2 3 Services & Music May 2018
Welcome from the Dean Welcome to Christ Church Cathedral, a house of learning and house of prayer, at the heart of the City of Oxford. Christ Church is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. As well as being a College, Christ Church is the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Oxford, which covers the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. First established in 1525, Christ Church is one of Oxford s largest colleges. Its name in Latin is Ædes Christi, meaning house of Christ, and the foundation is thus sometimes known as The House. As a foundation, it is unique, comprising a College, Cathedral and Choir School and of course a world-class Cathedral Choir, with a reputation for some of the world s finest music. This booklet lists the music for all our services this month. You are welcome to join in the hymns and listen to the psalms, chants and anthems as you participate in worship with us. We hope and pray that your time here will be moving and uplifting one of blessing and peace, and of spiritual nourishment and comfort. St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) wrote that singing belongs to one who loves. Our prayer for each and every one who joins us here for worship is that in the singing and music, you will not only hear the love of God proclaimed in the beauty of worship, but will also hear something of God s love for each and all proclaimed to you. As the Prophet Zephaniah says: The LORD your God dwells with you. God is a mighty saviour. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will calm you with His love. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. (Zephaniah 3: 17) May God bless you here at Christ Church, as you join us for worship. The Very Revd Professor Martyn Percy Dean of Christ Church
SATURDAY 28 Smith Responses Howells St Paul s Service April 2018 Hymns 501, 538 Psalms 136 138 Vaughan Williams Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen (132) SUNDAY 29 THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 08:00 HOLY COMMUNION BCP 08:45 COLLEGE COMMUNION Preacher The Assistant College Chaplain 09:45 CHORAL MATINS Preacher The Dean Smith Responses Stanford in C 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Preacher Canon Biggar Byrd Mass for Four Voices Byrd Ave verum corpus (33) Smith Responses Watson in E Schütz Weib, was weinest du? Hymns 216 (t. ii), 482 Psalm 148 Hymns 118, 175 (t. i), 284 (t. i) Psalm 22: 25 31 Hymns 490 (t. ii), 533 Psalm 96 MONDAY 30 Ayleward Responses Stanford in C Canon in Residence: Canon Harrison Hymns 153, 160 Psalm 150 Stanford O, for a closer walk with God (117) (Sung by the College Choir)
May 2018 TUESDAY 1 Philip & James, Apostles Hymn 600 Rose Responses Psalm 149 Wise in F Bullock Give us the wings of faith (32) 21:00 COLLEGE TAIZÉ WEDNESDAY 2 Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373 13:oo HOLY COMMUNION BCP Tallis Responses Guerrero Magnificat Tone IV Tone IV Nunc dimittis Sheppard Christ our Paschal Lamb (Sung by Men s Voices) Hymn 563 Psalms 12 14 THURSDAY 3 18:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Hymn 486 (t. 255) Preacher Janet Proudman Cathedral LLM Palestrina Missa Brevis Palestrina Sicut cervus desiderat (90) FRIDAY 4 English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation Era Hymn 376 Rose Responses Psalms 22, 23 Weelkes Short Service Purcell Hear my prayer (100)
