Choral Music List

The choir’s repertoire is both wide and varied performing music from the fourteenth century to the present day, and it is adventurous in its programming, balancing new and unfamiliar works with the traditional cathedral repertory.

Music for Upcoming Services
June 2024
June 2, 2024          Trinity 1

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Misaa Elizabeth Zachary – Hans Leo Hassler (1564 – 1612)

Anthem – Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)

 

June 9, 2024          Trinity 2

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Vinum bonum – Orlando di Lassus (c. 1532 – 1594)

Anthem – Aus der tiefe ruf ich, Herr – Heinrich Schütz  (1585 – 1672)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Beati quorum via - C V Stanford (1852 - 1924)

Preces and Responses – William Smith (1603 – 45)

Psalm – 37:1-11

Canticles – Second Setting in Eb – Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)

Anthem – O for a closer walk with God – Grayston Ives (b.1948)

May 2024
May 5, 2024 Easter 6 (3)

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Communion Service in C – John Ireland (1879 – 1962)

Anthem – May Carol – Peter John Still (b. 1958)

                  

May 12, 2024         Easter 7 (4) Sunday after Ascension Day

10.30 Confirmation Service

Mass – Missa Ascendo ad Patrem meum - G P Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594)

Anthem – Coelos ascendit hodie – C V Stanford (1852 – 1924)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – If ye love me - Thomas Tallis (c1505 – 85)

Preces and Responses – William Smith (1603 – 1645)

Psalm – 147:1-12

Canticles – Plainsong with Fauxbourdons – Francis Jackson (1917 – 2022)

Anthem – O pray for the peace of Jerusalem – Herbert Howells (1892 – 1983)

 

May 19, 2024         Pentecost (5)

10.30 Choral Eucharist (US) Catherine Ngangira (US)

Mass – Missa Brevis: Tongues of Fire - Cecilia McDowell (b. 1951)

Anthem – Linguae Ignis - McDowall

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Sicut cervus – G P Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594)

Preces and Responses – William Byrd (c1540 – 1623)

Psalm – 139:1-11

Canticles – In the key of F - John Ireland (1879 – 1962)

Anthem – Loquebantur variis linguis - Thomas Tallis (c1505 – 85)

 

May 26, 2024         Trinity Sunday

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Mass for four voices - William Byrd (c1540 – 1623)

Anthem – As truly as God is our Father – William Mathias (1934 – 92)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Listen sweet dove - Grayston Ives (b. 1948)

Preces and Responses – Thomas Tallis (c1505 – 85)

Psalm – 104:1-10

Canticles – Short Service - Orlando Gibbons (c.1583 – 1625)

Anthem – As truly as God is our Father – William Mathias (1934 – 92)

April 2024
April 21, 2024        Easter 4 (1)  (Good Shepherd)

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena - Healy Willan (1880 – 1968)

Anthem – Open thou my eyes – John Rutter (b. 1945)

Te deum in B flat – C V Stanford (1852 – 1924)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Verily, verily - Thomas Tallis (c1505 – 85)

Preces and Responses – Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 1656)

Psalm – 81:8-16

Canticles – Short Service - Orlando Gibbons (c.1583 – 1625)

Anthem – Ego sum panis vivus – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

 

April 28, 2024        Easter 5 (2)

10.30 Choral Eucharist - Carol Harrison (US)

Mass – Missa brevis – Cecilia McDowell (b. 1951)

Anthem – Os justi – Anton Bruckner (1824 – 96)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Cantate domino – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657 – 1743)

Preces and Responses – William Smith (1603 – 1645)

Psalm – 96

Canticles – Short Service - Orlando Gibbons (c.1583 – 1625)

Anthem – Surge illuminare a 8 – G P Palestrina (c.1525 1594)

March 2024
March 3, 2024       Lent 3

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa Quarti toni – T L de Victoria (1548 – 1611)
Anthem – Civitas sancti tui – William Byrd (c1540 – 1623)

March 21, 2024       Cranmer Commemoration

11.00 Choral Matins

Preces and Responses – William Byrd (c1540 – 1623)
Psalms – 105.1-15
Canticles – Short Service – Te Deum and Benedictus – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Anthem – Almighty God the fountain of all wisdom - Thomas Tomkins (1572-­‐‑1656)

Holy Week 2024

March 25, 2024       Monday in Holy Week

20.00 Compline

Sung by the Choral Scholars (Plainchant)

March 26, 2024       Tuesday in Holy Week

20.00 Compline

Sung by the Choral Scholars (Plainchant)

March 27, 2024       Wednesday in Holy Week

20.00 Compline

Sung by the Choral Scholars (Plainchant)

