Music-List-January-2020.Pdf

And so it continued both day and night. It is to many, a source of regret that as soon as the angels sing ‘Glory to God in the highest’, the choir term ends with it. In fact Christmas continues until 2 February with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or Candlemas. The great feast of the Epiphany (the Visit of the Wise Men) falls on 6 January and the Cathedral community celebrates the Epiphany season with a Carol service on Saturday 11 January at 5.15pm. In addition, Jeremy Cole and Elsa van der Zee will perform Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur on Thursday 23 January at 7.00 p.m.

Do 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.

December 29 - January 4: The Reverend Canon Dr Rob James, Chancellor January 5 - 11: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells January 12 - 18: The Reverend Canon Dr Rob James, Chancellor January 19 - 25: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor January 26 - February 1: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies DL, Dean

The Cathedral’s Director of Music, Jeremy Cole, 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]

At certain services throughout the year, incense is used to enhance the festal nature of the day. These services are marked with an asterisk (*).

Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English may be found towards the back of the Services and Music List, following the final listed week.

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

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DECEMBER

29 SUNDAY: THE FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns CP 44, CAM 80, 36 (vv 1-3, 6), CP 57 Noble Communion Service in B minor Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Stuart Beer Ave Maris Stella Edmundson Toccata on ‘Von Himmel Hoch’

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 40, 38 Radcliffe Preces and Responses Psalm 140 Sumsion Te Deum in G Moeran Jubilate Deo in E flat Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 28, 42 Radcliffe Preces and Responses Psalm 143 Richard Lloyd Hereford Service Bob Chilcott Jesus, springing Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader

30 MONDAY

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

31 TUESDAY

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

4 JANUARY

1 WEDNESDAY: Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

9.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER Proper Psalm 115

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

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: St Peters Chorale, Australia

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (St Peters Chorale, Australia) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 14 Walmisley Evening Service in D minor J.S. Bach O Jesulein Süβ

7.00 p.m. TAIZE SERVICE (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

3 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

4 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ewell) Hymns 387, 25 Reading Preces and Responses Psalm 22 vv 1-10 Willan Evening Service in E flat Marenzio Tribus miraculis

5 JANUARY

5 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Choir of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ewell) Philip Matthias Festive Mass Hymns CP 67, CP 72, 28, 21 Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean Will Todd My Lord has come Cochereau Sortie sur Adeste Fideles

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Choir of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ewell) Hymns 39, 23 Reading Preces and Responses Psalm 24 Tomkins Te Deum and Jubilate Deo (Second Service) Clemens non Papa Magi veniunt ab oriente

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Choir of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ewell) Hymns 40, 37 Radcliffe Preces and Responses Tomkins Second Service Psalm 29 Malcolm Archer A little child there is yborn Preacher: The Reverend Canon Rosalind Paul, Canon Pastor

6 MONDAY: THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY Decani verses

The Cathedral Choir resumes singing services after its Christmas vacation

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Schola Cantorum and Vicars Choral) Hymns 50 (t. 363), 49 (t. ii), 52 J.S. Bach Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 Lassus Missa Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Rob James, Chancellor Communion Proper: Vidimus stellam eius in Oriente J.S. Bach Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 Lassus Videntes stellam magi Böhm Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr

7 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

8.50 a.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL BEGINNING OF TERM SERVICE

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 37 vv 1-20 Byrd Fauxbourdon Service Cornelius The Three Kings 6 JANUARY

8 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Cleobury Preces and Responses Psalm 41 Cleobury Evening Service for men’s voices Joubert When Christ was born of Mary free

9 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: David Davies (Buckfast Abbey)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 48 Willan Fauxbourdon Service Jonathan Dove The Star Song

10 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers, with Wells Cathedral Song Squad) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalm 54 Tone V Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Britten A New Year carol

11 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING

5.15 p.m. EPIPHANY CAROL SERVICE * (Schola Cantorum and Vicars Choral)

7 JANUARY

12 SUNDAY: BAPTISM OF CHRIST

7.30 a.m. MATINS

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST WITH THE ADMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC TO THE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION (The Great Choir) Hymns 56, CP 93, 302, CP 591 Duruflé Prélude sur l’Introït de l’Épiphanie Martin Messe pour double chœur a cappella Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies DL, Dean Communion Proper: Omnes qui in Christo baptizati Duruflé Méditation Thomas Hewitt-Jones What child is this? Tournemire Fantaisie (L'orgue mystique, Epiphania Domini, Op. 55)

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG WITH THE COMMEMORATION OF BISHOP BEKYNTON (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Hymns 47, 48 Stanford Evening Service in C Proper Psalm 47 Paul Edwards No small wonder Preacher: Prebendary Elsa van der Zee d’Evry Toccata

