Services for March 2016

CHAPEL ROYAL HAMPTON COURT PALACE Services for March 2016 Carl Jackson MVO MA ARAM FRCO Director of Music Rufus Frowde MA MMus ARCO(DipCHD) Organist The Reverend Anthony Howe MA Chaplain and Deputy Priest in Ordinary David Wright Honorary Clerk of the Chapel 1

March 2016 Tuesday 1 Feria Wednesday 2 Feria Thursday 3 Feria Friday 4 Feria Saturday 5 Feria Sunday 6 The Fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday) Monday 7 SS. Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, 203 AD Tuesday 8 Feria Wednesday 9 St Gregory of Nyssa Thursday 10 Feria Friday 11 Feria Saturday 12 St Gregory I the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, 604 Sunday 13 The Fifth Sunday in Lent (Passion Sunday) Monday 14 Feria Tuesday 15 Feria Wednesday 16 Feria Thursday 17 St Patrick, missionary bishop c. 461 Friday 18 St Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem Saturday 19 St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday 20 Palm Sunday: Holy Week begins Monday 21 Monday in Holy Week Tuesday 22 Tuesday in Holy Week Wednesday 23 Spy Wednesday Thursday 24 Maundy Thursday Friday 25 Good Friday Saturday 26 Holy Saturday Sunday 27 EASTER DAY Monday 28 Easter Monday Tuesday 29 Easter Tuesday Wednesday 30 Easter Wednesday Thursday 31 Easter Thursday 2

From the Chaplain Lent culminates with Holy Week, or as it was anciently known The Great Week. From Palm Sunday to the Easter Vigil, the services take us through the most important seven days in the history of our redemption. Indeed, the liturgies themselves are designed to make us feel as if we are present as that divine drama is played out. They include some of the most venerable customs of the church, dating back mainly to fourth and fifth century Jerusalem, and to the liturgical practice of the great church of the Holy Sepulchre in that city. With its unique place in Christendom, Holy Week re-enacted Christ s journey to the Cross, the tomb and glory in the very place it happened. We begin on Palm Sunday, in Clock Court waving our palm branches, made into crosses, as the choir sings the antiphon reminding us how the Children of the Hebrews did the same. We hear the Passion, according to S. Matthew, which prepares us for what comes later in the week. Maundy Thursday, is so named, because of Christ s new commandment; to love one another as he loves us. Traditionally, those in high authority would wash the feet of the poor, and indeed in many churches this is still part of the liturgy. But Maundy Thursday has another commandment: Do this in remembrance of me. It is the day that the Passover of the Old Covenant looks forward to that of the New, offered once for all on the cross, and ever since, in the Eucharist. Good Friday is the day of our salvation. Solemn in tone, with the chapel stripped bare, it brings us to the foot of the cross, which is then unveiled. The mother of Constantine, S. Helen, is said to have discovered the True Cross, and when the words Behold the Wood of the Cross were sung in Jerusalem, it was that which was held up for the faithful to see. And last, but by no means least, on Holy Saturday we have the Great Easter Vigil, when the new fire is lit and blessed and the darkness is overcome by light, signifying the death of death. The Easter, or Paschal Candle represents the risen Christ himself. These are moving services, and will be accompanied by equally moving music. Please do try to make time to be with the Lord this Holy Week. Yours in Dño, Anthony Howe 3

Sunday 6th March 2016 8.30 am Holy Communion The Fourth Sunday in Lent Mothering Sunday 11.00 am Choral Eucharist (Boys voices) The congregation is encouraged to join in the Nicene Creed and sung responses. Hymn 396 Let saints on earth in concert sing Setting Missa Brevis Wills Epistle Galatians 4: 21-31 Gradual Hymn 161 For Mary, Mother of the Lord Gospel John 6: 1-14 The Nicene Creed NEH page 562 Sermon Offertory Hymn 62 Ah, holy Jesu Motet Prayer for a new mother Shephard Hymn 369 Happy are they Voluntary (L Thain) Fanfare (Four Extemporisations) Whitlock Prayer for a new mother Richard Shephard (b. 1949) The things she knew let her forget again: the voices in the sky, the fear, the cold, the gaping shepherds and the strange old men, piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold. Let her have laughter with her little one. Teach her the endless tuneless songs to sing. Grant her the right to whisper to her son the foolish things one dare not call a king. Keep from her dreams the rumble of a crowd, the smell of rough-cut wood, the trail of red, the thick and chilly whiteness of the shroud that wraps the strange new body of the dead. Ah, let her go, kind Lord, where mothers go, and boast his pretty words and ways, and plan the proud and happy years that they shall know together when her son is grown a man. 4

