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 | Anthems | Hymns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 | The three kings Cornelius |
Ayleward | 81 (vv. 1-11) 82 84 |
Stanford in Bb | O for a closer walk Grayston Ives Epiphany Carol Frank Merrick |
349 351 |
| 30 | O come, ye servants of the Lord Tye |
Byrd | 147 149 |
Tomkins Second Service |
The heavens are telling Haydn Lord let mercy now attend us David Butler |
379 339 |
|
| February | 13 | Hide not Thou Thy face Farrant |
Byrd | 142 143 |
Weelkes Short Service |
View me Lord Richard Lloyd Lord make our darkness light David Butler |
70 67 |
| 27 | Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us (Attende) (Plainsong - Mode v) |
Tomkins | 121 | Morley Short Service |
God so loved the world Stainer Before the ending of the day (Te lucis ante terminum) (Plainsong - Mode viii) |
434 485 |
|
| March | 13 | Remember not, Lord, our offences Purcell |
Tomkins | 51 | Russell in A | Lord, for Thy tender mercies' sake Farrant Jesu for Thy mercy Seymour Norman |
137 387 |
| 27 | To my humble supplication Gordon Jacob |
Tomkins | The Lamentation Bairstow |
Purcell in G minor | Ubi caritas Duruflé An Affirmation Andrew Carter |
342 95 |
|
| April | 17 | Now the green blade riseth arr. Martin Shaw |
Tomkins | 150 | Wise in F | Hosanna to the Son of David Gibbons This joyful Eastertide Wood |
102 105 |
| May | 1 | 6.30 p.m. at St. Laurence (next to the old Town Hall) | |||||
| Awake, awake, good people all An English May Carol arr. Vaughan Williams |
Tomkins | 42 | Ebdon in C | O give thanks Elvey Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us Harwood |
213 164 |
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| 15 | No CHORAL EVENSONG today | ||||||
| 29 | Lift your heads Bach |
Tanner | 47 100 |
Noble in B minor | I was glad Parry I will lay me down in peace Noble |
145 146 |
|
| June | 12 | Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon ('Redford') |
Tanner | 66 67 |
Wood in D | Te Deum in F Ireland Contakion of the Dead Kiev Melody |
167 248 |
| 26 | Hymn to the Trinity Tchaikovsky |
Norman | 119 vv. 105-128 |
William Harris in A | Greater love hath no man Ireland |
408 418 |
|
| July | 10 | God be in my head Walford Davies |
Ayleward | 33 | S. S. Wesley in E | What are these Stainer |
294 271 |
| 24 | Now the God of peace Gerald Knight |
Ayleward | 41 | Harwood in Ab | O thou, the central orb Wood |
119 369 |
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| 31 | 7.00 p.m. at Douai Abbey | ||||||
| Now the God of peace Gerald Knight |
Ayleward | 147 148 149 |
Harwood in Ab | O thou, the central orb Wood |
246 185 252 |
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| August | The Choir is on holiday during August | ||||||
| September | 11 | Save us, O Lord Bairstow |
Ayleward | 119 vv 33-48 |
Dyson in D | O Lord, how manifold are Thy works Barnby Jesu for Thy mercy Seymour Norman |
18 473 |
| 25 | Come, Holy Ghost Attwood |
Norman | 105 vv 1-25 |
Gray in A | O sing unto the Lord Harris |
349 439 |
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| October | 9 | Come let us worship Palestrina |
Norman | 96 99 |
Brewer in D | Blessed city, heavenly Salem Bairstow |
443 346 |
| 23 | Brother James' Air arr. Gordon Jacob |
Clucas | 34 | Collegium Regale Howells |
O what their joy Harris |
381 231 |
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| November | 6 | 7.30 p.m. CHORAL EUCHARIST | |||||
| St. John (Little Organ Mass) Haydn |
How beauteous are their feet Stanford |
231 381 478 432 197 |
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| 20 | Round me falls the night Arr. Ley |
Clucas | 90 | Sumsion in G | O give thanks Elvey |
112 449 |
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| December | 4 | 7.30 p.m. A FESTIVAL SERVICE TO CELEBRATE ADVENT | |||||
| 18 | 7.30 p.m. THE CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE | ||||||
| 20 | 12.15 - 12.45 p.m. LUNCHTIME CAROLS IN THE MINSTER | ||||||