6.30 p.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SERVICE

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

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY Cantoris verses

8.50 a.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 70 Byrd Short Service Hassler Tribus miraculis

14 TUESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 73 Farrant Evening Service in A minor Mendelssohn When Jesus our Lord

8 JANUARY

15 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 78 vv 1-17 Deane Evening Service in E flat Byrd Reges Tharsis

16 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 84 Wood Collegium Regale Poulenc Videntes stellam

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

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Tallis Voices

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January

18 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 414, 434 Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 93 Batten Fourth Service Crotch Lo, star-led chiefs Howells Master Tallis’ Testament

9 JANUARY

19 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, with Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir) attended by Wells Cathedral School J.S. Bach In dir ist freude, BWV 615 Hymns 433, 393, 352, Haydn Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo ‘Kleine orgel-messe’ 408 (t. i) Preacher: The Reverend Mary Bide, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Laetabimur in salutari tuo J.S. Bach Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684 Grayston Ives Listen, sweet dove Buxtehude Präludium fis-moll

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Hymns 93, 239 Tone VIII Te Deum Dyson Benedictus in C Psalm 95 Berkeley I sing of a maiden de Grigny Tierce en taille (from Messe d’orgue)

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Hymns 376, 252 Gary Davison Santa Fe Canticles Psalm 98 Walford Davies The Lamb Preacher: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Duruflé Fugue sur le thème du Carillon de la Cathédrale de Soissons, Op. 12

The Boy 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

20 MONDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY Decani verses

8.50 a.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SERVICE

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School flute pupils

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 104 vv 1-10 James MacMillan Short Service English traditional, arr. Willcocks Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

21 TUESDAY: Agnes, child, martyr, 304

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 Psalm 106 vv 1-12 Gibbons Short Service Gibbons Almighty and everlasting God

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School Brass and Percussion

10 JANUARY

22 WEDNESDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 108 Gombert Magnificat primi toni Tone I Nunc Dimittis Byrd Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles

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

23 THURSDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 115 Philip Moore Jesus College Service (Alternative Canticles) Tavener The Lamb

7.00 p.m. ORGAN RECITAL: Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur (Jeremy Cole, Organ, and Elsa van der Zee, Reader)

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

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. CHORAL VESPERS (sung by the Monks and Schola Cantorum of Downside Abbey, as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) David Bevan Magnificat Palestrina Alma redemptoris mater

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Opus Anglicanum

25 SATURDAY: Conversion of Paul

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 51, 155 (t. 117) Rose Preces and Responses Proper Psalm Wesley Evening Service in E 119 vv 41-56 Mendelssohn How lovely are the messengers Mendelssohn Con moto maestoso (from Sonate III A-dur, Op. 65, No 3)

11 JANUARY

26 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 56, 324, 353, CP 591 Saint-Saëns Prélude, Op. 99, No 2, i Howells Collegium Regale Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Communion Proper: Venite post me Messiaen O sacrum convivium Duruflé Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7, ii

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 500, 437 Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 119 Britten Festival Te Deum in E vv 105-112 Britten Jubilate Deo in E flat Jefferson McConnaughey In the bleak midwinter David Bednall Wie schön leuchtet – Meditation

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Hymns 49 (t. i), 7 Friðrik Walker Preces and Responses William Drakett The Wells Service Psalm 119 Stravinsky Ave Maria vv 145-160 Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Rob James, Chancellor Messiaen Apparition de l'église éternelle

27 MONDAY: Holocaust Memorial Day

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY Cantoris verses

8.50 a.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127 Tallis Fauxbourdon Service Stanford Justorum animae

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

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral, with Wells Cathedral Song Squad) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 138 John Bertalot Fauxbourdon Service Andrew Carter A maiden most gentle

12 JANUARY/FEBRUARY

29 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 Psalm 142 Grayston Ives Magdalen Service Byrd O salutaris hostia

30 THURSDAY: Charles, king and martyr, 1649

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

7.00 p.m. PROMENADE CONCERT: Schola Cantorum and Vicars Choral

31 FRIDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalm 150 Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service Britten There is no rose (from ‘A Ceremony of Carols’)

7.30 p.m. SOUL SOUNDINGS EVENT

1 SATURDAY

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Britten Ceremony of Carols (The Choristers of Wells Cathedral, in aid of the Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust)

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Schola Cantorum and Vicars Choral) Hymns 360, 157 Eccard Presentation of Christ in Temple Anthony Piccolo Preces and Responses Psalm 8 Howells Collegium Regale David Bednall Hail, gladdening light

13 TRANSLATIONS OF ANTHEMS NOT SUNG IN ENGLISH

THURSDAY 2 JANUARY O Jesulein süß (J.S. Bach)

O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild! O little one sweet, O little one mild, Deins Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt; thy Father’s purpose thou hast fulfilled; Bist kommen aus dem Himmelreich, thou cam’st from heav’n to mortal ken Uns armen Menschen worden gleich, equal to be with us poor men, O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild! O little one sweet, O little one mild.

