Service and music lists

Services January 2017
Sunday 1st8.00 amHoly CommunionBCPAt St Andrew's
Epiphany10.00 amParish CommunionCWNo Choir
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV 614 J.S.Bach (MSJ)
In dir ist Freude BWV 615 J.S.Bach (MSJ)
6.30 pmEvensong (said)BCP
Thursday 5th11.00 amHoly CommunionCWFollowed by light lunch
Sunday 8th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily ServiceCW
Say, where is he born?/There shall a star Mendelssohn
Dance-Toccata 'Brightest and best' Penny
6.30 pmCarol Servicefor Epiphany
Bethlehem Down Warlock
Three Kings Cornelius
In the bleak mid-winter Darke
Nunc Dimittis Gloucester Service Howells
Postlude Was lebet Tambling
Thursday 12th11.00 amHoly CommunionCW
Sunday 15th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWHow
Behold the Lamb of God Handel
Tu es Petrus Palestrina
Grand Fugue Handel
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPSmith
Gibbons Short Service
Expectans expectavi Wood
Old 104th Parry
Thursday 19th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 22nd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Almighty and everliving God Gibbons
Beati quorum via Stanford
Praeludium in F Buxtehude
3.00 pmUnited Servicefor Xn Unity
If ye love me Stopford
Duke Street Penny
Thursday 26th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 29th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Cana's guest Allain
Tribus Miraculis Marenzio
The Wedding at Cana (Four Biblical Dances) Eben
6.30 pmHealing Service

Services February 2017
Thursday 2nd11.00 amHoly CommunionCWFollowed by light lunch
Sunday 5th 8.00 amHoly CommunionBCPAt St Andrews
10.00 amAll the FamilyCW
The Lord bless you and keep you Rutter
Spirit arr. Chadwick
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWVictoria O quam gloriosum
A New Commandment Nardone
Thursday 9th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 12th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
If ye love me Tallis
See, see the word is incarnate Gibbons
Prelude in G BWV 541/i J.S.Bach
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPSmith
Tallis Short Service
Let their celestial concerts all unite Samson Handel
Gig BWV 597/ii J.S.Bach (MP)
Thursday 16th11.00 amHoly Communion
Saturday 18th2.00 pmThanksgivingLife of John Earle
Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon
Magnificat Stanford in C
The Lord bless you and keep you Rutter
Menuet Gothique Suite Gothique Böellman (MS-J)
Sunday 19th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMartin How/Victoria Missa O Quam Gloriosum
Psalm 136 Lloyd
Benedicite in Bb Sumsion
Allegro BWV 597/i J.S.Bach (MP)
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPSmith
Leighton Coll:Mag
Most glorious Lord of life Harris
Toccata (1955) F.Jackson (MP)
Thursday 23rd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 26th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
O thou that art the light G.Jackson
O nata lux Lauridsen
Shine, Jesus shine Tambling (MP)
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPSmith
Stanford in C
For lo, I raise up Stanford
Toccata in d Op 59/ii Stanford (MP)

Services March 2017
Wednesday 1st8.00 pmChoral CommunionCWByrd à 4
A prayer of King Henry VI Ley
Fantasy - Heinlein Leighton
Thursday 2nd11.00 amHoly CommunionCWFollowed by light lunch
Sunday 5th8.00 amHoly Communionat St Andrew's
10.00 amAll the FamilyCW
A prayer of King Henry VI G.Jackson
My Girl Temptations arr. Chadwick
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWByrd à 4
Remember not lord our offences Purcell
Toccata: Aberystwyth Bednall
Thursday 9th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 12th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
Lord for thy tender mercy sake Farrant/Hilton
God so loved the world Chilcott
Postlude Aberystwyth Grote
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Noble in B minor
Civitas Sancti Tui Byrd
Kyrie, Gott vater in ewigkeit BWV 669 J.S.Bach
Thursday 16th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 19th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMartin How
Call to remembrance Farrant
Wash me throughly Wesley
Kyrie, Gott heiliger geist BWV 671 J.S.Bach
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Morley Fauxbourdons
God so loved the world Stainer
Christe, aller welte trost BWV 670 J.S.Bach
Thursday 23rd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 26th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily ServiceCWfor Mothering Sunday
The Lord bless you and keep you Rutter
Flower Duet Lakmé Delibes
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Batten Fourth Service
Lord, let me know mine end Greene
Postlude: Southwell Bullard

