The final Sunday of Easter falls at the beginning of June before the great feasts of Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Trinity. There is a wealth of celebratory music in these days. All are welcome to any service, said or sung at the Cathedral.

Please join us when you can.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

Communicant members of other churches in good standing are welcome to receive the Sacrament in this church if they so desire.

May 26 – June 1: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor June 2 – 8: The Very Reverend Dr DL, Dean June 9 – 15: The Venerable Anne Gell, June 16 – 22: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor June 23 – July 6: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies DL, Dean

The Cathedral’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, Prebendary Matthew Owens, is always pleased to hear from parents of prospective choristers.

Scholarships and additional bursaries for School, which all choristers attend, are available. For more information, or about choral and organ scholarships at the Cathedral, please telephone 01749 832204 or email [email protected]

At certain services throughout the year, incense is used to enhance the festal nature of the day. These services are marked with an asterisk (*).

Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English may be found towards the back of the Services and Music List, following the final listed week.

No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter.

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MAY

26 SUNDAY: THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary ) Hymns 346, 366, 364 (t. 185), 476 Keitch Missa Brevis choro auxiliari Wellensi Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Professor David Thomas, Canon Theologian Victoria Ave Maria Dubois Toccata

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 341, 458 Ebdon Preces and Responses Psalm 119 Marchant Te Deum in G vv 105-128 Thalben-Ball Jubilate Deo in B flat Vaughan Williams O how amiable

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 245, 372 Ebdon Preces and Responses Psalm 119 Wood Evening Service in E flat, No1 vv 145-160 Bairstow Though I speak with the tongues of men Preacher: Mr Philip Hopper ______

27 MONDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Antiphon) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127 Weelkes Evening Service for five voices Mundy O Lord, the maker of all thing ______

28 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

MAY/JUNE

29 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

30 THURSDAY: ASCENSION DAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION Hymns 130 (t. i), 134

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 130 (t. i), 128 (t. ii) David Bednall Sherborne Mass Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies DL, Dean Philip Stopford If ye love me Duruflé Toccata (Suite pour orgue, Op. 5) ______

31 FRIDAY: Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Choir of St John’s Parish Church, Glastonbury) Hymns 186, 166 (t. 490) Darke Communion Service in F Radcliffe Mary walked through a wood of thorn Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137 ______

1 SATURDAY: Justin, martyr, c. 165

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.00 p.m. SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Peterborough Chamber Choir) Hymns 265, 353 Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 8 Batten (Fourth Service) Valls Nunc Dimittis Sweelinck Beati omnes

JUNE

2 SUNDAY: THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Peterborough Chamber Choir) Hymns 134, 295, 352, 446 Ashfield Communion Service in C Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies DL, Dean Mathias Ave verum Mendelssohn Sonata No. 3 in A major (first movement)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Peterborough Chamber Choir) Hymns 349, 63 Vann Preces and Responses Psalm 11 Smart Te Deum in F Britten Jubilate Deo in C Andriessen Exultate Deo

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Peterborough Chamber Choir) Hymns 493, 433 (omit *) Vann Preces and Responses Psalm 14 Smart Magnificat in B flat Wood Nunc Dimittis in B flat Nixon Soul of my Saviour Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar ______

3 MONDAY Cantoris verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

The Cathedral Choir resumes singing services after its half-term vacation

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 18 vv 1-15 Monte Magnificat octavi toni Tone VIII Nunc Dimittis Byrd Viri Galilaei ______

4 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 23 David Bednall The Wells Service (Alternative Canticles) Finzi God is gone up

JUNE

5 WEDNESDAY: Boniface (Wynfrith), bishop, martyr, 754

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalm 27 Shepherd First Service Causton Rejoice in the Lord ______

6 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) incorporating Volunteers’ Week Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 32 Byrd Short Service

Stanford Coelos ascendit

7.00 p.m. TAIZE SERVICE (Vicars’ Close Chapel) ______

7 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) David Terry Preces and Responses Psalm 37 vv 1-11 Stuart Beer Third Service Attwood Come, Holy Ghost ______

