JUNE Monday 6 Ini Kopuria, founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 1.00pm Tuesday 7 Tuesday Talk Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls and Men s Voices) Preces: Marcus Huxley Psalm: 91 Nunc dimittis: Tomkins (4 th service) O Lord, the maker of all thing William Mundy Verse: Cantoris Friday 10 1.00pm Saturday 11 9.00am 3.30pm Capability Brown - A celebration of his life in music (Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra, 6/ 4) Choral Evensong for Eve of St Barnabas (Boys and Men s voices) Responses: Bernard Rose Psalms: 1, 15 OH 213ii Walmisley in D minor How beautiful upon the mountains - Stainer Barnabas the Apostle Wednesday 8 Thomas Ken bishop, nonjuror, hymn writer, 1711 Shorter Choral Evensong for Thomas Ken (Boys voices) Preces etc: plainsong & Marcus Huxley (Shirley) Psalm: 94 OH 244 Nunc dimittis: Marcus Huxley My voice shalt thou hear S S Wesley Thursday 9 Columba, abbot, missionary, 597 Ephrem, deacon, hymn writer, teacher of the faith, 373 Wholeness and Healing Service * (*note time) Sunday 12 Third Sunday after Trinity 11.00am Choral Eucharist to celebrate the Queen s Birthday (Girls and Men s voices) O taste and see R Vaughan Williams Mass for Holy Trinity Antony le Fleming I was glad - Parry Dominus firmamentum (ii) O Lord, grant the Queen a long life Weelkes Preacher: Bishop David 3.30pm Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) Responses: John Sanders Psalms: 52, 53 Antony le Fleming God is our hope & strength - Greene Preacher: The Dean
JUNE Monday 13 Music for lunch (suggested donation: 4/ 3) Organist Alexander Berry, Magdalen College, Oxford Tuesday 14 Richard Baxter, puritan divine, 1691 Tuesday Talk Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls voices) Preces: David Lumsden Psalm: 107.1-22 OH 475 Magnificat: Marcus Huxley (Shirley) I will sing of thy great mercies - Mendelssohn Wednesday 15 Evelyn Underhill, spiritual writer 1941 10-11:30am Forget Me Nots Bereavement Drop-in (undercroft) Choral Communion (St Philip s Singers) Jackson in G My shepherd will supply my need - Antony Baldwin Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) curated by Roger Hiorns with the Choir lying down in the nave Preces: plainchant & Stone Psalm: 119:33-38, Teach me, O Lord Byrd Nunc dimittis: Walmisley in D minor O taste and see R Vaughan Williams Thursday 16 Richard, bishop, 1253 Joseph Butler, bishop, philosopher, 1752 7.30pm Meeting of the Cathedral Council Friday 17 Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, social reformers, 1913 and 1936 Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) curated by Roger Hiorns with the Choir lying down in the nave Preces: plainchant & Stone Psalm: 119:33-38, Teach me, O Lord Byrd Nunc dimittis: Walmisley in D minor O taste and see R Vaughan Williams Saturday 18 Bernard Mizeki, martyr, 1896 9.00am 2.00pm Tercentenary Lecture - Views of Brum from the 18th and 19th Centuries (One Colmore Row, 4, prebooking essential) 3.30pm 7.30pm Sacred Recital at St Chad s Cathedral (Schola Philippi and St. Chad s Choir, free admission, retiring collection) Sunday 19 Fourth Sunday after Trinity Verse: Cantoris 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Men s voices) attended by the Friends of Cathedral Music Teach me, my God & King (The Elixir) - Gibbons Missa Dum Complerentur - Palestrina Psalm 43 Stuart Beer Unam petii (vii) Sicut cervus - Palestrina Preacher: The Dean 3.30pm Choral Evensong (Girls and Men s voices) attended by the Friends of Cathedral Music Responses: Byrd & Stone Psalms: 50, 57 Howells (Sarum) Lo! God is here Philip Moore Preacher: Canon Liturgist
JUNE Monday 20 1.00pm Tuesday 21 8.00pm Verse: Cantoris Tuesday Talk Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls voices) Preces: David Lumsden Psalms: 119:153-176 Magnificat: Philip Moore (2nd service) Like as we do put our trust in Thee Charles Wesley ExCathedra Concert: Summer Music by Candlelight tickets 9.50-35 from Town Hall/Symphony Hall box office: www.thsh.co.uk or 0121 780 3333 Wednesday 22 Alban, first martyr of Britain, c. 250 Ember Day Shorter Choral Evensong for Alban (Boys and Men s voices) Preces: John Sanders Psalms: 124, 125 OH 217 (235) Magnificat: Blair in B minor Greater Love hath no man - Ireland Thursday 23 Etheldreda, abbess, c. 678 Friday 24 Birth of John the Baptist Ember Day Choral Evensong for the Birth of John