S ERVICES & M USIC July Welcome This month sees a number of new beginnings and also some endings: We have a new Bishop of Bristol! At the end of last month the election of the Very Revd Vivienne Faull was confirmed and at the start of this month she will be consecrated as a Bishop in St Paul’s Cathedral. We very much look forward to welcoming her to the Diocese in October. We have eleven new deacons and nine new priests! They were ordained by the Bishop of Swindon and will be a great blessing as they serve in parishes across the Diocese. We will be saying farewell to a number of choristers, a Lay Clerk and two Choral Scholars. Their skills have enhanced our worship immeasurably and we are extremely grateful for their dedication, their commitment and their willingness to serve God in this Cathedral. We will miss them, but they leave with our prayers and good wishes as they leave here and move on to new pastures. Many of our highly-trained choristers choose to continue their musical studies in further education, often followed by a career in music. In the autumn the Archdeacon of Malmesbury, the Ven Christine Froude, will retire and at the end of July Christine will preside here at the 10.00am Eucharist. Christine and her husband David, a Lay Canon, have both been a part of Cathedral life for many years and this will give us an opportunity to thank them for their generous support. They leave Bristol with our love and our prayers as they begin this exciting and well-deserved new chapter in their lives. The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor Dean of Bristol The Very Revd Dr David Hoyle Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Master of the Choristers and Organist Mark Lee For more information, please contact the Music Administrator Tim Popple [email protected] 0117 926 4879 2 bristol-cathedral.co.uk About the Cathedral The original foundation on this site was an abbey established in 1148 by Robert Fitzhardinge of Berkeley Castle. It was built just outside the original walls of Bristol on high ground overlooking the river. The new monastery was dedicated to St Augustine. Initially all the abbey buildings were in Norman style (characterized by massive pillars and round arches) but between the 13th and early 16th centuries a sequence of rebuilding projects transformed the church into a Gothic one, showing the successive developments of Gothic style. The last section due to be rebuilt was the nave. However, just after the old nave had been demolished, and before much progress had been made with the rebuilding, Henry VIII dissolved the country’s monasteries and confiscated their assets. The new nave was therefore never built, and the work that had already been done was dismantled to provide stone for other projects in the area. On 9 December 1539 the last Abbot of Bristol handed over the abbey to the King’s Commissioners. Unlike many other cities, it was not originally intended that there should be a diocese of Bristol, and so its abbey was not due to become a cathedral. However, when it was discovered that St Peter’s Abbey in the nearby rival port of Gloucester was to be made a cathedral, Bristol’s citizens petitioned for equal treatment and in 1542 the disused abbey church was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. In 1877 the rebuilding of the nave was finally completed, 350 years after the original, Norman nave, had been demolished. 3 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Information Anthems Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English are available from page 17. Bible Translation The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays. Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary. Choir Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. On Mondays the boy choristers sing with the lay clerks and choral scholars. On Tuesdays the girl choristers sing with the lay clerks. Weekend services alternate between boy choristers and girl choristers. Communion If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are. Feast Days Key On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows: Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service. Hymns Hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH), with tunes following. Incense On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the † symbol. Photography and Recording No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter. 4 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Psalms The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for “Glory be to the Father…” at the end of the last psalm. Service Length Said morning prayer lasts approximately 20 minutes. Said Lunchtime Eucharist lasts approximately 30 minutes. Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; evening prayer around 20 minutes. Eucharist on a Sunday lasts around 1hr 15. On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating additional hymns and a sermon. Quire Services: those unable to stay for the whole service are asked to sit in the Nave. 5 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 1 July Fifth Sunday after Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.30am ORDINATION OF PRIESTS QUIRE Preacher The Rt Revd Humphrey Southern SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Principal Ripon College Cuddesdon Setting Missa Alme Pater – Millington Motet Beati quorum via – Stanford Voluntary Final (Symphonie 6) – Vierne 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Responses Piccolo Psalm 53 Canticles Darke in F Anthem Blessed city, heavenly Salem – Bairstow Hymns 459 Crimond; 480 St Stephen [15] Voluntary Prelude & Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria – Britten Monday 2 July Verses | Cantoris Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First CHORAL EVENSONG of Thomas the Apostle QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 27 Canticles Second Service – Gibbons Hymn 125 O filiii et filiae (vv 1, 4-8) Anthem When David heard that Absalom was slain – Weelkes Tuesday 3 July Thomas the Apostle 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL NAVE Paul Walton – Assistant Organist, Bristol Cathedral 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Piccolo Psalm 130 Canticles Walmisley in d Hymn 173 Regent Square [265] Anthem O pray for the peace of Jerusalem – Howells 6 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 4 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First CHORAL EVENSONG of the Dedication of the Cathedral QUIRE sung by the Boy Choristers Responses Noon Psalm 24 Canticles John Wood in G Hymn 206 Harewood Anthem Litany to the Holy Spirit – Hurford Thursday 5 July DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 132 Friday 6 July Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop, Martyrs, 1535 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Tallis Psalm 31 Canticles Tone i – Lassus | Tone vii – Victoria Anthem Salve Regina – Cavalli Hymn 241 Te lucis ante terminum A translation of the anthem is available on Page 16 Saturday 7 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 36 Canticles Noble in b Hymn 333 Michael Anthem Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner A translation is available on Page 16 7 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 8 July Sixth Sunday after Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST with Cathedral Choir Valedictions NAVE Preacher The Dean SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Setting Messe Solennelle – Vierne Psalm 48 Motet O salutaris hostia – Dupré Hymns Processional 448 Westminster Abbey Offertory 373 Coe Fen Communion 295 Picardy Post-communion When in our music Engelberg Voluntary Finale (Symphonie 8) – Widor 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Derek Chedzey Responses Rose Psalm 121 Canticles Gloucester Service – Howells Anthem Lobet den Herrn BWV230 – J. S. Bach Hymns 336 Angel Voices; 252 St Clement Voluntary Fantasia and Fugue in G – Parry The Cathedral Choir will be on tour in Belgium and the Netherlands from 13-21 July, and will then start their Summer Holiday. They return on Friday 7 September. Monday 9 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 45, 46 Tuesday 10 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 51, 52 8 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 11 July Benedict, Abbot, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm