Hilary Term 2019
Chapel Services and Music
MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD
COVER IMAGE: CANDLE IN MAGDALEN COLLEGE CHAPEL, 2018 © HUGH WARWICK
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 comprising 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
HILARY TERM
Choral Services
Services are normally sung by Magdalen College Choir (men and boys). Evensong 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 (16th to 22nd February). At Festal Evensongs marking saints’ days and major feasts of the Church’s year, a seasonal antiphon is sung. On Sundays, at the Eucharist, 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.
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Visiting Choirs
We are very glad to welcome the Girl Choristers of Merton College to join the Choristers for Choral Evening Prayer on Tuesday 12th February, and also to welcome the Choir of the Oratory School, Reading, to join the Clerks for Choral Evening Prayer on Friday 1st February. On Saturday 30th March, the Alleyn Singers will sing Evensong at 6pm.
Organ music
Organ music plays an integral part in our liturgy. Alexander Pott, Assistant Organist, and Rupert Jackson, Organ Scholar, play the organ for the majority of the services in Chapel.
Retiring Collections
Our retiring collections will go to support the work of the Chapel’s chosen charity for Hialry Term, Unicef, which is providing much-needed emergency aid to children in Yemen. . www.unicef.org.uk
JANUARY TO APRIL 2019
Easter at Magdalen
Owing to its proximity to the start of Trinity Term, Easter will be celebrated in the Chapel, as the College Choir will, unusually, be in residence. Details of services on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day can be found towards the end of this booklet. There will also be two concerts in the College Chapel:
TUESDAY 16th APRIL 2019, 7.30 pm Haydn Seven Last Words from the Cross The Villiers Quartet £12 Inner Chapel (East); £10 Inner Chapel (West); £8 Antechapel (restricted view)
WEDNESDAY 17th APRIL 2019, 7.30 pm Eternal Light Music of Sorrow and Consolation to include choral pieces by Allegri, Byrd, Lotti, Poulenc, Stanford and Walton The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford directed by Mark Williams £12 Inner Chapel (East); £10 Inner Chapel (West); £8 Antechapel (restricted view)
Tickets may be purchased from www.ticketsoxford.org.uk
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], or collect a leaflet from the back of the Chapel.
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].
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www.magd.ox.ac.uk/chapel-and-choir JANUARY 2019
13 SUNDAY THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Mozart Missa Brevis in F K192 HYMNS 39, 27, 47 READINGS Isaiah 43: 1-7; Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Richard Lloyd Love came down at Christmas VOLUNTARY Bach Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV 684
6.00 pm Choral Evensong INTROIT Praetorius Joseph lieber, Joseph mein HYMNS 49, 52 RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 69: 1-22 READINGS Isaiah 55: 1-11; Mark 1: 4-11 CANTICLES Purcell in B flat ANTHEM Marenzio Tribus miraculis VOLUNTARY Handel A tempo ordinario staccato – Allegro from Organ Concerto in B flat, Op. 4 No. 2
14 MONDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
15 TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 76 READINGS Exodus 17: 1-7; Acts 8: 26-end CANTICLE Plainsong O Trinity of blessed Light MAGNIFICAT Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service ANTHEM Britten A New Year Carol ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
16 WEDNESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 84 READINGS Exodus 15: 1-19; Colossians 2: 8-15 CANTICLES Grayston Ives Edington Service ANTHEM Matthew Martin Christe redemptor omnium
FIRST WEEK
