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January and February 2017

WELCOME

And so it continued both day and night It is for many, a source of regret that as soon as the angels sing, ‘Glory to God in the highest’, the term ends and with it, . In fact the Christmas season ends on February 2, with the celebration of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or Candlemas, and the themes of light from darkness, of God with us and the joy of sharing in the life of God are reflected in the liturgy and music of the season, together with a new understanding of what humanity’s new dignity means for all of us.

We hope very much that you will join us when you can.

The Reverend Nicholas Jepson-Biddle,

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

CANONS IN RESIDENCE Month January 1 – 7: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Month January 8 – 14: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Month January 15 – 28: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Month January 29 – February 4: The Very Reverend Dr , Month February 5 – 11: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Month February 12 – 18: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean Month February 19 – 25: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Month February 26 – March 4: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean

WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR The Cathedral’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, 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 834213 or email [email protected]

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

CONTACT DETAILS FOR WELLS CATHEDRAL Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Green, Wells, BA5 2UE t: 01749 674483 e: [email protected] w: www.wellscathedral.org.uk DECEMBER 2016

25 SUNDAY: CHRISTMAS DAY

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION ()

9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral) 30, CP 44 (vv 1, 2, 5), 33, 25 J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge C-dur, BWV 545 Haydn Missa Sancti Nicolai Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean Communion Proper: Viderunt omnes fines terrae Watkinson Christmas Prelude on ‘Divinum Mysterium’ English Traditional, arr. Sans Day Carol Czech Traditional, arr. Sargent Zither Carol Mulet Carillon Sortie

11.30 a.m. (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas and Responses Proper Psalm 110 Stanford and in B flat Hymns 39, 26 Matthew Owens The holly and the ivy Nathan James Dearden Vom Himmel hoch

The Cathedral Choir is on vacation following Matins, and resumes singing services on Monday 9 January, 2017

3.00 p.m. EVENING PRAYER (Vicars’ Close Chapel) ______

26 MONDAY: Stephen, deacon, first martyr

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

3.00 p.m. EVENING PRAYER (Vicars’ Close Chapel) ______

27 TUESDAY

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

DECEMBER

28 WEDNESDAY: The Holy Innocents

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

29 THURSDAY: , archbishop, martyr, 1170

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

30 FRIDAY

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

31 SATURDAY

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Radcliffe Preces and Responses Psalms 149, 150 Parry Evening Service in D 38, 21 Walford Davies O little town of Bethlehem

JANUARY 2017

01 SUNDAY: NAMING AND CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 374, 40, CP 67, CP 81 Tambling Festmesse Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Javi Busto O magnum mysterium

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Radcliffe Preces and Responses Psalm 92 Marchant Te Deum Hymns 37, 385 Arthur Wills Jubilate Deo Britten A New Year Carol

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Radcliffe Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 115 Walford Davies Evening Service in G Hymns 19 (t. ii), 332 Christine Willoughby Exultemus! Preacher: The Reverend Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean ______

2 MONDAY: Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, bishops, teachers of the faith, 379 and 389

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

3 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

JANUARY

4 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

5 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

6 FRIDAY: EPIPHANY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Wood Communion Service in F Hymns 50 (t. 363), 52 Peter Naylor Eastern Monarchs ______

7 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Walmisley Evening Service in B flat Hymns 47, 51 Morten Lauridsen O nata lux

JANUARY

8 SUNDAY: THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 52, CP 93, 373 (Coe Fen), 486 Francis Jackson Communion Service in D Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Philip Stopford Lully, lulla, lullay

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 39 Marchant Te Deum in G Hymns 317, 425 Boyce Jubilate Deo in C Rutter Dormi Jesu

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 46 Sumsion Evening Service in G Hymns 48, 114 Bob Chilcott Mid-winter Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean ______

9 MONDAY Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

The Cathedral Choir resumes singing services after its Christmas vacation

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalms 47, 48, 49 John Bertalot Fauxbourdon Service Cornelius The Three Kings ______

10 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55 Francis Jackson Evening Service in G minor The Star Song

JANUARY

11 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Preces and Responses Psalms 59, 60, 61 Victoria septimi toni Tone VII Nunc dimittis Josquin Desprez Praeter rerum seriem ______

12 THURSDAY: Aelred, abbot, 1167

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Peter Dyke ( Cathedral)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalms 65, 66, 67 Grayston Ives Edington Service Thomas Hewitt Jones What child is this? ______

13 FRIDAY: Hilary, bishop, teacher of the faith, 367

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Preces and Responses Psalms 69, 70 Tone I Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Walford Davies The Lamb