Services April 2017
Sunday 2nd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCPAt St Andrew's
10.00 amFamily Service
Wondrous Cross Wilby
"....and thanksgivings may follow" Locklair
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWPalestrina Missa Brevis
Verily, verily I say to you Tallis
Jesus accepts suffering Messiaen
Thursday 6th11.00 amHoly CommunionCWFollowed by light lunch
Sunday 9th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Hosanna to the Son of David Weelkes
Christus factus est Bruckner
Crucifixion Symphonie Passion Dupré
6.30 pmMeditationfor Palm Sunday
Crucifixus à 8 Lotti
Miserere Allegri
Christus factus est Bruckner
Thursday 13th11.00 amHoly Communion
8.00 pmChoral CommunionCWHowells Collegium Regale
Ubi Caritas Duruflé
Ave Verum Mawby
Ave Verum Byrd
Psalm 22 Howells
Good9.30 amFamily Service
Friday 14th2.00 pmSpecialAn Hour at the Foot of the Cross
In the departure of the Lord Bull
The Reproaches Sanders
Crux fidelis King John IV
Timot et tremor Poulenc
Easter8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
Day 16th10.00 amAll-age EucharistCWHow
Alleluia Jubilate Whitbourn
Blessed be the God and Father Wesley
Toccata Op 42/5 Widor
Choir Holiday. Choral Services resume on Sunday April 30th
6.30 pmEvensong (Said)BCP
Thursday 20th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 23rd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
2.00 pmParade ServiceBCPfor St George's Day
6.30 pmEvensong (Said)BCP
Thursday 27th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 30th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
O taste and see Vaughan Williams
Let all mortal flesh keep silence Bairstow
Resurrection Symphonie Passion Dupré
6.30 pmHealing Service

Services May 2017
Thursday 4th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 7th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP at St Andrew's
10.00 amAll the Family ServiceCWShepherds
The Lord's my shepherd Chilcott
Mary had a little lamb arr Chadwick
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWDarke in F
Jubilate in Bb Stanford
Finale (Symphonie 4) Widor
Thursday 11th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 14th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
My beloved spake Hadley
Os Justi Bruckner
Prelude in Eb BWV 552/i J.S.Bach
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFrith
Sumsion in G
Like as the hart Howells
Thursday 18th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 21st8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWHow/Darke in F (Civic Service)
I am the resurrection Tomkins
If ye love me Stopford
Finale (Symphonie 1) Vierne
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFrith
Howells Gloucester Service
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Howells
Sonata 3 Mendelssohn
Thursday 25th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 28th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
O God, the King of Glory Purcell
Alleluia! I heard a voice Weelkes
Outburts of Joy L'Ascension Messiaen
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFrith
Murrill in E
God is gone up finzi
March Miles Lane Leddington Wright

Services June 2017
Thursday 1st11.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
Sunday 4th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP at St Andrew's
10.00 amTeam Celtic CommunionCWat St Andrew's
6.30 pmEvensong (Said)BCP
Thursday 8th11.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
Sunday 11th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
Hymn to the Trinity Tchaikowsky
As truly as God is our Father Mathias
St Patrick's Breastplate Sonata Celtica Stanford
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPReading
Flötenuhrstüke Haydn
Stanford in A
Insanae et vanae curae Haydn
Variations on Austria "Emperor Quartet" Haydn
Thursday 15th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 18th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCW Martin How
God be in my head Howells
Locus iste Bruckner
Praeludium in C BuxWV 136 Buxtehude
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPReading
Purcell in g
O sing joyfully Batten
Voluntary for dubble organne Purcell
Thursday 22nd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 26th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Almighty God Fox
Ave Verum Byrd
Toccata in G Dix Pieces Dubois
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPReading
Dyson in D
Strengthen ye the weak hands Harris
Flourish for an occasion Harris
Thursday 29th11.00 amHoly Communion