March 28, 2024       Maundy Thursday

20.00 Choral Eucharist of the Last Supper

Mass – Communion Service in C and F – C V Stanford (1852 - 1924)
Mandatum - Ubi Caritas – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
Anthem – Oculi omnium – Charles Wood (1866 - 1926)
Stripping of the Altars - Ne irascaris Domine - William Byrd (c.1540 - 1623)

March 29, 2024       Good Friday

12noon Good Friday Devotion (The Seven Last Words)

Anthem - Hide not thou thy face - Richard Farrant (d. 1581)
Anthem – Vere languores – T L de Victoria (1548 – 1611)
Anthem – O vos omnes – Giovanni Croce (1557 – 1607)

14.00 The Liturgy of Good Friday

Psalm 22 - Plainchant
St John Passion –  T L de Victoria (1548 – 1611)
Anthem - Ecce quomodo moritur – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)

March 31, 2024       Easter Day

10.30 Choral Eucharist with Easter Ceremonies

Mass – Missa Brevis – A Gabrieli (c. 1532 - 1585)
Gloria - Gloria a 12 - G Gabrieli (c. 1554 - 1612)
Anthem – Dic nobis Maria - G Bassano (c. 1561 - 1617)
Dismissal - Hallelujah Chorus - G F Handel (1685 - 1759)

We are joined once again by players from Instruments of Time and Truth

15.30 Easter Carol Service

Introit – Now the green blade riseth – Martin Shaw (1875 - 1958)
Anthem - Haec dies – William Byrd (1540 - 1623)
Anthem – Blessed be the God and Father - S S Wesley (1766 - 1837)
Anthem - O sons and daughters - H Walford Davies (1869 - 1941)
Anthem - Ye choirs of new Jerusalem - C V Stanford (1852 - 1924)

February 2024
February 4, 2024    2nd Sunday before Lent  (Sexagesima)

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa Brevis – Grayston Ives (b.1948)
Anthem – In principio erat verbum - Francisco Garro (d.1623)

17.30 Intercollegiate Service                

Introit - Love Bade Me Welcome – Judith Weir (b. 1954)
Anthem - Greater Love Hath No Man – John Ireland (1879 – 1963)
Anthem - Ubi Caritas – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)

February 11, 2024  Next Sunday before Lent (Quinquagesima)         

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Communion Service in A minor – Harold Darke (1888 – 1976)
Anthem – O nata lux de lumine – Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585)

February 18, 2024  Lent 1

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa Inter vestibulum  - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Anthem –In jejunio et fletuThomas Tallis (c1505 – 85)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – View me, Lord – Richard Lloyd (1933 – 2021)
Preces and Responses –Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 1656)
Psalm – 119:17-32
Canticles – Charles King (1687 – 1748)
Anthem – O Lord, my God – S. S. Wesley (1810 – 1876)

February 25, 2024  Lent 2

10.30 Choral Eucharist (US)

Mass – Missa Aedis Christi – Herbert Howells (1892 – 1983)
Anthem – Miserere mei, Deus – William Byrd (c1540 – 1623)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake – Farrant/Hilton C.16(1603 – 45)
Preces and Responses – William Smith
Psalm – 135:1-14
Canticles – Evening Service – Richard Farrant (d. 1580)
Anthem – My soul, there is a country – Hubert Parry (1848 – 1918)

 

December 2023
December 3rd, 2023          Advent 1

6.00pm  Advent Carol Service with the German Lutheran Congregation

Matin Responsory - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland – arr. Seth Calvisius (1556-1615)      
Laetentur coeli – William Byrd (1543 – 1623)                           
Drop down ye heavens – Judith Weir (b. 1954)
Ave Maria – Robert Parsons (d. 1570)
E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come - Paul Manz (1919-2009)
Praeter rerum seriem - Josquin des Prez (1450-1521)

December 17th, 2023        Advent 3

6.00pm Carols by Candlelight

Adam lay y bounden – Boris Ord (1897 – 1961)
What sweeter music – Richard Rodney Bennet (1936 – 2012)
Jesus Christ the apple tree – Elizabeth Poston (1905 - 1987)
Make we joy now in this fest – William Walton (1902 – 1983)
Ave Maria – Robert Parsons (d. 1570)
Sing Lullaby – Howells (1892 - 1983)
Ding dong merrily on high– arr. Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)

December 24th, 2023        Advent 4/Christmas

11.30pm Midnight Mass

Mass – Missa O Magnum Mysterium - T L de Victoria (1548 – 1611)
Anthem – There is no rose – John Joubert (1927 – 2019)

December 25th, 2023        Christmas

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa O Magnum Mysterium - T L de Victoria (1548 – 1611)
Anthem – Make we joy now in this fest – William Walton (1902 – 1983)

November 2023
November 5, 2023           All Saints Sunday

10.30am Choral Eucharist with University Sermon (The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham)