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Tallis Voices ______

14 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

5.15 p.m. IN TERRA PAX: A SEQUENCE OF MUSIC AND READINGS FOR EPIPHANY (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Finzi In terra pax Polish traditional, arr. Rubbra Infant holy Howells Here is the little door

JANUARY

15 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Duruflé Prélude sur l’ de l’Épiphanie, Op. 13 Hymns 352, CP 470, 56, 476 Berkeley Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Communion Proper: Laetabimur in salutari tuo Peeters Chorale Prelude on ‘Stuttgart’ Tavener The Lamb Messiaen Apparition de l'église éternelle

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 75 Mathias Festival Te Deum; Jubilate Deo Hymns 393, 431 Jonathan Dove The Star Song Mathias Jubilate, Op. 67, no. 2

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG with the Commemoration of Bishop Bekynton (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 78 vv 1-17 Stanford Evening Service in B flat Hymns 51, 244 Crotch Lo! Star-led chiefs Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader Lefébure-Wély Fugue, Op. 122, No. 6

4.30 p.m. ORGAN RECITAL: Messiaen Meditation (I) – La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of Our Lord), Matthew Owens ______

16 MONDAY verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 Batten Fourth Service Marenzio Tribus miraculis ______

17 TUESDAY: Antony of Egypt, hermit, abbot, 356

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 89 Schütz Ein deutsches Magnificat Tone VI Nunc dimittis Hassler Tribus miraculis

JANUARY

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January

18 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 Psalms 93, 94 John Madden Evening Service for men’s voices John Joubert When Christ was born of Mary free ______

19 THURSDAY: , bishop, 1095

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101 Judith Bingham Edington Service Judith Bingham Epiphany ______

20 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. CHORAL (sung by the Monks and Schola Cantorum of Downside Abbey, as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) ______

21 SATURDAY: Agnes, child martyr, 304

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 106 Dyson Evening Service in D Hymns 48, 437 Mendelssohn When Jesus our Lord

JANUARY

22 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Pachelbel Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern Hymns CP 418, 324, 353, CP 591 Tye Missa Euge bone Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Communion Proper: Venite post me: piscatores hominem J.S. Bach Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 722 & BWV 697 Gibbons See, see the word is incarnate J.S. Bach Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers) Stuart Beer Preces and Responses Psalm 107 vv 1-15 Stuart Beer and Benedictus Hymns 49 (t. i), 427 (first performance) Wood, arr. Oxley Mater ora filium Matthew Owens Prelude on ‘Wessex’

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalms 108, 109 Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service Hymns 256, 346 Malcolm Archer Brightest and best Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Reger Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, Op. 67, No. 49

The Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral are singing Choral Evensong at Downside Abbey at 3.00 p.m., as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ______

23 MONDAY Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 114, 115 Purcell Evening Service in B flat Gibbons Almighty and everlasting God ______

24 TUESDAY: Francis de Sales, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1622

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-32 Byrd Short Service Palestrina Magnus Paulus

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School JANUARY

25 WEDNESDAY: Conversion of Paul

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Walsh Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 119 vv 41-56 Michael Walsh Carlisle Service Hymn 155 David Briggs Holy is the true light

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School ______

26 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS, RECITAL 13: Matthew Owens

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176 Howells Dallas Service Paul Edwards No small wonder

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Opus Anglicanum ______

27 FRIDAY: Holocaust Memorial Day

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128, 129, Tone II Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 130, 131 Jonathan Wilkey The Lord is my shepherd

7.30 p.m. SOUL SOUNDINGS EVENT ______

28 SATURDAY: Thomas Aquinas, priest, philosopher, teacher of the faith, 1274

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138 Sir James MacMillan Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Hymns 349, 396 Sir James MacMillan Serenity

JANUARY

29 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral, with Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir) Graham Fitkin Wedding Hymns 377, SP 309, 333, CP 572 Owain Park St Andrew’s Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Beati mundo corde Widor Adagio (Symphonie V, Op. 42, No. 1) Richard Allain Cana’s guest Widor Toccata (Symphonie V, Op. 42, No. 1)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 140 Weelkes Te Deum (First Service) and Hymns 391, 408 (t. i) Jubilate Deo (Eighth Service) Hassler Tribus miraculis Blow and Purcell Trumpet Voluntary in D

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 142, 143 Wood Collegium Regale Hymns 372, 376 Ouseley From the rising of the sun Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor S.S. Wesley Andante in G (Six Pieces, No. 4) ______

30 MONDAY: Charles, king and martyr, 1649 Cantoris verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148 Tomkins Fourth Service Victoria Iste sanctus ______

31 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral, with Wells Cathedral Song Squad) Preces and Responses Psalms 149, 150 Stanford Evening Service in G John Barnard If God is building when we build

