READING MINSTER MID-WEEK CHOIR

Music Programme 2003

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Services are Choral Evensong and start at 6.15 p.m., unless otherwise stated.
Hymns are from the New English Hymnal.

(This programme is subject to change. It was last updated on 17th December 2003)
Month Date Introit Responses Psalms Service Anthems Hymns
January 15 Here is the little door
Howells
Rose 145
(vv. 1-13)
Dyson in F The three kings
Cornelius
54
52
29 Now the God of peace
Gerald Knight
Rose 34 Wood in Eb (No. 1) Greater love hath no man
Ireland
206
253
February 12 O come, ye servants of the Lord
Tye
Rose 42 Walmisley in D minor Christ. whose glory fills the skies
Darke
444
376
26 Let thy merciful ears, O Lord
Mudd
Butler 148 Ireland in F Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
S. S. Wesley
342
466
March 12 Turn Thy face from my sins
Attwood
Butler 40 Stanford in Bb Soul of my Saviour
Anthony Caesar
383
62
26 Ave verum
Elgar
Smith 95 Magnificat
Evelyn Sharpe in C
Nunc Dimittis
S. R. Norman
My beloved spake
Hadley
64
67
April 9 I sat down
Bairstow
Smith The Lamentation
Bairstow
Walford Davies in G God so loved the world
Stainer
83
84
16 7.30 p.m. A Meditation on the Sacred Passion
THE CRUCIFIXION
John Stainer
(The Mid-Week Choir will be joined by voices from other Parish Choirs)
May 14 This joyful Eastertide
Wood
Tanner 111
113
Gray in A My soul there is a country
Parry
113
351
28 Ubi caritas
Duruflé
Tanner 137
138
Murrill in E Let the people praise thee
Mathias
271
374
June 11 7.45 p.m. A Special Festal Evensong
Behold, the tabernacle of God
William Harris
Tanner 122 Gray in A How lovely are thy dwellings
Brahms
485
443
488
25 Lead me, Lord
S. S. Wesley
John Sanders 123
124
125
Stanford in A I saw the Lord
Stainer
358
410
July 9 Holy, holy, holy
Schubert
John Sanders 92
93
Noble in B minor Jesu, the very thought is sweet
Martin Shaw
420
484
23 Most glorious Lord of life
William Harris
John Sanders 115 Smart in Bb The Lord is my Shepherd
Schubert
64
457
August The Choir is on holiday during August
September 10 Ave Maria
Simon Lindley
John Sanders 53
54
Ireland in C O how glorious is the Kingdom
Harwood
185
184
24 Lo round the throne
Ley
Andrew Millington 118 Blair in B minor Jerusalem on high
Alan Gray
57
190
October 8 Let all men praise the Lord
Mendelssohn
Andrew Millington 39 Lloyd in Eb Christ is our cornerstone
John Cook
297
397
22 Lead, kindly Light
Ley
Morley 109 Parry in D Praise the Lord
Elvey
378
436
November 5 Holy is the true light
Harris
Morley 30 S. S. Wesley in F Thou wilt keep him
C. Lee Williams
341
224
19 Never weather beaten sail
Campian
Tomkins 91 Stainer in Bb If the Lord himself
Walmisley
499
498
December 3 6.15 p.m. A Festival Service to Celebrate Advent
He, watching over Israel
Mendelssohn
Sanders Benedictus C. Hylton Stewart in C I waited for the Lord; Lift thine eyes to the mountains; Sleepers, wake, a voice is calling
Mendelssohn
And I saw another Angel
Stanford
11
3
8
12
17
9
17 7.30 p.m. The Christmas Carol Service
Nine Lessons, Carols & Hymns
19 12.15 - 1.00 p.m. Mid-Day Carols in the Minster

Further details of the Music Programme for 2003 will be added as soon as possible.
The first Mid-Week Choral Service next year will be on Wednesday 14th January 2004.

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