ChristChurch Transitional Cathedral







CATHEDRAL CHOIR MUSIC LIST Term Three, 2016

THE CHOIR OF CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL The ChristChurch Cathedral Choir has sung choral services since the Cathedral opened in 1881. The Cathedral Grammar School was established some months before the Cathedral was opened to train choristers to sing at the Cathedral services. This choral tradition has been maintained through the subsequent 130 years, maintaining this unique English choral tradition in the Southern Hemisphere. The full choir consists of twenty boys and ten men. The boys receive scholarships to attend The Cathedral Grammar School. The men of the choir are either Lay Clerks (professional singers, highly skilled in the art of Anglican choral tradition) or Godley Wakefield Scholars (college or tertiary students - talented young singers, many training for careers as professional singers).

CHORAL SERVICES ARE SUNG AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES: CHORAL EVENSONG

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 5.30pm; Friday at 4.30pm; Sunday at 5.00pm

CHORAL EUCHARIST OR SPECIAL SERVICE Sunday at 10.00am For more information visit www.christchurchcathedral.co.nz This music list is correct at time of printing but may be subject to change

DEAN The Very Rev’d Lawrence Kimberley PRECENTRIX Jill Kerr DIRECTOR OF MUSIC John Linker ASSISTANT ORGANIST Harry Meehan DIRECTOR OF THE CATHEDRAL SINGERS Lennox Willett CATHEDRAL ADMINISTRATOR Chris Oldham

JULY

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TUESDAY 26

ANNE, MOTHER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 5.30 PM EVENSONG INTROIT Let thy merciful ears Weelkes RESPONSES Ives PSALM 119:169-176 (Attwood) CANTICLES Short Service Gibbons ANTHEM Like as the hart Howells

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5.30 PM

EVENSONG INTROIT RESPONSES PSALM 127 (Goss) CANTICLES ANTHEM

Come, Holy Ghost Attwood Ives Purcell in G Minor King of glory, King of peace Bach / Harris

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MARY AND MARTHA OF BETHANY

There is no service of Evensong this evening. ___________________________________________ FRIDAY 29

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, 1833, AND ALL SOCIAL REFORMERS 4.30 PM EVENSONG (BOYS’ VOICES) RESPONSES Childs PSALM 142 (Flintoft) CANTICLES Aston in G ANTHEM Thou wilt keep

him in perfect peace MacPherson

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JULY

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THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 AM EUCHARIST SETTING Emmanuel Eucharist Kelly RESPONSORIAL PSALM 90 GRADUAL Ye that do your Master’s will Dyson COMMUNION Jesu, the very thought of thee Bairstow VOLUNTARY Praeludium g-moll, BuxWV 149 Buxtehude

5.00 PM

EVENSONG INTROIT God’s goodness hath been great to thee Bridge RESPONSES Ives PSALM 148 (Stanford) CANTICLES Gloucester Service Howells ANTHEM I will sing with the Spirit Goodenough VOLUNTARY Deuxième Fantaisie Alain ___________________________________________ AUGUST

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CHAD, BISHOP OF LICHFIELD, MISSIONARY, 672 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Let my prayer Blow RESPONSES Rose PSALM 14 (Hopkins) CANTICLES Dyson in F ANTHEM Hear my prayer Purcell

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WEDNESDAY 3

ST STEPHEN, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Let my prayer Blow RESPONSES Rose PSALM 18:1-6 (Walmisley) CANTICLES Kelly in C ANTHEM Thou, O God, art praised

in Sion Boyle

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JOHN BAPTIST VIANNEY, CURE D’ARS, PRIEST, 1859 5.30 PM EVENSONG [MEN’S VOICES + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Cantate Domino Molinaro RESPONSES Caukwell PSALM 23 (Plainsong) CANTICLES Magdalen Service Ives ANTHEM I will lift up mine eyes Walker

