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Services and Music List

March and April 2018

WELCOME Much of our attention, both in Church and in the world, is given to what is extraordinary; to

anything which is unusual or which stands out. The daily round of prayer and praise at the

Cathedral reminds us that our access to God, and our privilege to begin and end each day

begun and ended in God – is far from ordinary. The gold of word and sacrament is

supported here at Wells through sensitively chosen and performed music, which for many, is

the very ‘language of God.’ It enables us to reflect our world and its triumphs and

tribulations back to God creatively and so to experience our share in the divine life.

We hope very much that you will join us when you can.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

Communicant members of other churches in good standing are welcome to receive the Sacrament in

this church if they so desire.

IN RESIDENCE February 25 – March 3: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean

March 4 – 10: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor

March 11 – 17: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

March 18 – 24: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells

March 25 – 31: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

April 1 – 7: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor

April 8 – 14: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean

April 15 – 21: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor

April 22 – 28: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

April 29 – May 5: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean

WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR The Cathedral’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, Prebendary Matthew Owens, is

always pleased to hear from parents of prospective choristers.

Scholarships and additional bursaries for Wells Cathedral School, which all choristers attend,

are available. For more information, or about choral and organ scholarships at the Cathedral,

please telephone 01749 832204 or email [email protected]

USE OF INCENSE At certain services throughout the year, incense is used to enhance the festal nature of the

day. These services are marked with an asterisk (*).

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.

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FEBRUARY

25 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Langlais Prélude Modal, Op. 6, i

Hymns CP 386, SP 265, 439, 476

Langlais Messe solennelle

Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar

Communion Proper: Visionem quam vidistis

Langlais Ricercare, Op. 6, viii

Duruflé Tantum ergo sacramentum

Leighton Prelude, Op. 41, i

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Ayelward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 33-48

Purcell Benedicite and Benedictus in B flat Hymns 393, 333

Purcell Thou knowest, Lord

Purcell Voluntary in D minor, Z718

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 89-104

Gibbons Second Service Hymns 477, 440 (omit *)

Tallis In ieiunio et fletu

Preacher: Professor Joy Carter, Vice Chancellor of Winchester University

de Grigny Récit de tierce en taille (Premier Livre d’Orgue)

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26 MONDAY Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176

Gabriel Jackson Truro Service

Gabriel Jackson A prayer of King Henry VI

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27 TUESDAY: George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633


12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION


Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128

Tallis Fauxbourdon Service 129, 130, 131 Farrant/Hilton Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake

FEBRUARY/MARCH

28 WEDNESDAY


9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral)

Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138

Gombert Magnificat quarti toni

Tone IV Nunc dimittis

Tomkins Turn unto the Lord

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1 THURSDAY: David, bishop, patron of Wales, c. 601


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Owain Park (London)


Bullock Preces and Responses Psalms 6, 7, 8

Rupert Gough Fauxbourdon Service

Harris Holy is the true light

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2 FRIDAY: Chad, bishop, missionary, 672


12.05 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

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3 SATURDAY



Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 18 vv 1-6

Wise Evening Service in F Hymns 74, 244

S.S. Wesley Wash me throughly

Stanley Voluntary in C major, Op. 5

MARCH

4 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral),

attended by Wells Cathedral School

Arvo Pärt Trivium

Hymns 216 (t. 433), SP 35 (t. ii), 333, 437

Judith Bingham Missa Brevis ‘Awake my soul’

Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor

Communion Proper: Passer invenit sibi domum

Per Nørgård I (Canon)

Sir James MacMillan CBE Give me justice

Britten Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Vicars Choral)

Bullock Preces and Responses Psalm 20

William Drakett Benedicite omnia opera Hymns 234, 94

and Benedictus (Wells Service)

Lloyd Lord, teach us to number our days

Vierne Allegro Vivace (Première Symphonie, Op. 14, iv)


Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 23

Schütz Ein Deutsches Magnificat Hymns 414, CP 466

Josquin Desprez Nunc dimittis

Palestrina Sicut cervus

Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, DL, Dean

J.S. Bach Präludium b-moll, BWV 544, i

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5 MONDAY Cantoris verses



Howard Skempton Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29

Howard Skempton The Wells Service

Howard Skempton O Saviour of the world

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6 TUESDAY


12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)


Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 32, 33, 34

Cooper Fauxbourdon Service

Leighton Drop, drop slow tears

MARCH

7 WEDNESDAY: Perpetua, Felicity and companions, martyrs, 203


9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)


Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 37

Morley Fauxbourdon Service

Parsley Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae

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8 THURSDAY: Edward King, bishop, 1910



Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 41, 42, 43 Farrant Evening Service in A minor

Farrant Call to remembrance, O Lord

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9 FRIDAY




7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Early Music Wells – Gesualdo and Victoria

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10 SATURDAY


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING


Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55

Blair Evening Service in B minor Hymns 394, 74

Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen

Schumann Langsam (Sechs Fugen über BACH, Op. 60, No 1)

MARCH

11 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday)


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Brahms Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122, x

Hymns CP 499, CP 305, CP 598 (t. i), 186

Brahms Missa canonica, WoO18

Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar

Communion Proper: Ierusalem quae aedificatur

Brahms Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, Op. 122, v

Bruckner Christus factus est

Brahms Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122, ix

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 56

Harris Benedicite omni opera Hymns 238, 424

Stanford Benedictus in A

John Rutter Open thou mine eyes

Stanford Postlude in G, Op. 105, Set 2, ii



Soriano Magnificat primi toni

Tone I Nunc dimittis Hymns 379, 252

Lobo Versa est in luctum

Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

Rossi Toccata Settima

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10.30 a.m. OPEN DOOR SERVICE (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir)



Gombert Magnificat sexti toni

Tone VI Nunc dimittis

Tomkins Out of the deep have I called unto thee

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13 TUESDAY




Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 69, 70

Blow Evening Service in the Dorian Mode

Gibbons O Lord, in they wrath

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Millfield Festival Chorus

MARCH

14 WEDNESDAY




Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 73, 74

Weelkes Short Service

Mundy Have mercy on me, O Lord

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15 THURSDAY


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS RECITAL 20: Matthew Owens


Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 78

Wood Evening Service in G for double choir

Brahms Ach, arme Welt

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16 FRIDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers)

Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 84, 85 Tone V Magnificat and Nunc dimittis

Matthew Owens Miserere mei, Deus

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17 SATURDAY: Patrick, bishop, missionary, patron of Ireland, c.460



Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 89

Stanford Evening Service in C Hymns 472 (t. ii), 335

Stanford Beati quorum via

Stanford Marcia Eroica (Four Intermezzi, Op. 189, No. 2)

MARCH

18 SUNDAY: THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT


9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Scheidemann Praeambulum d-moll, WV 33 Hymns 294, 84, SP 39, CP 54

Byrd Mass for four voices

Preacher: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells

Communion Proper: Qui mihi ministrat

Buxtehude Vater unser in Himmelreich, BuxWV 219

Tallis Salvator mundi

Bruhns Präludium e-moll (‘Kleines’)

Please note the earlier starting time of this service

11.30 a.m. LEGAL SERVICE (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 92

Elgar Te Deum and Benedictus Hymns 368, 467

Bruckner Os justi

Preacher: The Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, President of the

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Vierne Allegro Maestoso (Troisième Symphonie, Op. 28, i)

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 93

Tomkins Fifth Service Hymns 63, 410

Palestrina Veritas mea

Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Professor David Thomas,

Birmingham University and Canon Theologian, Wells Cathedral

Buxtehude Präludium g-moll, BuxWV 149

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19 MONDAY: Joseph of Nazareth Cantoris verses


5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Alain Lamento, JA 14 Hymns 160 (t. 190, ii), 231

