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Michaelmas Term 2017

Chapel Services and Music

MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD

COVER IMAGE: DETAIL FROM MAGDALEN COLLEGE LIBRARY MS LAT 5, A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH

We welcome you to our worshipping community at Magdalen. Prayer and praise have been offered to God in this place since the fifteenth century, when the College was founded by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. The statutes of 1480 make provision for a Choir comprised of sixteen boy Choristers and a number of adult Clerks, ‘that the worship of God, from whom all good things come, might be increased more widely and better sustained’. That tradition continues unchanged today. The Choirmaster at Magdalen retains the ancient Latin title Informator Choristarum, and among those who have held the post over the centuries are John Sheppard, Daniel Purcell, Sir John Stainer, Sir William McKie, and, in more recent years, Dr Bernard Rose.

It is the aim of the Dean of Divinity and the Informator Choristarum that all our services here should be dedicated to the glory of God. Our music is not an end in itself but part of a larger whole. We hope that in the singing and in the silence, in the spoken word and in the beauty of this house of God, you will feel that greater presence, and be blessed by the peace that passes all understanding.

MARK WILLIAMS JONATHAN ARNOLD Informator Choristarum Dean of Divinity

www.magdalencollegechoir.com www.magd.ox.ac.uk/chapel-and-choir

MICHAELMAS TERM 2017

Choral Services

Services are normally sung by Magdalen College Choir (men and boys). on Saturdays is normally sung by Magdalen Consort of Voices (men and women). Tuesdays are usually sung by the Choristers alone, and Fridays by the Academical Clerks alone. Details are given in the Music List when services depart from this pattern, such as during the school half-term holiday (20 to 27 October). On Sundays, at the , there is a short homily of approximately five minutes, and at Evensong a sermon of approximately ten minutes. Evensong on Sundays is followed by drinks in the Antechapel.

Organ music

Organ music plays an integral part in our liturgy. Alexander Pott, Assistant Organist, and William Fox, Organ Scholar, play the organ for the majority of the services in Chapel. At and on Sundays in Michaelmas Term, the Informator Choristarum, Assistant Organist and Organ Scholar will play voluntaries based on chorale melodies, to mark the 500th anniversary of ’s 95 Theses.

Retiring Collections

Our retiring collections will go to support the work of our charity for Michaelmas Term, USPG, United Society Partners in the Gospel www.uspg.org.uk, an Anglican mission agency which seeks to support churches around the world.

Supporting the Choir and Chapel

The Chapel and Choir are grateful for the generous support of the College for their core activities, but look to benefactors to support additional activities, including recordings, concerts and tours. If you are interested in joining the Friends of Magdalen College Choir or wish to discuss ways of supporting music at the College, please contact the Informator Choristarum, through Melanie Bennette, at [email protected].

Membership of the Choir

The Informator Choristarum, Mark Williams, is always pleased to hear from prospective applicants for Choristerships, Academical Clerkships and Organ Scholarships. To arrange an informal meeting, please email Melanie Bennette, the Chapel and Choir PA, at [email protected].

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017

9 SATURDAY CHARLES FUGE LOWDER, 1880 6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer for Oxford ‘Open Doors’ weekend (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Daniel 6; Philippians 2: 14-24 Plainsong Creator of the earth and sky MAGNIFICAT Bairstow in E flat ANTHEM Parry Long since in Egypt’s plenteous land 239 Slane VOLUNTARY Walford Davies Solemn Melody

23 SATURDAY 5.00 pm Choral Evensong for the Gaudy (pre-1957) INTROIT Bairstow Let all mortal flesh keep silence RESPONSES Stewart READINGS Deuteronomy 29: 2-15; 2 Timothy 3: 10-end Wood in E flat (No. 2) ANTHEM Stainer Lead, kindly light HYMN 413 Nun danket VOLUNTARY Vierne Allegro from Symphony No. 2 Op. 20

OCTOBER 4 WEDNESDAY FRANCIS OF ASSISI, 1226 5.30 pm Choral Evensong for Freshers INTROIT Bruckner Locus iste RESPONSES Rose READINGS 2 Kings 4: 1-7; John 2: 1-11 CANTICLES Sumsion in A ANTHEM Balfour Gardiner Evening Hymn HYMN 377 St Denio VOLUNTARY Elgar (arr. G. Martin) Imperial March Op. 32