8 SATURDAY: Thomas Ken, bishop, nonjuror, hymn writer, 1711

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) attended by the Friends of Wells Cathedral Hymns 221 (t. 94), 231 Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 41 Leighton Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense Harris Faire is the heaven Langlais Le Saint Esprit (Trois meditations sur la Sainte Trinité, iii)

JUNE

9 SUNDAY: THE DAY OF PENTECOST

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) attended by the Friends of Wells Cathedral Hymns CP 179, 431, CP 195, 137 Messiaen Entrée - Les langues de feu (Messe de la Pentecôte) Mozart Missa Brevis C-dur, K. 259 ‘Orgel-solo Messe’ Preacher: The Very Reverend Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter Communion Proper: Factus est repente Messiaen Consecration - Le don de Sagesse (Messe de la Pentecôte) Grayston Ives Listen, sweet dove Messiaen Sortie - Le vent de l'Espirit (Messe de la Pentecôte)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 342 (t. i), 367 (t. ii) Tomkins Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 150 Boyce Te Deum and Jubliate Deo in A Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis J.S. Bach Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 651

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 419, 139 (t. i) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Proper Psalm Mathias Jesus College Service 33 vv 1-12 Philip Wilby Breathe on me, breath of God Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies DL, Dean Duruflé Choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’, Op. 4, iii ______

10 MONDAY Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

2.00 p.m. THANSGIVING SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 53 Wesley Evening Service in E Palestrina Dum complerentur dies pentecostes ______

11 TUESDAY: Barnabas the Apostle

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Hymn 167 Tomkins Fifth Service Proper Psalm 147 Guerrero Ibant Apostoli gaudentes

JUNE

12 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Piers Kennedy Preces and Responses Psalm 65 William Drakett The Wells Service David Bednall Come, Holy Ghost ______

13 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Christopher Herrick (Concert Organist)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 70 Philip Moore Jesus College Service (Alternative Canticles) David Briggs O Lord, support us ______

14 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Capella Vocale Iffeldorf

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalm 73 vv 1-8 Tone I Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

Hurford Litany to the Holy Spirit

7.30 p.m. EARLY MUSIC WELLS CONCERT The Avison Ensemble - Italian Sonatas from the Golden Age ______

15 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.30 p.m. SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Hymns 394, 377 David Terry Preces and Responses Psalm 78 vv 1-17 David Terry Fauxbourdon Service David Bednall O come, let us sing unto the Lord Stanford Postlude on a theme of Gibbons, Op. 105, No 2

JUNE

16 SUNDAY: TRINITY SUNDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS Proper Psalm 29

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST WITH CONFIRMATION * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) attended by Hymns CP 179, 146, CP 466, HFT 177 Jonathan Dove Missa Brevis Preacher: The Very Reverend , Communion Proper: Benedicimus Deum caeli Stucky O sacrum convivium Langlais Hymne d’Actions de grâces “Te Deum”

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 145, 410 Smith Preces and Responses Proper Psalm Purcell Evening Service in G minor 73 vv 1-3,16-27 Weelkes Alleluia, I heard a voice Preacher: The Reverend Canon Rosalind Paul, Canon Pastor J.S. Bach Fuge Es-dur, BWV 552b ______

17 MONDAY Cantoris verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12 noon DIOCESAN EUCHARIST FOR RETIRED CLERGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 89 vv 1-19 Mundy Evening Service ‘in four parts for men’ Mundy Let us now laud and magnify ______

18 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 93 Downing Service Stainer I saw the Lord

JUNE

19 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 98 Howells Evening Service in E Grayston Ives Ego sum panis vivus ______

20 THURSDAY: Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi)

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 310, CP 598 (t. i) Vierne Scherzetto (24 Pièces en style libre, Op. 31 xiv) Joubert Missa Wellensis Communion Proper: Hoc corpus Langlais Chant de paix (Neuf Pièces, iii) Langlais Chant de joie (Neuf Pièces, ii) ______

