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Services and Music List

March and April 2016

WELCOME The music list for the next two months takes us from mid-Lent to Ascension Day and so offers a huge variety of liturgy and music for this part of the paschal cycle. As the clouds gather during late Lent and we follow Jesus through the events of Holy Week, it is often music that gives voice to our lament where words fail. Part of our unique offering of worship here at Wells is music and liturgy which complement each other in an incomparable space. Our responsibility is to offer worship to God and to receive his grace not just for ourselves but on behalf of the world and all creation. We hope very much that you will join us when you can.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

Communicant members of other churches in good standing are welcome to receive the Sacrament in this church if they so desire.

CANONS IN RESIDENCE March 1 – 5: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Acting Dean March 6 – 19: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor March 20 – 26: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer March 27 – April 2: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean April 3 – 9: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer April 10 – 16: The Venerable Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon April 17 – 30: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR The Cathedral’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, Matthew Owens, is always pleased to hear from parents of prospective choristers. Scholarships and additional bursaries for Wells Cathedral School, which all choristers attend, are available. For more information, or about choral and organ scholarships at the cathedral, please telephone 01749 834213 or email [email protected] 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.

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FEBRUARY / MARCH 28 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy and Girl Choristers) Hymns 374, 414, 296i, 378 Britten Missa Brevis Preacher: The Venerable John Reed, Archdeacon of Taunton Communion Proper: Qui biberit aquam David Terry Tantum ergo sacramentum Huw Watkins Fanfare

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Vicars Choral) Stephen Cleobury Preces and Responses Psalms 134, 134 Robin Walker The Wells Service Hymns 426, 448 Arthur Wills By the waters of Babylon

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 137, 138 Matthew Owens Fauxbourdon Service Hymns 394, 252 Dering O bone Jesu Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Ian Lewis, Vicar, Bath, St Bartholomew The Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral are singing Choral Evensong at the Parish Church of St Leonard, Butleigh at 3.00 p.m. _________________________________________________________________________ 29 MONDAY Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 142, 143 Morley Fauxbourdon Service Mundy Have mercy on me, O Lord _________________________________________________________________________ 1 TUESDAY: David, bishop, patron of Wales, c. 601

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 6, 7, 8 Gombert Magnificat quarti toni Tomkins Turn unto the Lord

MARCH 2 WEDNESDAY: Chad, bishop, missionary, 672

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

The Cathedral Choir is recording this evening _________________________________________________________________________ 3 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



The Cathedral Choir is recording this evening _________________________________________________________________________ 4 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12.05 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 5 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29 Stuart Beer First Service Hymns 452, 464 Martin Dalby My song is in sighing

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Millfield Festival Chorus

MARCH 6 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday)


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns CP 54, SP 35 (t. ii), 408 (t. i), 272 Byrd Mass for four voices Preacher: The Venerable Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells Communion Proper: Oportet fili gaudere Tallis Derelinquit impius viam suam Bruhns Präludium e-moll (‘Kleines’)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 30 Weelkes Te Deum and Jubilate Deo Hymns 140, 75 (First and Eighth Services) Farrant/Hilton Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 34 Philip Moore Third Service Hymns 438, 418 S.S. Wesley Wash me throughly Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor _________________________________________________________________________ 7 MONDAY: Perpetua, Felicity and companions, martyrs, 203 Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Blow Service in the Dorian Mode Farrant Hide not thou thy face from us _________________________________________________________________________ 8 TUESDAY: Edward King, bishop, 1910

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 41, 42, 43 Cooper Fauxbourdon Service Sir James MacMillan Give me justice

MARCH 9 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG attended by the Choir Schools’ Association (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and choristers from the South West Division of the CSA) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 47 Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service Hymn 75 Mendelssohn I will sing of thy great mercies _________________________________________________________________________ 10 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS, RECITAL 08: Matthew Owens

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55 Palestrina Magnificat primi toni; Tone I Nunc dimittis Parsley Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae _________________________________________________________________________ 11 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 59, 60, 61 Tone VI Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Sarah MacDonald Miserere mei

