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KING’SCOLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CHAPELSERVICES LENTTERM HOLYWEEKANDEASTER 2010 NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY THE USE OF CAMERAS, RECORDING EQUIPMENT, VIDEO CAMERAS AND MOBILE PHONES IS NOT PERMITTED IN CHAPEL [ 2 ] NOTICES SERMONSAND ADDRESSES 17 January Dr Edward Kessler Director Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge; Fellow St Edmund’s College 24 January The Revd Richard Lloyd Morgan Acting Dean 31 January The Revd Abi Smetham Assistant Curate of Sheffield Manor Parish 7 February The Revd Canon Michael Hampel Acting Dean and Precentor, St Edmundsbury Cathedral 14 February The Revd Canon Anna Matthews St Albans Cathedral 21 February The Very Revd Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster 28 February The Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham Bishop of Kingston 7 March The Revd Canon Brian Watchorn Assistant Chaplain Maundy Thursday Professor Ellen Davies Amos Ragan Kearns Professor, Duke Divinity School, North Carolina Easter Day The Revd Richard Lloyd Morgan Acting Dean SERVICE BOOKLETS Braille and large print service booklets are available from the Chapel Administrator for Evensong and Sung Eucharist services. CHORAL SERVICES Services are normally sung by King’s College Choir on Sundays and from Tuesdays to Saturdays. Services on Mondays are sung by King’s Voices, the College’s mixed voice choir. Exceptions are listed. ORGAN RECITALS Each Saturday during term time there is an organ recital at 6.30 p.m. until 7.15 p.m. Admission is free, and there is a retiring collection. There is no recital on 16 January; the recital on 20 February will last 30 minutes and start at 6.45 p.m. following the longer Evensong that day. [ 3 ] HOLY WEEKAND EASTER SERVICES ThisyearseesthesixthfestivalofmusicforHolyWeekandEaster, Easterat King’s, in which a series of concerts complements the traditional services. The composer James MacMillan will be present to take part in a seminar on ‘The interplay of Faith and Music’, to conduct part of his Westminster Mass on Maundy Thursday, and to hear his St John Passion on Good Friday. Details of the concerts and how to book tickets appear later in this booklet. MUSIC On Saturday 16 January, the College honours Sir David Willcocks, Honorary Fellow, formerly Organ Scholar and Director of Music, who celebrated his 90th birthday on 30 December 2009. Sir David will conduct at Evensong, and the Chapel Choir will be joined by members of the CUMS chorus and The Bach Choir. The College’s resident string quartet, the Dante Quartet, accompanies the Choir for the Sung Eucharist on Sunday 24 January. This year, Allegri Miserere will be sung at Evensong on the first Saturday in Lent, 20 February, not on Ash Wednesday, as is customary. It will be sung again, as usual, on Good Friday morning. ILLUSTRATIONS This term’s illustrations are taken principally from glass in the Whichcote Chapel and are reproduced from photographs taken by Richard Lloyd Morgan. Cover: The Crucifixion. Netherlands c.1480. Private Collection. Side Chapel R. January: Blackbird, English c.1500. February: Bull, as Taurus in a Zodiac, mid 15th Century. March: Bat, late 15th Century. April: Fox holding a goose by the throat, late 15th Century. [ 4 ] JANUARY 12 TUESDAY (WEEK OF EPIPHANY I) 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Introit 383 Dormi, Iesu Rubbra Responses Leighton Psalms 65 Smart 66 Atkins Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Short Service Orr Anthem Videntes stellam Poulenc 13 WEDNESDAY 8.15 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Men’s voices Hilary, Introit Puer natus in Bethlehem v. 1 Bishop, 367 Responses plainsong and Tallis Psalm 68 Tone V Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Wood in G a3 Anthem When Jesus, our Lord Mendelssohn [ 5 ] JANUARY 14 THURSDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. SUNG EUCHARIST Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei Missa ‘O magnum mysterium’ Victoria Introit In excelso throno Alleluia Iubilate Deo Offertory 50 O magnum mysterium Victoria Communion Fili, quid fecisti? 15 FRIDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Introit 50 O magnum mysterium Victoria Responses Byrd Psalm 78 Mann, R Cooke, Nares, Stanford Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Short Service Gibbons Anthem 154 Quem vidistis, pastores? Dering 16 SATURDAY 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG MARKING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY (30 DECEMBER 2009) OF SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS (KC 1939) Sung by the Chapel Choir with members of The Bach Choir and CUMS Introit 365 King Henry VI’s Prayer Ley Responses Radcliffe Psalm 150 O praise God in his holiness Willcocks (A Ceremony of Psalms) Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Willcocks Anthem Blest pair of sirens (Milton) Parry Hymn 36 The first Nowell the angel did say (arr. Willcocks) Organ Voluntary Toccata Giocosa Mathias (Composed for Sir David Willcocks, 1967) ¶ There is no organ recital today. [ 6 ] JANUARY 17 EPIPHANY II 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION 10.30 a.m. MATINS Hymn 53 (t.76) This day the first of days was made Responses Rose Psalms 95 Goss 36 Parratt Jubilate and Te Deum Britten in C Anthem The Christ Child G Jackson Hymn 55 omit v. 5 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed Preacher DR EDWARD KESSLER Director Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge; Fellow St Edmund’s College Organ Voluntary Toccata F Jackson ¶ Collection for Jimmy’s Night Shelter, Cambridge: welcoming anyone who would otherwise be forced to sleep rough. 