Services and Music List
March and April 2018
WELCOME Much of our attention, both in Church and in the world, is given to what is extraordinary; to anything which is unusual or which stands out. The daily round of prayer and praise at the Cathedral reminds us that our access to God, and our privilege to begin and end each day begun and ended in God – is far from ordinary. The gold of word and sacrament is supported here at Wells through sensitively chosen and performed music, which for many, is the very ‘language of God.’ It enables us to reflect our world and its triumphs and tribulations back to God creatively and so to experience our share in the divine life.
We hope very much that you will 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.
IN RESIDENCE February 25 – March 3: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean March 4 – 10: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor March 11 – 17: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor March 18 – 24: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells March 25 – 31: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor April 1 – 7: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor April 8 – 14: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean April 15 – 21: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor April 22 – 28: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor April 29 – May 5: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean
WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR 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 Wells Cathedral 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]
USE OF INCENSE At certain services throughout the year, incense is used to enhance the festal nature of the day. These services are marked with an asterisk (*).
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, Somerset, BA5 2UE. t: 01749 674483 e: [email protected] w: wellscathedral.org.uk FEBRUARY
25 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Langlais Prélude Modal, Op. 6, i Hymns CP 386, SP 265, 439, 476 Langlais Messe solennelle Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Visionem quam vidistis Langlais Ricercare, Op. 6, viii Duruflé Tantum ergo sacramentum Leighton Prelude, Op. 41, i
11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayelward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 33-48 Purcell Benedicite and Benedictus in B flat Hymns 393, 333 Purcell Thou knowest, Lord Purcell Voluntary in D minor, Z718
3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 89-104 Gibbons Second Service Hymns 477, 440 (omit *) Tallis In ieiunio et fletu Preacher: Professor Joy Carter, Vice Chancellor of Winchester University de Grigny Récit de tierce en taille (Premier Livre d’Orgue) ______
26 MONDAY Decani verses
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176 Gabriel Jackson Truro Service Gabriel Jackson A prayer of King Henry VI ______
27 TUESDAY: George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128 Tallis Fauxbourdon Service 129, 130, 131 Farrant/Hilton Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake
FEBRUARY/MARCH
28 WEDNESDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138 Gombert Magnificat quarti toni Tone IV Nunc dimittis Tomkins Turn unto the Lord ______
1 THURSDAY: David, bishop, patron of Wales, c. 601
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Owain Park (London)
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Bullock Preces and Responses Psalms 6, 7, 8 Rupert Gough Fauxbourdon Service Harris Holy is the true light ______
2 FRIDAY: Chad, bishop, missionary, 672
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.05 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______
3 SATURDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 18 vv 1-6 Wise Evening Service in F Hymns 74, 244 S.S. Wesley Wash me throughly Stanley Voluntary in C major, Op. 5 MARCH
4 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral), attended by Wells Cathedral School Arvo Pärt Trivium Hymns 216 (t. 433), SP 35 (t. ii), 333, 437 Judith Bingham Missa Brevis ‘Awake my soul’ Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Communion Proper: Passer invenit sibi domum Per Nørgård I (Canon) Sir James MacMillan CBE Give me justice Britten Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria
11.30 a.m. MATINS (Vicars Choral) Bullock Preces and Responses Psalm 20 William Drakett Benedicite omnia opera Hymns 234, 94 and Benedictus (Wells Service) Lloyd Lord, teach us to number our days Vierne Allegro Vivace (Première Symphonie, Op. 14, iv)
3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 23 Schütz Ein Deutsches Magnificat Hymns 414, CP 466 Josquin Desprez Nunc dimittis Palestrina Sicut cervus Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean J.S. Bach Präludium b-moll, BWV 544, i ______
5 MONDAY Cantoris verses
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Howard Skempton Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29 Howard Skempton The Wells Service Howard Skempton O Saviour of the world ______
6 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) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 32, 33, 34 Cooper Fauxbourdon Service Leighton Drop, drop slow tears
MARCH
7 WEDNESDAY: Perpetua, Felicity and companions, martyrs, 203
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Morley Fauxbourdon Service Parsley Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae ______
8 THURSDAY: Edward King, bishop, 1910