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School Choirs and Orchestra _________________________________________________________________________ 12 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 65, 66, 67 Tippett Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense Hymns 59 (t. ii), 410 Tippett Nobody knows (from ‘Five Negro Spirituals’)

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Early Music Wells – Victoria Requiem by candlelight

MARCH 13 SUNDAY: THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT


9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 418, 94, CP 376, CP 437 (t. 362)

Rheinberger Mass for double choir in E flat, ‘Cantus Missae’, Op 109 Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer

Communion Proper: Videns Dominus flentes sorores Lazari Bairstow As Moses lifted up the serpent Brahms Herzlich tut mich verlangen

11.30 a.m. LEGAL SERVICE (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 66 vv 1-10 David Bednall Benedicite and Benedictus Hymns 440, 433 (The Wells Service) Matthew Owens God so loved the world

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG with the Commissioning of Assistant Bishops (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 70 Soriano Magnificat primi toni Hymns 372, 476 Tone I Nunc dimittis Victoria Ecce sacerdos magnus Preacher: The Reverend Philip Harbridge, Chaplain of Millfield School _________________________________________________________________________ 14 MONDAY Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.15 a.m. OPEN DOOR SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 73, 74 Farrant Evening Service in A minor Farrant Call to remembrance _________________________________________________________________________ 15 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Morley Preces and Responses Psalm 78 Morley Short Service Morley Thou knowest, Lord

MARCH 16 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



3.30 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral; broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 – please be seated by 3.15 p.m.)

Tallis Derelinquit impius vivam suam Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 Robledo Magnificat (Modus III) Hymns 59, 70, 507 Josquin Desprez Nunc dimittis Tallis In ieiunio et fletu _________________________________________________________________________ 17 THURSDAY: Patrick, bishop, missionary, patron of Ireland, c. 460

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Nicholas Morris (Birmingham Cathedral)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Friðrik Walker Preces and Responses Psalm 89 Wood Evening Service in G Radcliffe O how amiable are thy dwellings _________________________________________________________________________ 18 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Owain Park Preces and Responses Psalms 93, 94 Malcolm Magnificat primi toni Hymn 160 (t. 190, ii) Matthew Owens Nunc dimittis primi toni Matthew Owens Joseph fili David _________________________________________________________________________ 19 SATURDAY: Joseph of Nazareth

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Palestrina Missa Brevis Communion Proper: Joseph fili David Lübeck Präludium E-dur

MARCH 20 SUNDAY: PALM SUNDAY 7.30 a.m. MATINS


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 509, 511, 86, 95 Byrd Mass for five voices Passion Gospel: Victoria St Matthew Passion Communion Proper: Pater, si non potest hic calix transire Victoria Pueri Hebraeorum J.S. Bach Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736

3.00 p.m. ST MARK PASSION (The Great Choir) A devotional performance of John Joubert’s St Mark Passion (first performance) _________________________________________________________________________ 21 MONDAY: Monday of Holy Week Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12.30 p.m. MEDITATIVE EVENT FOR HOLY WEEK

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Decani Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 25 Tone I Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Tallis Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae (I) _________________________________________________________________________ 22 TUESDAY: Tuesday of Holy Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.00 a.m. BLESSING OF THE OILS

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Cantoris Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 55 vv 13-24 Tone II Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Tallis Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae (II)

MARCH 23 WEDNESDAY: Wednesday of Holy Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS




5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 88 Tone III Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Brumel Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae _________________________________________________________________________ 24 THURSDAY: MAUNDY THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS




7.30 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns CP 133 (t. 412), CP 130, 310, Psalms 22, 88 Langlais Messe solennelle Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor; Franck Panis angelicus Communion Proper: Hoc corpus, quod pro vobis tradetur _________________________________________________________________________ 25 FRIDAY: GOOD FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.00 a.m. CHORAL MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 69 Victoria Three Responsories for Good Friday: Tamquam ad latronem; Animan meam dilectam; Caligaverunt oculi mei