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. Henri J.M. Nouwen OCTOBER 2017

8 SUNDAY SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist with Welcome Sermon VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott BWV 681 Mozart Missa Brevis in D K 194 440 Lobe den Herren (omit * verses) 467 Wiltshire READINGS Isaiah 5: 1-7; Matthew 21: 33-46 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott BWV 680

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Founder’s Prayers and Admission of Academical Clerks VOLUNTARY Buxtehude Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn BuxWV 192 INTROIT Byrd Miserere mihi Domine HYMNS 393 Mannheim 368 Cwm Rhondda RESPONSES Tomkins READINGS Proverbs 2: 1-11; John 2: 1-17 CANTICLES D. Purcell in E minor ANTHEM J.S. Bach O Jesu Christ, meins lebens licht BWV 118 VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Christe, der du bist der helle Tag BWV 766

9 MONDAY DENYS AND COMPANIONS, C. 250; ROBERT GROSSETESTE, 1253 8.30 am Morning Prayer

10 TUESDAY PAULINUS, 644; THOMAS TRAHERNE, 1674 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer 53, 54 READINGS 1 Chronicles 16: 1-13; Revelation 11: 15-end CANTICLE Plainsong The Lord hath clothed me MAGNIFICAT Philip Moore Faburdens ANTHEM Dankworth Light of the World

11 WEDNESDAY ETHELBURGA, 675; JAMES THE DEACON, 7TH CENTURY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton READINGS 1 Chronicles 29: 10-19; Colossians 3: 12-17 CANTICLES Walton Chichester Service ANTHEM Berkeley The Lord is my

FIRST WEEK

12 THURSDAY WILFRID OF RIPON, 709; ELIZABETH FRY, 1845; EDITH CAVELL, 1915 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins PSALMS 66, 67 READINGS Nehemiah 8: 1-12; 1 Corinthians 14: 1-12 CANTICLES Weelkes Third Service ANTHEM Purcell Thy word is a lantern

13 FRIDAY EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, 1066 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Tallis READINGS Isaiah 1: 10-17; Mark 12: 28-34 CANTICLE Plainsong Fast sinks the sun to rest MAGNIFICAT Morley Fauxbourdons ANTHEM Tye In pace

14 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Parry I know my soul hath power RESPONSES Richard Shephard READINGS Daniel 6: 6-23; Revelation 12: 7-12 CANTICLES Stanford in C ANTHEM Mendelssohn Jauchzet dem Herrn HYMN 265 Regent Square

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. Thomas Merton OCTOBER 2017

15 SUNDAY EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach , Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV 672 MASS Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera HYMNS 366 Heathlands 486 Fulda READINGS Isaiah 25: 1-9; Matthew 22: 1-14 PREACHER The Reverend Elaine Bardwell, Fellows’ Chaplain ANTHEM Palestrina Sicut cervus VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV 669

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon VOLUNTARY Reger Ach Gott, verlass mich nicht Op. 79b, No. 1 HYMNS 485 Thornbury 245 Ar hyd y nos RESPONSES Stewart READINGS Proverbs 3: 1-18; John 3: 1-15 CANTICLES Stanford in B flat ANTHEM Harris Strengthen ye the weak hands PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity VOLUNTARY Reger Dankpsalm

16 MONDAY NICHOLAS RIDLEY AND HUGH LATIMER, 1555 8.30 am Morning Prayer

17 TUESDAY IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, C. 107 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Proverbs 22: 17-end; 2 Corinthians 12: 1-10 CANTICLE Plainsong O blest creator of the light MAGNIFICAT Tallis in the Dorian mode ANTHEM Anonymous (14th century) Salva mater redemptoris

18 WEDNESDAY LUKE THE EVANGELIST 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Sung Eucharist MASS Kodály Missa Brevis HYMNS 466 Moscow 214 Deus tuorum militum READINGS Acts 16: 6-12a; Luke 10: 1-9 ANTHEM Finzi Welcome sweet and sacred feast VOLUNTARY Harris Flourish for an Occasion

SECOND WEEK

19 THURSDAY HENRY MARTYN, 1812 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Stewart PSALMS 99, 100 READINGS Jeremiah 14: 1-9; Luke 23: 44-56 CANTICLES Dyson in F ANTHEM Villette Hymne à la Vierge