Martin Messe pour double chœur a cappella

Communion Proper: Ioseph, fili David

Demessieux Ubi Caritas (Ricercare)

Duruflé Scherzo, Op. 2

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20 TUESDAY: Cuthbert, bishop, missionary, 687




Tavener Preces and Responses Psalm 104

John Bertalot Fauxbourdon Service

Tavener Ikon of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne

MARCH

21 WEDNESDAY: Thomas Cranmer, archbishop, Reformation martyr, 1556





Tallis Service in the Dorian Mode

Victoria Iste sanctus pro lege sui Dei

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22 THURSDAY



Morley Preces and Responses Psalms 108, 109 Morley Short Service

Morley Thou knowest, Lord

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23 FRIDAY




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24 SATURDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Eustachius Parish Church, Tavistock)

Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-16

Sumsion Evening Service in G Hymns 431, 75

Greene Lord, let me know mine end

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society – Bernstein Chichester Psalms,

Rutter Gloria, Copland Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man

MARCH

25 SUNDAY: PALM SUNDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST * (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral)

J.S. Bach Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 735

Hymns 509, 511, 86, 95

Stuart Beer Psalm 24

Palestrina Missa Brevis

Passion Gospel: Lassus St Mark Passion

Communion Proper: Pater, si non potest hic calix transire

Frescobaldi Ricercar sesto

Victoria Pueri Hebraeorum

J.S. Bach Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736

3.00 p.m. ST LUKE PASSION (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral)

A devotional performance of Philip Moore’s St Luke Passion (first performance),

commissioned by Cathedral Commissions of Wells Cathedral, with support from

The Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust and the Vernon Ellis Foundation

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26 MONDAY: Monday of Holy Week Decani verses


12.30 p.m. MEDITATIVE EVENT FOR HOLY WEEK

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Decani Vicars Choral)

Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 25

Tone I Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Tallis Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae (I)

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27 TUESDAY: Tuesday of Holy Week


10.00 a.m. BLESSING OF THE OILS

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Cantoris Vicars Choral)

Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 55 vv 13-24

Tone II Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Tallis Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae (II)

MARCH

28 WEDNESDAY: Wednesday of Holy Week





Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 88

Tone III Magnificat and Nunc dimittis

Brumel Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae

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29 THURSDAY: MAUNDY THURSDAY


10.15 a.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL END OF TERM SERVICE



7.30 p.m. EUCHARIST OF THE LAST SUPPER * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Messiaen Le Banquet céleste Hymns CP 133 (t. 412), CP 130, 410

Berkeley Missa Brevis Psalms 22, 88

Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor; Franck Panis angelicus

Preacher: The Reverened Malcolm Guite, Bye-Fellow and Chaplain,

Girton College, Cambridge

Communion Proper: Hoc corpus, quod pro vobis tradetur

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30 FRIDAY: GOOD FRIDAY

10.00 a.m. CHORAL MATINS (Vicars Choral)

Victoria Tamquam ad latronum Proper Psalm 69

Victoria Tenebrae factae sunt; Jesum tradidit impius

12.00 p.m. THREE HOURS DEVOTION * (final hour with Boy Choristers, Girl

Choristers, and Vicars Choral)

Preacher: The Reverened Malcolm Guite, Bye-Fellow and Chaplain,

Girton College, Cambridge

Stuart Beer The Reproaches (first performance); Lotti Crucifixus; Walton A Litany


7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Bath Camerata – Music for Good Friday

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31 SATURDAY: EASTER EVE

8.00 a.m. MATINS


9.00 p.m. EASTER VIGIL * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

APRIL

1 SUNDAY: EASTER DAY


9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST * (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars

Choral)

J.S. Bach 'Gigue' Fuge G-dur, BWV 577

Hymns 124, CP 156, 271, 120

Mozart Krönungs-Messe, K. 317

Preacher: The Right Reverend Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells

Communion Proper: Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus

J.S. Bach Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654

Handel Hallelujah Chorus (from ‘Messiah’)