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OSWALD, KING OF NORTHUMBRIA, MARTYR, 642 4.30 PM EVENSONG [BOYS’ VOICES] RESPONSES Woodside PSALM 28 (Madden) CANTICLES Harker in D ANTHEM Examine me

Boyce

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AUGUST

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THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF CHRISTCHURCH TRANSITIONAL CATHEDRAL (2013) 10 AM EUCHARIST [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Venite comedite Byrd [Oxford Scholars] SETTING Missa Brevis in D, K 194 Mozart RESPONSORIAL PSALM 122 GRADUAL I will make all things new Graham Keitch

COMMUNION VOLUNTARY

(World Premiere) O sacrum convivium Jacquet de Mantua [Men’s voices] Praeludium et Fuga C-dur, BWV 545

5.00 PM

EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Set me as a seal Walton RESPONSES Rose PSALM 37:1-12 (Goss) CANTICLES Stanford in B-flat ANTHEM O thou the central orb Gibbons VOLUNTARY Fantasia Gibbons ___________________________________________

TUESDAY 9

MARY SUMMER, FOUNDER OF THE MOTHERS’ UNION, 1921 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Ubi caritas Duruflé RESPONSES Rose PSALM 49 (Bairstow) CANTICLES Howells in B Minor ANTHEM Ave Maria Bruckner

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WEDNESDAY 10

LAURENCE, DEACON AND MARTYR AT ROME, 258 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR] INTROIT O Lord, support us RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 55 (Grenon) CANTICLES Galway in G ANTHEM Psaume 150 Franck

Holman

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THURSDAY 11

CLARE OF ASSISI, ABBESS, 1253 5.30 PM EVENSONG [MEN’S VOICES + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Salut, Dame Sainte (Quatre Prières) RESPONSES Rose PSALM 59 (Plainsong) CANTICLES Cleobury ANTHEM Nesciens mater virgo virum Mouton

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FRIDAY 12

4.30 PM

EVENSONG [BOYS’ VOICES] RESPONSES Archer PSALM 65 (Garrett) CANTICLES Bairstow in E-flat ANTHEM A Song of Wisdom Stanford ___________________________________________

Poulenc

AUGUST

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THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 AM EUCHARIST [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] SETTING Missa Sancti Thomae Leighton RESPONSORIAL PSALM 82 GRADUAL Psaume 150 Franck COMMUNION O sacrum convivium Messian VOLUNTARY

5.00 PM

EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Ave Maria Bruckner RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 74:1-12 (Cruickshank) CANTICLES Howells in B Minor ANTHEM Ave Maria Parsons VOLUNTARY Andante sostenuto (Symphonie gothique) Widor

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HOLY WOMEN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Hail, gladdening Light Wood RESPONSES Sumsion PSALM 83 (Atkins) CANTICLES Watson in E ANTHEM Jesu, the very thought of thee

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Halley

WEDNESDAY 17

5.30 PM

EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR] INTROIT Prevent us, O Lord Byrd RESPONSES Clucas PSALM 89:1-19 (Hopkins) CANTICLES Second Evening Service Byrd ANTHEM My Shepherd is the living Lord Tomkins ___________________________________________

THURSDAY 18

5.30 PM

EVENSONG [SUNG BY CGS CHAPEL CHOIRS WITH ST MARK’S SCHOOL, WELLINGTON] INTROIT I will sing with the spirit Goodenough RESPONSES Cantrill PSALM 81:1-4 (Dearnley) CANTICLES Robson ANTHEM A Gaelic Blessing Rutter

___________________________________________ FRIDAY 19

There is no service of Evensong this evening. ___________________________________________

AUGUST

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THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 AM EUCHARIST [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] SETTING Missa Brevis Kelly RESPONSORIAL PSALM 103:1-8 GRADUAL Jesu, the very thought of thee Halley COMMUNION Lead us, heavenly Father Quilter VOLUNTARY Sonate I: Praeludium (Op. 27) Rheinberger

