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Michaelmas Term 2019 Chapel Services and Music MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD COVER IMAGE: DETAIL FROM MAGDALEN COLLEGE MS LAT 223, GOSPEL LECTIONARY COMMISSIONED BY CARDINAL WOLSEY (1529, LONDON) THE FEAST OF SAINT ANDREW, 30 NOVEMBER SAINT STANDING, RED CLOAK OVER A BLUE GOWN, HIS CROSS UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM, AND BOOK IN HIS LEFT HAND, A LANDSCAPE WITH BUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND, ALL WITHIN A DOUBLE ARCH WWW.WOLSEYMANUSCRIPTS.AC.UK 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 ANDREW BOWYER Informator Choristarum Dean of Divinity MICHAELMAS 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 (27th October to 1st November). 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. www.magdalencollegechoir.com www.magd.ox.ac.uk/chapel-and-choir Joint Services The Choristers join the Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford for Evensong at 6.15pm on Wednesday 25th September in Merton College Chapel, and we welcome Berkshire Youth Choir to sing Evensong with the Consort of Voices at 6pm on Saturday 16th November. On Saturday 26th October, the Consort of Voices are joined by members of the period- instrument ensemble Instruments of Time and Truth for Evensong. Organ music Organ music plays an integral part in our liturgy. Alexander Pott and Rory Moules play for the majority of the services in Chapel, assisted from time to time by the Informator Choristarum and Organist, Mark Williams. Retiring Collections Our retiring collections will go to support the work of the Chapel’s chosen charity for Michaelmas Term, The Children’s Society, which works to support vulnerable children in England and Wales. www.childrenssociety.org.uk Membership of the Choir The Informator Choristarum, Mark Williams, is always pleased to hear from prospective applicants for Choristerships, Academical Clerkships and Organ Scholarships. To arrange an informal meeting, please email Melanie Bennette, the Chapel and Choir PA, at [email protected]. SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2019 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 table at the entrance to the Chapel. SERVICES BEFORE UNIVERSITY TERM SEPTEMBER 25 WEDNESDAY LANCELOT ANDREWES, 1626 6.15 pm Choral Evensong (sung by the Boy Choristers of Magdalen College and the Girl Choristers of Merton College) THIS SERVICE WILL TAKE INTROIT Mendelssohn Lift thine eyes PSALMS 12, 13 PLACE IN THE CHAPEL RESPONSES Plainsong OF MERTON COLLEGE, READINGS Hosea 11: 1-11; 1 John 4: 9-end OXFORD CANTICLES Stuart Beer First Service ANTHEM Mendelssohn If with all your hearts 28 SATURDAY EVE OF MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS 6.00 pm Choral Evensong before the Gaudy (1997-99) INTROIT Sheppard Libera nos, salva nos PSALMS 137, 138 RESPONSES Tomkins HYMN 475 READINGS 2 Kings 6: 8-17; Matthew 18: 1-6, 10 CANTICLES Leighton Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense ANTHEM Dering Factum est silentium FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins VOLUNTARY Widor Final from Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 OCTOBER 9 WEDNESDAY DENYS AND COMPANIONS, C. 250; ROBERT GROSSETESTE, 1253 5.30 pm Choral Evensong for new students INTROIT Roderick Williams This is the work of Christ PSALM 48 RESPONSES Radcliffe HYMN 377 READINGS 2 Kings 4: 1-7; John 2: 1-11 CANTICLES Stewart in C sharp minor ANTHEM Richard Allain Cana’s Guest FINAL RESPONSES Rose VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach In dir ist Freude BWV 615 OCTOBER 2019 13 SUNDAY SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Gabrieli Missa brevis HYMNS 272, 307, 333 READINGS Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7; Luke 17: 11-19 PREACHER The Reverend Dr Andrew Bowyer, Dean of Divinity ANTHEM De la Rue O salutaris hostia VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 664 6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Founder’s Prayers and Admission of the Dean of Divinity, Robertshaw, Rose and Waynflete Choristers, and Academical Clerks INTROIT Paulus Pilgrims’ Hymn HYMNS 368, 420 RESPONSES Matthew Martin PSALM 69: 1-22 READINGS Nehemiah 6: 1-16; John 15: 12-end CANTICLES Francis Jackson in G ANTHEM Balfour Gardiner Evening Hymn FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin VOLUNTARY Guilmant Final from Symphony No. 1, Op. 42 14 MONDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer 15 TUESDAY TERESA OF AVILA, 1582 8.15 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 76 READINGS 1 Chronicles 16: 1-13; Revelation 11: 15-end CANTICLE Plainsong O blest creator of the light MAGNIFICAT Dyson in C minor ANTHEM Vaughan Williams The Call ANTIPHON Plainsong Salve Regina 16 WEDNESDAY NICHOLAS RIDLEY AND HUGH LATIMER, 1555 8.15 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Matthew Martin PSALM 85 READINGS 1 Chronicles 29: 10-19; Colossians 3: 12-17 CANTICLES Howells Westminster Service ANTHEM David Bednall Te lucis ante terminum FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin FIRST WEEK 17 THURSDAY IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, C. 107 8.15 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Stewart PSALM 89: 20-36 READINGS Nehemiah 8: 1-12; 1 Corinthians 14: 1-12 CANTICLES Wood in E flat no. 2 ANTHEM Bullock Give us the wings of faith FINAL RESPONSES Rose 18 FRIDAY LUKE THE EVANGELIST 8.15 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Sung Eucharist (Men’s Voices) MASS Grandi Missa sine nomine HYMNS 345, 214 READINGS Acts 16: 6-12a; Luke 10: 1-9 ANTHEM Matthew Martin Justorum animae PREACHER The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert, Fellows’ Chaplain VOLUNTARY Langlais Acclamations from Suite Médiévale 19 SATURDAY HENRY MARTYN, 1812; FRIDESWIDE, 735 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices) INTROIT Tavener Mother of God, here I stand PSALMS 100, 101 RESPONSES Richard Shephard HYMN 396 READINGS Daniel 6: 6-23; Revelation 12: 7-12 CANTICLES Leighton Second Service ANTHEM Joanna Marsh Evening Prayer FINAL RESPONSES Michael Walsh Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Seneca OCTOBER 2019 20 SUNDAY EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 11.00 am Sung Eucharist MASS Mozart Missa brevis in D K194 HYMNS 449, 294, 366 READINGS Jeremiah 31: 27-34; Luke 18: 1-8 PREACHER The Reverend Andrew Shamel, Honorary Chaplain ANTHEM Grieg Ave maris stella VOLUNTARY Saint-Saëns Fantasie in E-flat major 6.00 pm Choral Evensong with sermon RESPONSES Smith HYMNS 425, 381 READINGS Nehemiah 8: 9-end; John 16: 1-11 PSALM 104: 1-9 CANTICLES Palestrina Magnificat primi toni Victoria Nunc dimittis tertii toni ANTHEM Judith Weir Vertue PREACHER The Reverend Dr Ayla Lepine, Art historian and Assistant Curate, FINAL RESPONSES Tomkins St John’s Church, Hampstead VOLUNTARY Buxtehude Magnificat primi toni BuxWV 203 21 MONDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer 22 TUESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer (Boys’ Voices) RESPONSES Plainsong PSALM 108 READINGS Proverbs 22: 17-end; 2 Corinthians 12: 1-10 CANTICLE Plainsong Creator of the earth and sky MAGNIFICAT Plainsong Magnificat quarti toni ANTHEM Humfrey A Hymn to God the Father ANTIPHON Plainsong Salve Regina 23 WEDNESDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Radcliffe PSALM 115 READINGS Hosea 14; James 2: 14-26 CANTICLES Stanford in B flat ANTHEM Howells O pray for the peace of Jerusalem FINAL RESPONSES Rose SECOND WEEK 24 THURSDAY 8.15 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Choral Evensong RESPONSES Matthew Martin PSALM 119: 1-16 READINGS Isaiah 24: 1-15; John 16: 25-33 CANTICLES David Bevan Magnificat secundi toni Holst Nunc dimittis ANTHEM Davy O Domine caeli terraeque FINAL RESPONSES Matthew Martin 25 FRIDAY CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN, C. 287 8.15 am Morning Prayer RESTORATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS, 1688 6.00 pm Choral Evensong INTROIT Bruckner Locus iste PSALM 119: 89-104 RESPONSES Stewart HYMN 472 READINGS Jeremiah 14: 1-9; Luke 23: 44-56 CANTICLES Leighton Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense ANTHEM Brahms Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk FINAL RESPONSES Rose VOLUNTARY Gowers An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary 26 SATURDAY 6.00 pm Choral Evensong (Consort of Voices with Instruments of Time & Truth) RESPONSES Ayleward PSALM 119: 145-160 READINGS Zechariah 8: 14-end; John 20: 19-end HYMN 209 CANTICLES Durante Magnificat Schütz Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener ANTHEM Kuhnau, arr.