SATURDAY 5 Rose Responses Watson in E Walton The Twelve (143) Hymns 598 (t. ii), 495 (t. i) Psalm 29 (Sung by the combined choirs of New College, Magdalen, and Christ Church) SUNDAY 6 THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Hymns 161, 398 08:00 HOLY COMMUNION BCP 08:45 COLLEGE COMMUNION Preacher The College Chaplain 09:45 CHORAL MATINS Preacher The Right Revd Dr Derek Browning Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Psalm 149 Rose Responses Britten Festival Te Deum in E 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Preacher Canon Harrison Palestrina Missa Brevis Palestrina Sicut cervus desiderat (90) Rose Responses Walton Chichester Service Ireland Greater love hath no man (72) Hymns 290, 581 (t. ii), 315 Psalm 98 Hymns 369, 556 Psalm 45 MONDAY 7 Rogation Day Smith Responses Wood in E flat No. 2 Canon in Residence: Canon Biggar Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine (Sung by the College Choir) Hymns 250 (om. vv. 4, 5, 6), 621 Psalm 37: 1 22
May 2018 TUESDAY 8 Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c. 1417 Rogation Day Morley Responses Ayleward Short Service Hymn 523 Psalms 41 43 Purcell O God, thou art my God (102) WEDNESDAY 9 Rogation Day THURSDAY 10 Ascension Day FRIDAY 11 13:oo HOLY COMMUNION BCP Tallis Responses Gombert Magnificat Tone I Tone I Nunc dimittis Byrd Viri Galilei (Sung by Men s Voices) 08:00 COLLEGE ASCENSION DAY SERVICE (Fell Tower) 18:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Hymn 167 Preacher The Very Revd Robert Grimley Honorary Cathedral Chaplain Lassus Missa Qual donna de Séverac Tantum ergo sacramentum (111) Morley Responses Tomkins First Service Palestrina O rex gloriae Hymn 258 Psalms 47 49 Hymn 607 Psalm 59 61
SATURDAY 12 Hymns 628, 516 (t. ii) Morley Responses Psalms 65 67 Walton Chichester Service Purcell Blow up the trumpet (100) SUNDAY 13 THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 08:00 HOLY COMMUNION BCP 08:45 COLLEGE COMMUNION Preacher The Revd Marcus Green 09:45 CHORAL MATINS Preacher Canon Biggar Morley Responses Purcell Jubilate 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Preacher Canon Ward Lassus Missa Qual donna Morley Responses Harwood in A flat Finzi God is gone up (48) Hymns 163, 170 Psalm 47 Hymns 172, 166, 612 Psalm 1 de Séverac Tantum ergo sacramentum (111) Hymns 398, 490 Psalm 147: 1 12 MONDAY 14 Matthias the Apostle Clucas Responses Sumsion in G Canon in Residence: The Sub-Dean Hymn 214 Psalm 80 Bullock Give us the wings of faith (32) (Sung by the Choir of Brasenose College, Oxford)
May 2018 TUESDAY 15 Hymn 541 Clucas Responses Psalm 78 Purcell in G minor Stanford Coelos ascendit hodie WEDNESDAY 16 13:oo HOLY COMMUNION BCP Tomkins Responses Moore Third Service Ives Listen, sweet dove Hymn 515 Psalms 82 85 THURSDAY 17 18:00 HOUSE COMMUNION Hymns on sheet Preacher The Revd Canon Mark Oakley Chancellor of St Paul s Cathedral, London Darke in F Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor (44) (Sung by the College Choir) FRIDAY 18 Tomkins Responses Gibbons Fauxbourdons Hymn 608 Psalms 93 94 Tallis O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit (122)
SATURDAY 19 Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988 Eve of Pentecost SUNDAY 20 THE DAY OF PENTECOST MONDAY 21 Hymns 418, 186 Gibbons Come, Holy Ghost Psalm 48 Tomkins Responses Ireland in F Hurford Litany to the Holy Spirit 08:00 HOLY COMMUNION BCP 08:45 COLLEGE COMMUNION Preacher The College Chaplain 09:45 CHORAL MATINS with University Sermon Preacher The Bishop of Ripon Radcliffe Responses Gibbons Short Service (Sung by the Cathedral Consort) 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Hymns 399, 175 (t. i), 191 Preacher The Venerable David Meara Honorary Cathedral Chaplain Psalm 104: 26 36,37b Darke in F Attwood Come, Holy Ghost Tomkins Responses Kelly in C Elgar The Spirit of the Lord (47) 18:00 EVENING PRAYER (Said in the Latin Chapel) Hymns 178, 181 (t. i), 183 Psalm 87 Hymns 182 (t. i), 466 Psalm 139: 1 11 Canon in Residence: Canon Ward Psalm 106