12.00 p.m. THREE HOURS DEVOTION (final hour with the Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral, with music by Lotti, Gesualdo, Walton, and Leighton)


7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Bath Camerata – Music for Good Friday _________________________________________________________________________ 26 SATURDAY: EASTER EVE

7.30 a.m. MATINS


9.00 p.m. EASTER VIGIL (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral)

MARCH 27 SUNDAY: EASTER DAY


9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (The Great Choir) Hymns 124, CP 156, 271, 120 Mozart Krönungs-Messe, K. 317 Preacher: The Right Reverend Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath & Wells Communion Proper: Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia Handel Worthy is the Lamb (from ‘Messiah’) Vierne Final (Symphonie I)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (The Great Choir) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Elgar Te Deum and Benedictus Hymns 119 (t.107), 112 Malcolm Archer Easter Anthems Hadley My beloved spake Whitlock Toccata (from the ‘Plymouth Suite’)

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (The Great Choir) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 66 vv 1-11

Walton Chichester Service Hymns 110, 103 Matthew Owens This joyful Eastertide Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Tchaikovsky, arr. Vaughn Allegro con fuoco (Symphony No. 4)

Following Evensong, the Cathedral Choir is on vacation until Monday 18 April _________________________________________________________________________ 28 MONDAY: Monday of Easter Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 29 TUESDAY: Tuesday of Easter Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS




MARCH / APRIL 30 WEDNESDAY: Wednesday of Easter Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 31 THURSDAY: Thursday of Easter Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sumsion Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 106 Harwood Evening Service in A flat J.S. Bach Up, up! My heart

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain _________________________________________________________________________ 1 FRIDAY: Friday of Easter Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.00 p.m. SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Nicholas Parish Church, Shepperton) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 107 Stanford Evening Service in A Stanford Ye choirs of new Jerusalem _________________________________________________________________________ 2 SATURDAY: Saturday of Easter Week

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sumsion Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 145 David Fawcett Evening Service in G Hymns 105 (t. i), 244 Darke O gladsome light

APRIL 3 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns CP 149 (pt.1), SP 78, 104, 486 Darke Communion Service in E Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Saint-Saëns O salutaris hostia

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 15 Marchant Te Deum in G Hymns 114, 103 Arthur Wills Jubilate Deo Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 18 Walmisley Evening Service in D Hymns 101 (t. ii), 112 John Rutter Christ the Lord is risen again Preacher: The Reverend Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean _________________________________________________________________________ 4 MONDAY: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Rheinberger Mass in G Javi Busto Ave Maria Hymns 33, 186 _________________________________________________________________________ 5 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS




APRIL 6 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 7 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Theodora Poole (Pianist)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Darke Evening Service in F Purcell O God, the King of glory _________________________________________________________________________ 8 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 9 SATURDAY: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor, martyr, 1945

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Launceston Male Voice Choir

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Plaxtol Scholars) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 47 Batten Fourth Service Hymns 437, 468 Thatcher Come ye faithful

APRIL 10 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (The Plaxtol Scholars) Hymns CP 141 (t. ii), 115, 351, 476 Howells Communion Service ‘Collegium Regale’ Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader Palestrina Adoramus te, Christe Ashfield Paean

11.30 a.m. MATINS (The Plaxtol Scholars) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 56 Moeran Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in E flat Hymns 238, 460 Goss If we believe

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (The Plaxtol Scholars) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalms 60, 61 Willan Evening Service in E flat Hymns 456, 446 Richard Shephard The secret of Christ Preacher: The Right Reverend Michael Perham

5.30 p.m. PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOMERSET SERVICE _________________________________________________________________________ 11 MONDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 12 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS




APRIL 13 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 14 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Richard Pinel (St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalms 73, 74 Andreas Fauxbourdon Service Wood This joyful Eastertide! _________________________________________________________________________ 15 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Cappella Nova) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 78 vv 1-17 Walmisley Evening Service in D minor Wood O thou, the central orb

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Tenebrae (Somerset Community Foundation Fundraising) _________________________________________________________________________ 16 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Ashtead Singers

