Services and Music February 2020 Verse week: Cantoris Saturday 1 0830 Morning Prayer 0900 Holy Communion President:

Sunday 2 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple 0800 Holy Communion President: Archdeacon Mark Wroe 0830 Morning Prayer 1000 Sung Eucharist sung by the Cathedral Choir President: Clare MacLaren The Ranmoor Missa Brevis Longman Preacher: Helen Wright Communion: Senex puerum portabit Byrd After the blessing: Nunc dimittis Byrd 1600 Candlemas Liturgy: A Service of Readings, Poetry & Music sung by the Cathedral Choir Hail gladdening light Wood Videte miraculum Tallis When to the temple Mary went Eccard Nunc dimittis Holst

Verse week: Decani Monday 3 Anskar, archbishop, missionary 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Archdeacon Mark Wroe 1305 Newcastle Cathedral Organ Recital at Jesmond URC Stefan Donner (Vienna, Austria) 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Schola Cantorum Officiant: Canon Clare MacLaren Magnificat on Tone Responses: Thomsett Nunc dimittis on Tone Psalm 10 Beatus vir Lassus

Tuesday 4 Gilbert, founder of the Gilbertine Order 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon Alan Paterson 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Youth Choir Officiant: Canon Clare MacLaren Service in C minor Dyson Responses: Ions Holy is the true light Harris Psalm 18

Wednesday 5 0815 Morning Prayer 1030 Holy Communion President: Canon Jean Skinner 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir Officiant: Canon Clare MacLaren Service in A Sumsion Responses: Leighton Behold, O God our defender Howells Psalms 12, 13

Thursday 6 Martyrs of Japan Ascension of Queen Elizabeth II 0815 Morning Prayer President: Canon Jean Skinner 1230 Holy Communion Officiant: Katherine Govier 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir Responses: Smith Magnificat on Tone V Hassler Psalm 9 Nunc dimittis: Hasser Prevent us, O Lord Byrd

Mark Wroe Canon in Residence Geoff Miller The Dean Ian Roberts Director of Music tel: 0191 232 1939 www.stnicholascathedral.co.uk email: [email protected] Friday 7 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Reverend Jon Canessa 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Lay Clerks & Choral Scholars unaccompanied Magnificat on Tone i M. Bevan Officiant: Canon Peter Dobson Nunc dimittis on Tone vii Responses: Ashfield Seigneur, je vous en prie Poulenc Psalm 22 Saturday 8 0830 Morning Prayer 0900 Holy Communion President: Archdeacon Mark Wroe

Sunday 9 The Third Sunday before Lent 0800 Holy Communion President: Archdeacon Mark Wroe 0830 Morning Prayer 1000 Sung Eucharist sung by the Cathedral Choir President: The Dean Mass in F# Blatchly Preacher: Archdeacon Mark Wroe Communion: O salutaris hostia Esenvalds 1600 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir Magnificat on Tone ii Dunstaple Officiant: Archdeacon Mark Wroe Nunc dimittis: Grant now in peace Gibbons Responses: Tallis Praise our Lord all ye Gentiles Byrd Psalm 4 Verse week: Cantoris Monday 10 Scholastica, abbess 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon Jean Skinner 1305 Newcastle Cathedral Organ Recital at Jesmond URC Michael Haynes (Hexham Abbey) 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Tuesday 11 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon David Peel 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Wednesday 12 0815 Morning Prayer 1030 Holy Communion President: Canon Clare MacLaren 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Thursday 13 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon Clare MacLaren 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Friday 14 Cyril & Methodius, missionaries Valentine, martyr at Rome 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Reverend Jon Canessa 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Saturday 15 Sigfrid, bishop Thomas Bray, , founder of SPCK & SPG 0830 Morning Prayer 0900 Holy Communion President: Canon Clare MacLaren Sunday 16 The Second Sunday before Lent 0800 Holy Communion 0830 Morning Prayer President: Archdeacon Mark Wroe 1000 Sung Eucharist sung by the Northumbrian Singers President: Canon Peter Dobson Communion Service in F Darke Preacher: Archdeacon Mark Wroe Dear Lord and Father of mankind Parry 1600 Choral Evensong sung by the Northumbrian Singers Officiant: Archdeacon Mark Wroe Service in D Brewer Responses: Smith (Lord’s Prayer: Stone) Sicut cervus Palestrina Psalm 148

Verse week: Decani Monday 17 Janani Luwum, archbishop, martyr 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon Clare MacLaren 1305 Organ Recital at Jesmond URC Shaun Turnbull (Blackburn Cathedral) 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Tuesday 18 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon David Pickering 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Wednesday 19 0815 Morning Prayer 1030 Holy Communion President: Canon Clare MacLaren 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Thursday 20 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: The Dean 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Friday 21 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: The Dean 1730 Said Evening Prayer

Saturday 22 0830 Morning Prayer 0900 Holy Communion President: Reverend Jon Canessa

Sunday 23 The Sunday next before Lent 0800 Holy Communion 0830 Morning Prayer President: Reverend Jon Canessa 1000 Sung Eucharist sung by the Lay Clerks & Choral Scholars President: Archdeacon Mark Wroe Messe cum jubilo Duruflé Preacher: Reverend Jon Canessa Communion: O vision blest of heavenly light Mode i melody 1600 Choral Evensong sung by the Lay Clerks & Choral Scholars Officiant: The Dean Service in E Howells Responses: Bullock Seek him that maketh the seven stars Elgar Psalm 84 Verse week: Cantoris Monday 24 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon Clare MacLaren 1305 Organ Recital at Jesmond URC Kris Thomsett (Newcastle Cathedral) 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Schola Cantorum Officiant: Canon Clare MacLaren Service in G Sumsion Responses: Halls Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré Psalm 72

Tuesday 25 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon Rachel Wood 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Youth Choir Officiant: Canon Clare MacLaren Service in E Watson Responses: Sanders I give to you a new commandment Nardone Psalm 75

Wednesday 26 Ash Wednesday 0815 Morning Prayer 1030 Holy Communion President: The Dean 1800 Sung Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes President: Archdeacon Mark Wroe Missa Deus Genitor Alme Plainsong Miserere mei Allegri Emendenmus in melius Byrd

Thursday 27 George Herbert, priest, poet 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Canon Clare MacLaren 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir Officiant: Canon Clare MacLaren The St John’s Service Howells Responses: Moore Love bade me welcome Vaughan Williams Psalm 74

Friday 28 0815 Morning Prayer 1230 Holy Communion President: Reverend Jon Canessa 1730 Choral Evensong sung by the Lay Clerks & Choral Scholars unaccompanied The Short Service Tallis Officiant: Reverend Jon Canessa Miserere mei Byrd Responses: Tallis Psalm 69

Saturday 29 0830 Morning Prayer 0900 Holy Communion President: The Dean

Mark Wroe Canon in Residence Geoff Miller The Dean Ian Roberts Director of Music tel: 0191 232 1939 www.stnicholascathedral.co.uk email: [email protected]