Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST MAY 2008

1 ThursdayASCENSION DAY
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS
 Kyrie: Missa de angelis fauxbourdons
 Setting: John Rutter
 Responsorial Psalm 93 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia — Fintan O’Carroll
 Offertory: Above all praise and all majesty — Felix Mendelssohn
 Communion: O Rex gloriae — Luca Marenzio
 Hymns: NEH 130(i) (omit *vv) 443 134
 Organ: Fanfare — Kenneth Leighton (SS)

 
4 SundayTHE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
10.00am ADMISSION OF CHORISTERS & SUNG MASS
 Setting: The Brentwood Mass — David Rooke
 Responsorial Psalm 68 (vv 1-10) — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray C
 Agnus Dei: Messa a 4 voci — Giovanni Grossi
 Communion: Exsultate justi — Ludovico Viadana
 Hymns: NEH 345 476 309(ii) 486
 Organ: Prelude in G major (BWV 568) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Responses: Thomas Tomkins
 Psalm 47
 Canticles: Samuel Arnold in A
 Anthem: O Rex gloriae — Luca Marenzio
 Hymns: NEH 128(ii) 332(omit*)
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: March — Nicholas Choveaux (DR)

 
11 SundayDAY OF PENTECOST
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Setting: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Responsorial Psalm 104 (selected verses) — Gregory Murray
 Sequence: Veni, Sancte Spiritus — Plainsong mode i
 Gospel Acclamation: Salisbury Alleluia — Christopher Walker
 Offertory: Come Holy Ghost the maker come — Orlando Gibbons
 Communion: O thou who camest from above — Stephen Darkin
 Hymns: NEH 137 'Holy Spirit, truth divine' 419 140
 Organ: Festival Toccata — Percy Fletcher (DR)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG
 Introit: Come Holy Ghost the maker come — Orlando Gibbons
 Responses: Humphrey Clucas
 Psalm 67
 Canticles: Charles Wood in E flat (No. 2)
 Anthem: Litany to the Holy Spirit — Peter Hurford
 Hymns: NEH 138 431 342(178)
 Amen: Martin Shaw
 Organ: Komm Heiliger Geist (BuxWV 199) — Dietrich Buxtehude (SS)

 
18 SundayTRINITY SUNDAY
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Setting: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 8 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: St Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke
 Intercessions: Hear us O Christ our Lord — Taizé
 Offertory: Praise to the Trinity — Hildegard of Bingen
 Agnus Dei: Missa Secunda — Hans Leo Hassler
 Communion: O most merciful — Trad German arr Anthony Greening
 Hymns: NEH 148 (omit*) 146 295 466
 Organ: Toccata in B minor — Eugene Gigout (SS)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & ADMISSION OF CHORISTER (Girls' Choir)
 Introit: Holy, holy, holy — Franz Schubert
 Responses: Ferial
 Psalms 93 150 — George Talbot
 Canticles: Charles Hylton Stewart in C
 Anthem: O Trinity of blessed light — arranged Sam & Ally Barrett
 Hymns: NEH 145 343 298(i)
 Organ: Toccata in D minor — Johann Pachelbel (MR)
 
8.00pm"CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BRENTWOOD" SERVICE (Becket Singers)
 Responsorial Psalm 139 — David Rooke
 Anthems: May the grace of Christ our Saviour — Simon Lole
 I give to you a new commandment — Peter Nardone
 Intercessions: 'Heaven shall not wait' — Iona
 Hymns: 'Father Lord of all creation' NEH 333
 Organ: Toccata in D minor (BWV 538) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SD)

 
22 ThursdayCORPUS CHRISTI
8.00pmSOLEMN MASS, PROCESSION & BENEDICTION
 Kyrie: Missa orbis factor
 Setting: Anglican Folk Mass — Martin Shaw
 Responsorial Psalm 116 (vv 11-end) — David O'Neale
 Gospel Acclamation: Plainsong
 Offertory: Oculi omnium — Charles Wood
 Communion: O salutaris Hostia — Gioachino Rossini
 Hymns: NEH 307(CH294ii) 305 Procession 271 352
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Nun danket alle Gott (Cantata No. 79) — Johann Sebastian Bach (DR)

 
23 Friday
1.00pmLUNCHTIME MUSIC
 Andrew Smith (Clarinet) Marie Saba (Piano)

 
25 SundayTHE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Kyrie & Agnus Dei: Missa in simplicitate — Jean Langlais
 Gloria Sanctus & Benedictus: John Merbecke
 Responsorial Psalm 119 (vv 33-38) — Roger Humphrey
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot B
 Communion: Fairest Lord Jesus — Martin How
 Hymns: NEH 433 (omit *) 393 313 333
 Organ: Postlude on 'Hanover' — Eric Thiman (DR)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG
 Responses: William Byrd
 Psalm 18 (vv 1-20)
 Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat
 Anthem: My eyes for beauty pine — Herbert Howells
 Hymns: NEH 150(i) 409 252
 Amen: William Byrd
 Organ: Trumpet Air II — John Reading (ES)

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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