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 41, 42, 43 Farrant Evening Service in A minor Farrant Call to remembrance, O Lord ______
9 FRIDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.05 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER
7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Early Music Wells – Gesualdo and Victoria ______
10 SATURDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55 Blair Evening Service in B minor Hymns 394, 74 Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen Schumann Langsam (Sechs Fugen über BACH, Op. 60, No 1)
MARCH
11 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday)
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Brahms Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122, x Hymns CP 499, CP 305, CP 598 (t. i), 186 Brahms Missa canonica, WoO18 Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Ierusalem quae aedificatur Brahms Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, Op. 122, v Bruckner Christus factus est Brahms Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122, ix
11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 56 Harris Benedicite omni opera Hymns 238, 424 Stanford Benedictus in A John Rutter Open thou mine eyes Stanford Postlude in G, Op. 105, Set 2, ii
3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 61 Soriano Magnificat primi toni Tone I Nunc dimittis Hymns 379, 252 Lobo Versa est in luctum Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Rossi Toccata Settima ______
12 MONDAY Decani verses
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
10.30 a.m. OPEN DOOR SERVICE (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir)
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 65, 66, 67 Gombert Magnificat sexti toni Tone VI Nunc dimittis Tomkins Out of the deep have I called unto thee ______
13 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 Psalms 69, 70 Blow Evening Service in the Dorian Mode Gibbons O Lord, in they wrath
7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Millfield Festival Chorus MARCH
14 WEDNESDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 73, 74 Weelkes Short Service Mundy Have mercy on me, O Lord ______
15 THURSDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS
1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS RECITAL 20: Matthew Owens
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 78 Wood Evening Service in G for double choir Brahms Ach, arme Welt ______
16 FRIDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.05 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 84, 85 Tone V Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Matthew Owens Miserere mei, Deus ______
17 SATURDAY: Patrick, bishop, missionary, patron of Ireland, c.460
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 89 Stanford Evening Service in C Hymns 472 (t. ii), 335 Stanford Beati quorum via Stanford Marcia Eroica (Four Intermezzi, Op. 189, No. 2)
MARCH
18 SUNDAY: THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Scheidemann Praeambulum d-moll, WV 33 Hymns 294, 84, SP 39, CP 54 Byrd Mass for four voices Preacher: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Communion Proper: Qui mihi ministrat Buxtehude Vater unser in Himmelreich, BuxWV 219 Tallis Salvator mundi Bruhns Präludium e-moll (‘Kleines’)
Please note the earlier starting time of this service
11.30 a.m. LEGAL SERVICE (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 92 Elgar Te Deum and Benedictus Hymns 368, 467 Bruckner Os justi Preacher: The Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Vierne Allegro Maestoso (Troisième Symphonie, Op. 28, i)
3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 93 Tomkins Fifth Service Hymns 63, 410 Palestrina Veritas mea Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Professor David Thomas, Birmingham University and Canon Theologian, Wells Cathedral Buxtehude Präludium g-moll, BuxWV 149 ______
19 MONDAY: Joseph of Nazareth Cantoris verses
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Alain Lamento, JA 14 Hymns 160 (t. 190, ii), 231 Martin Messe pour double chœur a cappella Communion Proper: Ioseph, fili David Demessieux Ubi Caritas (Ricercare) Duruflé Scherzo, Op. 2 ______
20 TUESDAY: Cuthbert, bishop, missionary, 687
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tavener Preces and Responses Psalm 104 John Bertalot Fauxbourdon Service Tavener Ikon of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne MARCH
21 WEDNESDAY: Thomas Cranmer, archbishop, Reformation martyr, 1556
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 106 Tallis Service in the Dorian Mode Victoria Iste sanctus pro lege sui Dei ______
22 THURSDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Morley Preces and Responses Psalms 108, 109 Morley Short Service Morley Thou knowest, Lord ______
23 FRIDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.05 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______
24 SATURDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Eustachius Parish Church, Tavistock) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-16 Sumsion Evening Service in G Hymns 431, 75 Greene Lord, let me know mine end
7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society – Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Rutter Gloria, Copland Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man
MARCH
25 SUNDAY: PALM SUNDAY
7.30 a.m. MATINS
