30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 25 October 2015

 
Entrance Be thou my vision
Kyrie Kyrie from Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Gloria Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm What marvels the Lord worked for us (mcb)
Gospel Acclamation Sing a New Song (John Bell)
Preparation of the Gifts Cum Appropinquaret Jesu (Ginés Pérez de la Parra, c.1548-1600)
Sanctus, Acclamation B, Amen Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion Restless is the heart (Bernadette Farrell)
Postcommunion Exsultate Justi (Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, c.1560-1627)
Recessional Praise my soul the King of heaven
 

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 18 October 2015

 
Entrance Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
Kyrie Kyrie from Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Gloria Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm May your love be upon us (Daniel Bath)
Gospel Acclamation Sing a New Song (John Bell)
Preparation of the Gifts The Servant King (Graham Kendrick)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion Father, if this cup (Stephen Dean)
Postcommunion Domine Exaudi (Orlande de Lassus, 1532-1594)
Recessional Christ triumphant, ever reigning
 

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 11 October 2015

 
Entrance Be thou my vision
Kyrie Kyrie from Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Gloria Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm Ps 89 (Stephen Dean/James Walsh)
Gospel Acclamation Sing a New Song (John Bell)
Preparation of the Gifts Will you come and follow me (John Bell)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion Centre of my life (Paul Inwood)
Postcommunion Wisdom, come softly (Diane Murden & Martin Barry)
Recessional All my hope on God is founded
 

By coincidence, the last time I was absent when the choir was singing was the same Sunday in the calendar three years ago. This time, the direction was shared by ex-choral scholars Aimee Presswood and Karen Massey. Reports were excellent; my thanks to both.

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

500th Anniversary of the Birth of St Teresa of Avila

Sunday, 4 October 2015

 
Entrance Holy God, we praise thy name
Kyrie Missa de Angelis
Gloria Missa de Angelis
Psalm Ps 127 (Eugene Monaghan)
Gospel Acclamation Easter Alleluia (plainchant)
Preparation of the Gifts (i) O Perfect Love
(ii) Christ has no body now but yours (David Ogden)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Missa de Angelis
Agnus Dei Missa de Angelis
Communion (i) Living Bread, Bread of Heaven (mcb)
(ii) Nada te turbe (Taizé)
Postcommunion Ubi Caritas (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Recessional For all the saints
 

We were joined by about thirty sisters (to say nothing of a friar or two) from the northern houses of the Discalced Carmelite Order, for a special celebration for the five hundredth birthday of their co-founder. Bishop John was our principal celebrant. In the interests of hospitality, we swapped our current regular Mass setting for more traditional fare, and sang settings of two texts penned by the saint herself.

St Thérèse of Lisieux was a member of the same order, and we sang the setting of her Chant d’aujourd’hui I wrote for the visit of the relics six years ago. The hymn at the Preparation of the Gifts and the Postcommunion motet kept us connected to the themes of today’s Lectionary selections.

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 27 September 2015

 
Entrance At the name of Jesus
Kyrie Kyrie from Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Gloria Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm Ps 18 (McCarthy/Bévenot)
Gospel Acclamation Sing a New Song (John Bell)
Preparation of the Gifts Where your treasure is (Marty Haugen)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion Herein is Love (Macdonald/Bonighton)
Postcommunion A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester (L J White, 1910 - ?)
Recessional Lord, whose love in humble service
 

When I joined the Choir (singing tenor) in November 1990, we sang L J White’s simple setting of the Prayer of St Richard (found in the Oxford Easy Anthem Book) on my first Sunday. I don’t know if it was a staple of the Choir’s repertoire before that date, but I do know that we haven’t sung it again since then, until today. The internet seems unforthcoming regarding the composer’s biographical details. Various web references seem to agree on a birth date of 1910, but the date of death is given variously (and without any evident authority) as 1947, 1957, 1970 and “some time in the 1970s”. (Another school of unverified thought goes with dates of 1831 to 1913, but this probably can't be right, as the piece we sang has a first copyright date of 1947.) Mr White was, it is variously claimed, a school master at one or more of Malvern and Worskop Preparatory Schools, and St Andrew’s School, Willesden Green. Can anyone shed more (authoritative) light?

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 20 September 2015

 
Entrance Praise my soul, the King of heaven
Kyrie Kyrie from Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Gloria Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm Ps 53 (Laurence Bévenot)
Gospel Acclamation Sing a New Song (John Bell)
Preparation of the Gifts Make me a channel of your peace
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion Teach me, O God (Christopher Walker)
Postcommunion Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
Recessional The King of love my shepherd is
 

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 13 September 2015

 
Entrance When I survey the wondrous cross
Kyrie Kyrie from Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Gloria Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm Ps 114 (McCarthy/Bévenot)
Gospel Acclamation Sing a New Song (John Bell)
Preparation of the Gifts The servant King (Graham Kendrick)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion The Blessing Cup (Sue Furlong)
Postcommunion Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré, 1845–1924)
Recessional Praise to the holiest
 

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 6 September 2015

 
Entrance Your hands, O Lord
Kyrie Kyrie from Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Gloria Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm Ps 145 (Stephen Dean)
Gospel Acclamation Sing a New Song (John Bell)
Preparation of the Gifts All things bright and beautiful
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion As the deer longs (Bob Hurd)
Postcommunion Sicut Cervus (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Recessional My Song is Love Unknown