Mass - Missa O Quam gloriosum - T L de Victoria (c.1548 - 1611)
Anthem – Beati mundo corde – William Byrd (1543 – 1623)

November 12, 2023         Remembrance

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass for four voices - William Byrd (c.1539-1623)
Anthem – Peccantem me quotidie - Byrd

3.30pm Choral Requiem

Mass - Missa defuntorum - T L de Victoria (c.1548 – 1611)

November 19, 2023         2 before Advent

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass - Missa Ave maris stella - Jean de Bournonville (c.1585–1632)
Anthem - Dum aurora finem daret - G P Palestrina (c.1525 1594)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – God is our hope and strength – J S Bach (1685 – 1750)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Psalm – 89, 19-29
Canticles – In F major – John Ireland (1879 – 1962)
Anthem – E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz (1919 – 2009)

November 26, 2022         Christ the King

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa brevis - William Walton (1902 -  1983)
Anthem – Let all mortal flesh keep silence – E. C. Bairstow (1874-1946)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – Above all praise – Felix Mendelsohn (1809 – 1847)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Psalm – 93
Canticles – In F  major – Charles King (1687-1748)
Anthem – Christ, whose glory fills the skies – H Darke (1888 – 1976)

October 2023
October 1, 2023  Trinity 17

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa In te Domini speravi - G P Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594)
Anthem - Super flumina Babylonis - Palestrina
        

October 8, 2023  Harvest Festival

10.30am Choral Eucharist    

Mass – In the keys of C and F major – C.V Stanford (1852 – 1924)
Anthem– Thou visitest the earth – Maurice Greene (1696 – 1755)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – Ubi caritas – Grayston Ives (b. 1948)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Psalm – 136, 1-9
Canticles – Plainsong with Fauxbourdons – Francis Jackson (1917 – 2022)
Anthem - A new commandment - William Mundy (c.1529–c.1591)

October 15, 2023  Trinity 19

10.30am Choral Eucharist with University Sermon (Rev'd Dr Mariama Ifode-Blease)

Mass – Missa brevis – Cecilia McDowell (b. 1951)
Anthem – Os justi – Anton Bruckner (1824 – 96)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – Jesu, joy of man’s desiring – J S Bach (1685 – 1750)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Psalm – 138, 1-8
Canticles – In D major – E. J. Moeran (1894 – 1950) 
Anthem – O Lord, the maker of all thing – William Mundy (c. 1530 – 91)


October 22, 2023 Trinity 20

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass - Missa Già fu chi m'ebbe cara - G P Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594)
Anthem – Ave Maria – Grayston Ives (b. 1948)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – If ye love me – Thomas Tallis (c.1505 – 85)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Psalm - 142
Canticles – In E major – Herbert Murrill (1909 – 1952)
Anthem – O for a closer walk with God – C V Stanford (1852 – 1924)


October 29, 2023  Dedication Festival

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass - Messa da Capella, 1641 – Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)
Anthem – Locus iste, Anton Bruckner (1824 – 96)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – Behold the tabernacle of God – William H Harris (1883 – 1973)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Psalm - 132
Canticles – Second Setting in E Flat – Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
Anthem – O how amiable – R Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)

July 2023
9 July, 2023 The Fifth Sunday after Trinity

3.30pm Choral Evensong
Introit Oculi omnium - Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
Responses William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Canticles Richard Farrant (d. 1581)
Anthem Almighty and everlasting God - Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)

16 July, 2023 The Sixth Sunday after Trinity

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit God is our hope and strength – J S Bach (1685 – 1750)
Responses William Smith (1603 – 1645)
Canticles Short Service - Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)
Anthem Behold the tabernacle of God - William H. Harris (1883 – 1973)

23 July, 2023 The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit Christus factus est – Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896)
Responses William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Canticles Short Service, Thomas Weelkes (1573 – 1623)
Anthem God so loved the world – John Stainer (1840 – 1901)

30 July, 2023 The Eighth Sunday after Trinity

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit O taste and see, R. Vaughan-Williams (1872 – 1958)
Responses William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Canticles Short Service, Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)
Anthem O sacrum convivium – William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)

June 2023
Sunday 4 June 2023        Trinity Sunday

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa Brevis – Kenneth Leighton (1929 – 1988)
Anthem – Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594)

Sunday 11 June 2023      Trinity 1

10.30 Choral Eucharist 

Mass – Missa Brevis – Grayston Ives (b. 1948)
Anthem – Almighty and everlasting God – Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – O most merciful – Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
Preces and Responses – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
Psalm - 41
Canticles – Short Service – Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)
Anthem – If ye love me – Thomas Tallis (c.1505 1585)

Sunday 25 June 2023     Trinity 3

15.00 Choral Eucharist and Ordination

Mass - Missa brevis – Andrea Gabrieli (1532/3–1585)
Anthem - Listen sweet dove - Grayston Ives (b. 1957)