17 THURSDAY ANTONY OF EGYPT, 356; CHARLES GORE, BISHOP, 1932 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 89: 20-36 READINGS Zechariah 6: 9-15; 1 Peter 2: 4-10 CANTICLES Weelkes Service for Trebles ANTHEM Escribano Paradisi porta
18 FRIDAY AMY CARMICHAEL, 1951 8.15 am Morning Prayer WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 94 READINGS Isaiah 51: 7-16; Galations 6: 14-18 CANTICLE Plainsong Fast sinks the sun to rest MAGNIFICAT De Monte Quarti toni ANTHEM Steven Griffin Hymn to the Virgin ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
19 SATURDAY WULFSTAN, 1095 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) WEEK OF PRAYER FOR INTROIT Eric Whitacre Lux aurumque CHRISTIAN UNITY RESPONSES Richard Shephard PSALMS 100, 101 READINGS Leviticus 16: 11-22; Hebrews 10: 19-25 HYMN 54 (ii) CANTICLES Blair in B minor ANTHEM Judith Bingham Epiphany
For by gold the power of a king is signified, by frankincense the honour of God, by myrrh the burial of the body; and accordingly they offer Him gold as King, frankincense as God, myrrh as Man. St John Chrysostom JANUARY 2019
20 SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY MASS Hassler Missa Dixit Maria HYMNS 49, 282, 486 READINGS Isaiah 62: 1-5; John 2: 1-11 PREACHER Spencer Klavan, Lecturer in Greek Language and Literature ANTHEM Byrd Laetentur coeli VOLUNTARY Bach Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 547
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon RESPONSES Leighton HYMNS 56, 485 READINGS 1 Samuel 3: 1-20; John 1: 29-42 PSALM 104: 1-23 CANTICLES Walton Chichester Service ANTHEM Weelkes Gloria in excelsis Deo PREACHER Michael Symmons Roberts, Poet, Novelist and Librettist VOLUNTARY Sark Toccata Primi Toni
21 MONDAY AGNES, 304 8.15 am Morning Prayer WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
22 TUESDAY VINCENT OF SARAGOSSA, 304 8.15 am Morning Prayer WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 109 READINGS 1 Kings 19: 1-9a; Mark 1: 9-15 CANTICLE Grayston Ives The Lord hath clothed me MAGNIFICAT Plainsong Octavi toni ANTHEM Handel How beautiful are the feet ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
23 WEDNESDAY WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Smith PSALM 115 READINGS 1 Kings 19: 9b-18; Mark 9: 2-13 CANTICLES Morales Magnificat octavi toni Tye Nunc dimittis ANTHEM Hassler Ecce quam bonum
SECOND WEEK
24 THURSDAY FRANCES DE SALES, 1622 8.15 am Morning Prayer WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Stewart PSALM 119: 1-32 READINGS Leviticus 11: 1-8, 13-19, 41-45; Acts 10: 9-16 CANTICLES Sumsion in A ANTHEM Wesley Thou wilt keep him
25 FRIDAY CONVERSION OF PAUL 8.15 am Morning Prayer WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
6.00 pm Festal Choral Evensong (Men’s Voices) INTROIT Matthew Martin Justorum animae PSALM 119: 41-56 RESPONSES Richard Lloyd HYMN 155 READINGS Isaiah 56: 1-8; Colossians 1: 24-2: 7 ANTIPHON In omnem terram CANTICLES Victoria Magnificat septimi toni Victoria Nunc dimittis tertii toni ANTHEM Sheppard I give you a new commandment VOLUNTARY Buxtehude Praeludium in C BuxWV 137
9.00 pm Compline (Men’s Voices) HYMN Tallis Te lucis ante terminum CANTICLE Palestrina Nunc dimittis octavi toni ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
26 SATURDAY TIMOTHY AND TITUS, COMPANIONS OF PAUL 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Mendelssohn Herr Gott, du bist unsere Zuflucht PSALM 119: RESPONSES Paul Spicer 145-160 READINGS Genesis 35: 1-15; Acts 10: 44-end HYMN 55 CANTICLES Stanford in C ANTHEM Rheinberger Abendlied
The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music. Jonathan Edwards JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2019
27 SUNDAY THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera HYMNS 256, 272, 388 READINGS Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4: 14-21 PREACHER The Reverend Professor Sabina Alkire, Honorary Chaplain ANTHEM Tomkins Great and marvellous are thy works VOLUNTARY Messiaen Les Mages from La Nativité du Seigneur
