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Music at Christ Church 2008

All music at the Parish Mass, unless otherwise stated
In addition to this list there is generally an organ interlude played during the Communion

DayDateChoirOrgan voluntary
Epiphany6 January Entrance of the Kings ACL
Baptism of Christ13 JanuaryCome down O Love divine William H Harris (1883–1973)Fugue in G “Gigue” J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 577
Second after Epiphany20 JanuaryHere O my Lord Percy Whitlock (1903–1946) Von Gott will ich nicht lassen Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
22 January Confirmation
Ave verum corpus William Byrd (c1539–1623)
O Lorde the Maker of al Thing John Joubert (b 1927)
Prelude & Fugue in A minor “Great” J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 543
Third after Epiphany27 JanuaryAve verum corpus William Byrd (c1539–1623)Offertoire sur les grands jeux from Messe à l’usage ordiniare des paroisses François Couperin (1668–1733)
Presentation3 February Prelude in F François Benoist (1794–1878)
Compline
When Mary to the Temple went Johannes Eccard (1553–1611)
Ave Maria Jacques Arcadelt (1505–1568)
Te lucis ante terminum from Le Tombeau de Titelouze: Marcel Dupré (1886–1971) Op 38, 1942
Ash Wednesday6 February Remember O thou Man Thomas Ravenscroft (c1592–c1635)
View me Lord Richard H Lloyd (b 1933)
Improvisation on the Lent Prose ACL
Lent 110 FebruaryCome my Way Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Saraband in modo elegiaco Herbert Howells (1892–1983), 1945
Lent 217 FebruaryGod so loved the world Bob Chilcott (b 1955)Adagio in G minor Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
23 February Solemn Requiem Mass with the Choir of S Mary’s Lewisham and members of the Phoenix Choir and Eastbourne Choral Society
O thou the Central Orb Charles Wood (1866–1926)
O thou Sweetest Source Charles Wood (1866–1926)
A Gaelic Blessing John Rutter (b 1947)
Toccata from Symphonie V Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Lent 324 FebruaryLike as the hart Herbert Howells (1892–1983)Fantasia in F minor Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
Lent 42 March Choral Evensong
Evening Canticles George Dyson (1883–1964) in F
Bogoroditsye Dyevo Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
Litanies Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
Lent 59 MarchO Lord increase our faith Henry Loosemore (c1605–1670)O Mensch bewein J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 622
Palm Sunday of Our Lord’s Passion16 March A Palm Sunday Antiphon David Morgan
Hosanna to the Son of David Peter Aston (b 1939)
Fantasia in C minor J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 562
Maundy Thursday20 MarchWash me throughly S S Wesley (1810–1876)
Hail true Body born of Mary Alan Smith (b 1962)
Psalm 22 Plainsong
 
Good Friday21 March O vos Omnes Giovanni Croce (1557–1609)
Reproaches Plainsong
Crux fidelis John IV of Portugal (d 1656)
 
Easter Sunday23 March First Mass of Easter
Now the green blade riseth Trad arr Simon Lindley (b 1948)
Dankpsalm Max Reger (1873–1916)
Mass of the Resurrection
This joyful Eastertide G R Woodward (1848–1934)
He is risen Percy Whitlock (1903–1936)
Toccata from Symphonie No 5 Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Second Sunday of Easter30 MarchView me, Lord Richard H Lloyd (b 1933)TBC
 2 April Solemn Requiem Mass
View me, Lord Richard H Lloyd (b 1933)
Russian Kontakion Trad
Chorale Prelude on Nun danket: G F Kaufmann (1679–1735)
Third Sunday of Easter6 April Choral Evensong
Evening Canticles Herbert Sumsion (1899–1995) in A
Most Glorious Lord of Life W H Harris (1883–1973)
Finale from First Sonata Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
Fourth Sunday of Easter13 April Rêverie Noel Rawsthorne (b 1929)
S Alphege of Canterbury20 April Ave verum Corpus Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Finale from Symphonie VI Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Sixth Sunday of Easter27 April If ye love me Thomas Tallis (c1505–1985) Kyrie Eleison W Henry Maxfield (1849–?)
Ascension Day1 May King of Glory J S Bach (1685–1750) Majesté du Christ from L’Ascension Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Seventh Sunday of Easter
S Philip the Apostle
4 May Choral Evensong
Responses William Smith (1603–1645)
Evening Canticles William H Harris (1883–1973) in A
O Quam gloriosum Tomás Luís de Victoria (1548–1611)
Tuba Tune C S Lang (1891–1971)
Pentecost11 May Listen, sweet dove Grayston Ives (b 1948) Choral in A minor César Franck (1822–1890)
Trinity Sunday18 May Hymn to the Trinity Piotr I Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Fugue in E flat J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 552
Corpus Christi25 May Ubi caritas Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
Ave verum corpus W A Mozart (1756–1791)
Force et Agilité des Corps Glorieux from L’Ascension Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Trinity 21 June Choral Evensong
Responses TBA
Evening Canticles Peter Aston (b 1938) in F
Evening Hymn Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
Final from Sonata I Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
Trinity 38 June The Spirit of the Lord Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Prelude and Fugue in G J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 541
Trinity 415 June Jubilate Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) TBA
Trinity 522 June God be in my Head John Rutter (b 1947) TBA

James L Thomas MA FRCO FTCL
Organist & Choir Director
The 1880 Father Willis Organ
The choir and other organisations


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