Services July 2017
Sunday 2nd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP at St Andrew's
10.00 amAll the Family ServiceCW
Gaelic Blessing Rutter
Bridge over troubled water arr. Chadwick
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWDove Missa Brevis
Ave Verum Stopford
Fluorescence Patterson
Thursday 6th11.00 amHoly CommunionBCP Followed by light lunch
Sunday 9th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
Afferentur regi Bruckner
They that go down to the sea in ships Sumsion
Ona theme of Gibbons Angel Song Op 105/1 Stanford
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRose
Sumsion in A
The spirit of the Lord Elgar
Evensong Easthope Martin
Thursday 13th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 16th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMartin How
As water to the thirsty Coleman arr. Penny
Thy word is a lantern Purcell
Finale Improvisée Paderborn Penny
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRose
Byrd Second Service
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Tomkins
A Substantial Verse MB:V 31 Tomkins
Thursday 23rd11.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
Sunday 23rd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP at St Andrew's
10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
Verily, verily, I say to you Tallis
Teach me, O Lord Byrd
Grands Jeux Livre d'Orgue du Mage
Choir Holiday. Choral Services resume on Sunday Sept 3rd
6.30 pmEvensongBCPSaid
Thursday 28th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 30th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP at St Andrew's
10.00 amParish CommunionCW
6.30 pmCommemorationBCPFor the fallen of St Julien
Solemn Prelude: In Memoriam For the Fallen 1917 Elgar
Elegy (1913) Parry
Agnus Dei War Requiem Britten
Lo, the full, final sacrifice Finzi
Ode1977 Leighton

Services August 2017
Thursday 3rd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 6th10.00 amFamily ServiceCW
6.30 pmParish CommunionCW
Thursday 10th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 13th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
6.30 pmEvensongBCP
Thursday 17th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 20th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
6.30 pmEvensongBCP
Thursday 24th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 27th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Toccata Thou art Peter Mulet
6.30 pmEvensongBCP

Services September 2017
Sunday 3rd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCPat St Andrew's
10.00 amAll the FamilyCW The Burning Bush
A New Commandment Nardone
Toccata - Cry Freedom Rutter
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWLeighton in D
Adoremus te Christe Lassus
Prelude in C BWV 547/i J.S.Bach
Thursday 7th11.00 amHoly Communion followed by light lunch
Sunday 10th8.00 amHoly Communion
10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
Cantate Domino Pitoni
Jesu, joy of man's desiring J.S.Bach
St Ethelwald Farrar
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPAyleward "Rebooting my pilgimage" 1 - The way to life
Harwood in Ab
Behold the Lamb of God Handel
Postlude Michael Howells
Thursday 14th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 17th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMartin How/Leighton in D
Hide not thou thy face Farrant
Wash me throughly Wesley
Praeludium in g BuxWV 148 Buxtehude
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPAyleward
Sumsion in A
Greater Love Ireland
Alla Marcia Ireland
Thursday 21st11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 24th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Call to remembrance Farrant
The True Glory Aston
Carillon Vierne
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPAyleward "Rebooting my pilgimage" 2 - Love above everything
Stanford in C
Though I speak with the tongues of men Bairstow
On a theme of Gibbons Op 105/2 Stanford
Thursday 28th11.00 amHoly Communion

Services October 2017
Sunday 1st8.00 amHoly Communion at St Andrew's
10.00 amFamily ServiceBCPHarvest
For the beauty of the earth Rutter
The Leaves are Green arr Chadwick
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWDarke in E
Christus factus est Anerio
Toccata (1955) Jackson (b 2/10/17)
Thursday 5th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 8th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon
The heavens are telling Haydn
March Fleury
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRose "Rebooting my pilgimage" 3 - God among us
Gibbons Short Service
O God the King of Glory Purcell
Christ came to Jordan BWV 684 J.S.Bach
Thursday 12th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 15th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMartin How
O for a closer walk with God Stanford
O sacrum convivium Byrd
Alla Marcia Wills
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRose The Reformation at 500
A Safe Stronghold BWV 720 J.S.Bach
Farrant Short Service
A Safe Stronghold BWV 80/i J.S.Bach
A Safe Stronghold Op 27 Reger (abriged)
Thursday 19th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 22nd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
A prayer from South Africa Whitbourn
Sing unto the Lord Tye
Allegro in Eb Saint-Saens
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRose "Rebooting my pilgimage" 4 - The ever-present God
Stanford in Bb
The Spirit of the Lord Elgar
Come, Holy Ghost BWV 667 J.S.Bach
Sunday 29th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
I give to you Nardone
A New Commandment Tallis
Carillon-Sortie Mulet
6.30 pmEvensong (said)CW

