Program for Choral Services
Music List for April 2025
Please note that music listed below may change without notice.
The hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal, unless otherwise noted.
April 6: Lent 5/Passion Sunday
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Setting: Herbert Sumsion, Communion Service in F
Communion: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Wash me throughly from my wickedness
Hymns: Asperges, 76, 270, 83
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Christus, der uns selig macht (BWV 620)
5.00 p.m. Choral Evensong & Benediction
Responses: Thomas Ebdon
Psalms 130 & 143: Chants by Joseph Barnby & Joseph Pring
Canticles: Thomas Attwood Walmisley, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in D minor
Anthem: Antonio Lotti, Crucifixus
Second Anthem: Orlande de Lassus, Adoramus te, Christe
Hymns: 79 (tune: Vexilla Regis), 62
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen (BWV 1093)
April 13: Palm Sunday
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Arthur Hutchings, Hosanna to the Son of David
Service: Harold Darke, Communion Service in F major
Passion: Orlande de Lassus, Passion according to St Luke
Communion: Michael Haydn, Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Hymns: 509 & 511, [no Gradual], 86, 79 (Gonfalon Royal)
Postlude: Jean Langlais, Prélude modale
April 17: Maundy Thursday
7.30 p.m. High Mass
Service: Hans Leo Haßler, Missa secunda
During the washing of feet: Manuel Cardoso, Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes?
Maurice Duruflé, Ubi caritas
Communion: Thomas Tallis, A new commandment
Hymns: 280, 269, 270, 268
April 18: Good Friday
3.00 p.m. Liturgy of the Day
Passion: Tomás Luis de Victoria, Passion according to St John
Reproaches: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Communion: Orlande de Lassus, O vos omnes
Hymns: 95, 90
7.30 p.m. Tenebrae
Plainsong: Psalms, Antiphons and Lessons
Responsories: Marc’Antonio Ingegneri
April 19: Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil
7.30 p.m. High Mass
After first Prophecy: Psalm 136.1–9, 23–26: Chant by Sydney Hugo Nicholson
After second Prophecy: Canticle: Song of Moses: Chant adapted from Robert Schumann
After third Prophecy: Canticle: Isaiah 12.1–6: Chant adapted from Claudio Monteverdi
After fourth Prophecy: Psalm 42.1–7: Chant by Charles Villiers Stanford
Service: Christopher Tye, Missa Euge bone
Communion: Taverner, Dum transisset sabbatum
(And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Jesus. Alleluya. And very early in the morning of the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. That they might anoint Jesus. Alleluya. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Alleluya.)
Hymns: 116, 119
Postlude: Jean Langlais, Incantation pour un jour saint
This piece is based on the traditional chants of the Easter Vigil Mass.
April 20: Easter Day
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Francis Jackson, Communion Service in G
Communion: W. H. Harris, Most glorious Lord of life
Hymns: 106, 110, 104, 113
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in B minor (BWV 544ii)
Please note that music listed below may change without notice.
The hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal, unless otherwise noted.
April 6: Lent 5/Passion Sunday
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Setting: Herbert Sumsion, Communion Service in F
Communion: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Wash me throughly from my wickedness
Hymns: Asperges, 76, 270, 83
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Christus, der uns selig macht (BWV 620)
5.00 p.m. Choral Evensong & Benediction
Responses: Thomas Ebdon
Psalms 130 & 143: Chants by Joseph Barnby & Joseph Pring
Canticles: Thomas Attwood Walmisley, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in D minor
Anthem: Antonio Lotti, Crucifixus
Second Anthem: Orlande de Lassus, Adoramus te, Christe
Hymns: 79 (tune: Vexilla Regis), 62
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen (BWV 1093)
April 13: Palm Sunday
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Arthur Hutchings, Hosanna to the Son of David
Service: Harold Darke, Communion Service in F major
Passion: Orlande de Lassus, Passion according to St Luke
Communion: Michael Haydn, Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Hymns: 509 & 511, [no Gradual], 86, 79 (Gonfalon Royal)
Postlude: Jean Langlais, Prélude modale
April 17: Maundy Thursday
7.30 p.m. High Mass
Service: Hans Leo Haßler, Missa secunda
During the washing of feet: Manuel Cardoso, Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes?
Maurice Duruflé, Ubi caritas
Communion: Thomas Tallis, A new commandment
Hymns: 280, 269, 270, 268
April 18: Good Friday
3.00 p.m. Liturgy of the Day
Passion: Tomás Luis de Victoria, Passion according to St John
Reproaches: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Communion: Orlande de Lassus, O vos omnes
Hymns: 95, 90
7.30 p.m. Tenebrae
Plainsong: Psalms, Antiphons and Lessons
Responsories: Marc’Antonio Ingegneri
April 19: Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil
7.30 p.m. High Mass
After first Prophecy: Psalm 136.1–9, 23–26: Chant by Sydney Hugo Nicholson
After second Prophecy: Canticle: Song of Moses: Chant adapted from Robert Schumann
After third Prophecy: Canticle: Isaiah 12.1–6: Chant adapted from Claudio Monteverdi
After fourth Prophecy: Psalm 42.1–7: Chant by Charles Villiers Stanford
Service: Christopher Tye, Missa Euge bone
Communion: Taverner, Dum transisset sabbatum
(And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Jesus. Alleluya. And very early in the morning of the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. That they might anoint Jesus. Alleluya. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Alleluya.)
Hymns: 116, 119
Postlude: Jean Langlais, Incantation pour un jour saint
This piece is based on the traditional chants of the Easter Vigil Mass.
April 20: Easter Day
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Francis Jackson, Communion Service in G
Communion: W. H. Harris, Most glorious Lord of life
Hymns: 106, 110, 104, 113
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in B minor (BWV 544ii)

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