4 AUGUST

7.30am SOLEMN VESPERS with The West of England Players

Prelude: Adagio for Glass Harmonica Wolfgang, Amadeus Mozart

Vesperae solennes de confessore (K 339) Wolfgang, Amadeus Mozart

Reading : 2 Timothy 4. 1-8

Office Hymn: God, that madest earth and heaven (Ar Hyd Y Nos)

FRIDAY 4 AUGUST

7.30pm SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS

Requiem Tomas Luis de Victoria

SATURDAY 5 AUGUST

11.00am SOLEMN MATINS

Prelude: Praeludium Francis Jackson

Introit: Holy is the true light William Harris

Preces and Responses Kenneth Leighton

Venite

Psalms 22, 23

First Reading: 1 Kings 19. 1-16

Te Deum Kenneth Leighton

Second Reading: 1 John 3. 1-3

Office Hymn: Christ, whose glory fills the skies (Ratisbon)

Jubilate William Walton

Anthem: Plebs angelica Michael Tippett

Hymn: Through all the changing scenes of life (Wiltshire)

Voluntary: Paen Kenneth Leighton

5.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG in College Hall, Worcester as part of The Three Choirs Festival

Prelude: Andante with Variations Felix Mendelssohn

Introit: Lord, I call upon Thee Edward Bairstow

Preces and Responses Richard Lloyd

Psalms 72

Office Hymn: O gladsome light, O grace (Nunc Dimittis)

Canticles: Collegium Regale (in F) Charles Wood

Anthem: Hymn to the Creator of light John Rutter

Office Hymn: Be thou my vision, O lord of my heart (Slane)

Voluntary: Prelude (Sonta Number 7) Josef Rheinberger

SUNDAY 6 AUGUST

11.00am SOLEMN EUCHARIST with the West of England Players

Prelude: Passacaglia in D minor Dietrich Buxtehude

Hymn: Ye servants of God, your Masters proclaim (Paderborn)

Paukenmesse (Drum Mass) Joseph Haydn

First Reading: Daniel 7. 9,10,13,14

Second Reading: 2 Peter 1: 16-19

Hymn: Tis good, Lord, to be here! (Carlisle)

Gospel: Luke 9.28-36

Sermon The Right Reverend Brian Smith Bishop of Edinburgh

Hymn: Thy hand, O God, has guided (Thornbury)

Communion Motet: Ave verum corpus (K618) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)

Voluntary: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude: Master Tallis' Testament Herbert Howells

Introit: My beloved spake John Saunders

Preces and Responses John Saunders

Psalms 37

First Reading: Isaiah 30. 15-21

Hymn: Rejoice, O land, in God thy might (Wareham)

Canticles: Gloucester Service Herbert Howells

Second Reading: Mark 14. 22-26

Anthem: Bring us, O Lord God William Harris

Hymn: The King of love my Shepherd is (Dominus Regit Me)

Sermon: The Reverend Canon Paul Williams Vicar of Tewkesbury Abbey

Hymn: How shall I sing that majesty (Coe Fen)

O salutaris hostia Edward Elgar

Tantum ergo sacramentum George Henschel

Hymn: All for Jesus! all for Jesus! (All for Jesus)

Voluntary: Final (Sept Pieces) Marcel Dupre

6.00pm SOLEMN EVENSONG with BENEDICTION