THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN BLACKBURN Services and Music for July & August 2018 Blackburn Cathedral Cathedral Close Blackburn BB1 5AA Telephone 01254 277 430 www.blackburncathedral.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Welcome to Blackburn Cathedral, where the daily rhythm of worship continues to sustain the people of Lancashire as it has done for centuries. Choral services have always been a central part of this offering, as we aim to provide the highest quality of music to complement the liturgy. You are most welcome to join us for any event listed in this booklet, and we hope you will have many pleasant and spiritually fulfilling visits to Blackburn Cathedral. Toilets, including disabled toilets are in the Cathedral Crypt, accessed by the stairs or lift situated in the Temple Gallery, off the South Transept. A disabled toilet is also available at Cathedral level in the South Porch to the left of the main doors when looking towards them. An induction loop is available in the Cathedral, for both speech and music, for those who are hard of hearing. Please turn your hearing aid to the appropriate setting. Large print orders of service are available for some services please ask one of the Stewards for more information. The use of video and audio recording equipment is not permitted during the service without the written permission of the Dean. Please switch off mobile phones and pagers before the beginning of any cathedral event. Joining a choir: The Cathedral s Director of Music, Samuel Hudson, is always pleased to hear from potential new members of any of the cathedral s choirs. There are a range of opportunities at the cathedral catering for singers of all ages. For more information, please consult the music pages of the cathedral website, or contact the music department on sing@blackburncathedral.co.uk Lunchtime Recitals: Details of Wednesday lunchtime recitals, which take place throughout choir term time and are free to attend (though a collection is taken) are listed against the relevant date. The Very Reverend Peter Howell-Jones Dean Canon Andrew Hindley Canon Sacrist Canon Dr Rowena Pailing Canon Missioner Canon Andrew Horsfall Canon Pastor The Right Reverend Philip North Episcopal Canon Samuel Hudson Organist and Director of Music Shaun Turnbull Assistant Director of Music Information published in this document is correct at time of printing. Changes to any listing will be advertised on the cathedral s website where possible.
JULY 2018 1 SUNDAY THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) (Proper 8) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (Young People s Choir) A Blackburn Mass James Davy Litany to the Holy Spirit Peter Hurford Preacher: Canon Horsfall Voluntary: Marche Hèroïque Brewer 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (Cathedral Choir) Darke in E Preacher: Canon Horsfall Batten O Praise the Lord Psalm 30 Byrd Ave verum Voluntary: Toccata Sanders 4.00 Evensong (Cathedral Choir) Preacher: Canon Andrew Clitherow Ubi caritas Duruflé Psalm 53 The Second Service Byrd Responses Radcliffe And I saw a new heaven Bainton Voluntary: Sarabande in modo elegiaco Howells 2 MONDAY 3 TUESDAY THOMAS THE APOSTLE with Eucharist 7.30 The Installation Service of Welcome for the Bishop of Lancaster (Renaissance Singers) 4 WEDNESDAY 8.45 Staff Eucharist 1.00 Lunchtime Recital: Samuel Austin St Paul s, Mill Hill, London 5.15 Evensong (Schola Cantorum) Hymn 252 Tone i & tone vi Plainsong Psalm 119, vv. 129 144 Before the ending of the day Plainsong Responses Plainsong
5 THURSDAY with Eucharist 6 FRIDAY Thomas More, Scholar, & John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535 7 SATURDAY 9.00 Morning Prayer 3.30 Evening Prayer (said, in the Columbarium) 7.00 SUMMER GALA CONCERT: A ROYAL COMPOSER A concert celebrating the music of Charles H H Parry, and marking 100 years since his death, also featuring music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, and Stanford. Tickets: from 5, from www.blackburncathedral.com or King George s Hall Box Office in person or on (0844 847 1664) 8 SUNDAY THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) (Proper 9) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (Young People s Choir) A Blackburn Mass James Davy Preacher: Canon Pailing The Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter Voluntary: Wir glauben all an einen Gott (BWV 680) J. S. Bach 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (Men s voices) Missa inter vestibulum Guerrero Preacher: Canon Pailing Oculi omnium Andrew Parnell Psalm 123 Holy is the true light Harris Voluntary: Thema met variaties Andriessen 4.00 Evensong (Cathedral Choir) Preacher: Canon Michael Wedgeworth And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares James Davy Psalm 64 Rubbra in A flat Responses Clucas A Prayer for Peace Richard Tanner Voluntary: Marche funèbre et chant séraphique Guilmant
9 MONDAY 10 TUESDAY with Eucharist 5.15 Evensong (Girls Voices) Hymn 440 Bairstow in E flat Psalm 135, vv. 1 14 I give to you a new commandment Peter Nardone Responses Malcolm Archer 11 WEDNESDAY Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Casino, Father of Western Monasticism, c. 550 1.00 Lunchtime Recital: Christopher Herrick Concert Organist 5.15 Evensong (Young People s Choir) Hymn 397 Fourth Service Batten Psalm 136 Abendlied Rheinberger Marian Responses Ed Jones 12 THURSDAY with Eucharist 5.15 Evensong (Cathedral Consort) Hymn 336 Collegium Regale Service Wood Psalm 138 Let all mortal flesh keep silence Bairstow Marian Responses Ed Jones 13 FRIDAY 14 SATURDAY John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866 9.00 Morning Prayer 3.30 Evening Prayer (said)
15 SUNDAY THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) (Proper 10) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (Young People s Choir) A Blackburn Mass James Davy Preacher: Canon Michael Wedgeworth The Secret of Christ Richard Shephard Voluntary: Nun danket Karg-Elert 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (Cathedral Choir) Preacher: Canon Michael Wedgeworth Messe Solennelle Vierne Psalm 85, vv. 8 end Geistliches Lied Brahms Voluntary: Symphony I (v: Final) Vierne 4.00 Evensong (Boys, Girls & Men) Preacher: Canon Simon Cox Beati quorum via Stanford Psalm 66 Stanford in A Responses Rose Blest pair of sirens Parry Voluntary: Marche Hèroïque Brewer The Cathedral Choirs resume the singing of choral services on Sunday 2 September 16 MONDAY 17 TUESDAY Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, with Eucharist Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883 18 WEDNESDAY Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers, c. 394 & c. 379 19 THURSDAY Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4 th Century with Eucharist Bartolomé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indes, 1566
