Dean of Chapel The Revd Dr Michael Banner

Director of Music Stephen Layton

Chaplains The Revd John Summers Olga Fabrikant-Burke

Associate Organist Luke Fitzgerald

Junior Organ Scholar Harrison Cole

CHORAL EVENSONG

Sunday 31 May 2020

Whit Sunday Welcome to this service of Choral Evensong Almighty and most merciful Father; sung by The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge. We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. HYMN NEH 333 MICHAEL We have followed too much the devices All my hope on God is founded; and desires of our own hearts. he doth still my trust renew. We have offended against thy holy laws. Me through change and chance he guideth, We have left undone those things only good and only true. which we ought to have done; God unknown, he alone and we have done those things calls my heart to be his own. which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. Pride of man and earthly glory, But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, sword and crown betray his trust; miserable offenders. what with care and toil he buildeth, Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. tower and temple, fall to dust Restore thou them that are penitent; but God’s power, hour by hour, according to thy promises declared is my temple and my tower. unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; Still from man to God eternal that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, sacrifice of praise be done, and sober life, high above all praises praising to the glory of thy holy name. Amen. for the gift of Christ his Son. Christ doth call one and all: The minister then says the ABSOLUTION ye who follow shall not fall. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Words: Robert Bridges (1844–1930) who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather based on the German of Joachim Neander (1650–80) that he may turn from his wickedness and live; Music: Herbert Howells (1892–1983) and hath given power, and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that The minister reads truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should may please him, which we do at this present; not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess and holy; so that at the last we may come to his them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of Amen. the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we RESPONSES Shephard most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet O Lord, open thou our lips. together to render thanks for the great benefits that And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to O God, make speed to save us. ask those things which are requisite and necessary, O Lord, make haste to help us. as well for the body as the soul. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are and to the Holy Ghost; here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly world without end. Amen. grace, saying after me; Praise ye the Lord.

The Lord’s name be praised. PSALM 47 Smart MAGNIFICAT Finzi O clap your hands together, all ye people : O sing unto God with the voice of melody. My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath For the Lord is high, and to be feared : rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded he is the great King upon all the earth. the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from He shall subdue the people under us : henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. and the nations under our feet. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy He shall choose out an heritage for us : is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved. throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength God is gone up with a merry noise : with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the and the Lord with the sound of the trump. imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the O sing praises, sing praises unto our God : mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things; For God is the King of all the earth : and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering sing ye praises with understanding. his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised God reigneth over the heathen : to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. God sitteth upon his holy seat. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the The princes of the people are joined unto the people Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and of the God of Abraham : for God, which is very ever shall be: world without end. Amen. high exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; The SECOND LESSON is read As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : A reading from the Book of Acts. world without end. Amen. But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and The FIRST LESSON is read all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, A reading from the Book of Numbers. and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. And Moses went out, and told the people the words But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; of the Lord, and gathered the seventy men of the And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, elders of the people, and set them round about the I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your tabernacle. And the Lord came down in a cloud, sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was young men shall see visions, and your old men upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew But there remained two of the men in the camp, wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon they were of them that were written, but went not out into blood, before the great and notable day of the unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. And Acts 2: 14–21 Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. Numbers 11: 24–30 NUNC DIMITTIS Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, after Finzi Bednall as we forgive them that trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, but deliver us from evil. according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy Amen. salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be RESPONSES Rose to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. world without end. Amen. And grant us thy salvation. O Lord, save the Queen. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. All turn East and say THE APOSTLES’ CREED Endue thy ministers with righteousness. I believe in God And make thy chosen people joyful. the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth: O Lord, save thy people. And bless thine inheritance. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Give peace in our time, O Lord. who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Because there is none other that fighteth for us, born of the Virgin Mary, but only thou, O God. suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried: O God, make clean our hearts within us. he descended into hell; And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God THE COLLECT OF THE DAY the Father Almighty; God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy from thence he shall come to judge faithful people, by the sending to them the light of the quick and the dead. thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to I believe in the Holy Ghost; rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of the Holy Catholick Church; Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth the Communion of Saints; with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, the forgiveness of sins; world without end. Amen. the Resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. THE COLLECT FOR PEACE Amen. O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, The Lord be with you. and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants And with thy spirit. that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, Let us pray. and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and Lord, have mercy upon us. quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Christ, have mercy upon us. Saviour. Amen. Lord, have mercy upon us. THE COLLECT FOR AID AGAINST ALL PERILS Our Father Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; which art in heaven, and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and hallowed be thy Name, dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. in earth as it is in heaven. ANTHEM THE BLESSING Loquebantur variis linguis

Loquebantur variis linguis Apostoli magnalia ORGAN VOLUNTARY Dei, Alleluia. Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, et coeperunt loqui: magnalia Dei, Alleluia. Gloria Canzona in C, BuxWV 166 Buxtehude Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto: Alleluia.

The Apostles spoke in different languages of the great deeds of God, Alleluia. They were all filled THIS EVENING’S MUSIC with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak of the great deeds of God, Alleluia. Glory to the Father Gerald Finzi was commissioned to write a Magnificat and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Alleluia. for a university Christmas concert in 1952. It was not intended for liturgical use, yet the work remains Words: Acts 2 vv. 11, 4 Music: Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–85) true to the text throughout. From the triumphant repetitions of ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord’ through to the final lullaby-like ‘Amen’, Finzi brilliantly THOUGHT FOR THE DAY imagines and evokes the mood of Mary’s song. Since then, The Finzi Trust invited David Bednall The Rt Revd & Right Hon. Lord Chartres GCVO PC, formerly Bishop of London to compose tonight’s Nunc dimittis as a companion piece to the Magnificat, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the composer’s death. The work premiered at the PRAYERS 2016 Gloucester Three Choirs Festival, and Bednall commented at the time: ‘I’m greatly honoured to be commissioned by the Finzi Trust to write a new Gloria HYMN NEH 408 (i) BLAENWERN and Nunc dimittis … Finzi has always been one of Love Divine, all loves excelling, my favourite composers so it’s wonderful to be asked joy of heaven, to earth come down, to do this’. fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. When the Roman Catholic Rite was restored in Jesu, thou art all compassion, England, during the brief reign of Queen Mary, pure unbounded love thou art; English composers such as Thomas Tallis were forced visit us with thy salvation, to change their compositional focus rapidly and enter every trembling heart. dramatically. Perhaps spurred on by personal faith, Tallis poured out a huge number of complex Come, almighty to deliver, contrapuntal works in the space of only five years. let us all thy life receive; Loquebantur variis linguis, a Pentecostal anthem in suddenly return, and never, seven parts, is one of these works. Six voices dance never more thy temples leave. about in complex polyphony, whilst the tenors Thee we would be always blessing, steadfastly sing out a cantus firmus melody (taken serve thee as thy hosts above, from the ancient Gregorian chant). Certainly, this pray, and praise thee, without ceasing, complex musical metaphor reflects the text, which glory in thy perfect love. begins ‘The Apostles spoke in different languages’. The structure of the piece also adheres to the liturgical Finish then thy new creation, structure of the matins responsory for the Feast of pure and spotless let us be; Pentecost. Tallis ultimately weathered the storm of let us see thy great salvation, religious tension in Tudor England: he and the perfectly restored in thee, younger William Byrd were granted by Queen changed from glory into glory, Elizabeth an exclusive 21-year license to print and till in heaven we take our place, publish polyphonic music, effectively securing their till we cast our crowns before thee, survival as court-sponsored musicians. Tallis lived lost in wonder, love, and praise! until he was around 80 years old. Words: Charles Wesley (1707–88) Music: William Rowlands (1860–1937)