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST * (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) J.S. Bach Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 735 Hymns 509, 511, 86, 95 Stuart Beer Psalm 24 Palestrina Missa Brevis Passion Gospel: Lassus St Mark Passion Communion Proper: Pater, si non potest hic calix transire Frescobaldi Ricercar sesto Victoria Pueri Hebraeorum J.S. Bach Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736
3.00 p.m. ST LUKE PASSION (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral) A devotional performance of Philip Moore’s St Luke Passion (first performance), commissioned by Cathedral Commissions of Wells Cathedral, with support from The Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust and the Vernon Ellis Foundation ______
26 MONDAY: Monday of Holy Week Decani verses
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.30 p.m. MEDITATIVE EVENT FOR HOLY WEEK
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Decani Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 25 Tone I Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Tallis Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae (I) ______
27 TUESDAY: Tuesday of Holy Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
10.00 a.m. BLESSING OF THE OILS
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)
12.30 p.m. MEDITATIVE EVENT FOR HOLY WEEK
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Cantoris Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 55 vv 13-24 Tone II Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Tallis Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae (II)
MARCH
28 WEDNESDAY: Wednesday of Holy Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
12.30 p.m. MEDITATIVE EVENT FOR HOLY WEEK
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 88 Tone III Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Brumel Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae ______
29 THURSDAY: MAUNDY THURSDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
10.15 a.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL END OF TERM SERVICE
12.30 p.m. MEDITATIVE EVENT FOR HOLY WEEK
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER
7.30 p.m. EUCHARIST OF THE LAST SUPPER * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Messiaen Le Banquet céleste Hymns CP 133 (t. 412), CP 130, 410 Berkeley Missa Brevis Psalms 22, 88 Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor; Franck Panis angelicus Preacher: The Reverened Malcolm Guite, Bye-Fellow and Chaplain, Girton College, Cambridge Communion Proper: Hoc corpus, quod pro vobis tradetur ______
30 FRIDAY: GOOD FRIDAY
10.00 a.m. CHORAL MATINS (Vicars Choral) Victoria Tamquam ad latronum Proper Psalm 69 Victoria Tenebrae factae sunt; Jesum tradidit impius
12.00 p.m. THREE HOURS DEVOTION * (final hour with Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral) Preacher: The Reverened Malcolm Guite, Bye-Fellow and Chaplain, Girton College, Cambridge Stuart Beer The Reproaches (first performance); Lotti Crucifixus; Walton A Litany
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER
7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Bath Camerata – Music for Good Friday ______
31 SATURDAY: EASTER EVE
8.00 a.m. MATINS
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER
9.00 p.m. EASTER VIGIL * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) APRIL
1 SUNDAY: EASTER DAY
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST * (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral) J.S. Bach 'Gigue' Fuge G-dur, BWV 577 Hymns 124, CP 156, 271, 120 Mozart Krönungs-Messe, K. 317 Preacher: The Right Reverend Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells Communion Proper: Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus J.S. Bach Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 Handel Hallelujah Chorus (from ‘Messiah’) Gigout Grand Choeur Diologue
Please note the earlier starting time of this service
11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Hymns 119 (t. 107), CP 149 Malcolm Archer Easter Anthems Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat Hadley My beloved spake Howells Saraband for the morning of Easter
3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 66 vv 1-11 Howells The Dallas Service Hymns 110, 103 Matthew Owens This joyful Eastertide Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Tournemire Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae Paschali laudes’
Following Evensong, the Cathedral Choir is on vacation until Monday 23 April ______
2 MONDAY: Monday of Easter Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER Proper Psalm 135 ______
3 TUESDAY: Tuesday of Easter Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER Proper Psalm 136
APRIL
4 WEDNESDAY: Wednesday of Easter Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER Proper Psalm 105 ______
5 THURSDAY: Thursday of Easter Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Ebdon Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 106 Wood Evening Service in E flat, No.1 Palestrina Exultate Deo ______
6 FRIDAY: Friday of Easter Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Andrew’s Parish Church, Cheddar) Ferial Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 107 Shera Evening Service in C Bob Chilcott Jesus springing ______
7 SATURDAY: Saturday of Easter Week
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12 noon RENEWAL OF WEDDING VOWS (Lady Chapel)
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Martin Neary Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 145 David Fawcett Evening Service in G Hymns 102, 112 Byrd Laudibus in sanctis J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge G-dur, BWV 550
