Carlisle Cathedral
Monday 05 - Sun 11 August 2024
Information last updated on 02 August 2024
Next visit: Worcester Cathedral -> 25th-26th October 2025
Information last updated on 02 August 2024
This is our annual summer week residency.
Members: sign up on Muzodo
Non-members: contact Ed
7 Abbey Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TZ
The following singers have a confirmed place on this visit.
Those not attending the whole week have the days they wish to sing in brackets after their name. If this information is wrong, please email Ed.
Those shown with an * are required to attend the weekenders' rehearsal on Saturday (see schedule below).
Sopranos:
Rachael
Heather
Lynne
Debs
Anna
Barbara
Beatrice
Elizabeth
Joan
Katie (Sat-Sun)*
Altos:
Sylvia
Jill
Anne
Jane K
Jane O
Pat E (Mon-Weds)
Sally (Weds-Sun)*
Laura Gre (Sat-Sun)*
Margaret (Sat-Sun)*
Tenors:
Peter B
David L
Alan
Geoff Q
Graham S
Ashley
Peter Wood (Mon-Weds)
Basses:
John B
George
Mark
Chris J
John R
Chris S
Geoff Wa
Ian D (Fri-Sun)*
Dumb day: The choir won't be singing on Thursday 8th August.
Monday 5th August
1400-1600 Rehearsal (Song Room)
1630-1730 Run through in stalls
1745-1845 Evensong
Tuesday 6th August
0930-1200 Rehearsal* (Song Room)
1630-1730 Run through in stalls
1745-1845 Evensong
Wednesday 7th August
0930-1130 Rehearsal* (Song Room)
1200-1300 AGM (Song School?)
1630-1730 Run through in stalls
1745-1845 Evensong
Friday 9th August
0930-1200 Rehearsal* (Song Room)
1630-1730 Run through in stalls
1745-1845 Evensong
Saturday 10th August
1000-1200 Weekenders' rehearsal (Song Room)
1400-1445 Run through in stalls
1500-1600 Evensong
Sunday 11th August
0915-1015 Run through in stalls
1030-1145 Sung Cathedral Eucharist
1400-1445 Run through in stalls
1500-1600 Choral Evensong
Our base for the week is the Song Room, located off the North Aisle.
*Not all parts will be required for the whole rehearsal. A substantial break will also be included within this time. This time represents the maximum period and may be shortened on the day.
Responses for the week: Heathcote Statham
Monday 5th August
Psalm: 72, 75
Canticles: Walmisley in d minor
Anthem: Bullock, Give us the wings of faith
Tuesday 6th August
Psalm: 72
Canticles: Gray in f minor
Anthem: Paulus, Hymn to the eternal flame
Wednesday 7th August
Psalm: 119:81-104
Canticles: Weelkes, Short service
Anthem: Byrd, Emendemus in melius
Friday 9th August
Psalm: 69
Canticles: Arnold in A
Anthem: Stopford, In my father's house
Saturday 10th August
Psalm: 81, 84
Canticles: Stanford in G
Anthem: Sumsion, They that go down to the sea in ships
Sunday 10th August: Eucharist
Setting: Sumsion in A & D
Gradual: 130 or 34:1-8
Motet: Mawby, Ave verum
Sunday 10th August: Evensong
Psalm: 91
Canticles: Howells, Gloucester service
Anthem: Harwood, O how glorious
Where available the music above is linked to online scores. You are reminded that no time will be spent in rehearsal note bashing music made available in advance.
We have now entered into a contract with the University of Cumbria for accommodation at Carrock Hall on their Fusehill Street Campus.
Arrangements have been made for a meal on the evening of Saturday 10th August at Carlisle Station Hotel.
Please click here for more information.
The appearance of the choir is important: it gets noticed and affects how we come across.
The choir provides cassocks, surplices and whites. If you have yours at home, please be sure to bring them with you. If you haven’t done so already and this is your first time with Harsnett, please let Elizabeth Jack know your approximate height and build.
Please wear quiet black shoes and dark trousers and socks or tights as these may show under your cassock. Academical hoods and RSCM medals may be worn during Evensong. They are not worn at the Eucharist.
You will be given a cardboard wallet containing the week’s music. It would greatly help if you kept all the music in the wallet when not in use. Please ensure that any markings you make on your copy are made in pencil only.
Harsnett borrows a great deal of music from various sources. Their willingness to lend to us for free depends on us returning it promptly, intact, and with our pencil markings removed. You may keep music you have downloaded or, if you wish, donate it to the choir library.
For services, we carry music in red hardback folders. If you have one of these, please remember to bring it with you. If you do not have one, they will be available. Please return both folders and all music before you leave.
Where available, online versions of sheet music are linked from the 'music' section above.
Once the music list has been agreed with the cathedral, Ed will create a Spotify playlist and provide video recordings below. Please bear in mind that the sheet music and recordings linked from here may differ subtly to our own version on the day.
If you have any questions, please contact Ed.
Walmisley in d minor, Magnificat
Walmisley in d minor, Nunc dimittis
Bullock, Give us the wings of faith
Gray in f minor, Magnificat
Paulus, Hymn to the eternal flame
Weelkes Short Service, Magnificat
Weelkes Short Service, Nunc dimittis
Byrd, Emendemus in melius
Arnold in A, Magnificat
Arnold in A, Nunc dimittis
Stopford, In my father's house
Stanford in G, Magnificat
Stanford in G, Nunc dimittis
Sumsion, They that go down to the sea in ships
Sumsion in A & D
Mawby, Ave verum
Howells, Gloucester Service, Magnificat
Howells, Gloucester Service, Nunc dimittis
Harwood, O how glorious