20 FRIDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong (sung jointly by the Clerks of Magdalen College and the Girl Choristers of Truro Cathedral) RESPONSES Rose : 1-12 READINGS Jeremiah 14: 1-9; Luke 23: 44-56 CANTICLES Ayleward Short Service ANTHEM Purcell I was glad HYMN 388 Truro

9.00 pm Compline (Men’s Voices)

21 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Lassus Benedictio et claritas RESPONSES Byrd : 1-12 READINGS Zechariah 8: 14-end; John 20: 19-end CANTICLES Hassler Magnificat quinti toni Byrd (1610) ANTHEM Melgás Salve regina HYMN 206 Harewood

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us. Thomas Aquinas OCTOBER 2017

22 SUNDAY NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist (Men’s Voices) VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Christe, aller Welt Trost BWV 670 MASS Plainsong Missa XII Pater cuncta HYMNS 295 Picardy 372 Monks Gate READINGS Isaiah 45: 1-7; Matthew 22: 15-22 PREACHER The Reverend Michael Wright, Honorary Chaplain ANTHEM Richard Lloyd Adore te devote VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV 671

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon (Men’s Voices) VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662 HYMNS 446 Martins 420 Wolvercote RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Proverbs 4: 1-18; John 3: 16-4: 6 CANTICLES Sheppard First Service ANTHEM Byrd Domine, salva nos PREACHER Terry Waite, Hostages negotiator, humanitarian and author VOLUNTARY Andrew Arthur Herr Gott, dich loben wir

23 MONDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

24 TUESDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

25 WEDNESDAY CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN, C. 287 8.30 am Morning Prayer RESTORATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS, 1688

6.00 pm Festal Choral Evensong (Men’s Voices) INTROIT Poulenc O mes très chers frères RESPONSES Richard Lloyd : 73-96 READINGS Isaiah 51: 1-6; 2 Corinthians 1: 1-11 CANTICLES Macpherson in E ANTHEM Wood View me, Lord, a work of thine HYMN 267 Addison’s VOLUNTARY Heiller Tanz-Toccata

THIRD WEEK

26 THURSDAY ALFRED THE GREAT, 899; CEDD, 664 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) RESPONSES Byrd PSALM 119: 145-160 READINGS Ecclesiaticus 18: 1-14; 1 Corinthians 11: 17-end CANTICLES Purcell in G minor ANTHEM Philip Moore Evening Prayers

27 FRIDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Tallis PSALMS 126, 127, 128 READINGS Ecclesiasticus 28: 2-12; Mark 15: 33-47 CANTICLE Plainsong Before the ending of the day MAGNIFICAT Monteverdi Magnificat secondo ANTHEM Sheppard In manus tuas

28 SATURDAY SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES 6.00 pm Festal Choral Evensong INTROIT Rachmaninov To thee, O Lord RESPONSES Leighton PSALMS 137, 138 READINGS Jeremiah 3: 11-18; Jude 1-4, 17-25 CANTICLES Noble in A minor ANTHEM Vaughan Williams Let all the world in every corner sing HYMN 195 Tantum ergo VOLUNTARY Langlais Fête

What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God. Hans Urs von Balthasar, ‘Prayer’ OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017

29 SUNDAY LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist VOLUNTARY Karg-Elert Freu dich sehr, meine Seele Op. 65, No. 5 MASS Howells Collegium Regale HYMNS 305 Anima Christi 360 Shipston READINGS Leviticus 19: 1-2, 15-18; Matthew 22: 34-46 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Bairstow Let all mortal flesh keep silence VOLUNTARY Karg-Elert Nun danket alle Gott Op. 65, No. 59

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon VOLUNTARY Ootmerssen Nun ruhen alle Wälder HYMNS 457 Dominus regit me 427 Laudate Dominum RESPONSES Leighton READINGS Ecclesiastes 11, 12; 2 Timothy 2: 1-7 CANTICLES Walton Chichester Service ANTHEM Jonathan Dove Seek him that maketh the seven stars PREACHER The Reverend Dr Emma Pennington, Vicar of Cuddesdon, Garsington and Horspath VOLUNTARY Mendelssohn Con moto maestoso from Sonata in A major Op. 65, No. 3

30 MONDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

31 TUESDAY MARTIN LUTHER, 1546 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALMS 149, 150 READINGS 1 Samuel 4: 12-end; Luke 1: 57-80 CANTICLE Grayston Ives A Song of the Redeemed MAGNIFICAT John Harper Quarti toni ANTHEM Schütz Eins bitte ich vom Herren