May 2023
7 May - The Fifth Sunday of Easter

10.30 Choral Eucharist with University Sermon

Mass - Missa Panis quem ego dabo - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina        (c. 1525 –1594)
Anthem – Zadock the Priest – Henry Lawes (d.1662) Composed for the Coronation of Charles II

14 May - The Sixth Sunday of Easter

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa Dum complerentur - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548 - 1611)
Anthem – Non vos relinquam Orphanos - William Byrd (c.1540 – 1623)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – God is our hope and strength – J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
Preces and Responses – Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 1656)
Psalm – 87, 36, 5-10 
Canticles - Short Evening Service – Thomas Weelkes (c.1576 -  1623)
Anthem – O pray for the peace of Jerusalem – Thomas Tomkins

21 May - The Seventh Sunday of Eucharist

10.30 Choral Eucharist with University Sermon

Mass – Missa O rex gloriæ  - Alonso Lobo (c.1555-1617)
Anthem – Ascendens Christus in altum - Tomás Luis de Victoria  (c.1548-1611)

3.30pm Choral Evensong

Introit – O Christ, who art the light and Day – Robert Whyte (c.1538 – 1574)
Preces and Responses - William Smith (c.1603 –1645)
Psalm – 47 
Canticles – Plainsong with Fauxbourdons – Francis Jackson (1917 – 2022)
Anthem – The Lord goes up – Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

28 May - Pentecost

10.30 Choral Eucharist with Confirmation

Mass – Missa brevis – Andrea Gabrieli (1532/3–1585)
Anthem – Hodie completi sunt - Andrea Gabrieli (1532/3–1585)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Song 23: To the Holy Spirit – Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)
Preces and Responses - William Smith (c.1603 –1645)
Psalm – 67, 133
Canticles – Short Service -  Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)
Anthem – Listen sweet dove - Grayston Ives (b. 1957)

April 2023
6 April - Maundy Thursday

20.00 Eucharist of the Last Supper

Mass – Missa brevis - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 –1594)
Ubi caritas – Grayston Ives (b. 1957)
Anthem – Verily I say unto you – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585)
Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae (1:1-5) – Orlande de Lassus (c.1530/32 – 1594)

7 April -  Good Friday

12.00 Seven Last Words Reflections

Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae (1:6) Orlande de Lassus (1532 – 1594)
Vere languores – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
O vos omnes – Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)

14.00 The Good Friday Liturgy

Psalm 22 – Plainchant
Passion – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Ecce quomodo moritur - Jacob Handl (1550-1591)

9 April -  Easter Sunday

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa Ego flos campi – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (ca. 1590 –1664)
Anthem – Pascha nostrum - William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
Hallelujah Chorus – George Frederick Handel (1685 – 1759)

15.30 Easter Carol Service

Ye choirs of New Jerusalem – Edwards C. Bairstow (1874 – 1946)
Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel S. Wesley (1810 – 1876)
Athens – Piae Cantiones (arr. Geoffrey Shaw)

16 April -  The Second Sunday of Easter

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Mass – Missa Inviolata - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 - 1594)
Anthem – Mitte manum tuam - Heinrich Isaac (c 1450 – 1517)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit - Ego sum pastor bonus - Giovanni Bonaventura Matucci (1712–1777)
Preces and Responses - William Smith (c.1603 –1645)
Psalm – 30, 1-5 
Canticles – Short Service -  Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625)
Anthem – O Lord Increase my Faith -  Gibbons

23 April -  The Third Sunday of Easter

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Mass – Missa Inter vestibulum - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Anthem – Ego sum panis vivus - William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Verily I say unto you - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
Psalm – 48
Canticles - Short Evening Service – Thomas Weelkes (c.1576 -  1623)
Anthem – O Lord, the maker – William Mundy (c. 1530 – 1591)

30 April -  The Fourth Sunday of Easter

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – 
Anthem – I sat down under his shadow – Sir Edward Cuthbert 
Bairstow (1874 –  1946)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
Preces and Responses - William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
Psalm – 29, 1-10 
Canticles - Evening Service – Richard Farrant (d. 1580)
Anthem - If ye love me - Thomas Tallis

 

March 2023
5 March - The Second Sunday of Lent

10.30 Choral Eucharist with Baptism

Mass – Missa Emendemus in melius - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594)
Anthem – Emendemus in melius, - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)

21 March - Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer

11.30 Choral Mattins

Psalm – 105 vv1-15
Canticles – Te Deum in C, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924) Anthem – Rejoice in the Lord always – Anon (C.16)

26 March  - The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday)

15.30 Choral Evensong

Introit – Oculi omnium - Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
Preces and Responses – William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Psalm - 30
Canticles – The Third Service - William Byrd (c.1539 – 1623)
Anthem – First antiphon - Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882 – 1922)

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