20 FRIDAY 21 SATURDAY 9.00 Morning Prayer 3.30 Evening Prayer (said) 22 SUNDAY MARY MAGDALENE 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) (Proper 11) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (congregational) Mass of St Thomas David Thorne Preacher: Bishop Philip 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (The Palestrina Sextet) Preacher: Bishop Philip Missa Papae Marcelli Palestrina Psalm 42, vv. 1 10 Justorum animae Byrd 4.00 Evening Prayer (said) 23 MONDAY Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of vadstena, 1373 24 TUESDAY with Eucharist 25 WEDNESDAY JAMES THE APOSTLE
26 THURSDAY Anne & Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Eucharist 27 FRIDAY Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901 28 SATURDAY 9.00 Morning Prayer 3.30 Evening Prayer (said) 29 SUNDAY THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (Proper 12) 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (congregational) Preacher: Canon Pailing Mass of St Thomas David Thorne 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (said, with hymns) Preacher: Canon Pailing 4.00 Evening Prayer (said) 30 MONDAY William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1833, 1797 and 1846 31 TUESDAY with Eucharist
AUGUST 2018 1 WEDNESDAY 2 THURSDAY with Eucharist 3 FRIDAY 4 SATURDAY John-Baptiste Vianney, Curé D Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859 9.00 Morning Prayer 3.30 Evening Prayer (said) 5 SUNDAY THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (congregational) Preacher: The Dean Mass of St Thomas David Thorne 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (St Margaret s Singers, Liverpool) Preacher: The Dean Darke in F Psalm 78, vv. 23 29 If ye love me Tallis Agnus Dei Daniel Mansfield 4.00 Evensong (St Margaret s Singers, Liverpool) Brewer in D Preacher: The Venerable John Ireland Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks Howells Psalm 88, vv. 1 10 Responses Byrd
6 MONDAY THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD 7 TUESDAY John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866 with Eucharist 8 WEDNESDAY Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 9 THURSDAY Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers Union, 1921 with Eucharist 10 FRIDAY Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258 11 SATURDAY Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 9.00 Morning Prayer John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890 2.00 Diocesan Mother s Union Mary Sumner Day Celebration Service 3.30 Evening Prayer (said)
12 SUNDAY THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) (Proper 14) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (congregational) Preacher: Bishop Philip Mass of St Thomas David Thorne 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (Adamas Voces) Preacher: Bishop Philip Darke in F Psalm 34, vv. 1 8 Ave Maria Grayston Ives Ubi caritas Duruflé 4.00 Evensong (Adamas Voces) Preacher: Bishop Philip Jesu, grant me this I pray Bairstow Responses Rose Stanford in C Psalm 91, vv. 1 12 I was glad Parry 13 MONDAY Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher, 1667 Florencee Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910; Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912 14 TUESDAY Maximillian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941 with Eucharist 15 WEDNESDAY 16 THURSDAY with Eucharist 17 FRIDAY
18 SATURDAY 9.00 Morning Prayer 3.30 Evening Prayer (said) 19 SUNDAY THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (Proper 15) 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (congregational) Preacher: Canon Horsfall Mass of St Thomas David Thorne 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (Birkenhead School Choir) Preacher: Canon Horsfall Kleine Orgelmesse Haydn Psalm 34, vv. 9 14 Ave verum corpus Byrd 4.00 Evensong (Birkenhead School Choir) Preacher: Canon Wedgeworth Stanford in B flat Responses Sanders Evening hymn Balfour Gardiner Psalm 100 Stanford 20 MONDAY Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher 1153 21 TUESDAY with Eucharist 22 WEDNESDAY
23 THURSDAY with Eucharist 24 FRIDAY BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE 25 SATURDAY Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 9.00 Morning Prayer 3.30 Evensong (Northern Cathedral Consort) Hymns 480 (t. 15); 137 Lord, for thy tender mercies sake Farrant Psalm 118 Stanford in G Responses Clucas Evening Hymn Balfour Gardiner 26 SUNDAY THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (Proper 16) 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.00 Parish Eucharist (congregational) Preacher: Canon Pailing Mass of St Thomas David Thorne 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist (Northern Cathedral Consort) Mass for five voices Byrd Preacher: Canon Pailing O nata lux Tallis Psalm 84 Ave Maria Parsons 4.00 Evensong (Northern Cathedral Consort) Preacher: The Dean Let all mortal flesh Bairstow Psalm 116 Fauxbourdon Service Robert Sharpe Responses Clucas Blesséd city Bairstow
27 MONDAY Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 3.00 Evening Prayer (said) 28 TUESDAY Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 with Eucharist 29 WEDNESDAY The Beheading of John the Baptist 30 THURSDAY John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 with Eucharist 31 FRIDAY Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651
LUNCHTIME CONCERTS The 2018/19 series of concerts commences in September, featuring organists and other musicians. A full listing of the complete series of lunchtime recitals will be posted on the Cathedral Website, and will also be published on flyers available from the Welcome Desk. WEDNESDAYS AT 1.00PM Admission free, with a retiring collection September 5 Samuel Hudson Blackburn Cathedral 12 Peter King Exeter 19 No recital 26 Martin Ennis Girton College, Cambridge