4.30 PM

CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL SERVICE OF BAPTISM & ADMISSION TO COMMUNION (Sung by Cathedral Choristers with CGS Girls’ Chapel Choir and Boys’ Chapel Choir)

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ROSE OF LIMA, MYSTIC, 1617 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Osculetur me osculo Bertulosi [Men’s RESPONSES Byrd PSALM 115 (Lloyd) CANTICLES Magdalen Service Leighton ANTHEM Gloria in excelsis (Mass à 4) Byrd

voices]

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WEDNESDAY 24

ST BARTHOLOMEW (NATHANAEL), APOSTLE 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR] INTROIT O most merciful Woodside RESPONSES Sumsion PSALM 119:1-8 (Noble) CANTICLES Brewer in D ANTHEM The Lord is my Shepherd

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Berkeley

THURSDAY 25

5.30 PM

EVENSONG [MEN’S VOICES + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT O praise God in his holiness Millington RESPONSES M. Harris PSALM 119:73-80 (Plainsong) CANTICLES Wood in E ANTHEM Great Lord of lords Wood

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There is no service of Evensong this evening.

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AUGUST

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THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 AM EUCHARIST [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] SETTING Mass for Four Voices Byrd RESPONSORIAL PSALM GRADUAL For lo, I raise up Stanford COMMUNION Ave verum Peeters VOLUNTARY Fuga a-moll, BWV 543 J.S.

Bach

5.00 PM

EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR] INTROIT Almighty and everlasting God Gibbons RESPONSES Byrd PSALM 138 (Walmisley) CANTICLES Short Service Ayleward ANTHEM The Lord is my Shepherd Berkeley VOLUNTARY Chanson de Matin, Op. 15, No. 2 Elgar ___________________________________________

TUESDAY 30

5.30 PM

EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT Beati quorum via Stanford RESPONSES Byrd PSALM 149 (Stanford) CANTICLES Noble in B minor ANTHEM O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Howells ___________________________________________

WEDNESDAY 31

AIDAN, BISHOP OF LINDISFARNE, MISSIONARY, 651 5.30 PM EVENSONG [FULL CHOIR + OXFORD SCHOLARS] INTROIT O Almighty God Barcrofte RESPONSES Nardone PSALM 150 (Stanford) CANTICLES Collegium Regale Howells ANTHEM And I saw a new heaven Bainton 7.00 PM CONCERT FOR BOOK LAUNCH EVENT (BOYS’ VOICES)

___________________________________________ SEPTEMBER

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THE BUILDERS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALAND AND POLYNESIA

There is no service of Evensong this evening. 7.00 PM SYNOD SERVICE (NO CHOIR) ___________________________________________ FRIDAY 2

THE MARTYRS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1942 4.30 PM EVENSONG [BOYS’ VOICES] RESPONSES Woodside PSALM 11 (Arnold) CANTICLES Jamaican Canticles ANTHEM Ave Maria Lindley

Kelly

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SEPTEMBER

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7.00 PM SUNDAY 4

RSCM FESTIVAL IN ST MARY’S RC PRO-CATHEDRAL [BOYS’

THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 2010 EARTHQUAKE 10 AM EUCHARIST SETTING Darke in E RESPONSORIAL PSALM 1 GRADUAL Coventry Antiphon Howells COMMUNION O sacrum convivium Leighton VOLUNTARY Toccata Gigout

VOICES]

[Boys’ voices]

5.00 PM

EVENSONG INTROIT O Lord, the maker of all thing Mundy RESPONSES Clucas PSALM 22 (Grenon) CANTICLES Magdalen Service Leighton ANTHEM Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace S.S. Wesley VOLUNTARY Voluntary (from Op. 6) S. Wesley ___________________________________________

TUESDAY 6

CHARLES FOX, SCHOLAR, MISSIONARY, 1977 5.30 PM EVENSONG INTROIT RESPONSES PSALM 34 (“Trent”) CANTICLES ANTHEM

Adoramus te, Christ Lassus Leighton

Stanford in C Above the stars my Saviour dwells Tomkins ___________________________________________