FOURTH WEEK

NOVEMBER 1 WEDNESDAY ALL SAINTS’ DAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Festal Choral Evensong INTROIT Stanford Justorum animae RESPONSES Rose READINGS Isaiah 65: 17-25; Hebrews 11: 32-12: 2 CANTICLES Sumsion in A ANTHEM Harwood O how glorious is the kingdom HYMN 224 Mount Ephraim VOLUNTARY Dupré Placare Christe Servulis

2 THURSDAY ALL SOULS’ DAY

8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Solemn Mass MASS Victoria Requiem (1605)

3 FRIDAY RICHARD HOOKER, 1600; MARTIN OF PORRES, 1639 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Richard Lloyd : 1-18 READINGS 2 Samuel 11: 1-17; Matthew 14: 1-12 CANTICLE Harris Holy is the true light MAGNIFICAT Philip Moore First Service ANTHEM Matthew Martin Justorum animae

4 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Lutheran marking the 500th anniversary of the German (Consort of Voices with The Instruments of Time and Truth) READINGS Isaiah 43: 15-21; Acts 19: 1-10 CANTICLE Buxtehude Magnificat CANTATA J.S. Bach Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit BWV 115 HYMN 444 Ein’ feste burg

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. Martin Luther NOVEMBER 2017

5 SUNDAY FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE 11.00 am Sung Eucharist VOLUNTARY Brahms Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele Op. 122, No. 5 MASS Rubbra Missa Cantuariensis HYMNS 280 Schmücke dich 394 Luckington READINGS Micah 3: 5-end; Matthew 24: 1-14 PREACHER The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert, Fellows’ Chaplain ANTHEM Laloux O salutaris hostia VOLUNTARY Iain Farrington Prelude on ‘Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir’

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon VOLUNTARY Robert Saxton Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gust INTROIT Purcell Miserere mei HYMNS 458 Surrey 376 Kingsfold RESPONSES Tomkins READINGS Daniel 7: 1-18; Luke 6: 17-31 CANTICLES Purcell in B flat ANTHEM Kuhnau (arr. J.S. Bach) Der Gerechte kommt um PREACHER The Reverend Canon Lucy Winkett, Rector, St James’s Piccadilly VOLUNTARY Sebastian Forbes Gott der Vater wohn’ uns bei

6 MONDAY LEONARD, 6TH CENTURY; WILLIAM TEMPLE, 1944 8.30 am Morning Prayer

7 TUESDAY WILLIBRORD OF YORK, 739 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer READINGS Ezekiel 18: 21-end; Matthew 18: 12-20 CANTICLE Stainer Holy Father, cheer our way MAGNIFICAT Rose in E ANTHEM Richard Shephard Let him who seeks

8 WEDNESDAY SAINTS AND MARTYRS OF ENGLAND 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Rose PSALM 42 READINGS Proverbs 3: 27-end; Matthew 18: 21-end CANTICLES Howells in G ANTHEM Bainton And I saw a new heaven

FIFTH WEEK

9 THURSDAY MARGERY KEMPE, C. 1440 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 49 READINGS Exodus 23: 1-9; Matthew 19: 1-15 CANTICLES Gibbons Short Service ANTHEM Whyte Christe qui lux es et dies

10 FRIDAY LEO THE GREAT, 461 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Richard Lloyd READINGS Proverbs 3: 13-18; Matthew 19: 16-end CANTICLE Grayston Ives A Song of Mercy and Truth MAGNIFICAT Wood in E ANTHEM Lizst Ave maris stella

11 SATURDAY MARTIN OF TOURS, C. 397 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Lassus Justorum animae RESPONSES Byrd PSALMS 60, 61 READINGS Deuteronomy 28: 1-6; Matthew 20: 1-16 CANTICLES Plainsong Magnificat quinti toni Schütz Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener (Nunc dimittis) ANTHEM Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis HYMN 407 Ravenshaw

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness. St. Teresa of Calcutta NOVEMBER 2017

12 SUNDAY REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 8.30 am Holy Communion (Said)

10.55 am Remembrance Service INTROIT Guest For the Fallen Please assemble outside the HYMNS 417 St Anne 353 Repton war memorial in the archway between St John’s READINGS James 3: 17-18; Matthew 5: 1-12 Quad and the Cloister, CANTICLE Britten Te Deum in C from where this service will PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity begin. ANTHEM Ireland Greater love hath no man VOLUNTARY Thalben-Ball Elegy