Sunday 6th March 2016 The Fourth Sunday in Lent Mothering Sunday 3.30 pm Choral Evensong Responses Tomkins Office Hymn 77 The God of love my shepherd is Psalm 39 page 394 Barnby First Lesson Genesis 45: 16-46 Magnificat in F Dyson Second Lesson Luke 23: 26-49 Nunc dimittis in F Dyson Anthem As truly as God is our Father Mathias Offertory Hymn 413 Now thank we all our God Voluntary (H Brearley) Concerto in A minor III: Allegro Vivaldi (arr. Bach) As truly as God is our Father William Mathias (1934 1992) As truly as God is our Father, so just as truly is he our Mother. In our Father, God Almighty, we have our being; In our merciful Mother we are remade and restored. Our fragmented lives are knit together. And by giving and yielding ourselves, through grace, To the Holy Spirit we are made whole. It is I, the strength and goodness of Fatherhood. It is I, the wisdom of Motherhood. It is I, the light and grace of holy love. It is I, the Trinity. I am the sovereign goodness in all things. It is I who teach you to love. It is I who teach you to desire. It is I who am the reward of all true desiring. All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. Amen. [Julian of Norwich, b. 1342] 5

Sunday 13th March 2016 8.30 am Holy Communion The Fifth Sunday in Lent Passion Sunday 11.00 am Choral Matins Hymn 88 Now my soul, they voice upraising Responses Tomkins Venite Psalm 22 page 370 Camidge First Lesson Exodus 3: 1-20 The Lamentation Bairstow Second Lesson Matthew 20: 17-28 Benedictus St George s, Windsor Service Howells Anthem Morning Prayers Moore Hymn 445 Rock of ages, cleft for me Sermon Offertory Hymn 83 Glory be to Jesus Voluntary (L Thain) Psalm Prelude Set 2, No. 1 Howells Morning Prayers Philip Moore (b. 1943) O God, early in the morning do I cry unto thee, help me to pray, and to think only of thee. I cannot pray alone. In me there is darkness, but with Thee there is light. I am lonely, but Thou leavest me not. I am feeble in heart, but Thou leavest me not. I am restless, but with Thee there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with Thee there is patience; Thy ways are past understanding, but thou knowest the way for me. O heavenly Father I praise and thank Thee for the peace of the night. I praise and thank Thee for this new day. I praise and thank Thee for all thy goodness and faithfulness throughout my life. Thou hast granted me many blessings; now let me accept tribulation from thy hand. Thou will not lay on me more than I can bear. Thou makest all things work together for good for thy children. Lord Jesus Christ Thou wast poor and in misery, a captive foresaken as I am. Thou knowest all man s distress: thou abidest with me when all others have deserted me; Thou dost not forget me but seekest me, thou willest that I should know thee and turn unto thee. Lord I hear Thy call and follow Thee; do Thou help me. Chiefly do I remember all my loved ones, my fellow prisoners, and all who have performed their hard service. Lord have mercy, restore me to liberty, and enable me so to live now, that I may answer before Thee, and before the world. Lord, whatever this day may bring, thy name be praised. [Three prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer] 6

Sunday 13th March 2016 The Fifth Sunday in Lent Passion Sunday 3.30 pm Choral Evensong (Adult voices) Responnses Tomkins Office Hymn 242 As now the sun s declining rays Psalm 51 page 409 Stewart First Lesson Exodus 6: 2-13 Magnificat Second Service Gibbons Second Lesson Luke 23: 26-49 Nunc dimittis Second Service Gibbons Anthem Salvator mundi Blow Offertory Hymn 94 We sing the praise of him who died Voluntary (H Brearley) Cantabile Franck Salvator Mundi John Blow (1649 1708) Salvator mundi, salva nos, qui per Crucem et Sanguinem redemisti nos, auxiliare nobis, te deprecamur, Deus noster. O Saviour of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us: save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. [The Office for the Visitation of the Sick, and in the Order for the Burial of the Dead in the Book of Common Prayer 1928] 7

Sunday 20th March 2016 8.30 am Holy Communion 11.00 am Choral Eucharist with Blessing of Palms and Procession Order of service in separate service booklet Palm Sunday 3.30 pm Readings and Music for Palm Sunday and Holy Week (all Choir-sung texts are on the following three pages, 9 to 12) Choir: Vexilla Regis The Bidding Prayer Choir: Hosanna to the Son of David Gibbons First Lesson Matthew 21: 1-11 Jesus enters Jerusalem Choir: Pueri Hebraeorum Victoria Hymn 511 Ride on, ride on in majesty! Second Lesson Mark 14: 3-9 Jesus is anointed at Bethany Choir: Drop, drop slow tears Chapple Third Lesson Luke 22: 14-20 The Last Supper Choir: Ave verum corpus Mozart Fourth Lesson Luke 22: 39-53 The Betrayal and Arrest Choir: Solus ad victimam Leighton Fifth Lesson Mark 15: 1-15 The Trial Choir: Lamentations Tallis Hymn 86 My song is love unknown Sixth Lesson Matthew 27: 33-54 The Crucifixion Choir: Were you there? Lloyd All stand Seventh Lesson John 3: 12-17 The Mystery of our salvation Choir: God so loved the world Stainer Hymn 272 All for Jesus! Remain standing The Collect and Blessing Voluntary (H Brearley) O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross J S Bach 8

