Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood

MUSIC LIST November 2009

1 SundayALL SAINTS’ DAY
 
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Setting: Festive Eucharist — Noel Rawsthorne
 Responsorial Psalm 24 (vv 1-6) — Nicholas Rayner
 Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia — Fintan O’Carroll (v B)
 Anthem: Blessed are the pure in heart — Henry Walford Davies
 Motet: Bread of life — Bernadette Farrell
 Hymns: NEH 197 225(i) 478
 Organ: Praeludium in D major (BuxWV 139) — Dietrich Buxtehude (SS)
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG & BENEDICTION
 Introit: Blessed are the pure in heart — Henry Walford Davies
 Responses: William Byrd
 Psalm 148 — Henry Lawes
 Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford in Bb
 Anthem: Give us the wings of faith — Ernest Bullock
 Hymns: NEH 196(214i) 381
 O salutaris Hostia: NEH 269(i) Part 2
 Tantum ergo Sacramentum: NEH 268 Part 2
 Organ: Springtanz (from Terpsichore) — Michael Praetorius (DR)

 
2 MondayALL SOULS’ DAY
 
8.00pmSOLEMN REQUIEM MASS (Becket Singers)
 Requiem aeternam — Plainsong mode vi
 Setting: Claudio Casciolini in A minor
 Responsorial Psalm 23 — Andrew Wright/David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray
 During Cross Laying: Give rest, O Christ — Kiev melody
 During Communion: Pie Jesu Domine — Andrew Wright
 Hymns: NEH 208 327(295)omit* 112

 
7 Saturday
 
1.30pmWEDDING
 Organ: Prince of Denmark’s March — Jeremiah Clarke
 Anthem: Jesu joy of man’s desiring — Johann Sebastian Bach
 Hymns: NEH 436 239 488
 Organ: Wedding March — Felix Mendelssohn (DR)

 
8 SundayTHIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday)
 
9.45amSUNG MASS
 Kyrie: Missa de Angelis
 Gloria: John Merbecke
 Responsorial Psalm 62 (vv 5-end) — Andrew Wright
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Addington Service — Richard Shephard
 Motet: Ubi caritas et amor — Maurice Duruflé
 Hymns: NEH 398(395) 459 274 235
 Organ: Elegy in B flat — George Thalben Ball (DR)
 
11.20amCIVIC SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE
 Intercessions: Dona nobis pacem — Iona
 Anthem: I give to you a new commandment — Peter Nardone
 Hymns: I vow to thee, my country NEH 488 354 ‘O valiant hearts’ 489
 Organ: March from Prelude to Richard III — William Walton (SS)
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG (SongCycle)
 Introit: In God’s word will I rejoice — Henry Purcell
 Responses: Bernard Rose
 Psalms 46 — Sam Adams 82 — Sam Adams
 Canticles: First Service — Philip Moore
 Anthem: Behold, how good and joyful — Samuel Wesley
 Hymns: NEH 54(i) 359 252
 Organ: Adagio (Sonata No. 1) — Felix Mendelssohn (SD)

 
15 SundaySECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
 
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Setting: Harold Darke in F
 Gloria: A New People’s Mass — Gregory Murray
 Responsorial Psalm 16 (Centre of my life) — Paul Inwood
 Gospel Acclamation: Gregory Murray D
 Motet: Ave verum corpus — Edward Elgar
 Hymns: NEH 433 (omit*) 311 337 272
 Organ: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 549) — Johann Sebastian Bach (SS)
 
12.45pmHOLY BAPTISM
 Hymn: CH 84DR
 
6.30pmCHORAL EVENSONG (Girls’ Choir & Men)
 Responses: Philip Radcliffe
 Psalm 95
 Canticles: Colin Ashworth in D
 Anthem: Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake — John Hilton
 Hymns: NEH 334 483 333
 Organ: Rhapsody No. 3 in C sharp minor — Herbert Howells (DR)

 
22 SundayTHE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
 
10.00amSOLEMN MASS
 Kyrie & Gloria: Mass of Saint Thomas — David Thorne
 Responsorial Psalm 93 — David Rooke
 Gospel Acclamation: St Thomas Alleluia — David Rooke
 Intercessions: Through our lives and by our prayers — Iona
 Anthem: Christus vincit: Christus regnat — 13th C Worcester Antiphonal
 Sanctus Benedictus & Agnus Dei: Charles Villiers Stanford in B♭ & F
 Motet: O come ye servants of the Lord — Christopher Tye
 Hymns NEH 345 271 421 332(omit*)
 Organ: Crown Imperial March — William Walton (DR)
 
11.45amHOLY BAPTISM
 Hymn: CH 181SS
 
6.30pmSOLEMN EVENSONG
 Introit: O come ye servants of the Lord — Christopher Tye
 Responses: Richard Ayleward
 Psalm 72 (vv 1-7)
 Canticles: Herbert Brewer in D
 Anthem: Lift up your heads O ye gates — William Mathias
 Hymns: NEH 335 'Hail Redeemer, King divine' 134
 Amen: Richard Ayleward
 Organ: Fanfare — William Mathias (SS)

 
29 SundayADVENT SUNDAY (Year C)
 
10.00amSUNG MASS
 Give us Lord a new heart — Bernadette Farrell
 Responsorial Psalm 25 (vv 1-9) — Gregory Murray
 Gospel Acclamation: Laurence Bevenot A (Advent)
 Offertory: Advent Prose — Plainsong mode i (v 1)
 Setting: A New English Folk Mass
 Motet: People look east — trad Besançon arr Charles Velu
 Hymns: NEH 9 14 8(128ii) 499
 Organ: Theme and variations — Hendrik Andriesson (DR)
 
6.30pmSEQUENCE OF MUSIC AND READINGS FOR ADVENT
 SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE
 Hymns: NEH 11 7 12 5
 Organ: Postlude on 'Sleeper’s Wake' — Miles L’A Martin (SS)

Services are sung by the Parish Choir unless otherwise stated

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