Services are Choral Evensong and start at 6.15 p.m., unless otherwise stated.
Hymns are from the New English Hymnal.
| Month | Date | Introit | Responses | Psalms | Service | Anthem | Hymns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 | In the bleak mid-winter Darke |
Ayleward | 89 vv. 1-36 |
Wise in F | The three kings Cornelius |
74 486 |
| 31 | Here is the little door Howells |
Ayleward | 150 | Daniel Purcell in E minor |
There shall a star from Jacob come forth Mendelssohn |
408 381 |
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| February | 14 | Remember not, Lord, our offences Henry Purcell |
Morley | 73 | Stainer in B flat | Like as the hart Howells |
238 358 |
| 28 | Call to remembrance Farrant |
Morley | 51 | Daniel Purcell in F minor | Almighty and everlasting God Gibbons |
70 383 |
|
| March | 14 | Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Purcell |
Byrd | 74 | Tallis Short Service |
Soul of my Saviour Anthony Caesar |
67 339 |
| 28 | I will thank thee, O Lord Daniel Purcell |
Byrd | 137 vv. 1-6 138 |
Wood in E flat (No. 2) |
Greater love hath no man Ireland |
187 185 |
|
| April | 7 | 7.30 p.m. A Meditation on the Sacred Passion THE CRUCIFIXION John Stainer (with members of St. Mary's Parish Church Choir, Thatcham) |
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| 11 | Hark the glad sound Walford Davies |
Ayleward | 55 | Weelkes Short Evening Service |
Christus factus est Bruckner |
95 509 |
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| May | 2 | Now the God of peace Gerald Knight |
Clucas | 12 13 14 |
Brewer in D | Hail, gladdening light Wood |
121 113 |
| 16 | God is a spirit Sterndale Bennett |
Norman | 84 85 |
Noble in B minor | The Lord is my Shepherd S. S. Wesley |
137 206 |
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| 30 | From all that dwell Walmisley |
Ayleward | 148 149 |
Walmisley in D minor | Ave Maria Robert Parsons |
130 134 |
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| June | 13 | CHORAL EUCHARIST | Ireland in C | Tantum ergo de Séverac |
307 83 276 285 271 |
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| 27 | Teach me, O Lord Byrd |
Rose | 126-131 | Wood in D | Jesu, the very thought of thee Bairstow |
70 420 |
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| July | 11 | A Gaelic Blessing Rutter |
Rose | 60 61 |
Stanford in G | Hear my prayer Mendelssohn |
294 484 |
| 25 | Let thy merciful ears, O Lord Mudd |
Rose | 94 95 |
Wood in Eb No. 1 |
How beauteous are the feet Stanford |
396 410 |
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| August | 1 | 7.30 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG at DORCHESTER ABBEY (Oxon.) | |||||
| Tantum ergo de Séverac |
Clucas | 6 7 8 |
Walmisley in D minor | How beauteous are the feet Stanford |
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| The Choir is on holiday for the remainder of August | |||||||
| September | 12 | God is a spirit Sterndale Bennett |
Rose | 65 | Smart in Bb | Holy, holy, holy Tchaikovsky |
373 376 |
| 26 | O come, ye servants of the Lord Tye |
Clucas | 119 vv. 145-176 |
Sumsion in A | Greater love hath no man Ireland |
456 339 |
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| October | 10 | 7.30 p.m. CHORAL EUCHARIST (celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Ordination of Revd. Canon Brian Shenton) |
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| A Gaelic Blessing John Rutter |
- | - | Ireland in C | Soul of my Saviour Anthony Caesar |
206 235 186 271 188 |
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| 24 | Locus iste Bruckner |
Tanner | 119 vv.1-32 |
Sumsion in G | The Call Richard Lloyd |
64 406 |
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| November | 7 | O Saviour of the world Palestrina |
Tanner | 37 | Dyson in F | And I saw a new heaven Bainton |
344 16 |
| 21 | Thou knowest, Lord Purcell |
Ayleward | 106 vv. 1-22, 39-end |
Smart in G | Thou judge of quick and dead S. S. Wesley |
306 7 |
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| December | 5 | Matin Responsory (adapted from) Palestrina |
Ayleward | 27 28 29 |
Brewer in D | Jubilate in Bb Stanford |
1 5 |
| 19 | 7.30 p.m. A FESTIVAL SERVICE TO CELEBRATE ADVENT | ||||||
| 21 | 12.15 - 12.45 p.m. LUNCHTIME CAROLS IN THE MINSTER | ||||||
The first Choral Evensong after Christmas will be on 16th January 2002 at 6.15 p.m.
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