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| Day | Date | Choir | Organ voluntary |
| Epiphany | 6 January | Entrance of the Kings ACL | |
| Baptism of Christ | 13 January | Come down O Love divine William H Harris (1883–1973) | Fugue in G “Gigue” J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 577 |
| Second after Epiphany | 20 January | Here 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 Epiphany | 27 January | Ave verum corpus William Byrd (c1539–1623) | Offertoire sur les grands jeux from Messe à l’usage ordiniare des paroisses François Couperin (1668–1733) |
| Presentation | 3 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 Wednesday | 6 February | Remember O thou Man Thomas Ravenscroft (c1592–c1635) View me Lord Richard H Lloyd (b 1933) |
Improvisation on the Lent Prose ACL |
| Lent 1 | 10 February | Come my Way Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) | Saraband in modo elegiaco Herbert Howells (1892–1983), 1945 |
| Lent 2 | 17 February | God 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 3 | 24 February | Like as the hart Herbert Howells (1892–1983) | Fantasia in F minor Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) |
| Lent 4 | 2 March | Choral Evensong Evening Canticles George Dyson (1883–1964) in F Bogoroditsye Dyevo Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943) | Litanies Jehan Alain (1911–1940) |
| Lent 5 | 9 March | O Lord increase our faith Henry Loosemore (c1605–1670) | O Mensch bewein J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 622 |
| Palm Sunday of Our Lord’s Passion | 16 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 Thursday | 20 March | Wash me throughly S S Wesley (1810–1876) Hail true Body born of Mary Alan Smith (b 1962) Psalm 22 Plainsong | |
| Good Friday | 21 March | O vos Omnes Giovanni Croce (1557–1609) Reproaches Plainsong Crux fidelis John IV of Portugal (d 1656) | |
| Easter Sunday | 23 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 Easter | 30 March | View 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 Easter | 6 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 Easter | 13 April | Rêverie Noel Rawsthorne (b 1929) | |
| S Alphege of Canterbury | 20 April | Ave verum Corpus Edward Elgar (1857–1934) | Finale from Symphonie VI Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) |
| Sixth Sunday of Easter | 27 April | If ye love me Thomas Tallis (c1505–1985) | Kyrie Eleison W Henry Maxfield (1849–?) |
| Ascension Day | 1 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) |
| Pentecost | 11 May | Listen, sweet dove Grayston Ives (b 1948) | Choral in A minor César Franck (1822–1890) |
| Trinity Sunday | 18 May | Hymn to the Trinity Piotr I Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) | Fugue in E flat J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 552 |
| Corpus Christi | 25 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 2 | 1 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 3 | 8 June | The Spirit of the Lord Edward Elgar (1857–1934) | Prelude and Fugue in G J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 541 |
| Trinity 4 | 15 June | Jubilate Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) | TBA |
| Trinity 5 | 22 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 |