21 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

22 SATURDAY: Alban, first martyr of Britain, c. 250

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING

5.15 p.m. DIOCESAN CHORAL ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral, with from the Diocese) Hymns SP 125, SP 271, SP 281 Franck Panis angelicus David Halls Preces and Responses Psalms 121, 42, 43 Chris Totney The Wessex Service Wood Glorious and powerful God Peter Parshall God be in my head Howells Paean (Six Pieces, No 6)

JUNE

23 SUNDAY: THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 345, SP 173, 353, CP 418 Frescobaldi Toccata Duodecima Croce Missa prima sexti toni Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Communion Proper: Qui vult venire post me Frescobaldi Toccata per l’elevatione Victoria O lux beata Trinitas J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge C-dur, BWV 545

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Hymns 414, 361 Tonus peregrinus Benedicite, omnia opera Gibbons Benedictus (Short Service) Byrd Teach me, O Lord J.S. Bach Adagio/Vivace (Orgelsonate e-moll, BWV 528 i)

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Vicars Choral) Friðrik Walker Preces and Responses Hymns 341, 252 West Evening Service in C Psalm 114 Walker Lord, thou hast been our refuge Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Professor David Thomas, Canon Theologian Liszt arr. Guillou Fugue sur le nom de BACH ______

24 MONDAY: Birth of John the Baptist Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Dupré Ut queant laxis Hymns 12, 168 (t. 190 ii) Lassus Missa Ad imitationem Vinum bonum Communion Proper: Tu, puer, propheta Altissimi vocaberis Titelouze Ut Queant Laxis Reger Introduction und Passacaglia d-Moll, WoO IV/6 ______

25 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 119 John Bertalot Fauxbourdon Service vv 73-88 Schubert Holy, holy, holy

JUNE

26 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Harris Preces and Responses Psalm 119 Alcock Evening Service in D vv 145-160 Wood Great Lord of Lords ______

27 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 126 Finzi Magnificat Holst Nunc Dimittis

Howells God be in my head

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra –

Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Mahler Sympony No. 1 (‘Titan’) ______

28 FRIDAY: Iranaeus, bishop, teacher of the faith, c. 200

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: University Christian Church Bell Ringers

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalm 137 Tone II Magnificat Burgon Nunc Dimittis

Rupert Jeffcoat Holy is the true light ______

29 SATURDAY: Peter and Paul, Apostles

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

3.00 p.m. ORDINATION OF PRIESTS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns SP13, SP 81, SP 245, SP 177 (t. SP 123), SP 157 Mathias Fanfare Walton Missa Brevis Preacher: The Venerable Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley Communion Proper: Simon Ioannis, diligis me plus his? Bridge Lento Mulet Tu es petra

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER Proper Psalm 124

JUNE/JULY

30 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

7.30 a.m. MATINS

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

10.30 a.m. ORDINATION OF DEACONS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns SP 169, AMHSRW 360, SP 301, CP 321, SP 157 Vierne Aubade (Pièces de Fantasie, Op. 55, No 1) Haydn Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo ‘Kleine orgel-messe’ Preacher: The Venerable Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley Communion Proper: Inclina aurem tuam Widor Méditation (Symphonie I, Op. 13, No 6) Vierne Carillon de Westminster (Pièces de Fantaisie Op. 54, No 6)

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Hymns 465, 272 Grayston Ives Preces and Responses Psalm 148 Grayston Ives Magdalen Service Gary Davison O Lord, support us Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader Dupré Toccata (Deuxième Symphonie, III) ______

1 MONDAY Cantoris verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Choral Scholars

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 6 D. Purcell Evening Service in E minor Agazzari Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas ______

2 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 12 Gibbons Short Service Batten Deliver us, O Lord

