3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, 2016)

Sunday, 24 January 2016

 

Entrance	Bring to the Lord a glad new song
Kyrie	Kyrie II from Paschal Mass (Alan Rees)
Gloria	Mass of the Most Sacred Heart (Jacob Bancks)
Psalm	Ps 18 (McCarthy/Bévenot)
Gospel Acclamation	Alleluia Mode 2 (Plainchant)
Preparation of the Gifts	God has chosen me (Bernadette Farrell)
Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen	Simple Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei	Paschal Mass (Alan Rees)
Communion	Taste and See (Richard Proulx)
Postcommunion	Haec Dies (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Recessional	God whose almighty Word

 

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, 2016)

Sunday, 17 January 2016

 

Entrance	Praise to the Lord, the almighty
Kyrie	Kyrie II from Paschal Mass(Alan Rees)
Gloria	Mass of the Most Sacred Heart (Jacob Bancks)
Psalm	Ps 95 (Monaghan/Murray)
Gospel Acclamation	Alleluia Mode 2 (Plainchant)
Preparation of the Gifts	Shout to the Lord (Darlene Zsech)
Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen	Simple Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei	Paschal Mass (Alan Rees)
Communion	Spirit of the living God
Postcommunion	Venite Comedite (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Recessional	O praise ye the Lord

Simple Sanctus is my adaptation of the chant Sanctus from the 2010 English Missal (itself adapted from the 13th century Mass XVIII, Deus Genitor Alme). I added choral and keyboard harmonies, a regular pulse (first 3/2 and then 2/2), and the piece’s musical signature, recurring in the Memorial Acclamations and Amen, of an Fadd9 to harmonise the final supertonic (to be anachronistic about things) against a tonic chord. The end result aims to occupy a similar space to the Sanctus from Bob Hurd’s Missa Ubi Caritas. We’ll give it a go for the next few weeks of Ordinary Time, to see if it works.

The Baptism of the Lord (Year C, 2016)

Sunday, 10 January 2016

 

Entrance	On Jordan’s Bank
Sprinkling Rite	Springs of Water (Marty Haugen)
Gloria	Gloria de Noël (Thomas Niel)
Psalm	Ps 103 (Hall/Forrester)
Gospel Acclamation	St Agatha Alleluia (mcb)
Preparation of the Gifts	Songs of thankfulness and praise
Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen	Spring Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei	Lamb of God II (mcb)
Communion	Here is my Servant (Psallite)
Postcommunion	O Nata Lux (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Recessional	Come down, O love divine

Funeral Mass of Fr Anthony Sudlow

Friday, 8 January 2016

 

Entrance	Sweet Heart of Jesus
Kyrie	Mass XVI (chant)
Psalm	Because the Lord is my shepherd (Christopher Walker)
Gospel Acclamation	Easter Alleluia (chant)
Preparation of the Gifts	If ye love me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585) In bread we bring you, Lord
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Mass XVIII
Agnus Dei	Mass XVIII
Communion	O Bread of Heaven Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1540-1623) Come to me (Martin Barry & Diane Murden)
Commendation	Song of farewell (Ernest Sands)
Recessional	Hail Queen of Heaven

Fr Anthony served at the Cathedral from 2010 to 2014, immediately after his ordination to the priesthood at the age of 69, after some years of widowhood and a long career in banking. He was a wonderful priest: gentle, humble, engagingly self-deprecating and with a strong ars celebrandi, reverent, focussed and unfussy. He sang the Mass willingly, with a fine voice. In his last e-mail to me he said I didn’t realise how much I missed your music until I was sat in Cathedral this morning. It brought back some good memories.

For his Funeral Mass we had a good mix of music, old and new, congregational and choral, and I think he would have liked it. There was a fine eulogy too, delivered after Communion by his nephew Brian. Fr Anthony’s death is a sudden and sad loss.

The Epiphany (2016)

Sunday, 3 January 2016

 

Entrance	As with gladness men of old
Gloria	Gloria de Noël (Thomas Niel)
Psalm	Ps 71 (Monaghan/Dean)
Gospel Acclamation	St Agatha Alleluia (mcb)
Preparation of the Gifts	O worship the Lord
Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen	Spring Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei	Lamb of God II (mcb)
Communion	Laudate Omnes Gentes (Taizé) & Reges Tharsis (chant)
Postcommunion	Videntes Stellam (Francis Poulenc, 1899-1963)
Recessional	The First Nowell

Christmas Day (2015)

Friday, 25 December 2015

 

Entrance	Hodie Christus natus (chant) O Come all ye faithful
Gloria	Psallite
Psalm	All the ends of the earth (Alan Johnson)
Gospel Acclamation	St Agatha Alleluia (mcb)
Preparation of the Gifts	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen	Spring Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei	Lamb of God II (mcb)
Communion	Bread of Life (Bernadette Farrell)
Postcommunion	A Noble Flower of Judah (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621) - Choir
Recessional	Hark, the herald angels sing

Men’s voices as usual for Christmas morning. Just five of us this year, but in exuberant form as ever.

Vigil and First Mass of Christmas (2015)

Thursday, 24 December 2015

 

Opening Hymn	Adeste Fideles
Reading	Isaiah 11:1-10 (A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse)
Choir	Wake, O wake with tidings thrilling (Philipp Nicolai, arr. J.S. Bach/mcb)
Hymn	Once in royal David’s city
Reading	Micah 5:1-4 (Out of you, Bethlehem, will be born the one…)
Choir	Angel voices richly blending (trad. German, words by James Quinn)
Hymn	O little town of Bethlehem
Reading	Isaiah 52: 7-10 (How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of one…)
Gloria	Gloria de Noël (Thomas Niel)
Reading	Isaiah 9:2-7 (The people that walked in darkness)
Psalm	Today a Saviour has been born (Martin Foster)
Reading	Titus 2:11-14 (God’s grace has been revealed)
Gospel Acclamation	St Agatha Alleluia (mcb)
Reading	Luke 2:1-14 (The Nativity)
Creed	Credo III & Et Incarnatus from the Mass for three voices (William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
Preparation of the gifts	A Noble Flower of Judah – Choir & Celebration Brass
Sanctus, Acclamation A, Amen	Spring Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei	Lamb of God II (mcb)
Communion	Still, still, still (Austrian trad., arr. Janet Janzen) – Choir Bread of Life (Bernadette Farrell)
Recessional	Hark the herald angels sing

Our usual rich banquet of readings and songs, led by Bishop John. The choral items had a German/Austrian theme – arrangements of traditional Christmas melodies, including an energetic, dance-like rendition of Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen with choir, brass and organ taking it in turns to sparkle.

Merry Christmas everyone!