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon and Founder’s Prayers VOLUNTARY Giles Swayne Auf meinen lieben Gott HYMNS 436 Praise my Soul 392 Alberta RESPONSES Rose READINGS Judges 7: 2-22; John 15: 9-17 CANTICLES Rubbra in A flat ANTHEM Vaughan Williams Valiant-for-Truth PREACHER The Right Reverend Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford VOLUNTARY Brahms Choralvorspiel und Fuge über O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid

13 MONDAY CHARLES SIMEON, 1836 8.30 am Morning Prayer

14 TUESDAY SAMUEL SEABURY, 1796 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS : 20-end; : 1-18 CANTICLE Tallis Glory to thee, my God, this night MAGNIFICAT Plainsong Sexti toni ANTHEM Boyce Examine me, O Lord

SIXTH WEEK

15 WEDNESDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Stewart READINGS Leviticus 26: 3-13; Titus 2: 1-10 CANTICLES Stanford in B flat ANTHEM Wesley Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

16 THURSDAY MARGARET OF SCOTLAND, 1093; EDMUND RICH, 1240 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins READINGS Hosea 6: 1-6; Matthew 9: 9-13 CANTICLES Hooper Short Service ANTHEM Taverner Christe Jesu, pastor bone

17 FRIDAY HUGH, 1200 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 88 READINGS Malachi 4; John 4: 5-26 CANTICLE Plainsong O God, thy loving care for man MAGNIFICAT Dufay Quinti toni ANTHEM Jacotin Beati omnes qui timent Dominum

18 SATURDAY ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, 1231 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Tarik O’Regan Locus iste RESPONSES Richard Shephard READINGS Micah 6: 6-8; Colossians 3: 12-17 CANTICLES Tavener Collegium regale ANTHEM Howells Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks HYMN 391 Gwalchmai

God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall. Julian of Norwich NOVEMBER 2017

19 SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT 11.00 am Sung Eucharist VOLUNTARY Böhm Vater unser im Himmelreich MASS Byrd Mass for Five Voices HYMNS 471 Quam dilecta 484 (tn. 167) Aurelia READINGS Zephaniah 1: 7, 12-18; Matthew 25: 14-30 PREACHER The Reverend Professor Sabina Alkire, Honorary Chaplain ANTHEM Croce In spiritu humilitatis VOLUNTARY Buxtehude Ich dank dir, lieber Herre BuxVW 194

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon VOLUNTARY Grayston Ives Es stehn vor Gottes Throne HYMNS 326 (tn. 185) Abbot’s Leigh 381 Ewing RESPONSES Stewart READINGS 1 Kings 1: 15-40; Revelation 1: 4-18 CANTICLES Howells in G ANTHEM Brahms How lovely are thy dwellings fair PREACHER The Reverend Canon Andrew Piper, Precentor, Hereford Cathedral VOLUNTARY Reger Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott Op. 67, No. 6

20 MONDAY EDMUND OF EAST ANGLIA, 870; PRISCILLA LYDIA SELLON, 1876 8.30 am Morning Prayer

21 TUESDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer PSALM 106: 1-12 READINGS Habbakuk 3: 1-19a; 1 Corinthians 4: 9-16 CANTICLE Plainsong O Father, who didst all things make MAGNIFICAT Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service ANTHEM Bob Chilcott Irish Blessing

SEVENTH WEEK

22 WEDNESDAY CECILIA, C. 230 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Rose PSALM 108 READINGS Zechariah 8: 1-13; Mark 13: 3-8 CANTICLES Bevan Magnificat octavi toni; Rachmaninov Nunc dimittis ANTHEM Howells A Hymn for St Cecilia

23 THURSDAY CLEMENT, C. 100 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton PSALMS 110, 111 READINGS Zechariah 10: 6-end; 1 Peter 5: 1-11 CANTICLES Weelkes Third Service ANTHEM Tallis Te lucis ante terminum

24 FRIDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 119: 1-24 READINGS Micah 4: 1-5; Luke 9: 28-36 CANTICLE Plainsong Creator of the stars of night MAGNIFICAT Palestrina Quarti toni ANTHEM Josquin Tu solus qui facis mirabilia