3.30 p.m. EVENSONG Organ Prelude Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig BWV 768 Bach Hymn 57 The race that long in darkness pined Responses Smith Psalm 27 Cutler Magnificat quinti toni with Joseph, lieber Joseph, mein and In dulci jubilo H Praetorius Nunc dimittis tertii toni Victoria Anthem 50 O magnum mysterium G Gabrieli Hymn 47 As with gladness men of old Organ Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in c BWV 546 Bach 18 MONDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG sung by King’s Voices Introit 121 Psallite unigenito M Praetorius Responses Ayleward Psalm 93 Garrett Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Short Service Byrd Anthem 131 Gloria in excelsis Deo Weelkes [ 7 ] JANUARY 19 TUESDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. EVENING PRAYER 20 WEDNESDAY 8.15 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Men’s voices Introit Puer natus in Bethlehem v. 2 Responses plainsong Psalm 103 Tone VIII Magnificat Binchois Nunc dimittis anon. 15th century Anthem 361 There is no rose anon. 1420 21 THURSDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. SUNG EUCHARIST Agnes, Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei Martyr, 304 Mass for five voices Byrd Introit Omnis terra Alleluia Laudate Deum Offertory 71 Iustorum animae Byrd Communion Dicit Dominus: Implete hydrias 22 FRIDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Introit 50 O magnum mysterium Victoria Responses Tomkins Psalm 107 Atkins Magnificat quarti toni Palestrina Nunc dimittis tertii toni Victoria Anthem Videntes stellam Lassus [ 8 ] JANUARY 23 SATURDAY 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Introit 136 Almighty and everlasting God Gibbons Responses Smith Psalm 33 Pye Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Second Service Gibbons Anthem 147 See, the Word is incarnate Gibbons Hymn 425 O love, how deep, how broad, how high! Organ Voluntary Prelude in D BUXWV 139 Bach 6.30 p.m. Organ recital by HUW WILLIAMS Sub-Organist, Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace Prelude and Fugue in g BWV 535 Bach Symphony No. 2 in e Op. 20 Vierne 24 EPIPHANY III 10.30 a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST (with the Dante Quartet) Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei Missa brevis in F K 192 Mozart Introit Adorate Deum Alleluia Dominus regnavit, exsultet Offertory Hymn 48 Bethlehem, of noblest cities Communion Mirabantur omnes Post Communion Hymn 52 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness Preacher THE ACTING DEAN Organ Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 541 Bach ¶ Collection for Christian Blind Mission: an international Christian development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world. [ 9 ] JANUARY 3.30 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG WITH PROCESSION Vigil Organ Prelude Toccata and Fugue in d BWV 538 Bach Processional Hymn 154 (t.128ii) A heavenly splendour from on high Responses Ayleward Psalm 147 Lord Mornington Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Weelkes for trebles Anthem Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich Schütz Acts 9 vv. 4–5 Hymn 51 Hail, thou Source of every blessing Organ Voluntary Prelude in g BUXWV 149 Buxtehude 25 CONVERSION OF S PAUL 8.15 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.30 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG sung by King’s Voices Introit All the ends of the world Boyce Responses Ayleward Psalm 119 vv. 41–56 Foster, Lloyd Magnificat and Nunc dimittis D Purcell in e Anthem 189 Thy word is a lantern Purcell Hymn 215 (t.434) Captains of the saintly band Organ Voluntary Allabreve in D BWV 589 Bach 26 TUESDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Timothy Introit Puer natus in Bethlehem v. 1 Scheidt and Titus Responses Morley Psalm 119 vv. 105–144 Garrett, Coward, Lord Mornington Magnificat octavi toni a8 Marenzio Nunc dimittis octavi toni Anthem Almighty God, which by the leading of a star Bull Collect for Epiphany [ 10 ] JANUARY 27 WEDNESDAY 8.15 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.30 p.m. EVENSONG Men’s voices Introit Puer natus in Bethlehem v. 3 Responses plainsong and Tallis Psalms 123, 124, 125 Tones II, I, VIII Magnificat Dufay Nunc dimittis anon. 15th century Anthem Coventry Carol anon. 1591 28 THURSDAY 8.15 a.m. MORNING PRAYER 5.30 p.m. SUNG EUCHARIST Thomas Kyrie, Agnus Dei Aquinas, Collegium Regale Howells Priest, 1274 Sanctus, Benedictus Westminster Mass MacMillan Introit Adorate Deum Alleluia Dominus regnavit, exsultet Offertory Tantum ergo (Aquinas) Duruflé Hymn 268 Part 2 Communion Mirabantur omnes 29 FRIDAY 8.15 a.m.
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