Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST December 2006

3 SundayADVENT SUNDAY (Year C)
10.00amSUNG MASSRCL 755
 Sprinkling Rite: Give us Lord a new heart — Bernadette Farrell
 Responsorial Psalm 25 (selected vv) — Gregory Murray (NEH 528)
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Setting: Short Service — Adrian Batten
 Motet: E'en so Lord Jesus, quickly come — Paul Manz
 Hymns: NEH 9 5 8(128ii) 499
 Organ: Postlude on 'Sleeper's Wake' — Miles L'a Martin
 
6.30pmSEQUENCE OF MUSIC AND READINGS FOR ADVENT
 Creator of the stars of night — Plainsong
 People look east — Besançan arr Charles Velu
  A spotless rose — Herbert Howells
 A Hymn to the Virgin — Benjamin Britten
  Zion hears her watchmen's voices — Johann Sebastian Bach
  Advent Prose - Plainsong mode i
 Hymns: NEH 11 7 12 5
 Organ: Postlude on 'Wachet Auf' — Sigfrid Karg-Elert

 
10 SundaySECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10.00am SUNG MASS (Girls' Choir & Men) RCL 758
 Sprinkling Rite: Water of life — Stephen Dean
 Responsorial Canticle (Benedictus) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot B
 Intercessions: Come Lord Jesus, maranatha — Christopher Walker
 Setting: Mass of All Saints — Alan Wilson
 Motet: People look east — Malcolm Archer
 Hymns: NEH 15 14 3(ii) 494(413)
 Organ: Rhapsody No. 1 — Herbert Howells
 
3.00pmBRENTWOOD CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT
 
6.30pmSAINT FRANCIS HOSPICE CAROL SERVICE
 Hymns: NEH 34 32 (omit *) 42 36 22 30(omit vv 5 & 7) 35
 Choir carols: The Angel Gabriel — Old Basque Carol arr Edgar Pettman The three kings — Peter Cornelius Ding! Dong! merrily on high — arr David Willcocks

 
17 SundayTHIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10.00amSUNG MASSRCL 762
 Sprinkling Rite: Give us Lord a new heart — Bernadette Farrell
 Responsorial Canticle: Isaiah 12 — Gregory Murray
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot C
 Setting: Addington Service — Richard Shephard (HG)
 Motet: Rejoice in the Lord alway — Anon
 Hymns: NEH 12 18(HG) 6 500
 Organ: Chorale Prelude on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' — Johann Sebastian Bach
 
6.30pmFESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS
 Introit: O Adonaï
 Carols: This is the truth — Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Adam lay ybounden — Boris Ord
  Ding! Dong! merrily on high — arr David Willcocks
  Coventry Carol — 16th C English
  A Hymn to the Virgin — Benjamin Britten
  Shepherd's Cradle Song — Karl Leuner arr Charles Macpherson
  Shepherd's Pipe Carol — John Rutter
 Hymns: NEH 9 25 32(omit *) 42 30 26
 Organ: Recessional — William Mathias

 
24 SundayFOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10.00amSUNG MASS (Becket Consort of Voices)RCL 765
 Sprinkling Rite: Water of life — Stephen Dean
 Responsorial Psalm 80 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot D
 Setting: Herbert Sumsion in F
 Motet: There is no rose — John Joubert
 Hymns: NEH 11(omit v 2 & 7) 161(385) 387 186
 Organ: Toccata on 'Veni Emmanuel' — Andrew Carter

 
24 SundayCHRISTMAS EVE
4.30pmCHRISTINGLE SERVICE I
 Hymns: NEH 34(omit vv 3 & 4) 22 35 "Now praise the Father"
 
6.00pmCHRISTINGLE SERVICE II (Girls' Choir and Orchestra of St Thomas')
 Hymns: NEH 34(omit vv 3 & 4) 22 35 "Now praise the Father"
 Choir carol: The little road to Bethlehem — Michael Head
 
11.30pmBLESSING OF THE CRIB AND SOLEMN MASSRCL 15+
 Setting: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 96 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Philip Duffy
 Offertory: Sussex Carol — English traditional arr Philip Ledger
 Communion: Still, still, still — German arr Philip Ledger
 Hymns: NEH 32 29 42 30 (v 1, 2, 6 & 7)
 Organ: Fanfare — William Mathias

 
25 Monday THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
10.00amSOLEMN MASS RCL 15+
  Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
  Responsorial Psalm 96 (vv 1-6) — David Rooke
  Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
  Offertory: Shepherd's Pipe Carol — John Rutter
  Communion: Shepherd's Cradle Song — Karl Leuner arr Macpherson
  Hymns: NEH 34 [22] 30 (omit *vv) 28 26 (omit v 4)
  Organ: Partita on 'In dulci jubilo' — Max Drischner

 
31 SundayTHE HOLY FAMILY
10.00amSUNG MASS
  Setting: A New People's Mass — Gregory Murray
  Responsorial Psalm 128 — David Rooke
  Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray A
  Communion Carol: Infant holy — Polish arr David Willcocks
  Hymns: NEH 33 (omit v 2, 3 & 6) 25 295 42

 

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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