6.00 pm Choral Evensong INTROIT Rachmaninov Bogoroditsye Dyevo HYMNS 331, 368 RESPONSES Stewart PSALMS 129, 130, 131 READINGS Numbers 9: 15-end; Mark 1: 21-28 CANTICLES Harwood in A flat ANTHEM Wesley Ascribe unto the Lord VOLUNTARY Reger Dankpsalm
28 MONDAY THOMAS AQUINAS, 1274 8.15 am Morning Prayer
29 TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer PSALM 143 READINGS Ezekiel 20: 39-44; John 17: 20-end CANTICLE Plainsong O blest creator of the light MAGNIFICAT Rose in E ANTHEM Mendelssohn If with all your hearts ye truly seek me ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
30 WEDNESDAY CHARLES I, 1649 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 148 READINGS Nehemiah 2: 1-10; Romans 12: 1-8 CANTICLES Gabriel Jackson Truro Service ANTHEM Victoria Alma redemptoris mater
THIRD WEEK
31 THURSDAY JOHN BOSCO, 1888 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Stewart PSALM 150 READINGS Deuteronomy 26: 16-end; Romans 14: 1-9 CANTICLES Walmisley in D minor ANTHEM Stainer How beautiful upon the mountains
FEBRUARY 1 FRIDAY BRIGID OF KILDARE, C. 525 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (sung jointly by the Academical Clerks and the RESPONSES Plainsong Consort of the Oratory School, Woodcote) READINGS Leviticus 19: 9-28; Romans 15: 1-7 PSALM 5 CANTICLE Plainsong Before the ending of the day MAGNIFICAT Sumsion in G ANTHEM Byrd Senex puerum portabat ANTIPHON Plainsong Alma redemptoris mater
2 SATURDAY THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS) 6.00 pm Sung Eucharist (Consort of Voices) MASS Victoria Missa Alma redemptoris mater HYMNS 33, 181 READINGS Hebrews 2: 14-end; Luke 2: 22-40 PREACHER The Reverend James Crockford, Honorary Chaplain ANTHEM Eccard When to the temple Mary went; Palestrina Nunc dimittis VOLUNTARY Buxtehude Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin BuxWV 76
Truth, by which the world is held together, has sprung from the earth, in order to be carried in a woman’s arms. St Augustine FEBRUARY 2019
3 SUNDAY FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Walton Missa Brevis HYMNS 339, 44 (TN. 282), 401 READINGS Ezekiel 43: 27-44: 4; Luke 2: 22-40 PREACHER The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert, Fellows’ Chaplain ANTHEM Tallis O nata lux VOLUNTARY Dubois Fiat lux
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon RESPONSES Leighton READINGS 1 Chronicles 29: 6-19; John 4: 19-29a HYMNS 392, 484 CANTICLES Gabriel Jackson Truro Service PSALM 16 ANTHEM Jonathan Dove Ecce beatam lucem PREACHER The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, Honorary Assistant Bishop, Dicoese of London VOLUNTARY Franck Pièce héroïque
4 MONDAY GILBERT OF SEMPRINGHAM, 1189 8.15 am Morning Prayer
5 TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer PSALM 28 READINGS 1 Samuel 4: 12-end; Luke 1: 57-80 CANTICLE Plainsong The eyes of the Lord MAGNIFICAT Watson in F ANTHEM Howells My eyes for beauty pine ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave regina caelorum
6 WEDNESDAY MARTYRS OF JAPAN, 1597; ACCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 1952 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 32 READINGS Haggai 1: 1-11; Mark 1: 1-11 CANTICLES De Rore Magnificat primi toni Victoria Nunc dimittis tertii toni ANTHEM Byrd O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth, our Queen
FOURTH WEEK
7 THURSDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Smith PSALM 36 READINGS Isaiah 35; Matthew 11: 2-19 CANTICLES Ayleward Short Service ANTHEM Purcell Thy word is a lantern
8 FRIDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Tallis PSALM 41 READINGS 2 Samuel 11: 1-17; Matthew 14: 1-12 CANTICLE Grayston Ives A Song of Mercy and Truth MAGNIFICAT Dufay Quinti toni ANTHEM Tallis Derelinquat impius ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave regina caelorum