the Baptist (Boys and Men s voices) Introit: Ut queant laxis Responses: Smith & Farmer Psalms: 80, 82 OH 168 (210) vv 1,4,5 Gibbons (short service) This is the Record of John - Gibbons Saturday 25 9.00am 11.00am 3.30pm Ember Day Memorial Service for Martin Cardinal Sunday 26 Fifth Sunday after Trinity 11.00am Choral Eucharist with Healing Ministry (Girls & Men) Jesu, the very thought of thee Harry Grindle Missa Maria Magdalena Alonso Lobo God, who as upon this day Robert Ramsey Circuibo (vi) Look down, O Lord - Goss Preacher: Canon Liturgist 3.30pm Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) Responses: Philip Moore Psalm: 60, Stanford in A Blessed City, heavenly Salem - Bairstow Preacher: Canon Missioner
JUNE Monday 27 Cyril, bishop, teacher of the faith, 444 Music for lunch (suggested donation: 4/ 3) Organist David Hardie, Birmingham Cathedral Tuesday 28 Irenaeus, bishop, teacher of the faith, c. 200 Tuesday Talk Shorter Choral Evensong (Men s voices) Preces: Philip Moore (MV) Psalms: 143, 144 Nunc dimittis: Marson Sing we merrily F J Read Wednesday 29 Peter and Paul, Apostles 11:30am Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys voices) Noon & Stone Psalms: 124, 138, OH 171 (1,2,6) Nunc dimittis: Philip Moore (2nd service) He shall feed his flock - Handel Thursday 30 JULY Friday 1 Henry, John and Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873 11.00am Saturday 2 9.00am 11.00am 3.30pm A Commemoration of the 100 th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme (admission by invitation only, service projected onto a big screen in Cathedral Square, all welcome) Preacher: Canon Missioner Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) Responses: Tomkins & Sheppard Psalms: 1, 2, Morley (2nd service) It is a Thing most wonderful Philip Moore Ordination of Priests (Girls and Men s voices) O Lord, give Thy Holy Spirit - Tallis Rejoice in the Lord alway - anon Litany Philip Marshall Ego vos elegi (i) Tu es Petrus Palestrina Quodcumque ligaveris - Palestrina Preacher: The Revd Canon Matthew Thompson, Vicar of Bolton and Borough Dean Sunday 3 Thomas the Apostle Verse: Cantoris 11.00am Ordination of Deacons (Boys and Men s voices) O Lord, increase our faith - Loosemore Sing ye, I say - Weelkes, Litany Philip Marshall Ego vos elegi (i), Ubi caritas Duruflé Beati quorum via - Stanford Preacher: The Revd Canon Matthew Thompson, Vicar of Bolton and Borough Dean 3.30pm Choral Evensong for Thomas the Apostle (Men s voices) Responses: Conrad Eden (set 3), Psalm: 139 Palestrina (iv) & Caustun, Holy is the true light Harris Preacher: The Dean
JULY Verse: Cantoris Monday 4 Music for lunch (suggested donation: 4/ 3) Organist John Hosking, St Asaph Cathedral, Wales Tuesday 5 Tuesday Talk Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls and Men s voices) Preces: Philip Moore Psalms: 11, 12 Nunc dimittis: Stanford in C O be joyful in the Lord - Walton Wednesday 6 Thomas More, scholar, and John Fisher, bishop, martyrs, 1535 10.00am Forget Me Nots Bereavement Drop-in (undercroft) Choral Communion (St Philip s Singers) Sparrow Mass - Mozart Lead me Lord - Wesley Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys voices) Preces etc: plainchant & Stone Psalm: 16 OH 218 (214ii) vv 1,2,5 Nunc dimittis: Marcus Huxley in D flat Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? - Marcello Friday 8 Saturday 9 9.00am 3.30pm Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) Responses: Bernard Rose Psalm: 19 Howells (Westminster) God so loved the world - Stainer Wholeness and Healing Service with Holy Communion Sunday 10 Seventh Sunday after Trinity 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Men s voices) Love of the father Gibbons Missa Brevis Grayston Ives These Three R R Bennett Gustate et videte (iii) Salvator mundi - Tallis Preacher: Canon Missioner 3.30pm Choral Evensong (Girls and Men s voices) Responses: Philip Moore Psalm: 77 Antony le Fleming O sing unto the Lord - Purcell Preacher: Canon Liturgist Thursday 7
