Exsultate Justi
St Peter & St Paul, Church Hanborough
Welcome
Exsultate Justi is a small, occasional choir of experienced singers. We share a passion for sacred choral music in the best of the Anglican tradition.
The choir is attached to the Benefice of Hanborough and Freeland, between Oxford and Witney.
We currently sing four times a year: for choral evensong in Spring, Summer, and Autumn and at the Benefice Carol Service. The dates we have planned for 2024 are:
10 March (Evensong at St Mary's)
16 June (Evensong at St Peter & St Paul)
6 October (Evensong at St Peter & St Paul)
15 December (Carol Service at St Mary's)
Our recent repertoire has included:
March 2024
Preces and responses by Richard Ayleward
Canticles in G by Richard Portman
‘O Lord, increase our faith’ by Henry Loosemore
December 2023
'Ding, dong, merrily on high' by Malcolm Williamson
'There is no rose of such virtue' by John Joubert
'O little one sweet' by J.S. Bach
October 2023
Preces and responses by Richard Sheppard
Canticles in F by John Travers
‘Come, Holy Ghost’ by Orlando Gibbons
July 2023
Preces and responses by Richard Ayleward
Canticles from the Short Service by Orlando Gibbons
‘Round me falls the night’ words by Adam Drese
March 2023
Preces and responses by Richard Ayleward
Canticles in F by A. H. Brewer
‘Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake’ by Richard Farrant
December 2022
'Now the holly bears a berry' traditional arranged by Neil Jenkins
'The seven joys of Mary', traditional arranged by Richard Runciman Terry
'There's a song in the air!' by John Hearne
October 2022
Preces and responses by William Smith
Canticles from the Short Service by Thomas Weelkes
'If ye love me' by Thomas Tallis
June 2022
Preces and responses by William Smith
Canticles from the Short Service by Orlando Gibbons
'Exsultate Justi' by Ludovico Viadana
February 2022
Preces and responses according to the Durham Use
Canticles in E flat by John Smith
'Let thy hand be strengthened' by John Blow
December 2021
'The Crown of Roses (Legend)' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
'The Angels and the Shepherds', a Bohemian traditional carol arranged by Caleb Henry Trevor
October 2021
Preces and responses by Richard Ayleward
Canticles in G by William Child
'When the Lord turned again' by Adrian Batten
March 2020
Preces and responses by Humphrey Clucas
Canticles from the Short Service by Thomas Tallis
'Nolo mortem pecatoris' by Thomas Morley
December 2019
'Adam lay ybounden' by Robert Walker
'Lully, Lulla, Lullay' by Philip Stopford
'My Lord has come' by Will Todd
October 2019
Preces and responses by Richard Ayleward
Canticles from the Short Service by Thomas Weelkes
'Haec Dies’ by William Byrd
June 2019
Preces and responses by Thomas Tallis
Canticles from the Short Service by Orlando Gibbons
'Lift up your heads, O ye gates’ by John Amner