Choral Evensong for Sunday 16th March 2003 at 6.30 p.m.
Dedication of a Plaque in Memory of Vernon Kenyon Openshaw
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VERNON KENYON OPENSHAW 1913 - 1998
ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER
Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness O God, Psalm 71, verse 20 |
| Organ | A selection of voluntaries | John Stanley (1712-1786) |
| Introit | View me, Lord | Richard Lloyd (1933- ) |
| Responses | William Smith of Durham (c.1603-1645) | |
| Psalm 135 | O praise the Lord | Chant: Henry Smart (1813-1879) |
| 1st Lesson | Genesis 12, vv 1-9 | |
| Office Hymn 476 | In our day of thanksgiving (Tune: Was lebet) | Rheinhardt MS, 1754 |
| Magnificat | Plainsong mode III(1) with faux-bourdons | James Healey Willan (1880-1968) |
| 2nd Lesson | Hebrews 11, vv 1-3 and 8-16 | |
| Nunc Dimittis | Plainsong mode III(5) with faux-bourdons | James Healey Willan (1880-1968) |
| Anthem | There is a land of pure delight | Grayston Ives (1948- ) |
| Hymn 174 | Lord of beauty, thine the splendour (Tune: St. Audrey) | Basil Harwood (1859-1949) |
| Address | ||
| Hymn 246 | Angel voices ever singing (Tune: Angel voices) | Edwin George Monk (1819-1900) |
| Blessing | ||
| Amen | Vernon Openshaw (1913-1998) | |
| I got me flow'rs (Tune:Vernon) | Andrew Howles (1977- ) | |
| Organ | Chorale Improvisation Nun Danket Alle Gott | Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1879-1933) |
| The Revd. Graham Foulis Brown Priest-in-Charge The Revd. Hugh Warwick Curate |
Nigel Wallington Organist and Director of Music Clare Woodham Assistant Organist |
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Grayston Ives was commissioned to compose There is a land of pure delight in 2000 by Rotherfield Peppard Parochial Church Council, to mark the Millennium, for the Choir of All Saints' Church and in memory of Vernon Kenyon Openshaw, Organist and Choirmaster (1955-1998). Andrew Howles composed I got me flow'rs for Vernon Openshaw's 80th birthday.
You are invited to join in singing the Psalm and the Hymns and to stand when the Choir sings the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. Please remain seated during the closing organ voluntary.
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