9 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) RESPONSES Paul Spicer PSALM 49 READINGS Isaiah 43: 15-21; Acts 19: 1-10 HYMN 398 (TN. 395) CANTICLES Howells Gloucester Service ANTHEM Harvey I love the Lord
Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy, for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts. Martin Luther FEBRUARY 2019
10 SUNDAY FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Howells Collegium Regale HYMNS 452, 305, 440 (OMIT *) READINGS Isaiah 6: 1-8; Luke 5: 1-11 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Mawby Ave verum corpus VOLUNTARY Vierne Hymne au Soleil Op. 53 No. 3
6.00 pm Choral Evensong INTROIT Howells I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills RESPONSES Leighton HYMNS 445, 413 READINGS Hosea 1; Matthew 5: 13-20 PSALMS 53, 54 CANTICLES Leighton Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense ANTHEM Philip Moore All wisdom cometh from the Lord VOLUNTARY Iain Farrington Prelude on the Old Hundredth
11 MONDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
12 TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (sung jointly by the Girl Choristers of Merton RESPONSES Plainsong College and the Choristers) READINGS Ruth 1: 1-18; 1 John 3: 14-end PSALM 65 CANTICLE Stainer Holy Father, cheer our way MAGNIFICAT Sumsion in G ANTHEM Berkeley O that I once past changing were ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave regina caelorum
13 WEDNESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Smith PSALM 69: 1-22 READINGS 1 Samuel 1: 19b-end; Luke 2: 41-end CANTICLES Tomkins Second Service ANTHEM Weelkes When David heard
FIFTH WEEK
14 THURSDAY CYRIL AND METHODIUS, 869 AND 885 8.15 am Morning Prayer VALENTINE, C. 269
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Stewart READINGS Genesis 47: 1-12; Ephesians 3: 14-end PSALM 74 CANTICLES Murrill in E ANTHEM Mendelssohn Verleih uns frieden
15 FRIDAY SIGFRID, 1045; THOMAS BRAY, 1730 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 77 READINGS 2 Samuel 1: 17-end; Romans 8: 28-end CANTICLE Plainsong O Christ who art the light and day MAGNIFICAT Philip Moore First Service ANTHEM Jeffreys In the midst of life ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave regina caelorum
9.00 pm Compline (Men’s Voices) MOTET Byrd Ave regina caelorum
16 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Sweelinck Qui au conseil PSALM 83 RESPONSES Byrd HYMN 374 READINGS Song of Solomon 2: 8-end; 1 Corinthians 13 CANTICLES Tavener Collegium regale ANTHEM Tallis Suscipe quaeso Domine
Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us - a crucified God - must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world. John Piper FEBRUARY 2019
17 SUNDAY SEPTUAGESIMA 11.00 am Sung Eucharist (Men’s Voices) MASS Plainsong Mass XI ‘Orbis factor’ HYMNS 341, 295, 436 READINGS Jeremiah 17: 5-10; Luke 6: 17-26 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Richard Lloyd Adoro te devote VOLUNTARY Mendelssohn Fugue from Sonata No. 2, Op. 65
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Richard Lloyd READINGS Wisdom 11: 21-12: 11; Matthew 5: 21-37 HYMNS 383, 206 CANTICLES Grayston Ives Magdalen Service PSALM 88 ANTHEM Wood View me, Lord, a work of thine PREACHER The Very Reverend Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford Cathedral VOLUNTARY Stanford Postlude on a theme of Orlando Gibbons (Song 22)
18 MONDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
19 TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
20 WEDNESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) RESPONSES Richard Shephard PSALM 104: 1-23 READINGS Isaiah 58: 6-end; Matthew 25: 31-end CANTICLES Mathias Jesus Service ANTHEM Cecilia MacDowall Ave regina caelorum
SIXTH WEEK
21 THURSDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 106: 1-12 READINGS Isaiah 42: 1-9; Luke 4: 14-21 CANTICLES Morley Short Service ANTHEM Tomkins Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven
22 FRIDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Richard Lloyd PSALM 109 READINGS Amos 5: 6-15; Ephesians 4: 25-end CANTICLE Plainsong Fast sinks the sun to rest MAGNIFICAT Macpherson in E ANTHEM Poulenc O mes très chers frères HYMN Liszt Ave maris stella
23 SATURDAY POLYCARP OF SMYRNA, C. 155 6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 115 READINGS Amos 5: 18-24; John 2: 13-22 HYMN 205 CANTICLES David Bevan Magnificat octavi toni Harry Baker Nunc dimittis [FIRST PERFORMANCE] ANTHEM Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it. Richard Rohr FEBRUARY & MARCH 2019
24 SUNDAY SEXAGESIMA 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Langlais Messe solennelle HYMNS 265, 307, 354 READINGS Genesis 2: 4b-9, 15-end; Luke 8: 22-25 PREACHER The Reverend Julia Baldwin, Chaplain of Brasenose College, Oxford ANTHEM Franck Panis angelicus VOLUNTARY Dupré Fugue in G minor Op. 7 No. 3
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Founder’s Prayers INTROIT Ford Almighty God, who hast me brought HYMNS 285, 466 RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 119: 17-32 READINGS Genesis 1: 1-2: 3; Hebrews 6: 13-20 CANTICLES Weelkes Service for Trebles ANTHEM Byrd Ne irascaris, Domine VOLUNTARY Bach (after Vivaldi) Allegro from Concerto in A minor BWV 593
25 MONDAY MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE 8.15 am Morning Prayer
26 TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Malcolm Archer PSALM 119: 161-end READINGS Isaiah 52: 1-10; Romans 10: 5-21 CANTICLE Bevan There’s a wideness in God’s mercy MAGNIFICAT John Harper Quarti toni ANTHEM Ireland Ex ore innocentium ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave regina caelorum
27 WEDNESDAY GEORGE HERBERT, 1633 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Leighton PSALMS 126, 127 READINGS Isaiah 52: 13-53: 6; Romans 15: 14-21 CANTICLES Stanford in G ANTHEM Grayston Ives Listen, sweet dove
SEVENTH WEEK
28 THURSDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Tomkins PSALMS 137, 138 READINGS Isaiah 53: 4-12; 2 Corinthians 4: 1-10 CANTICLES Gibbons Short Service ANTHEM Palestrina Improperium expectavit
MARCH 1 FRIDAY DAVID OF WALES, C. 601 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Richard Lloyd PSALM 6 READINGS Zechariah 8: 16-end; Matthew 10: 1-15 CANTICLE Plainsong He who bore witness by a good confession MAGNIFICAT Iain Farrington Blues Service ANTHEM Walker I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills HYMN Biebl Ave Maria
2 SATURDAY CHAD, 672 6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Byrd PSALM 12 READINGS Jeremiah 1: 4-10; Matthew 10: 16-22 HYMN 253 CANTICLES Hassler Magnificat quinti toni Schütz Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener ANTHEM Bach Lobet den Herrn
The Word they still shall let remain Nor any thanks have for it; He’s by our side upon the plain With His good gifts and Spirit. And take they our life, Goods, fame, child, and wife, Though these all be gone, Our vict’ry has been won; The Kingdom ours remaineth. Lutheran Service Book MARCH 2019
3 SUNDAY QUINQUAGESIMA 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Byrd Mass for Five Voices HYMNS 447, 404, 376 READINGS Exodus 34: 29-end; Luke 9: 28-36 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM Gesualdo Deus refugium et virtus VOLUNTARY Shostakovich Passacaglia from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Sermon and Founder’s Prayers RESPONSES Stewart HYMNS 365, 243 READINGS Exodus 3: 1-6; John 12: 27-36a PSALM 17 CANTICLES Sumsion in A ANTHEM Stanford Eternal Father PREACHER Professor Janet Soskice, Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge VOLUNTARY Mendelssohn Allegro maestoso e vivace from Sonata in B flat Op. 65 No. 4
4 MONDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
5 TUESDAY SHROVE TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Distribution of Claymond’s Dole INTROIT Poulenc Vinea mea electa RESPONSES Stewart PSALM 27 READINGS Judges 14: 5-17; Revelation 10: 4-11 HYMN 461 CANTICLES Grayston Ives Edington Service ANTHEM McKie We wait for thy loving kindness, O Lord VOLUNTARY Mathias Fanfare