JULY Monday 11 Benedict, abbot, c. 550 Music for lunch (suggested donation: 4/ 3) Organist Nicholas Morris, Birmingham Cathedral Friday 15 Swithun, bishop, c. 862 Bonaventure, friar, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1274 Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) Responses: Philip Moore Psalm: 36 Lassus (Praeter Rerum) & plainchant (viii) Dum transisset Sabbatum - Taverner Tuesday 12 Tuesday Talk Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls voices) Preces: Malcolm Archer Psalm: 30 Magnificat: Humphrey Clucas Like as a Father ascr Cherubini Wednesday 13 Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys and Men s voices) Preces: Philip Moore Psalm: 32 Magnificat: Stanford in C Sing, O heavens - Amner Thursday 14 John Keble, priest, poet, 1866 Wholeness and Healing Service 7.30pm 3D Closing Service Saturday 16 Osmund, bishop, 1099 9.00am 3.30pm Sunday 17 Eighth Sunday after Trinity Verse: Cantoris 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Men s voices) Introit: I hunger & I thirst trad arr Marcus Huxley Francis Mass John Sheppard Psalm 52 Qui manducat (vi) Domine non sum dignus - Victoria Preacher: Canon Liturgist 3.30pm Choral Evensong (Boys, Girls and Men s voices) Responses: Bernard Rose Psalm: 81 Howells (Gloucester) Ascribe unto the Lord S S Wesley Preacher: The Venerable Simon Heathfield
JULY Verse: Cantoris Friday 22 Mary Magdalene Monday 18 Music for lunch (suggested donation: 4/ 3) Organist Marcus Huxley, Birmingham Cathedral Elizabeth Ferard, deaconess, founder of the Community of St Andrew Saturday 23 Bridget, abbess, 1373 9.00am 3.30pm Tuesday 19 Gregory, bishop, and his sister Macrina, deaconess, teachers of the faith, c. 394 & c. 379 Sunday 24 Ninth Sunday after Trinity 11.00am Sung Eucharist with Healing Ministry Preacher: Revd Susannah Izzard 3.30pm Wednesday 20 Margaret of Antioch, martyr, 4 th cent Bartolome de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566 10-11.30am Forget Me Nots Bereavement Drop-in (undercroft) 11.30am Choral Communion (St Philip s Singers) Darke in F My eyes for beauty pine - Howells Thursday 21
JULY Friday 29 Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions of Our Lord Monday 25 James the Apostle Music for lunch (suggested donation: 4/ 3) Organist Steven McIntyre, St Mary s Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow Saturday 30 William Wilberforce, social reformer, 1833 9.00am 11.00am Wedding of Richard Hines and Natalie Cooper 1.45pm Street Party to celebrate 140 years of the Mothers Union and the Queen s 90 th Birthday Tuesday 26 Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Wednesday 27 Brooke Foss Westcott, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1901 Sunday 31 Tenth Sunday after Trinity Verse: Cantoris 11.00am Sung Eucharist 3.30pm Thursday 28
AUGUST Verse: Cantoris Friday 5 Oswald, king, martyr, 642 Monday 1 1.00pm Saturday 6 9.00am 3.30pm Transfiguration of Our Lord Wholeness and Healing Service with Holy Communion Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 11.30am Holy Communion Sunday 7 Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 11.00am Choral Eucharist (St Mary s Singers) Setting: Missa tertia (Michael Haller) Anthem: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar) 3.30pm Choral Evensong (St Mary s Singers) Responses: Ayleward Setting: Noble in B minor Psalm: 108 Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord (George Rathbone) Thursday 4 Jean-Baptiste Vianney, caure d Arts, cpiritual guide, 1859
AUGUST Monday 8 Domonic, priet, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 1.00pm Tuesday 9 Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers Union, 1921 Wednesday 10 Laurence, deacon, martyr, 258 Thursday 11 Clare of Assisi, founder of the Poor Clares, 1253, John Henry Newman, priest, 1890 Wholeness and Healing Service Friday 12 Saturday 13 Jeremy Taylor, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1667 9.00am 3.30pm Sunday 14 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Verse: Cantoris 11.00am Sung Eucharist 3.30pm Monday 15 1.00pm Tuesday 16 The Blessed Virgin Mary Wednesday 17 11.30pm Thursday 18 Friday 19 Saturday 20 Bernard, abbot, teacher of the faith, 1153 9.00am 3.30pm AUGUST Sunday 21 Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 11.00am Sung Eucharist 3.30pm
AUGUST Monday 22 1.00pm Sunday 28 Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Verse: Cantoris 11.00am Sung Eucharist with Healing Ministry 3.30pm Tuesday 23 Monday 29 *9.00am Beheading of John the Baptist (*note time) Wednesday 24 Bartholomew the Apostle Thursday 25 Tuesday 30 John Bunyan, spiritual writer, 1688 Wednesday 31 Aidan, bishop, missionary, 651 Friday 26 Saturday 27 Monica, mother of Augustine of hippo, 387 9.00am 3.30pm