Services November 2017
Thursday 2nd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 5th8.00 amHoly Communion at St Andrew's
10.00 amAll the Family ServiceCW
Give us the wings of faith Whitbourn
arr Chadwick
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCWG.Jackson Mass for All Saints
Holy is the true light Harris
Fantasia For all the Saints F.Jackson
Thursday 9th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 12th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.53 amCWService at War Memorial
11.30 amParade ServiceCWHymns and prayers for the fallen
There is neither speech nor language Whitbourn
Choral Symphonie II Vierne
6.30 pmChoral EvensongCWTomkins "Rebooting my pilgimage" 5 - The Cost of Forgiveness
Stanford in G
Surely/And with His stripes Messiah Handel
Ode Leighton
Thursday 16th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 19th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMartin How
God be in my head Howells
O quam gloriosum Victoria
Finale Symphonie I Vierne
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPTomkins Hilda of Whitby
Howells Collegium Regale
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Howells
Jubilate Mathias
Thursday 23rd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 26th8.00 amHoly Communion
10.00 amParish CommunionBCPMathias Commemoration of Faithful Departed
God be in my head Rutter
Ubi Caritas Gjeilo
If ye love me Stopford
Christ Triumphant Leddington Wright
6.30 pmChoral EvensongCWTomkins "Rebooting my pilgimage" 6 - Faith gets real
G.Jackson Truro Service
A New Song MacMillan
Toccata Veni Creator Demessieux

Services December 2017
Sunday 3rd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP at St Andrew's
10.00 amAll the FamilyCWWaiting
Jesus Christ the apple tree Poston
Merton Thorne
6.30 pmAdvent Carol ServiceFrom darkness to Light
Carols and Hymns for Advent (Descants/arrangements Noyce)
Creator alme Plainsong
Remember O thou man Ravenscroft
I look from afar Palestrina
This is the record of John Gibbons
Lo, how a Rose is blooming arr. Blackwell
Magnificat (Service in G) Stanford
In the Stillness Beamish
O thou the central orb Wood
Toccata - Veni Emmanuel Carter
Thursday 7th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 10th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
I look from afar Palestrina
Fuit homo missus a Deo Palestrina
Prelude in c BWV 546i J.S.Bach
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFerial Conception of BVM
Morley Fauxbordons
there is no rose Skempton
Offertoire (Ave Maria) L'orgue Mystique 2/2 Tournemire
Wednesday 13th7.0 pmFire & Rescue and Police Services Carol Service
Thursday 14th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 17th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMartin How
Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon
This is the record of John Gibbons
Fantasia MB xx:7 Gibbons
6.30 pmService of Nine Lessons & Carols
A Child is born in Bethlehem Stopford
Adam lay ybounden Ord
In dulci jubilo Pearsall
O little town Rütti
Silent night arr. Chilcott
Lo, how a Rose is blooming arr. Blackwell
In the stillness of the night Beamish
The Star Song Dove
What child is this? Hewitt-Jones
My Lord has come Todd
Congregational Carols & Hymns
In Dulci Jubilo BWV 729 J.S.Bach
Lo he comes Leighton
Thursday 21st11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 24th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
The angel Gabriel arr. Pettman
In the stillness of the night Beamish
Wachet Auf BWV 545 J.S.Bach
4.00 pmCrib Service
What child is this? Hewitt-Jones
Declamation - Gloria Bedford
11.30 pmMidnight MassCWMartin How
Up! Good Christen folk! arr. Woodward
Infant Holy arr. Willcocks
Away in a manger (Normandy tune) arr. Jacques
Toccata Mushel
Monday 25th8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amFamily EucharistCWMWilliam Mathias
Ding dong! Merrily on high! arr. Wood
Little Jesus, weeylt sleep arr. Willcocks
We wish you a Merry Christmas arr. Warrell
Declamation - Gloria Bedford

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