6 WEDNESDAY ASH WEDNESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Sung Eucharist HYMNS 67, 70 MASS Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli READINGS Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17; Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21 PSALM Allegri Miserere ANTHEMS Croce In spiritu humilitatis Byrd Emendemus in melius VOLUNTARY Bach Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir BWV 686
EIGHTH AND NINTH WEEKS
7 THURSDAY PERPETUA, FELICITY AND COMPANIONS, 203 8.15 am Morning Prayer
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 36 READINGS Genesis 2: 7-end; Hebrews 2: 5-end CANTICLE Plainsong O kind creator, bow thine ear MAGNIFICAT Plainsong Septimi toni ANTHEM Boyce Examine me, O Lord ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave regina caelorum
8 FRIDAY EDWARD KING, 1910; FELIX, 647 8.15 am Morning Prayer GEOFFREY STUDDERT KENNEDY, 1929
6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Men’s Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 41 READINGS Genesis 4: 1-12; Hebrews 4: 12-end CANTICLE Plainsong Lent Prose NUNC DIMITTIS Victoria Tertii toni ANTHEM Josquin Tribulatio et angustia ANTIPHON Plainsong Ave regina caelorum
9 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (College Choir & Consort of Voices) INTROIT Schütz Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt PSALM 49 RESPONSES Radcliffe HYMN 458 READINGS 2 Kings 22: 11-end; Hebrews 5: 1-10 CANTICLES Gabrieli Magnificat à 12 Malcolm Nunc dimittis tertii toni ANTHEM Gorecki Totus tuus VOLUNTARY Bach Prelude in E minor BWV 548
16 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong before the Benefactors’ Gaudy INTROIT Walton A Litany PSALM 84 RESPONSES Stewart HYMN 472 READINGS Genesis 32: 22-32; 2 Peter 1: 10-end CANTICLES Herbert Howells Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense ANTHEM Harris Bring us, O Lord God VOLUNTARY Howells Paean
We brought nothing into this world, neither may we carry anything out of this world. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Even as it pleased the Lord, so come things to pass: blessed be the name of the Lord. 1 Timothy 6 & Job 1 MARCH & APRIL 2019
23 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong before the Gaudy (1986-88) INTROIT Poulenc Vinea mea electa PSALM 114 RESPONSES Tomkins HYMN 458 READINGS Exodus 19: 9b-19; Acts 7: 44-50 CANTICLES Leighton Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense ANTHEM Bach O Jesu Christ, meins lebens Licht VOLUNTARY Bach Toccata in D minor BWV 538
30 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (sung by the Alleyn Singers) INTROIT Sheppard In manus tuas PSALMS 147, 148, 149, 150 RESPONSES Rose HYMN 253 READINGS Isaiah 43: 14-end; Hebrews 3: 1-15 CANTICLES Howells St Paul’s Service ANTHEM Mendelssohn Hear my prayer
APRIL 18 THURSDAY MAUNDY THURSDAY 6.00 pm Sung Eucharist with washing of feet MASS Poulenc Messe en Sol majeur HYMNS 79 (TUNE 128 ii), 280, 86 READINGS Exodus 12: 1-4; John 13: 1-17, 31b-35 ANTHEMS Edmund Jolliffe Ubi caritas Lotti Crucifixus etiam pro nobis VOLUNTARY Langlais Bells
19 FRIDAY GOOD FRIDAY 12.00 pm The Good Friday Liturgy (Men’s Voices) GOSPEL Victoria The Passion according to St John PSALM 22: 1-21 ANTHEMS Tallis The Lamentations of Jeremiah
21 SUNDAY EASTER DAY 11.00 am Festal Sung Eucharist MASS Langlais Messe solennelle HYMNS 110, 117, 120 READINGS Acts 10: 34-43; John 20: 1-18 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity ANTHEMS Ned Rorem Sing, my soul, his wondrous love Handel Hallelujah! VOLUNTARY Dupré Prelude & Fugue in B major Op. 7 No. 1
REGULAR CHORAL SERVICES IN THE TRINITY TERM WILL RESUME ON SUNDAY 28TH APRIL 2019 AT 11.00 AM WITH THE UNIVERSITY SERMON FOR ST MARK’S DAY.
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