JULY

3 WEDNESDAY: Thomas the Apostle

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Homburger Vokalensemble

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Vicars Choral) Hymn 214 (t. ii) Tallis Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 139 Monte Magnificat septimi toni Tone VII Nunc Dimittis Marenzio O quam gloriosum ______

4 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 23 Howells New College Service Rachmaninov To thee, O Lord

7.00 p.m. TAIZE SERVICE (Vicars’ Close Chapel) ______

5 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

11.15 p.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL END OF TERM SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) David Terry Preces and Responses Psalm 27 Dyson Evening Service in C minor Vaughan Williams The Call ______

6 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 456, 336 Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 32 Stainer Evening Service in B flat Stanford O for a closer walk with God Howells Psalm Prelude Set 2, No. 3

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Bath Bach Choir – Mozart , Exultate Jubilate

TRANSLATIONS OF ANTHEMS NOT SUNG IN ENGLISH

SATURDAY 1 JUNE Beati omnes (Sweelinck)

Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Blessed are all those who fear the Lord, qui ambulant in viis eius. and walk in his ways. Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis: You shall eat the fruit of the toil of your hands; beatus es, et bene tibi erit. it shall go well with you, and happy shall you be. Uxor tua sicut vitis abundans in lateribus Your wife within your house shall be like a domus tuae; fruitful vine; filii tui sicut novellae olivarum in circuitu your children round your table, like fresh olive mensae tuae. branches. Ecce sic benedicetur homo qui timet Thus shall the one be blest who fears the Dominum. Lord. Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion, The Lord from out of Zion bless you, et videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus that you may see Jerusalem in prosperity all the vitae tuae. days of your life. Et videas filios filiorum tuorum: May you see your children’s children, pacem super Israel. and may there be peace upon Israel.

Words: Psalm 128

SUNDAY 2 JUNE Exultate Deo (Andriessen)

Exultate Deo adiutori nostro, Sing joyfully to God our strength; iubilate Deo Jacob. sing aloud unto the God of Jacob! Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum; Take the song, bring forth the timbrel, psalterium iucundum cum cithara. the marry harp, and the lute. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, Blow the trumpet in the new moon, insigni die solemnitatis vestræ. Amen. at the time appointed for our feast day. Amen.

Words: Psalm 81:1-3

MONDAY 3 JUNE Viri Galilaei (Byrd)

Viri Galilaei, quid admiramini, aspicientes in Men of Galilee, why do you look up to heaven in caelum? Alleluia. astonishment? Alleluia. Quemadmodum vidistis eum ascendentem in In the same manner as you have seen him caelum, ita veniet. Alleluia. ascending into heaven, so shall he come again. Alleluia.

Words: Acts 1.11

THURSDAY 6 JUNE Coelos ascendit hodie (Stanford)

Coelos ascendit hodie Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, Iesus Christus Rex gloriae. has ascended today into the heavens. Sedet ad Patris dexteram, He sits at the right hand of the Father Gubernat coelum et terram. and rules heaven and earth.

Iam finem habent omnia Now all the psalms of David, Patris Davidis carmina. our father, are fulfilled. Iam Dominus cum Domino Now the Lord sits with the Sedet in Dei solio. Lord on the seat of God.

In hoc triumpho maximo In this greatest of triumphs Benedicamus Domino. let us bless the Lord. Laudatur Sancta Trinitas. The Holy Trinity be glorified. Deo dicamus gratias. Let us give thanks to God.

Words: Anonymous, 12th century

SUNDAY 9 JUNE Loquebantur variis linguis (Tallis)

Loquebantur variis linguis apostoli. Alleluia. The apostles spoke in many languages, alleluia, Magnalia Dei. Alleluia. of the great works of God, alleluia. Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, et They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and coeperunt loqui. Magnalia Dei. began to speak of the great works of God, Alleluia. alleluia. Gloria Patri et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to Alleluia the Holy Spirit. Alleluia.