FEBRUARY

1 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 6, 7, 8 Gombert Magnificat primi toni Hymn 157 Tone 1 Nunc dimittis Gombert Ave Maria

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: MINIMALISTS AND MYSTICS – The music of Arvo Pärt, Howard Skempton, and James MacMillan ______

2 THURSDAY: Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Wells Cathedral School

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 33, 338 Mozart Missa Brevis ‘Orgel-solo Messe’, K. 259 Communion Proper: Responsum accepit Simeon a Spiritu Sancto J.S. Bach Meine Seele erhebt den Herren: Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733

7.30 p.m. SCHOOL CANDLEMAS EUCHARIST ______

3 FRIDAY: Anskar, archbishop, missionary, 865

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 18 Tone III Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Dupré Ave Maria ______

4 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

2.00 p.m. SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalms 22, 23 David Terry Fauxbourdon Service Hymns 414, 387 Berkeley

FEBRUARY

5 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Mendelssohn Allegretto (Sonata in B flat, Op. 65) Hymns 356, SP 301, 355, CP 508 (t. 507) Rheinberger Mass for double choir in E flat, ‘Cantus Missae’, Op. 109 Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Communion Proper: Introibo ad altare Dei Mendelssohn Andante religioso (Sonata in B flat, Op. 65) Henschel Tantum ergo sacramentum Mendelssohn Allegro con brio (Sonata in B flat, Op. 65)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 24 Ireland Te Deum and Benedictus in F Hymns 464, 434 Stanford O for a closer walk with God Lefébure-Wély Andante, Op. 122, No. 5

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 27 Byrd Second Service Hymns 466, 424 Parsons Ave Maria Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Byrd A Fancy ______

6 MONDAY: Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 32, 33, 34 Blow Short Service Byrd O Lord, grant thy servant Elizabeth ______

7 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Gary Davison Wessex Service Gary Davison Awake, my soul (second performance)

FEBRUARY

8 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER The Cathedral Choir is recording this evening ______

9 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Gary Davison (St Francis Episcopal Church, Potomac, Maryland, USA)

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER The Cathedral Choir is recording this evening ______

10 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

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

11 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

The Cathedral Choir is on half-term vacation from today, and resumes singing services on Sunday 19 February

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Spedding Preces and Responses Psalms 59, 60, 61 Noble Evening Service in A minor Hymns 463 (t. ii), 471 Darke O gladsome light

FEBRUARY

12 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns CP 424, 341, SP 245, 439 (t. i) Michael Cockerham A Norway Mass Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean Arcadelt Ave Maria

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Spedding Preces and Responses Psalms 63 Christine Willoughby Te Deum Hymns 394, 265 George Odam Jubilate Deo Gibbons O clap your hands together

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Spedding Preces and Responses Psalm 67 Wood Evening Service in E flat, No. 2 Hymns 357, 381 John Joubert O Lorde, the maker of al thing Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar ______

13 MONDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Choir of St Mary’s Parish Church, Wimbledon) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 69 vv 1-12 Howells Gloucester Service Hadley My Beloved spake ______

14 TUESDAY: Cyril and Methodius, missionaries, 596 and 865

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

FEBRUARY

15 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Roman Rudnytsky (pianist)

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______

16 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 Murrill Evening Service in E Whitlock Be still, my soul ______

17 FRIDAY: Janani Luwum, archbishop, martyr, 1977

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Choir of St John’s Parish Church, Glastonbury) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 89 vv 1-19 Walmisley Evening Service in D Howells Like as the hart ______

18 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (RSCM Voices) Reading Preces and Responses Psalm 93 Humfrey Evening Service in E minor Hymns 336, 351 Byrd Exsurge Domine

FEBRUARY

19 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

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

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Vicars Choral) Alain Choral Dorien Hymns 494 (t. 413), 137, CP 393, CP 253 Duruflé Messe ‘cum jubilo’ Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Communion Proper: Narrabo omnia mirabilia tua Alain Choral Phrygien Diepenbrock Tantum ergo sacramentum Duruflé Prélude (Suite pour orgue, Op. 5, i)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Vicars Choral) Jeremy Woodside Preces and Responses Gary Davison The Wells Service Hymns 232, 499 Harris Behold now, praise the Lord Peeters Festival Toccata

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 98 Mundy Evening Service ‘in four parts’ Hymns 295, 452 White The Lord bless us and keep us Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge c-moll, BWV 549 ______

20 MONDAY Cantoris verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 104 Tomkins Fifth Service Jeffries Praise the Lord, ye servants ______

21 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 106 Ayleward Short Service J.S. Bach O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens licht, BWV 118