9.00 pm Compline (Men’s Voices)

25 SATURDAY CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA, 4TH CENTURY; , 1748 6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins PSALMS 119: 89-104 READINGS Isaiah 10: 33-11: 9; Timothy 6: 11-16 CANTICLES Morales Magnificat octavi toni Tye Nunc dimittis ANTHEM Gibbons Lift up your heads HYMN 349 Nativity

Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness. Meister Eckhart NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

26 SUNDAY CHRIST THE KING 11.00 am Sung Eucharist VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653 MASS Victoria Missa Simile est regnum coelorum HYMNS 271 Hyfrydol 296 St Helen READINGS Ezekiel 34: 11-16, 20-24; Matthew 25: 31-end PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Marenzio O rex gloriae VOLUNTARY Reincken An Wasserflüssen Babylon

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon and Founder’s Prayers VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn BWV 630 INTROIT Gabriel Jackson A Prayer of King Henry VI HYMNS 332 Miles Lane 490 Rhuddlan RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 119: 145-160 READINGS 2 Samuel 23: 1-7; Matthew 28: 16-end CANTICLES Grayston Ives Edington Service ANTHEM James MacMillan Sedebit Dominus Rex PREACHER Rhidian Brook, Novelist and broadcaster VOLUNTARY Buxtehude Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein BuxWV 210

27 MONDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

28 TUESDAY 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong READINGS Jeremiah 30: 18-24; John 10: 22-30 CANTICLE Grayston Ives A Song of the Herald MAGNIFICAT Plainsong Tertii toni ANTHEM Stanford A Song of Peace

EIGHTH WEEK

29 WEDNESDAY DAY OF INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING FOR MISSIONARY WORK 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.15 pm Carols before JCR Christmas Dinner

SEATS IN THE INNER CHAPEL WILL BE RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE ONLY.

30 THURSDAY ANDREW THE APOSTLE 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Sung Eucharist (Men’s Voices) MASS Byrd Mass for Three Voices HYMNS 200 St Andrew 7 Little Cornard READINGS Isaiah 52: 7-10; Matthew 4: 18-22 ANTHEM Guerrero Ego vox clamantis VOLUNTARY Bull Ut mi re fa sol la

DECEMBER 1 FRIDAY CHARLES DE FOUCAULD, 1916 8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.15 pm Carols before JCR Christmas Dinner

SEATS IN THE INNER CHAPEL WILL BE RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE ONLY

2 SATURDAY 6.15 pm Carols before MCR Christmas Dinner (Consort of Voices)

SEATS IN THE INNER CHAPEL WILL BE RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE ONLY

Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God. John Piper DECEMBER

3 SUNDAY ADVENT SUNDAY 6.00 pm Service of Music and Readings for Advent

ADMISSION TO THIS SERVICE IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL, BUT BY TICKET ONLY. SEATS WILL BE RELEASED TO MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE AND FOUNDATION, AND TO THE WIDER PUBLIC BY ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PORTERS’ LODGE AND ONLINE IN NOVEMBER.

9 SATURDAY SUNDAR SINGH, 1929 6.00 pm Carols by Candlelight

ADMISSION TO THIS SERVICE IS BY TICKET ONLY; THE CHARGE FOR TICKETS GOES TO SUPPORT THE CHAPEL’S CHOSEN CHRISTMAS CHARITIES FOR THE YEAR. TICKETS WILL BE RELEASED FOR SALE IN EARLY NOVEMBER, AND INFORMATION ON BOOKING MAY BE FOUND ON THE COLLEGE AND CHOIR WEBSITES.

10 SUNDAY 6.00 pm Carols by Candlelight

ADMISSION TO THIS SERVICE IS BY TICKET ONLY; THE CHARGE FOR TICKETS GOES TO SUPPORT THE CHAPEL’S CHOSEN CHRISTMAS CHARITIES FOR THE YEAR. TICKETS WILL BE RELEASED FOR SALE IN EARLY NOVEMBER, AND INFORMATION ON BOOKING MAY BE FOUND ON THE COLLEGE AND CHOIR WEBSITES.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SERVICES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE IDENTICAL IN CONTENT.

REGULAR CHORAL SERVICES IN THE HILARY TERM WILL RESUME ON SUNDAY 14TH JANUARY 2018 AT 11.00 AM.

God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs … of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons. Jeremy Taylor

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