Sunday, 28 June 2015
First Holy Communion at the Cathedral, so we had our customary day off.
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)
Sunday, 21 June 2015
| Entrance | Eternal Father, strong to save |
| Kyrie | New Mass (Daniel Bath) |
| Gloria | Mass of the Redeemer (mcb) |
| Psalm | Ps 106 (Boulton Smith/Bévenot) |
| Gospel Acclamation | St Agatha Alleluia (mcb) |
| Preparation of the Gifts | Dear Lord and Father of mankind |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Pershore Mass (Alan Smith) |
| Agnus Dei | Paschal Mass (Alan Rees) |
| Communion | The eyes of everyone (mcb) |
| Postcommunion | Oculi Omnium (Charles Wood, 1866-1926) |
| Recessional | Be thou my vision |
Today’s readings memorably explore the image of the stormy sea calmed. Three years ago this Sunday was displaced by the Nativity of John the Baptist; we largely returned to the same musical ideas as six years ago.
Dedication of the Cathedral (2015)
Sunday, 14 June 2015
| Entrance | The kingdom of God |
| Kyrie | New Mass (Daniel Bath) |
| Gloria | Mass of the Redeemer (mcb) |
| Psalm | Ps 91 (Geoffrey Boulton Smith) |
| Gospel Acclamation | St Agatha Alleluia (mcb) |
| Preparation of the Gifts | (i) Locus Iste (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896) (ii) All things bright and beautiful |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Pershore Mass (Alan Smith) |
| Agnus Dei | Paschal Mass (Alan Rees) |
| Communion | There is one thing I ask (Chris O’Hara) |
| Postcommunion | Adoremus in aeternum (Gregorio Allegri, c.1582-1652) |
| Recessional | Thanks be to God (Stephen Dean) |
Bishop John led us in a celebration to mark the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral. This was the first time the feast had been marked with a solemn festive celebration (I mean of course, one involving the choir 😊) since the centenary in 1990. The relatively late decision to mark the occasion in this way meant that we mainly kept to a celebration for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, including our opening hymn about the Kingdom, reflecting the Gospel reading, and the hymn at the preparation of the gifts reflecting more widely on the beauty of creation, found also in the first reading and psalm. But we made space for Bruckner’s stately paean to the mystery and sanctity of God’s house, and our song at Communion, chosen to match the 11th Sunday’s Communion antiphon, might have been selected for the feast.
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Year B, 2015)
Sunday, 7 June 2015
| Entrance | Of the glorious body telling |
| Kyrie | New Mass (Daniel Bath) |
| Gloria | Mass of the Redeemer (mcb) |
| Psalm | Ps 115 (Psallite/Stephen Dean) |
| Gospel Acclamation | St Agatha Alleluia (mcb) |
| Creed | (said) |
| Preparation of the Gifts | O Sacrum Convivium (Lodovico da Viadana, c.1560-1627) |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Pershore Mass (Alan Smith) |
| Agnus Dei | Paschal Mass (Alan Rees) |
| Communion | Where two or three are gathered (Liam Lawton) |
| Postcommunion | Ave Verum Corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934) |
| Recessional | Soul of my Saviour |
Just six of us in the choir this morning, but we made a good sound in the Viadana, with choral scholar Lydia Morrell making her directing debut, and in the Elgar.
Trinity Sunday (Year B, 2015)
Sunday, 31 May 2015
| Entrance | Holy Holy Holy, Lord God almighty |
| Kyrie | New Mass (Daniel Bath) |
| Gloria | Mass of the Redeemer (mcb) |
| Psalm | Ps 32 (Robert Sherlaw Johnson) |
| Gospel Acclamation | St Agatha Alleluia (mcb) |
| Preparation of the Gifts | St Patrick’s Breastplate (C.V. Stanford, 1852-1924) |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Pershore Mass (Alan Smith) |
| Agnus Dei | Paschal Mass (Alan Rees) |
| Communion | God beyond all names (John Bell) & Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas (chant) |
| Postcommunion | A Hymn to the Trinity (P.I. Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893) |
| Recessional | Holy God, we praise thy name |
We marked the return to Ordinary Time with changes to our ritual music. We're trying out one or two new items: the Sanctus from Alan Smith’s Pershore Mass and the Kyrie from a Mass setting written for us by Daniel Bath. Otherwise, we added to our Trinity Sunday repertoire with Stanford’s setting of the strongly Trinitarian St Patrick’s Breastplate. The music begins and ends in muscular guise, but at the centre of the piece is the more serene hymn-like setting of Christ beside me. We found a good range of musical expression to accommodate the changing moods of the music.
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