Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST April 2007

1 SundayPALM SUNDAY
10.00amPALM SUNDAY CEREMONIES & SOLEMN MASS
 Responsorial Psalm 31 (v 9-16) — Alan Rees
 Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you O Christ — David Rooke
 Offertory: Drop, drop slow tears — Orlando Gibbons
 Sanctus & Benedictus: Eucharistic Acclamations 2 — Paul Inwood
 Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis
 Communion: Crown of roses — Peter Tchaikovsky
 Hymns: NEH 508 509 510 511: 86(omit v 4, 6) 89(i) 92
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & STATIONS OF THE CROSS
 Introit: Drop, drop slow tears — Orlando Gibbons
 Responses: Plainsong
 Psalm 69 (vv 1-20) — Plainsong
 Canticles: Thomas Morley fauxbourdons vii & v
 Anthem: Adoremus te Christe — Orlande de Lassus
 During Stations of the Cross: Adoremus te Domine — Taizé
 Hymns: NEH 79 (omit v 3 & 4) 439(ii) 94
 Amen: John Hilton

 
4 WednesdayWEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
9.30pmCOMPLINE (Men’s voices)
 Responses, Psalm 4 & Nunc Dimittis — Plainsong
 Office Hymn: 241(ii)

 
5 ThursdayMAUNDY THURSDAY
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS OF THE LAST SUPPER
 Kyrie: Missa orbis factor
 Gloria: Anglican Folk Mass — Martin Shaw
 Responsorial Psalm 116 — Gregory Murray
 Gospel Acclamation: David Rooke
 During feet washing: Ubi caritas et amor — Maurice Duruflé
 Offertory: Soul of Jesu, make me whole — Richard Greening
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus: Mass of the Quiet Hour — George Oldroyd
 Communion: O salutaris Hostia — Edward Elgar
 Hymns: 'The glory of the cross' 'Redeemer Lord, your praise we sing' 'Kneels at the feet' 'Servant King' 'An upper room'
 During Procession: NEH 268
 During Stripping of the Altar: Psalm 22 — Plainsong tone ii

 
6 FridayGOOD FRIDAY
9.30amSTATIONS OF THE CROSS (Girls' Choir)
 Anthems: Ave verum corpus — Edward Elgar Soul of Christ — Sydney Nicholson
 Hymns: 'Love is his word' 'Lord of the dance'
 
2.00pmLITURGY OF THE PASSION (Becket Singers)
 Responsorial Psalm 22 (selected verses) — David Rooke
 Acclamation: Christus factus est pro nobis — Felice Anerio
 Passion Response: Damion Lundy
 Veneration of the Cross: Reproaches — Tomas Luis da Vittoria
  Praise to thee Lord Jesus — Heinrich Schütz
 Agnus Dei: Charles Wood in Phrygian mode
 Communion: God so loved the world — John Stainer
 Hymns: NEH 86(omit *) 92 95

 
7 SaturdayHOLY SATURDAY
8.00pmPASCHAL VIGIL & FIRST MASS OF EASTER
 Responsorial Psalms — Gregory Murray
 Gloria: A New People's Mass — Gregory Murray
 Responsorial Psalm 118 — Noel Rawsthorne
 Litany of the Saints — James Walsh
 Offertory: Surrexit Christus Alleluia — Taizé
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Communion: Christ the Lord is risen again — Anthony Foster
 Hymns: NEH 124 113 120(HFT95)
 Organ: Canticle on 'St Fulbert' — Gordon Slater

 
8 SundayEASTER DAY
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Kyrie: Missa Brevis in G (K 140) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Responsorial Psalm 118 — Gregory Murray (NEH 539)
 Sequence: Victimæ paschali laudes — Plainsong mode i
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Intercessions: Through our lives and by our prayers — Iona
 Offertory: Alleluia! Praise God in his holy place — John Harper
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat & F
 Communion: This joyful Eastertide — Dutch Carol arr Charles Wood
 Recessional Psalm 150 — George Talbot
 Hymns: NEH 110 119 296(i) 117
 Organ: Praeludium in D major (BuxWV 139) — Dietrich Buxtehude
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Introit: This joyful Eastertide — Dutch Carol arr Charles Wood
 Responses: Bernard Rose
 Psalms 114 117 — Peter Hurford
 Canticles: Thomas Tertius Noble in B minor
 Anthem: Hallelujah (Messiah) — George Frederic Handel
 Hymns: NEH 101(ii) omit*vv 105(i)
  O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
  Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Alleluyas — Simon Preston

 
15 SundayTHE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Kyrie: Missa de Angelis — Plainsong
 Gloria: John Rutter
 Responsorial Psalm 150 — Brian Lynn
 Gospel Acclamation: Saint Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Peter Aston in F
 Communion: A Gaelic Blessing — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 104 271 123 113
 Organ: Toccata in Seven — John Rutter
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: William Byrd
 Psalm 16 — James Turle
 Canticles: Herbert Sumsion in A
 Anthem: Now the green blade riseth — Simon Lindley
 Hymns: NEH 101(i) omit*vv 114 117
 Amen: William Byrd
 Organ: Gelobet sei Gott — Gilbert Martin

 
20 Friday 
1.00pmLUNCHTIME MUSIC
 Musicians from the Coopers’ Company and Coborn School

 
22 SundayTHE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Setting: Missa Brevis — Brian Lynn
 Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas Becket — Martin Smith
 Responsorial Psalm 30 (vv 1-10) — Steven Foster
 Gospel Acclamation: Vulpius E
 Communion: Most glorious Lord of life — William Harris
 Hymns: NEH 103 105(i) 288 112
  Organ: Recessional — William Mathias
 
11.45amHOLY BAPTISM
 Hymn CH 184
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG (Eve of Saint George, Martyr, Patron of England)
 Introit: Cantate Domino — Guiseppe Ottavio Pitoni
 Responses: John Sanders
 Psalm 111
 Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford in G
 Anthem: Give us the wings of faith — Ernest Bullock
 Hymns: NEH 217 162 120(HFT95)
 Amen: Sydney Nicholson
 Organ: Toccata — Enrico Bossi

 
29 SundayTHE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00amSUNG MASS (Girls’ Choir & Men)
 Kyrie & Gloria: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 23 — David Rooke/Andrew Wright
 Gospel Acclamation: Vulpius F
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Harold Darke in E
 Communion: The Lord is my shepherd — Howard Goodall
 Hymns: NEH 351 459 309(ii) 107
 Organ: Sortie on 'Gelobet sei Gott' — Noel Rawsthorne
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: William Smith
 Psalm 113
 Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat
 Anthem: Christ the Lord is risen again — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 124 119 486
 Amen: William Smith
 Organ: Duo Pastorale — Alexandre Guilmant

 

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

Music is a very important part of the life and worship at St Thomas'