Gigout Grand Choeur Diologue

Please note the earlier starting time of this service

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral)

Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Hymns 119 (t. 107), CP 149

Malcolm Archer Easter Anthems

Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat

Hadley My beloved spake

Howells Saraband for the morning of Easter

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral)

Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 66 vv 1-11

Howells The Dallas Service Hymns 110, 103

Matthew Owens This joyful Eastertide


Tournemire Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae Paschali laudes’

Following Evensong, the Cathedral Choir is on vacation until Monday 23 April

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2 MONDAY: Monday of Easter Week


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER Proper Psalm 135

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3 TUESDAY: Tuesday of Easter Week




APRIL

4 WEDNESDAY: Wednesday of Easter Week




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5 THURSDAY: Thursday of Easter Week


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir)

Ebdon Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 106

Wood Evening Service in E flat, No.1

Palestrina Exultate Deo

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6 FRIDAY: Friday of Easter Week


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Andrew’s Parish Church, Cheddar)

Ferial Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 107

Shera Evening Service in C

Bob Chilcott Jesus springing

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7 SATURDAY: Saturday of Easter Week


12 noon RENEWAL OF WEDDING VOWS (Lady Chapel)


Martin Neary Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 145

David Fawcett Evening Service in G Hymns 102, 112

Byrd Laudibus in sanctis

J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge G-dur, BWV 550

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain

APRIL

8 SUNDAY: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir)

Hymns 105 (t. ii), 113, 498, 116

Wood Mass in F


de Séverac Tantum ergo sacramentum

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir)

Martin Neary Preces and Responses Psalm 39

Dyson Te Deum and Benedictus in F Hymns 118, 239

Byrd Haec dies

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir)

Martin Neary Preces and Responses Psalms 42, 43

Michael Cockerham Evening Service in A flat Hymns 117, 361

John Rutter CBE Christ the Lord is risen again


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9 MONDAY: ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

(transferred)


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: ‘The Journey’

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Choir of St John’s Parish Church, Glastonbury)

Hymns 185, 33

Sumsion Communion Service in F Rachmaninov Ave Maria

Messiaen Joie et clarte des Corps glorieux

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10 TUESDAY: William Law, priest, spiritual writer, 1761




APRIL

11 WEDNESDAY




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12 THURSDAY


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Jeremy Cole (Wells Cathedral) )


Sanders Preces and Responses Psalms 65, 66, 67

Sumsion Evening Service in A

Christopher Alexander Teach us, good Lord

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13 FRIDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Senior Chamber Choir of Francis Holland School, London)

Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 69 vv 1-12

Malcolm Archer Salisbury Service

Bob Chilcott Psalm 150

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14 SATURDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The St John Singers)

Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 73 vv 1-14

Noble Evening Service in A minor Hymns 368, 265

Simon Lindley Now the green blade riseth

APRIL

15 SUNDAY: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (The St John Singers)

Hymns CP 152, 443, 296 (t. i), 486

Palestrina Missa Brevis

Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Professor David Thomas,

Birmingham University and Canon Theologian, Wells Cathedral

Howells O salutaris

11.30 a.m. MATINS (The St John Singers)

Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 75

Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat Hymns 115, 399

Stanford Ye choirs of new Jerusalem

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (The St John Singers)

Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalms 78 vv 1- 17

S.S. Wesley Evening Service in E Hymns 349, 101 (t.ii omit *)

Wood Hail, gladdening light

Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vcar

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16 MONDAY



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17 TUESDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of Colyton Grammar School, Devon)

Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 89 vv 1-19

Willan Evening Service in E flat

Wood O thou, the central orb

APRIL

18 WEDNESDAY




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19 THURSDAY: Alphege, archbishop, martyr, 1012


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS


Reading Preces and Responses Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101

Rootham Evening Service in E minor

McKie We wait for thy loving kindness

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20 FRIDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of King’s School, Bruton)

Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 104 vv 1-23

Sumsion Evening Service in G

Sumsion They that go down to the sea in ships

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21 SATURDAY: Anselm, abbot, archbishop, teacher of the faith, 1109


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Clent Consort)

Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 106 vv 1-12

Gibbons Short Service Hymns 456, 437

Hassler Cantate Domino

APRIL

22 SUNDAY: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Clent Consort)

Hymns 205, 282, 458, 463

Stanford Coronation Gloria in B flat

Stanford Communion Service in F


Hassler Quia vidisti me, Thoma

Schmidt Toccata in C major

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Clent Consort)

Radcliffe Preces and Responses Psalm 107 vv 1-15

Ireland Te Deum in F Hymns 255, 374

Britten Jubilate Deo in C

Harris Holy is the true light

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Clent Consort)

Aston Preces and Responses Psalm 108

Stanford Evening Service in F Hymns 390, 463

Gabrieli Maria Magdalene

Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean

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23 MONDAY: George, martyr, patron of England, c. 304

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY Cantoris verses

The Cathedral Choir returns from its Easter vacation

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST * (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Stanford Andante

Hymns 478, 432

Howells Communion Service ‘Collegium Regale’

Communion Proper: Laetabitur justus in Domino

Alcock Rather slowly

Stanford Justorum animae

Howells Paean (Six Pieces for Organ, vi)

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24 TUESDAY




Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-32

Philip Moore Third Service

Bullock Give us the wings of faith

APRIL

25 WEDNESDAY: Mark the Evangelist



5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Vicars Choral)

Tallis Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 45

Lassus Magnificat Primi toni ‘Susanne un jour’ Hymn 163

Tone IV Nunc dimittis

G. Gabrieli Isti sunt triumphatores

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26 THURSDAY


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Avalonian Free State Choir


Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176

S.S. Wesley Evening Service in E

S.S. Wesley Blessed be the God and Father

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27 FRIDAY




Tone VI Magnificat and Nunc dimittis

Handel I know that my redeemer liveth (from ‘Messiah’)

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28 SATURDAY


11.00 a.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL CONFIRMATION SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and Vicars Choral, with former

members of Wells Cathedral Choir)

Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138

Stanford Evening Service in B flat Hymns 104, 408 (t. i)

Hadley My beloved spake

Stanford Fantasia in D minor, Op. 57, i

APRIL/MAY

29 SUNDAY: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Kodály Introitus (Missa Brevis)

Hymns 104, 341, CP 622, CP 514

Kodály Missa Brevis

Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar

Communion Proper: Ego sum vitis vera et vos palmites

Fricker Trio (Canon/Ostinato)

Cooper Come my way, my truth, my life

Kodály Ite, Missa est (Missa Brevis)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Ayelward Preces and Responses Psalm 140

Stanford Te Deum and Benedictus in C Hymns 473 (t. ii, omit *), 340

Wood O for a lay!

Parry Chorale Fantasia on ‘O God our help’


Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 141

Howells Evening Service in B minor Hymns 500, 376

Vaughan Williams Easter (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’)

Preacher: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells

Bossi Scherzo in G minor, Op. 49, No 2

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Leighton Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150

Philip Moore Jesus College Service (Alternative Canticles)

Arvo Pärt The Beatitudes

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1 TUESDAY: Philip and James, Apostles



5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG * (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Leighton Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 149

Leighton Second Service Hymn 164 (t. 128, ii) Leighton The souls of the righteous (from ‘A Sequence for All Saints’)

7.30 p.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL EVENSONG

MAY

2 WEDNESDAY: Athanasius, bishop, teacher of the faith, 373





Billington Evening Service in D

Eccard In dieser österlichen Zeit

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3 THURSDAY


1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS RECITAL 21: Matthew Owens


Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 18

Lassus Magnificat Pelpulchrum septimi toni

Tone VII Nunc dimittis

Lassus Scio enim quod Redemptor meus vivit

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4 FRIDAY: English saints and martyrs of the Reformation Era



Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalms 22, 23

Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service

Rupert Jeffcoat Holy is the true light

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5 SATURDAY: Hugh Sugar, Bishop



Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29

Dyson Evening Service in C minor Hymns 372, 494 (t. 413)

Vaughan Williams The Call (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’)

Howells Psalm Prelude II ‘But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth:

And shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace’ (Set 1, Op. 32)

President: Lord Berkeley of Knighton Artistic Director: Prebendary Matthew Owens

Wells Cathedral Commissions invites you to join its growing group of commissioners

to help bring important new works into the repertoire of Wells Cathedral Choir and

the wider English choral tradition.

Now in its eleventh year, Cathedral Commissions has commissioned new works by

some of the UK’s finest composers: Richard Allain, Michael Berkeley CBE, Judith

Bingham, Jonathan Dove, Gabriel Jackson, John Joubert, Sir James MacMillan CBE, Sir

Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE, Tarik O’Regan, Howard Skempton, Sir John Tavener,

and Judith Weir CBE.

We are accepting donations for our 2018 commissions by Thea Musgrave and

Charlotte Bray. Being a Cathedral Commissioner enables you to become part of a

group that shares the unique experience of enabling a new piece of music to come

into being. As a Cathedral Commissioner you will:

be invited to the main rehearsal for the premiere of the work, with the

composer in attendance

be a VIP guest at the premiere

have your score signed by the composer at a special reception

have your name printed in the score; this may include a dedication to a family

member or a friend

be kept up to date with the progress of the work after its premiere

directly support the work of a contemporary composer

directly support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition

For further details please contact: Dr Nicholas Hooper, Cathedral Commissions

Administrator

a: Wells Cathedral Music Office, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE

t: 01749 832204

e: [email protected]

MAJOR NEW RELEASE FROM

WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR

In celebration of John Joubert’s 90th birthday year, Wells Cathedral Choir presents a

recording of recent choral works from this prolific veteran composer. Featuring

works commissioned for and first performed by the cathedral choir at Wells, this

programme has at its heart the extended St Mark Passion, a profound and heartfelt

retelling of the well-known passion story. Completing the album are the expansive

Missa Wellensis and Joubert’s powerful setting of Locus iste.

Peter Auty (tenor), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Richard May (cello),

David Bednall (organ), Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)

This is an outstanding disc… the singing of Wells Cathedral Choir exceptional…

Owens conjures from his choir beautifully shaped, expressive phrasing requiring

masterly breath control that is staggering… There is not a weak link anywhere in

these performances…’ (Choir & Organ, November 2017 – Star Review)

COPIES AVAILABLE FROM WELLS CATHEDRAL SHOP PRICED £10

Registered charity no. 1098277

Royal Patron:

HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO

Boys have sung in Wells Cathedral for over 1100 years; girls began in 1994. Day by day, 18 boys and 18 girls sing in their own treble lines with the men – the 12 Vicars Choral. T ey often come together for major feast days, concerts, tours, and other special events to perform as T e Great Choir.

T e Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust has been providing bursaries to support choristers’ education since 2000, recognizing that singing in a cathedral choir is the best foundation for children with musical gifts. Professional performers and composers from all branches of classical and popular music acknowledge their debt to the early routine of daily singing to the highest standards. Britain’s reputation as a musical nation is, in no small part, due to this great choral tradition and the formative experience it gives to talented youngsters.

With the support of its Royal Patron, HRH T e Countess of Wessex, the Trust is determined that no child with musical talent should miss out on these opportunities for f nancial reasons. T e Trust’s aim is to raise enough money to fund all thirty-six choristers. T is is some way of , and it needs your support for our appeal to help us reach this goal.

T e Trust’s website has more information and provides an opportunity to make a donation. Please visit it as soon as you can: www.wcct.co.uk

‘probably the fnest English cathedral choir at the moment’Gramophone Magazine

www.wellscathedral.org.uk

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