WEDNESDAY 7

THE SAINTS AND MARTYRS OF THE PACIFIC 5.30 PM EVENSONG INTROIT O Almighty God Barcrofte RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 37:23-41 (Turle) CANTICLES Stanford in A ANTHEM Exsultate Deo Scarlatti

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THE BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF OUR LORD 5.30 PM EVENSONG [MEN’S VOICES] INTROIT Hear my prayer, O Lord RESPONSES Clucas PSALM 42 (Plainsong) CANTICLES Dorian Service Tallis ANTHEM View me, Lord Wood

Tomkins

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FRIDAY 9

4.30 PM

EVENSONG [BOYS’ VOICES] RESPONSES Archer PSALM 47 (Walmisley) CANTICLES Fauxbourdon Service Woodside ANTHEM Christ, whose glory fills the skies Knight ___________________________________________

SEPTEMBER

___________________________________________ SUNDAY 11

THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 AM EUCHARIST SETTING Collegium Regale Howells RESPONSORIAL PSALM 51 GRADUAL Rejoice in the Lord alway Purcell COMMUNION Above the stars my Saviour dwells

5.00 PM

EVENSONG INTROIT O praise the Lord Batten RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 61 (Bairstow) CANTICLES Stanford in A ANTHEM As truly as God is our Father Mathias

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CYPRIAN, BISHOP OF CARTHAGFE, MARTYR, 258 5.30 PM EVENSONG INTROIT Adoramus te, Christe Lassus RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 69 (Camidge, Bairstow) CANTICLES Second Evening Service Byrd ANTHEM O Saviour of the world Goss

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HOLY CROSS DAY

There is no service of Evensong this evening. ___________________________________________ THURSDAY 15

There is no service of Evensong this evening. ___________________________________________ FRIDAY 16

Tomkins

NINIAN, BISHOP IN GALLOWAY, MISSIONARY, C.432

There is no service of Evensong this evening.

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SEPTEMBER

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THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 AM EUCHARIST SETTING Missa Brevis Bednall RESPONSORIAL PSALM 113 GRADUAL Praise the Lord, ye children COMMUNION Ave verum corpus Byrd

5.00 PM

Tye

EVENSONG INTROIT Hide not thou thy face Farrant RESPONSES Tomkins PSALM 93 (Harrison) CANTICLES Rubbra in A-flat ANTHEM Greater love hath no man Ireland

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JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON, FIRST BISHOP OF MELANESIA, MARTYR, 1871 5.30 PM EVENSONG (MEN’S VOICES) INTROIT Hear the voice and prayer Tallis RESPONSES Caukwell PSALM 104 (Plainsong) CANTICLES Sumsion in G ANTHEM Te lucis ante terminum Tallis

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ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE, EVANGELIST

There is no service of Evensong this evening.

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There is no service of Evensong this evening.

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CHURCHILL JULIUS, BISHOP, FIRST ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND, 1938 4.30 PM EVENSONG (BOYS’ VOICES) RESPONSES Childs PSALM 114 (Harrison) CANTICLES Sumsion in G ANTHEM A Prayer of St Richard of

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Chichester White

SEPTEMBER

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THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10 AM EUCHARIST SETTING Jackson in G RESPONSORIAL PSALM 146 GRADUAL We wait for thy loving kingness McKie COMMUNION I sat down under his shadow Bairstow

5.00 PM

EVENSONG INTROIT Almighty God, who hast be brought Ford RESPONSES Nardone PSALM 119:81-88 (Davies) CANTICLES Stanford in G ANTHEM My beloved spake Hadley

___________________________________________ Following Sunday 25 September the Cathedral Choir is in recess until Sunday 16 October. During this period, sung weekday services are suspended and the Sunday services are taken by the Cathedral Singers.