Vexilla Regis Vexilla Regis prodeunt: Fulget Crucis mysterium, Quo carne carnis Conditor Suspensus est patibulo. Impleta sunt quæ concinit David fidelis carmine, Dicendo nationibus Regnavit a ligno Deus. Te summa Deus Trinitas Collaudet omnis spiritus: Quos per Crucis mysterium Salva, rege per sæcula. Amen. The royal banners forward go; The Cross shines forth in mystic glow; Where he in flesh, our flesh who made, Our sentence bore, our ransom paid. Amidst the nations, God, saith he, Hath reigned and triumphed from the tree. Fulfilled is all that David told In true prophetic song of old; To thee, eternal Three in One, Let homage meet by all be done: Whom by the Cross thou dost restore, Preserve and govern evermore. Amen. [Venantius Fortunatus 530 609, Bishop of Poitiers; translation by John Mason Neale 1818 1866] Hosanna to the son of David Orlando Gibbons (1583 1625) Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the King of Israel; blessed be the Kingdom that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest places; Hosanna in the highest heavens. [Matthew 21: 9, Mark 11: 10, Luke 19: 38] Pueri Hebraeorum Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 1611) Pueri Hebraeorum, vestimenta prosternebant in via, et clamabant dicentes : Hosanna, Filio David : benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. The children of the Hebrews spread their garments in the way, and cried out, saying : Hosanna to the Son of David : blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 9

Drop, drop slow tears Brian Chapple (b. 1945) Drop, drop, slow tears and bathe those beauteous feet, Which brought from heaven the news and Prince of Peace: Cease not wet eyes, his mercies to entreat; To cry for vengeance sin doth never cease; In your deep floods, drown all my faults and fears; Nor let his eye see sin, but through my tears Ave verum corpus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 1791) Ave verum Corpus natum de Maria Virgine: vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine: cuius latus perforatum, unda fluxit aqua et sanguine: esto nobis prægustatum in mortis examine. All hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, which truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for man, from whose pierced side flowed a stream of water and blood: be unto us, who have received thee now, our vindication at our death. [Anonymous 14th century Eucharistic hymn] Solus ad victimam Kenneth Leighton (1929 1988) Alone to sacrifice thou goest, Lord, giving thyself to Death whom thou hast slain. For us thy wretched folk is any word? Who know that for our sins this is thy pain? For they are ours, O Lord, our deeds, our deeds. Why must thou suffer torture for our sin? Let our hearts suffer in thy Passion, Lord, that very suffering may thy mercy win. This is the night of tears, the three days space, sorrow abiding of the eventide, Until the day break with the risen Christ, and hearts that sorrowed shall be satisfied. So may our hearts share in thine anguish, Lord, that they may sharers of thy glory be; Heavy with weeping may the three days pass, to win the laughter of thine Easter Day. [Peter Abelard (1079 1142), trans. Helen Waddell] 10

Lamentations Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 1585) Incipit lamentatio Ieremiæ prophetæ : Aleph: Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo : facta est quasi vidua domina gentium, princeps provinciarum facta est sub tributo. Beth: Plorans ploravit in nocte, et lacrimæ eius in maxillis eius : non est qui consoletur eam ex omnibus caris eius : omnes amici eius spreverunt eam, et facti sunt ei inimici. Ierusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum. Aleph: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! Beth: She hath wept sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks : among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her : all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. O Jerusalem, turn to the Lord thy God! [Lamentations of Jeremiah 1: 1-2] Were you there? Richard Lloyd (b. 1933) Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble! Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble! Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble! Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Were you there when they rolled the stone away? Oh sometimes it causes me to tremble! Were you there? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? [Spiritual] 11

God so loved the world John Stainer (1840 1901) God so loved the word that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoso believeth in him, should not perish but have everlasting life. [John 3: 16] Everyone is welcome to attend the Holy Week Services in the Chapel Royal. Entry is via the security barrier in Tennis Court Lane. Seating is unreserved and you should arrive in good time to secure a seat. Thursday 24th March MAUNDY THURSDAY 7.30 pm - Choral Eucharist of the Lord s Supper Order of service in separate service booklet Friday 25th March GOOD FRIDAY 11 am - Good Friday Liturgy Order of service in separate service booklet Saturday 26th March HOLY SATURDAY 7.30 pm - Easter Vigil Liturgy Order of service in separate service booklet Easter Sunday 27th March EASTER DAY 11 am - Choral Eucharist Order of service in separate service booklet 3.30pm - Festal Evensong 12

Sunday 27th March 2016 Easter Day 3.30 pm Festal Evensong Introit The Lord is risen Barry Rose Responses Smith Office Hymn 101 ii The Lamb s high banquet we await (omit *) Psalm 114 page 495 Bairstow First Lesson Exodus 14: 5-31 Magnificat in D Dyson Second Lesson John 20: 11-23 Nunc dimittis in D Dyson Anthem Blessed be the God and Father S S Wesley Offertory Hymn 103 Alleluya! Alleluya! Hearts to heaven Voluntary (C Jackson) Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae paschali Tournemire Blessed be the God and Father Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 1876) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Amen. [1 Peter 1] 13

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