Words: Responsory at Matins for the feast of Pentecost, based on Acts 2.4

MONDAY 10 JUNE Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes (Palestrina)

Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes, When the day of Pentecost had come erant omnes pariter dicentes, Alleluia: they were all together talking, alleluia: et subito factus est and suddenly there was sonus de coelo, Alleluia, a sound from heaven, alleluia, tamquam spiritus vehementis, as of a rushing mighty wind, et replevit totam domum, Alleluia. and it filled the whole house, alleluia.

Dum ergo essent When therefore the disciples in unum discipuli congregati, were gathered together in one propter metum iudæorum, for fear of the Jews, sonus repente de coelo venit super eos, a sound from heaven came upon them, tamquam spiritus vehementis, as of a rushing mighty wind, et replevit totam domum, Alleluia. and it filled the whole house, alleluia.

Words: based on Acts 2.1-2, John 20.19

TUESDAY 11 JUNE Ibant apostoli gaudentes (Guerrero)

Ibant apostoli gaudentes The apostles went rejoicing a conspectu concilii. from the sight of the council, Quoniam digni habiti sunt since they had been counted worthy pro nomine Iesu contumeliam pati. to suffer insult for the name of Jesus.

Words: Acts 5.41

WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE Ego sum panis vivus (Grayston Ives)

Ego sum panis vivus. I am the living bread. Patres vestri manducaverunt manna in Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, deserto, et mortui sunt. and they died. Hic est panis de coelo descendens: si quis ex This is the bread that comes down from heaven, ipso manducaverit, non morietur. so that one may eat of it and not die. Ego sum panis vivus. Amen. I am the living bread. Amen.

Words: John 6:48-51a

MONDAY 1 JULY Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas (Agarazzi)

Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas Blessed be the holy Trinity, atque indivisa Unitas and undivided Unity: confitebimur ei we will give glory to him, quia fecit nobiscum misericordiam suam. because he has shown his mercy to us. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Words: Introit for Trinity Sunday

WEDNESDAY 3 JULY O quam gloriosum est regnum (Marenzio)

O quam gloriosum est regnum, O how glorious is the kingdom in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti, in which all the Saints rejoice with Christ; amicti stolis albis, clad in robes of white sequuntur Agnum, quocumque ierit. they attend the Lamb wherever he goes.

Words: Antiphon to the Magnificat, second of All Saints, cf. Revelation 7.9

President: Lord Berkeley of Knighton Artistic Director: Matthew Owens

Wells Cathedral Commissions invites you to join its growing group of commissioners to help bring important new works into the repertoire of Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition.

Now in its thirteenth year, Cathedral Commissions has commissioned major new works by some of the UK’s finest composers: Richard Allain, Michael Berkeley CBE, Judith Bingham, Diana Burrell, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE, Jonathan Dove, Gabriel Jackson, John Joubert, Sir James MacMillan CBE, Thea Musgrave CBE, Tarik O’Regan, Howard Skempton, Sir , and Judith Weir CBE.

Become a Young Commissioner (£5 per month, for 18-25 year olds), Commissioner (£10 per month), or Patron (£50 per month) to support our 2019 commissions by Philip Wilby and Charlotte Bray. Being a Cathedral Commissioner enables you to become part of a group that shares the unique experience of enabling a new piece of music to come into being. As a Cathedral Commissioner you will:

• be invited to the main rehearsal for the premiere of the work, with the composer in attendance • be a VIP guest at the premiere • have your score signed by the composer at a special reception • have your name printed in the score; this may include a dedication to a family member or a friend • be kept up to date with the progress of the work after its premiere • directly support the work of a contemporary composer • directly support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition

For further details please contact: Dr Nicholas Hooper DL, Cathedral Commissions Administrator a: Wells Cathedral Music Office, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 832204 e: [email protected]

Full terms and conditions are available upon request

Details of services, concerts and events can also be found on the Cathedral’s website and social media channels at

@wellscathedral @wellscathedral @wellscathedral1

www.wellscathedral.org.uk