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) | Chorale Prelude on a theme of Crüger “Vater Unser” Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) |
| S Richard of Chichester | 15 June | Jubilate Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) | TBA |
| Trinity 5 | 22 June | God be in my Head John Rutter (b 1947) | TBA |
| SS Peter & Paul | 29 June | My eyes for beauty pine Herbert Howells (1892–1983) | Fantasia & Fugue in G minor J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 542 |
| Choral Evensong with the choir and congregation of S Mary Ringmer Tu es Petrus Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986) Responses William Smith of Durham (1603–1645) Evening Canticles Herbert Sumsion (1899–1995) in A I was glad C Hubert H Parry (1848–1918) |
Carillon-Sortie Henri Mulet 1878–1967) | ||
| Trinity 8 | 13 July | O taste and see Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) | Prelude and Fugue in C minor J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 549 |
| Trinity 9 | 20 July | Cantate Domino Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743) | Carillon-Sortie Henri Mulet 1878–1967) |
| Dedication Festival | 27 July | Locus iste Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) | Rondo from Abdelazer Henry Purcell (1659–1695) |
| Trinity 18 | 21 September | For the beauty of the earth John Rutter (b 1947) | |
| Trinity 19 Harvest Thanksgiving | 28 September | Thou visitest the earth Maurice Green (1696–1755) | |
| Trinity 20 | 5 October | Choral Evensong with Renewal of Marriage Vows God be in my head H Walford Davies (1869–1941) Responses William Smith of Durham (1605–1643) Evening Canticles C V Stanford (1852–1924) in C Greater love John Ireland (1879–1962) Ave verum Corpus William Byrd (1543–1623) |
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba G F Handel (1685–1759) |
| S Wilfrid | 12 October | Ave verum Corpus William Byrd (1543–1623) | |
| Trinity 22 | 19 October | The Call Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) | |
| Last after Trinity Bible Sunday | 26 October | Lord be thy word my rule O M Feilden (1837–1924) | |
| Third before Advent Remembrance Sunday | 9 November | Let us now praise famous men Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) | |
| Second before Advent | 16 November | God be in my Head John Rutter (b 1947) | |
| Christ the King Feast of Title | 23 November | King of all ages Paul Isom | |
| Advent Sunday | 30 November | Advent Prose Plainsong | |
| Advent 2 | 7 December | Advent Carol Service The Lord at first did Adam make Trad arr Martin Shaw (1876–1958) Adam lay ybounden Peter Warlock (1894–1930) Advent Prose Plainsong I sing of a Maiden Robin Wells 1986 There is no Rose John Joubert (b 1927) |
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| Advent 3 | 14 December | People look East Besançon carol arr John Stainer (1840–1901) | |
| Advent 4 | 21 December | Service of Nine Lessons and Carols This is the truth sent from above Trad arr Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Remember O thou Man Thomas Ravenscroft 1611 Advent Prose Plainsong Gabriel’s Message Basque Carol arr Edgar Pettman (1886–1943) Away in a manger William Kirkpatrick (1838–1921) arr David Willcocks (b 1919) Torches John Joubert (b 1927) Zion hears the watchmen’s voices J S Bach (1685–1750) |
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| Christmas Day | 25 December | Midnight Mass I sing of a Maiden Robin Wells 1986 |
Chorale Prelude on How brightly shines the Morning Star Niels Gade (1817–1890) Noël Henri Mulet (1878–1967) Interlude on the Coventry Carol William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982) Meditation on O Little Town of Bethlehem Wilbur Held (b 1914) Fantasia on In dulci jubilo J S Bach (1685–1750) BWV 729 |
| Mass of the Day Away in a manger William Kirkpatrick (1838–1921) arr David Willcocks (b–1919) |
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| James L Thomas MA FRCO FTCL Organist & Choir Director Andrew C Leach, Asst Organist |
The 1880 Father Willis Organ The choir and other organisations |