7.00 p.m. CONCERT: The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
APRIL
8 SUNDAY: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 105 (t. ii), 113, 498, 116 Wood Mass in F Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor de Séverac Tantum ergo sacramentum
11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Martin Neary Preces and Responses Psalm 39 Dyson Te Deum and Benedictus in F Hymns 118, 239 Byrd Haec dies
3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Martin Neary Preces and Responses Psalms 42, 43 Michael Cockerham Evening Service in A flat Hymns 117, 361 John Rutter CBE Christ the Lord is risen again Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor ______
9 MONDAY: ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (transferred)
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: ‘The Journey’
5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Choir of St John’s Parish Church, Glastonbury) Hymns 185, 33 Sumsion Communion Service in F Rachmaninov Ave Maria Messiaen Joie et clarte des Corps glorieux ______
10 TUESDAY: William Law, priest, spiritual writer, 1761
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER
APRIL
11 WEDNESDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______
12 THURSDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Jeremy Cole (Wells Cathedral) ) 5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sanders Preces and Responses Psalms 65, 66, 67 Sumsion Evening Service in A Christopher Alexander Teach us, good Lord ______
13 FRIDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Senior Chamber Choir of Francis Holland School, London) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 69 vv 1-12 Malcolm Archer Salisbury Service Bob Chilcott Psalm 150 ______
14 SATURDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The St John Singers) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 73 vv 1-14 Noble Evening Service in A minor Hymns 368, 265 Simon Lindley Now the green blade riseth
APRIL
15 SUNDAY: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (The St John Singers) Hymns CP 152, 443, 296 (t. i), 486 Palestrina Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Professor David Thomas, Birmingham University and Canon Theologian, Wells Cathedral Howells O salutaris
11.30 a.m. MATINS (The St John Singers) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 75 Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat Hymns 115, 399 Stanford Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (The St John Singers) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalms 78 vv 1- 17 S.S. Wesley Evening Service in E Hymns 349, 101 (t.ii omit *) Wood Hail, gladdening light Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vcar ______
16 MONDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______
17 TUESDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of Colyton Grammar School, Devon) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 89 vv 1-19 Willan Evening Service in E flat Wood O thou, the central orb
APRIL
18 WEDNESDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER ______
19 THURSDAY: Alphege, archbishop, martyr, 1012
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Reading Preces and Responses Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101 Rootham Evening Service in E minor McKie We wait for thy loving kindness ______
20 FRIDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of King’s School, Bruton) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 104 vv 1-23 Sumsion Evening Service in G Sumsion They that go down to the sea in ships ______
21 SATURDAY: Anselm, abbot, archbishop, teacher of the faith, 1109
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Clent Consort) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 106 vv 1-12 Gibbons Short Service Hymns 456, 437 Hassler Cantate Domino
APRIL
22 SUNDAY: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Clent Consort) Hymns 205, 282, 458, 463 Stanford Coronation Gloria in B flat Stanford Communion Service in F Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Hassler Quia vidisti me, Thoma Schmidt Toccata in C major
11.30 a.m. MATINS (Clent Consort) Radcliffe Preces and Responses Psalm 107 vv 1-15 Ireland Te Deum in F Hymns 255, 374 Britten Jubilate Deo in C Harris Holy is the true light
3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Clent Consort) Aston Preces and Responses Psalm 108 Stanford Evening Service in F Hymns 390, 463 Gabrieli Maria Magdalene Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean ______
23 MONDAY: George, martyr, patron of England, c. 304
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY Cantoris verses
The Cathedral Choir returns from its Easter vacation
5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Stanford Andante Hymns 478, 432 Howells Communion Service ‘Collegium Regale’ Communion Proper: Laetabitur justus in Domino Alcock Rather slowly Stanford Justorum animae Howells Paean (Six Pieces for Organ, vi) ______
24 TUESDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-32 Philip Moore Third Service Bullock Give us the wings of faith
APRIL
25 WEDNESDAY: Mark the Evangelist
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 45 Lassus Magnificat Primi toni ‘Susanne un jour’ Hymn 163 Tone IV Nunc dimittis G. Gabrieli Isti sunt triumphatores ______
26 THURSDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Avalonian Free State Choir