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Ashtead Singers) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 82 Leighton Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense Hymns 344, 427 Harris Faire is the heaven

APRIL 17 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Ashtead Singers) Hymns 231, 387, 458, CP 254 Victoria Missa ‘O quam gloriosum’ Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Tallis If ye love me Dupré Placare Christe servulis

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Ashtead Singers) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 87 Britten Te Deum in C Hymns 431, 466 Howells Jubilate (Collegium Royale) S.S. Wesley Blessed be the God and Father

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Ashtead Singers) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 89 vv 1-19 Bairstow Evening Service in D Hymns 101 (t. ii), 477 Balfour Gardiner Te lucis ante terminum Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Acting Dean _________________________________________________________________________ 18 MONDAY Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


The Cathedral Choir returns from its Easter vacation

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 93, 94 Blow Short Service Handel Since by man came death (from ‘Messiah’) _________________________________________________________________________ 19 TUESDAY: Alphege, archbishop, martyr, 1012

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG, with a chorister surplicing (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101 Howells Gloucester Service Vaughan Williams Easter (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’)

APRIL 20 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 104 Palestrina Magnificat quarti toni Tone IV Nunc dimittis Eccard In dieser österlichen Zeit _________________________________________________________________________ 21 THURSDAY: Anselm, archbishop, teacher, 1109

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 106 Batten Fourth Service Soriano Regina caeli _________________________________________________________________________ 22 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Junior Choristers) David Terry Preces and Responses Psalm 108 Tone I Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Hymn 162 Rupert Jeffcoat Holy is the true light _________________________________________________________________________ 23 SATURDAY: George, martyr, patron of England, c. 304

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Vicars Choral) Josquin Desprez Missa sine nomine Hymns 231, 432 Communion Proper: Laetabitur Justus in Domino Handel Allegro, from Concerto in F, Op. 4, iv

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society – Great British Classics

APRIL 24 SUNDAY: THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 265, 137, CP 466, CP 506 Walton Missa Brevis Preacher: The Venerable Andy Piggott, Archdeacon of Bath Communion Proper: Ego sum vitis vera et vos palmites Cooper Come my way, my truth, my life Tambling Fanfare: Shine, Jesus, Shine

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 116, 117 Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat Hymns 341, 434 Wood O for a lay!

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-16 Byrd Second Service Hymns 363, 353 Guerrero Regina caeli Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Stephen Lynas, Bishop’s Chaplain _________________________________________________________________________ 25 MONDAY: Mark the Evangelist Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 45 Gibbons Short Service Hymn 163 Palestrina Isti sunt viri sancti _________________________________________________________________________ 26 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176 Stanford Evening Service in G Stanford Justorum animae

APRIL 27 WEDNESDAY: Christina Rosetti, poet, 1894

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of King’s School, Bruton) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127 Nicholson Evening Service in D flat Darke Christ whose glory fills the skies _________________________________________________________________________ 28 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Students from Wells Cathedral School

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138 Purcell Evening Service in B flat Purcell My beloved spake _________________________________________________________________________ 29 FRIDAY: Catherine of Siena, teacher of the faith, 1380

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG, attended by the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers’ Associations (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalms 142, 143 Gabriel Jackson Truro Service Gabriel Jackson Justorum animae

9.15 p.m. COMPLINE, attended by the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers’ Associations (Vicars Choral) _________________________________________________________________________ 30 SATURDAY: Pandita Mary Ramabai, translator, 1922

7.30 a.m. MATINS


2.15 p.m. AFTERNOON ORGAN RECITAL: Jonathan Vaughn (Wells Cathedral), attended by the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers’ Associations

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG, attended by the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers’ Associations (The Great Choir) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 Stanford Evening Service in C Hymns 472 (t. ii), 335 Handel Hallelujah (from ‘Messiah’)

MAY 1 SUNDAY: THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST, attended by the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers’ Associations (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 346, SP 315, 353, 375 Widor Messe solennelle Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Communion Proper: Ego vos elegi de mundo Widor Surrexit a mortuis Guilmant March on a theme of Handel