FEBRUARY

22 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Grayston Ives Preces and Responses Psalms 108, 109 Grayston Ives Magdalen Service Grayston Ives In pace ______

23 THURSDAY Polycarp, bishop, martyr, c. 155

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalms 114, 115 Leighton Second Service Leighton The souls of the righteous (from ‘A Sequence for All ’) ______

24 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Owain Park Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-32 Tone IV Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Harvey The Tree ______

25 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 73-104 Finzi Magnificat Hymns 456, 458 Holst Nunc dimittis Finzi My lovely one

FEBRUARY

26 SUNDAY: THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) de Heredia Tiento de 4o tono de falsas Hymns CP 395, 368, 401, 339 Victoria Missa ‘O quam gloriosum’ Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Primum quaerite regnum Dei Anon. (Spanish, 17th century) Obra de falsas cromáticas de I o tono Victoria Quicumque Christum quaeritis Buxtehude Toccata F-dur, BuxWV 157

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 105-120 Britten Festival Te Deum Hymns 234 (t. ii), 255 Britten Jubilate Deo in E flat Tippett Steal away (from ‘Five Negro Spirituals’) Grayston Ives Intrada

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-160 Purcell Evening Service in G minor Hymns 360, 272 Purcell Thou knowest, Lord Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Purcell Voluntary in G ______

27 MONDAY: George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633 Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128, 129, Moeran Evening Service in D 130, 131 Vaughan Williams (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’) ______

28 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138 Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni Josquin Desprez Nunc dimittis Victoria Jesu, dulcis memoria

MARCH

1 WEDNESDAY: ASH WEDNEDSAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION with the Imposition of Ashes

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST with the Imposition of Ashes (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Mass for four voices Hymns 67, CP 133 (t. 412) Allegri mei Communion Proper: Qui meditabitur in lege Domine die ac nocte Tallis In ieiunio et fletu ______

2 THURSDAY: Chad, bishop, missionary, 672

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Preces and Responses Psalms 12, 13, 14 Paul Spicer Service Gabriel Jackson Ah, mine heart ______

3 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.05 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalm 18 Tone IV Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Sarah MacDonald Miserere mei ______

4 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 22, 23 Matthew Owens Fauxbourdon Service Hymns 379, 476 Dering O bone Jesu

President: Lord Michael Berkeley, CBE 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 tenth year, Cathedral Commissions has commissioned new works by some of the UK’s finest composers: Richard Allain, Michael Berkeley CBE, Judith Bingham, Jonathan Dove, Gabriel Jackson, John Joubert, Sir James MacMillan, Sir , Tarik O’Regan, Howard Skempton, Sir , and Judith Weir CBE.

We are accepting donations for our 2017 and 2018 commissions, by Howard Skempton and Thea Musgrave, respectively. 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, Cathedral Commissions Administrator a: Wells Cathedral Music Office, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 832204 e: [email protected] ‘probably the fnest English cathedral choir at the moment’ Gramophone Magazine

Boys have sung in Wells Cathedral for over 1100 years; girls began in 1994. Day by day, 18 boys and 18 girls sing in their own treble lines with the men – the 12 Vicars Choral. Tey often come together for major feast days, concerts, tours, and other special events to perform as Te Great Choir. Te Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust has been providing bursaries to support choristers’ education since 2000, recognizing that singing in a cathedral choir is the best foundation for children with musical gifts. Professional performers and composers from all branches of classical and popular music acknowledge their debt to the early routine of daily singing to the highest standards. Britain’s reputation as a musical nation is, in no small part, due to this great choral tradition and the formative experience it gives to talented youngsters. With the support of its Royal Patron, HRH Te Countess of Wessex, the Trust is determined that no child with musical talent should miss out on these opportunities for fnancial reasons. Te Trust’s aim is to raise enough money to fund all thirty-six choristers. Tis is some way of, and it needs your support for our appeal to help us reach this goal. Te Trust’s website has more information and provides an opportunity to make a donation. Please visit it as soon as you can: www.wcct.co.uk

Royal Patron: HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO Registered charity no. 1098277

RECENT RELEASE FROM WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR

Featuring the world premiere recording of Missa Wellensis and the Preces and Responses (both written for Wells Cathedral Choir in 2013) alongside other choral works of Tavener, including his world-famous Song for Athene

“[A] fervently committed performance by the Wells Cathedral Choir… thrilling attack… resplendent tutti singing… and the searching unison lines… all betoken expert preparation and genuine identification with the music. A moving programme, devotedly sung and sensitively directed by Matthew Owens.” (BBC Music Magazine, November 2016)

COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CATHEDRAL SHOP

www.wellscathedral.org.uk