S ERVICES & M USIC June 2019 From the Canon Precentor June is always a busy month as people tend to plan parties and weddings, picnics and outdoor events in the hope of fine weather. With the end of term and summer holidays in sight, this month at the Cathedral is exceptionally busy too, and packed with musical treats and special services. So much is going on it seems most helpful to list things chronologically: On Sunday 2 June the Cathedral is hosting the first Diocesan Thy Kingdom Come service. This is in response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s prayer initiative, in which Christians the world over are encouraged to pray the Lord’s Prayer between the Feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost. This will be a lively, upbeat service and the Bishop of Bristol is preaching. On the evening of Saturday 8 June the Cathedral Choir is giving a concert entitled Faire is the Heaven. The choir is in particularly fine voice at the moment and the programme offers a variety of well-known and slightly different pieces. Tickets are available from Opus13.co.uk, 0117 923 0164. On Sunday 9 June we will celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the day when we re-live the time when the first disciples received the gift of the Holy Spirit. Sunday 16 June is Trinity Sunday, when as the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, we will celebrate our Feast of Title. On this special occasion we are delighted that the Bishop of Bristol will be with us to confirm ten of our young people. The Feast of Corpus Christi is on Thursday 20 June, and at 6.00pm that day we will hold a special choral service of Thanksgiving for the gift of the Eucharist. On Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June the Bishop will be with us again, this time to ordain new Deacons and Priests. The ordination services are always joyful and full of hope for the future. Please pray for us during the very busy time that lies ahead, as we strive to offer the highest possible standard of liturgy and worship without losing sight of the God we serve. All the services and events are listed in this Music List and on our website, so if you are interested to find out more about the timings or musical content, please read on or take a look at our website, the link to which is at the bottom of each page. 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 towards the back of this booklet. 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 26 May Sixth Sunday of Easter BCP: Fifth Sunday after Easter 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP, Fifth Sunday after Easter) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Setting Messe Solennelle – Vierne Psalm 67 Motet O sacrum convivium – Messiæn Hymns Entrance 263 Lasst uns Erfreuen Offertory 113 Savannah (Herrnhut) Communion 295 Picardy Post Communion For the fruits of his creation East Acklam Voluntary Tu es petrus – Mulet 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Responses Sumsion Psalms 126, 127 Canticles Chichester Service – Walton Anthem The Lord is my shepherd – Berkeley Hymns 418 Knecht; 252 St Clement Voluntary Paean – Leighton Monday 27 May Augustine of Canterbury 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 110 Tuesday 28 May Jordan, Missionary, Companion to St. Augustine 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – MEZZO SOPRANO AND PIANO NAVE Helen Vincent, Lay Clerk, Bristol Cathedral, and Steven Kings 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 117 6 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 29 May Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of the Ascension QUIRE Psalms 15, 24 Thursday 30 May CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY ASCENSION DAY The Melgas Consort 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 8 6.00pm † CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST QUIRE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Setting Missa ‘Mille Regretz’ – Cristóbal de Morales Psalm 47 Motet Data est mihi omnis potestas – MacMillan Hymns Entrance 109 (verses 5-7*,10) Salve Festa Dies (2) Offertory 134 St Magnus * Ascension only verses Communion 296 St Helen Post-communion 130 (omit*) Llanfair Friday 31 May The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 122, 127, 128 Saturday 1 June CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Te Decet Hymnus 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalms 1, 2, 3 Canticles Wood in E Flat (No. 2) Hymn 217 Angel’s Song [235] Anthem Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Bairstow 7 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 2 June CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY Seventh Sunday of Easter Te Decet Hymnus BCP: Sunday after the Ascension 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP, Sunday after the Ascension) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Setting Darke in F Psalm 97 Motet Ave verum corpus – Byrd Hymns Entrance 130 (omit *) Llanfair Offertory 352 Diademata Communion 275 Liebster Jesu Post Communion 437 Austria Voluntary Allegro Risoluto, from the Plymouth Suite – Whitlock 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Sue Farrance,