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 1 Britten Festival Te Deum in E Hymns 379, 345 Britten Jubilate Deo in E flat Vaughan Williams Easter (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’)

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Jeremy Woodside Preces and Responses Psalm 6 Mark Blatchly St Paul’s Service Hymns 112 , 475 Arthur Wills Their sound is gone out Preacher: The Venerable Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells _________________________________________________________________________ 2 MONDAY: Philip and James, apostles (transferred) Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Choir of Christ Church, Swindon) Music to be announced Proper Psalm 149 Hymn 464 _________________________________________________________________________ 3 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 18 S.S. Wesley Evening Service in E S.S. Wesley Lead me, Lord

7.30 p.m. MILLFIELD CHORAL EVENSONG

MAY 4 WEDNESDAY: English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 22, 23 Billington Evening Service in D Hymn 128 (t. ii) Byrd Viri Galilaei _________________________________________________________________________ 5 THURSDAY: ASCENSION DAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.00 a.m. EUCHARIST FOR ASCENSION DAY (Boy and Girl Choristers) Joseph Phibbs Missa Brevis (first performance)

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Messiaen L’Ascension (Matthew Owens)

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Haydn Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo ‘Kleine orgel-messe’ Communion Proper: Signa eos qui in me credunt Marenzio O rex gloriae Hymns 134, 130 (t. i) Buxtehude Präludium D-dur, BuxWV 139 _________________________________________________________________________ 6 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 7 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.00 a.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL CONFIRMATION SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalm 37 David Terry Fauxbourdon Service Hymns 443, 377 Richard Allain A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester

President: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CH, CBE Artistic Director: Matthew Owens

Wells Cathedral Commissions invites you to join its growing group of commissioners to help bring important new works into the repertoire of Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of its founding, Cathedral Commissions is commissioning two new works in 2016. The first is a setting of the St Mark Passion by John Joubert (www.johnjoubert.org.uk). It will be premiered during an act of worship on the afternoon of Palm Sunday, 20th March, which also happens to be the day of the composer’s 89th birthday. The second work to be premiered is an anthem by the Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir CBE (www.judithweir.com), on Thursday 20th October 2016, during the cathedral’s innovative annual festival, new music wells. Being a Cathedral Commissioner enables you to become part of a group that shares the unique experience of enabling a new piece of music to come into being. As a Cathedral Commissioner you will: • be invited to the main rehearsal for the premiere of the work, with the composer

in attendance • be a VIP guest at the premiere • have your score signed by the composer at a special Commissioners’ reception • have your name printed in the score; this may include a dedication to a family

member or a friend • be kept up to date with the progress of the work after its premiere • directly support the work of a contemporary composer • directly support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition

For further details please contact: Dr Nicholas Hooper, Cathedral Commissions Administrator, Wells Cathedral Music Office, Chain Gate, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 832204 e: [email protected]

Registered charity no. 1098277

Royal Patron:HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO

Boys have sung in Wells Cathedral for over 1100 years; girls began in 1994. Day by day, 18 boys and 18 girls sing in their own treble lines with the men – the 12 Vicars Choral. They often come together for major feast days, concerts, tours, and other special events to perform as The Great Choir.

The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust has been providing bursaries to support choristers’ education since 2000, recognizing that singing in a cathedral choir is the best foundation for children with musical gifts. Professional performers and composers from all branches of classical and popular music acknowledge their debt to the early routine of daily singing to the highest standards. Britain’s reputation as a musical nation is, in no small part, due to this great choral tradition and the formative experience it gives to talented youngsters.

With the support of its Royal Patron, HRH The Countess of Wessex, the Trust is determined that no child with musical talent should miss out on these opportunities for financial reasons. The Trust’s aim is to raise enough money to fund all thirty-six choristers. This is some way off, and it needs your support for our appeal to help us reach this goal.

The Trust’s website has more information and provides an opportunity to make a donation. Please visit it as soon as you can: www.wcct.co.uk

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