O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild! O little one sweet, O little one mild, Mit Freuden hast du die Welt erfüllt, with joy thou hast the whole world filled; Du kommst herab vom Himmelssaal, thou camest here from heaven’s domain Und tröst’st uns in dem Jammertal, to bring men comfort in their pain, O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild! O little one sweet, O little one mild.

O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild! O little one sweet, O little one mild, Du bist der Lieb ein Ebenbild, in thee love’s beauties are all distilled; Zünd an in uns der Liebe Flamm, then light in us thy love’s bright flame, Dass wir dich lieben all zusamm’, that we may give thee back the same, O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild! O little one sweet, O little one mild.

Words: German late-mediaeval carol, translated by editors of The Oxford Book of Carols, 1928

SATURDAY 4 JANUARY Tribus miraculis (Marenzio)

Tribus miraculis ornatum, Adorned with three miracles diem sanctum colimus: is the day which we honour. hodie stella Magos duxit ad praesepium: today the star has led the Magi to the manger. hodie vinum ex aqua factum est ad nuptias: today water has been made wine at the wedding. hodie in Iordane a Ioanne Christus baptizari today Christ was willing to be baptised by John in voluit, the Jordan, ut salvaret nos. Alleluia. that he might save us. Alleluia.

Words: Magnificat antiphon at Second Vespers of the Feast of the Epiphany

SUNDAY 5 JANUARY Magi veniunt ab oriente (Clemens non Papa)

Magi veniunt ab oriente Ierosolimam The wise men came from the East to Jerusalem quaerentes et dicentes: asking questions and saying: Ubi est qui natus est Rex Iudaeorum cuius Where is he that is born King of the Jews, stellam vídimus? whose star we have seen? Et venimus cum muneribus adorare And we have come with gifts to worship the Dominum. Lord.

Words: Responsory for one of the Offices of Epiphany

14 MONDAY 13 JANUARY Tribus miraculis (Hassler)

Words: Magnificat antiphon at Second Vespers of the Feast of the Epiphany

WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY Reges Tharsis (Byrd)

Reges Tharsis et insulae munera The kings of Tharsis and of the isles will offer offerent, service, reges Arabum et Saba dona adducent, the kings of Arabia and Saba will bring gifts. et adorabunt eum omnes reges terrae, And all the kings of the earth will worship him, omnes gentes servient ei. all peoples will serve him.

Words: Psalm 72.10-11

THURSDAY 16 JANUARY Videntes stellam (Poulenc)

Videntes stellam Magi Seeing the star, the wise men gavisi sunt gaudio magno: rejoiced with exceeding great joy; et intrantes domum and entering the house, obtulerunt Domino aurum, they offered to the Lord thus et myrrham. gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Words: Matthew 2.10,11

FRIDAY 24 JANUARY Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)

Alma Redemptoris Mater, Loving Mother of the Redeemer, quae pervia caeli porta who remains the gate manes, by which we mortals enter heaven, et stella maris, and star of the sea, succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo: help your fallen people who strive to rise: Tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, You who gave birth, amazing nature, tuum sanctum Genitorem: to your sacred Creator: Virgo prius ac posterius, Virgin prior and following, Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud Ave, taking from the mouth of Gabriel that Hail! have peccatorum miserere. mercy on our sins.

Words: Advent Marian antiphon

15 SUNDAY 26 JANUARY Ave Maria (Stravinsky)

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, Blessed are you among women, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Holy Mary, Mother of God, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, pray for us sinners, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen. now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Words: Traditional prayer asking for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary

MONDAY 27 JANUARY Justorum animae (Stanford)

Justorum animae in manu Dei The souls of the righteous are in the hand of sunt, God, et non tanget illos tormentum malitiae. and the torment of death shall not touch them. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die; illi autem sunt in pace. but they are at peace.

Words: Wisdom 3.1-3

WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY O salutaris Hostia (Byrd)

O salutaris Hostia, O saving Victim, opening wide quæ cæli pandis ostium: The gate of heaven to man below, bella premunt hostilia, Our foes press on from every side, da robur, fer auxilium. Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.

Words: St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

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