May 2018 TUESDAY 22 Byrd Responses Byrd Second Service Byrd Confirma hoc Deus 21:00 COLLEGE COMPLINE (Sung by the College Choir) Hymn 266 Psalm 108 WEDNESDAY 23 THURSDAY 24 John & Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 & 1788 13:oo HOLY COMMUNION BCP Hymn 537 Psalms 114, 115 Clucas Responses Batten Short Service Sheppard Spiritus sanctus (113) (Sung by Men s Voices) 19:30 ARCHDEACON S VISITATION 18:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Hymn 627 (t. 227) Preacher The Archdeacon of Oxford Lassus Missa Venatorum Elgar Ave verum corpus (46) FRIDAY 25 The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735 Hymn 217 Ayleward Responses Psalm 119: 73 80 Moore Third Service Harris Holy is the true light (Sung by the Choir of St John s College, Oxford)
SATURDAY 26 Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Eve of Trinity Sunday Hymns 267, 204 Abingdon Responses Psalm 119: 145 152 White Christ Church Service Lole The Father s Love (Sung by participants from the RSCM Three-Day Course for Choristers) SUNDAY 27 TRINITY SUNDAY 08:00 HOLY COMMUNION BCP 08:45 COLLEGE COMMUNION Preacher The Bishop of Berwick 09:45 CHORAL MATINS Preacher Canon Ward Rose Responses Steggall in B flat 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Hymns 202, 206 Psalm 86: 8 13 Hymns 543, 392, 419 Preacher The Revd Canon Dr Emma Percy Honorary Cathedral Chaplain Psalm 29 Victoria Missa Ave regina caelorum Byrd Gloria tibi Domine Hymns 417, 422 Millington Responses Psalm 104: 1 10 Wood in E Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi (Services today are sung by Men s Voices) Canon in Residence: The Diocesan Canon Precentor MONDAY 28 Smith Responses Dyson in D Parry I was glad (92) (Sung by the College Choir) Hymns 202, 368 Psalm 138
May/June 2018 TUESDAY 29 WEDNESDAY 30 Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Seal Responses Gibbons Short Service Tchaikovsky Hymn to the Trinity (126) 13:oo HOLY COMMUNION BCP Seal Responses Aldrich in E minor Farrant Call to remembrance (47) Hymn 446 Psalms 141 143 Hymn 447 Psalms 147, 148 THURSDAY 31 Day of Thanksgiving for Holy Communion 18:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Hymn 324 with Incense Preacher The Revd Mark Speeks CF Honorary Cathedral Chaplain Wood Oculi omnium Caesar Missa brevis Capella Regalis Matthias Ave verum corpus (text 33) FRIDAY 1 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth 18:00 FESTAL EVENSONG Hymn 238 with Incense Psalm 113 Stravinsky Ave Maria Seal Responses Lassus Magnificat Tone VIII Tone VIII Nunc dimittis Monteverdi Ave maris stella
SATURDAY 2 SUNDAY 3 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY June 2018 Hymns 467, 478 Seal Responses Psalms 12 14 Walmisley in D minor MacMillan A New Song 08:00 HOLY COMMUNION BCP 09:45 CHORAL MATINS Hymns 619 (vv. 1, 3, 4, 6), Preacher The Diocesan Canon Precentor 395 Rose Responses Psalm 82 Harris in A flat (Sung by the Academical Clerks) 11:00 CHORAL EUCHARIST Hymns 546, 142, 2 Preacher The Archdeacon of Oxford Psalm 81: 1 10 Caesar Missa brevis Capella Regalis Matthias Ave verum corpus (text 33) 13:30 OPEN AIR COLLEGE COMMUNION Preacher The Revd Kate Seagrave (Cathedral Garden) Seal Responses Blair in B minor Rheinberger Abendlied Hymns 516 (t. ii), 10 Psalm 35: 1 10 Canon in Residence: The Archdeacon of Oxford MONDAY 4 Smith Responses Stanford in B flat Gardiner Evening Hymn (Sung by the College Choir) Hymns 606, 386 Psalm 23
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