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176 S.S. Wesley Evening Service in E S.S. Wesley Blessed be the God and Father ______
27 FRIDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128 Tone VI Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Handel I know that my redeemer liveth (from ‘Messiah’) ______
28 SATURDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
11.00 a.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL CONFIRMATION SERVICE
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral, with former members of Wells Cathedral Choir) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138 Stanford Evening Service in B flat Hymns 104, 408 (t. i) Hadley My beloved spake Stanford Fantasia in D minor, Op. 57, i
APRIL/MAY
29 SUNDAY: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)
9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Kodály Introitus (Missa Brevis) Hymns 104, 341, CP 622, CP 514 Kodály Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Ego sum vitis vera et vos palmites Fricker Trio (Canon/Ostinato) Cooper Come my way, my truth, my life Kodály Ite, Missa est (Missa Brevis)
11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayelward Preces and Responses Psalm 140 Stanford Te Deum and Benedictus in C Hymns 473 (t. ii, omit *), 340 Wood O for a lay! Parry Chorale Fantasia on ‘O God our help’
3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 141 Howells Evening Service in B minor Hymns 500, 376 Vaughan Williams Easter (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’) Preacher: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Bossi Scherzo in G minor, Op. 49, No 2 ______
30 MONDAY Decani verses
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 Philip Moore Jesus College Service (Alternative Canticles) Arvo Pärt The Beatitudes ______
1 TUESDAY: Philip and James, Apostles
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 149 Leighton Second Service Hymn 164 (t. 128, ii) Leighton The souls of the righteous (from ‘A Sequence for All Saints’)
7.30 p.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL EVENSONG
MAY
2 WEDNESDAY: Athanasius, bishop, teacher of the faith, 373
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 12, 13, 14 Billington Evening Service in D Eccard In dieser österlichen Zeit ______
3 THURSDAY
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS RECITAL 21: Matthew Owens
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 18 Lassus Magnificat Pelpulchrum septimi toni Tone VII Nunc dimittis Lassus Scio enim quod Redemptor meus vivit ______
4 FRIDAY: English saints and martyrs of the Reformation Era
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalms 22, 23 Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service Rupert Jeffcoat Holy is the true light ______
5 SATURDAY: Hugh Sugar, Bishop
8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY
5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29 Dyson Evening Service in C minor Hymns 372, 494 (t. 413) Vaughan Williams The Call (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’) Howells Psalm Prelude II ‘But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth: And shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace’ (Set 1, Op. 32)
President: Lord Berkeley of Knighton Artistic Director: Prebendary 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 eleventh 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 CBE, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE, Tarik O’Regan, Howard Skempton, Sir John Tavener, and Judith Weir CBE.
We are accepting donations for our 2018 commissions by Thea Musgrave 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, Cathedral Commissions Administrator a: Wells Cathedral Music Office, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 832204 e: [email protected]
MAJOR NEW RELEASE FROM WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR
In celebration of John Joubert’s 90th birthday year, Wells Cathedral Choir presents a recording of recent choral works from this prolific veteran composer. Featuring works commissioned for and first performed by the cathedral choir at Wells, this programme has at its heart the extended St Mark Passion, a profound and heartfelt retelling of the well-known passion story. Completing the album are the expansive Missa Wellensis and Joubert’s powerful setting of Locus iste.
Peter Auty (tenor), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Richard May (cello), David Bednall (organ), Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)
This is an outstanding disc… the singing of Wells Cathedral Choir exceptional… Owens conjures from his choir beautifully shaped, expressive phrasing requiring masterly breath control that is staggering… There is not a weak link anywhere in these performances…’ (Choir & Organ, November 2017 – Star Review)
COPIES AVAILABLE FROM WELLS CATHEDRAL SHOP PRICED £10
‘probably the f nest 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. T ey often come together for major feast days, concerts, tours, and other special events to perform as T e Great Choir. T e 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 T e Countess of Wessex, the Trust is determined that no child with musical talent should miss out on these opportunities for f nancial reasons. T e Trust’s aim is to raise enough money to fund all thirty-six choristers. T is is some way of , and it needs your support for our appeal to help us reach this goal. T e 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
www.wellscathedral.org.uk