S E R V I C E S & M U S I C November

S E R V I C E S & M U S I C November

From the Canon Precentor Towards the end of last month the 56th Bishop of Bristol the Rt Revd Vivienne Faull, was welcomed and Enthroned in this, her Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity. The service was a mixture of beautiful music, the necessary legalities and joyful celebration. The Bishop arrived at the Harbour Steps by boat and at the highly symbolic start of the service she banged her pastoral staff three times on the great west doors asking to be let in which of course happened! Musical contributions were made by the Cathedral Choir, the organist, and trumpeters, the Bristol Easton Salvation Army Band, the Bristol Cathedral Choir School Gospel Choir and the City Trumpeters. The Bishop preached an excellent sermon her first in the Cathedral which you can read on our website. At the end of the service the Bishop left the Cathedral and blessed the city of Bristol from the steps of the Abbey Gatehouse. Please continue to pray for Bishop Viv in these early days of her public ministry in the Diocese. November is the month when Christians traditionally commemorate the faithful departed, and this November we will be celebrating two Requiem Masses: at 6.0pm on the Feast of All Souls on 2 November, when the excellent Melgás Consort will be singing and then at 5.30pm on Remembrance Sunday, 11 November, when the Cathedral Choir will sing Duruflé s wellknown Requiem. The liturgy at both of these services will be moving and very beautiful, offering us the chance to pray for the many people we have known and loved and see no more, whilst giving thanks to God for his promise to us all of eternal life. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. May they rest in peace and rise in glory. The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor Dean of Bristol Canon Precentor Master of the Choristers and Organist For more information, please contact the Music Administrator Tim Popple tim.popple@bristol-cathedral.co.uk 0117 926 4879 The Very Revd Dr David Hoyle The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Mark Lee 2 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

The original foundation on this site was an abbey established in 1148 by Robert Fitzhardinge of Berkeley Castle. It was built just outside the original walls of Bristol on high ground overlooking the river. The new monastery was dedicated to St Augustine. Initially all the abbey buildings were in Norman style (characterized by massive pillars and round arches) but between the 13th and early 16th centuries a sequence of rebuilding projects transformed the church into a Gothic one, showing the successive developments of Gothic style. About the Cathedral The last section due to be rebuilt was the nave. However, just after the old nave had been demolished, and before much progress had been made with the rebuilding, Henry VIII dissolved the country s monasteries and confiscated their assets. The new nave was therefore never built, and the work that had already been done was dismantled to provide stone for other projects in the area. On 9 December 1539 the last Abbot of Bristol handed over the abbey to the King s Commissioners. Unlike many other cities, it was not originally intended that there should be a diocese of Bristol, and so its abbey was not due to become a cathedral. However, when it was discovered that St Peter s Abbey in the nearby rival port of Gloucester was to be made a cathedral, Bristol s citizens petitioned for equal treatment and in 1542 the disused abbey church was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. In 1877 the rebuilding of the nave was finally completed, 350 years after the original, Norman nave, had been demolished. 3 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Information Anthems Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English are available towards the back of this booklet. Bible Translation The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays. Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary. Choir Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. On Mondays the boy choristers sing with the lay clerks and choral scholars. On Tuesdays the girl choristers sing with the lay clerks. Weekend services alternate between boy choristers and girl choristers. Communion If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are. Feast Days Key On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows: Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service. Hymns Hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH), with tunes following. Incense On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the symbol. Photography and Recording No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter. 4 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Psalms The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for Glory be to the Father at the end of the last psalm. Service Length Said lasts approximately 20 minutes. Said Lunchtime lasts approximately 30 minutes. Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; Evening Prayer around 20 minutes. on a Sunday lasts around 1hr 15. On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating additional hymns and a sermon. Quire Services: those unable to stay for the whole service are asked to sit in the Nave. 5 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Sunday 28 October Simon and Jude, Apostles Choir in Residence Today Beaufort Chorale 7.40am 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher The Revd Neill Archer Setting Collegium Regale Howells Psalm 119.89-96 Motet Geistliches Lied Brahms Hymns Processional 195 Neander [351] Offertory 214 Deus Tuorum Militum Communion 295 Picardy Post-communion 215 University College [434] Voluntary Master Tallis s Testament Howells 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Introit O nata lux Tallis Preacher Canon Sue Farrance Responses Leighton Psalm 119.1-16 Canticles Purcell in g Anthem The Spirit of the Lord Elgar Hymns 408 Blaenwern; 245 Ar Hyd Y Nos Voluntary Fugue in E Flat BWV 552/2 J. S. Bach Monday 29 October James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Choir in Residence Today The Abbeydale Singers ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Smith Psalm 139 Canticles St Paul s Service Howells Hymn 480 St Stephen [215] Anthem O clap your hands Vaughan Williams Tuesday 30 October Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546 SEAFARERS CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL NAVE The Abbeydale Singers 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 144, 145 6 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Wednesday 31 October Feria ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of All Saints Day QUIRE Psalms 1, 5 Thursday 1 November ALL SAINTS DAY ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 148, 150 Friday 2 November Commemoration of the Faithful Departed CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY The Melgás Consort SEAFARERS CHAPEL 6.00pm CHORAL EUCHARIST QUIRE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Preacher Canon Gwyn Owen Setting Missa Pro Defunctis Manuel Cardosa Psalm 27.1-6, 16-17 Motet Lux aeterna MacMillan Hymns Processional 208 St Catherine s Court Offertory 353 Repton Communion 328 God be in my head Post-communion 333 Michael Voluntary Apparition de l'église éternelle Messiaen Saturday 3 November Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600 CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY The Alleyn Singers ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm DIGNITY MEMORIAL SERVICE NAVE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Anthems And I saw a hew heaven Bainton The Lord is my Shepherd Goodall Gloria (1 st mvmt) Vivaldi 7 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Sunday 4 November Fourth Sunday before Advent CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY The Alleyn Singers 7.40am 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher The Dean Setting Plainsong Gloria from Missa de Angelis Messe Solennelle - Langlais Psalm 119.1-8 Motet O sacrum convivium Tallis Hymns Processional 334 Old Hundredth Offertory 473 (omit *) Laudes Domini Communion 407 Ravenshaw Post-communion 361 Deo Gracias Voluntary Festival Finale Archer 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Martin Gainsborough Responses Clucas Psalm 145 Canticles Wells Service Archer Anthem Geistliches Lied Brahms Hymns 341 Franconia; 252 St Clement Voluntary Choralvorspiel und Fuge on O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid Brahms Monday 5 November Feria Verses Decani ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 26 Tuesday 6 November Leonard, Hermit, 6th century SEAFARERS CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL ORGAN NAVE Paul Walton Assistant Organist, Bristol Cathedral 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Tomkins Psalm 31.1-15 Canticles Wood in D Hymn 379 Wychbold Anthem Hail gladdening light Wood 8 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Wednesday 7 November Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739 ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Fox Psalm 36 Canticles Dyson in c Hymn 463 Newington Anthem Christ whose glory fills the skies Shephard Thursday 8 November The Saints and Martyrs of England ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 40 Friday 9 November Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440 SEAFARERS CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Millington Psalms 45, 46 Canticles Verse Service Marson Hymn 222 Diva Servatrix [288] Anthem Let my complaint Morley Saturday 10 November Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461 ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer Psalms 51, 52 9 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Sunday 11 November Third Sunday before Advent Remembrance Sunday 7.40am 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 9.30am Cathedral NAVE Homily The Dean Hymns Entrance 354 Melita Offertory 417 St Anne Post-communion Hope for the world s despair Love Unknown This hymn was written by Ally Barrett to commemorate the Centenary of the Armistice 11.00am Act of Remembrance THE CENOTAPH 3.30pm Evening Prayer Psalm 46 5.30pm SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS NAVE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Preacher The Dean Setting Requiem Duruflé Monday 12 November Feria Verses Cantoris ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars QUIRE Responses Cleobury Psalms 63, 64 Canticles Naylor in D Hymn 483 University [77] Anthem View me, Lord Wood Tuesday 13 November Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836 SEAFARERS CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL ORGAN NAVE Jeremy Cole Assistant Organist, Wells Cathedral 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Leighton Psalm 68.19-35 (omit 21-23) Canticles Short Service Gibbons Hymn 382 Song 13 Anthem O Lord, in thy wrath Gibbons 10 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Wednesday 14 November Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796 ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Noon Psalm 72.1-7 Canticles Canterbury Service Moore Hymn 221 Exultet Caelum Laudibus Anthem A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester White Thursday 15 November Feria CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY Llandaff Cathedral Choir ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Clucas Psalm 77 Canticles Edington Service Ives Hymn 336 Angel Voices Anthem The souls of the righteous Lewis Friday 16 November Margaret of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 SEAFARERS CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Carpenter Psalms 80, 81 Canticles Bristol Service Carpenter Hymn 396 Dundee Anthem Father of heaven Walford Davies Saturday 17 November Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Leighton Psalm 88 Canticles Wood in F (Collegium Regale) Hymn 369 Binchester Anthem A New Song MacMillan 11 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Sunday 18 November Second Sunday before Advent 7.40am 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Bishop Humphrey Southern, Principal, Ripon College Cuddesdon Setting Mass in G Schubert Psalm 16 Motet Os justi Bruckner Hymns Processional 351 Neander Offertory 381 Ewing Communion 434 University College Post-communion 235 Song 34 (Angels Song) Voluntary Allegro, Chorale and Fugue Mendelssohn 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Cathedral Consort QUIRE Preacher The Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Responses Sanders Psalm 95 Canticles Sumsion in G Anthem Deep River arr. Tippett Hymns 206 Harewood; 468 Marching Voluntary Carillon de Longpont Vierne Monday 19 November Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Verses Decani ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Cathedral Consort QUIRE Responses Sanders Psalm 97 Canticles Noble in b Hymn 357 Sussex Anthem Go down, Moses arr. Tippett Tuesday 20 November Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 SEAFARERS CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL TENOR & PIANO NAVE Mike Gormley, Tenor Lay Clerk, Bristol Cathedral Mark Lee, Master of the Choristers & Organist, Bristol Cathedral 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Leighton Psalm 103 Canticles Murrill in E Hymn 219 St John Damascene Anthem Glorious and powerful God Stanford 12 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Wednesday 21 November Feria ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Terry Psalm 105.23-36 Canticles John Wood in G Hymn 349 Nativity Anthem Wash me throughly Handel Thursday 22 November Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 107.23-43 Friday 23 November Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100 SEAFARERS CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Carpenter Psalms 112, 113 Canticles Wills in g Hymn 252 St Clement Anthem In pace Ives Saturday 24 November Feria ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer Psalm 118 13 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Sunday 25 November Christ the King 7.40am 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST sung by the Choristers NAVE Preacher Canon Martin Gainsborough Setting Missa Brevis Carter Psalm 93 Motet Sing we merrily unto God our strength Symons Hymns Processional 296 St Helen Offertory 332 Miles Lane Communion 457 Dominus Regit Me Post-communion 443 Gopsal Voluntary Marche Triomphale Alcock 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher The Dean Responses Tomkins Psalm 72 Canticles Gloucester Service Howells Anthem Let all the world in every corner sing Vaughan Williams Hymns 499 St Cecilia; 345 Vulpius (Gelobt sei Gott) Voluntary Fantasy on a Scottish Tune Cook Monday 26 November Feria Verses Cantoris SUB CROFT CHAPEL SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 119.129-144 From today until Friday 30 November, the University of the West of England hold their graduation ceremonies in the Cathedral. General access is restricted to services only, which are held in the Sub Croft Chapel, accessible via the Cloisters Entrance. Tuesday 27 November Feria SUB CROFT CHAPEL SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalms 123, 124, 125 14 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Wednesday 28 November Feria SUB CROFT CHAPEL SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalms 134, 135 Thursday 29 November Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church SUB CROFT CHAPEL SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of Andrew the Apostle SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 48 Friday 30 November Andrew the Apostle SUB CROFT CHAPEL SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalms 87, 96 Saturday 1 December Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916 ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer Psalm 6 15 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Translations of Anthems not in the English Language Sunday 4 November Geistliches Lied Johannes Brahms 1833-97 Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauern mit Trauern, sei stille, wie Gott es fügt, so sei vergnügt mein Wille! Was willst du heute sorgen auf morgen? Der Eine steht allem für, der gibt auch dir das Deine. Sei nur in allem Handel ohn Wandel, steh feste, was Gott beschleußt, das ist und heißt das Beste. Amen. Do not be sorrowful or regretful, be calm, as God has ordained, so my will shall be content! What do you want to worry about from day to day? There is One who stands above all, who gives you too what is yours. Only be steadfast in all you do, stand firm, what God has decided, that is and must be the best. Amen. Paul Flemming 1609-40 Friday 23 November In Pace Grayston Ives b.1948 In pace in idipsum dormiam et requiescam. Si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitacionem; dormiam et requiescam. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et in Spiritui Sancto. In pace in idipsum dormiam et requiescam. In peace I will sleep and take my rest. If I will allow my eyelids to sleep, and my eyelids to slumber; I will sleep and take my rest. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. In peace I will sleep and take my rest. Psalm 4; 8a; 132.4 16 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Bristol Cathedral Choir There has probably been a choir singing in Bristol Cathedral since its days as an Augustinian abbey church, founded in 1140. When, in 1542, it became the cathedral church of the new diocese of Bristol, its new statutes still provided for cathedral life in terms of worship, community and education; of the praises of God sung with perpetual jubilation, of the common table, of the masters of the choristers and of the Cathedral Grammar School. The passing of the centuries has modified but not destroyed the pattern. The choir consists of 28 choristers (14 boys and 14 girls), all of whom are educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School - occupying the former Augustinian refectory, and magnificent new buildings. These are supported by incentives endowed by the Bristol Cathedral Choral Foundation. There are also probationary choristers who fulfil a part timetable and attend other schools in the city, 6 Lay Clerks, and 4 Choral Scholars. Together, with the voluntary Consort, Choral Evensong is sung 6 times a week in the Cathedral in term time. The Choir enjoys a busy and challenging timetable, and highlights have included singing at the Royal Maundy Service in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, tours to France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and the USA (New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island). Recent events have included singing live on BBC One on Christmas Day 2016. The Choir also broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3. 17 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Choral Scholarships There are places for up to four Choral Scholars in the Bristol Cathedral Choir at any one time. These will generally be two basses, a tenor, and an alto. The alto Choral Scholarship is open to anyone, regardless of gender. They will be expected to sing one weekday service (currently Monday) and at the weekend. They will be of a very high standard, both vocally and in terms of reading, but will not be expected to sing without the support of the professional Lay Clerks. There may be opportunities to deputise for absent Lay Clerks for extra remuneration, but this will only be with the agreement of the Master of the Choristers who will assess their proficiency for such an undertaking. Choir terms are: Michaelmas: The first weekend after the beginning of the Bristol Cathedral School term in September until Christmas Day Lent: The weekend of Epiphany until Easter Day Trinity: The beginning of the choir term until the Sunday after the end of the Bristol Cathedral Choir School term. The Choral Scholarships can be held in conjunction with a degree course at either Bristol University or UWE, though this is not an essential requirement. It would be our hope that an undergraduate Choral Scholar would be in post for three years, though the Scholarship would be reviewed annually. Music is an integral part of Bristol Cathedral's life and mission. Evensong is sung on most days at 5.15pm (on Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm). The Cathedral is sung each Sunday Morning. In addition there are a number of special services throughout the year as well as the important church festivals and feasts. 18 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Cathedral Consort The Cathedral Consort was launched in 2009. It is a choir which not only enhances the worship of the Cathedral, but also provides an opportunity for young people to develop their singing skills to a professional standard. They also enjoy the social side of being part of such a close knit team. The Consort is open to membership from across the city from 11 to 19. It rehearses weekly and usually sings Choral Evensong twice a month. It also collaborates with other choirs in the Cathedral, such as Bristol Cathedral Concert Choir, to perform concerts of large scale works with orchestral accompaniment. The experience offered is particularly valuable to those who wish to apply for choral scholarships at universities like Oxford and Cambridge. The girls of the Consort have been an important part of the Cathedral s musical life since 1993. In May 2002, as part of Bristol Cathedral Festival, they sang with the internationally renowned soprano Emma Kirkby, at which time she agreed to become Patron of the Choir. The Cathedral Consort has toured most recently to Toulouse, performing in St Sernin, the Temple Du Salin, and previously have been on tour to Belgium included performances at Brussels and Antwerp Cathedrals, Ireland including performances at St. Anne s Cathedral in Belfast, and St. Patrick s Cathedral in Dublin. If you are interested in joining the Cathedral Consort, please contact: Paul Walton Director of the Cathedral Consort asst.organist@bristol-cathedral.co.uk 19 bristol-cathedral.co.uk

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