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Services and Music List May and June 2016 WELCOME Here at Wells, we take our liturgy and its music seriously, because we believe that the prayer, an...
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Services and Music List May and June 2016

WELCOME Here at Wells, we take our liturgy and its music seriously, because we believe that the prayer, and the music which surrounds, enables and fuels that prayer, has something to do with living. It is not for its own sake, but because it pushes us to attend to the things of life which are essential. As May begins, the ‘Alleluia’ Easter season is still in full flow, and the Cathedral hosts two Confirmation services between Ascension and Pentecost. There is a wealth of beautiful music for the Ascension, including a performance of Messiaen’s L’Ascension by Matthew Owens on Thursday 5 May. 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 May 1– 14: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor May 15 – June 4: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Acting Dean June 5 – 18: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor June 19 – 25: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer June 26 – July 2: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Acting Dean

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.

CONTACT DETAILS FOR WELLS CATHEDRAL Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 674483 e: [email protected] w: www.wellscathedral.org.uk

MAY 1 SUNDAY: THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

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, attended by the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers’ Associations (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’) Willan Chorale Prelude on a melody of Melchior Vulpius 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 Whitlock Hymn Prelude on Darwell’s 148th _________________________________________________________________________ 2 MONDAY: Philip and James, apostles (transferred) 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

Decani verses

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (Choir of Christ Church, Swindon) Sumsion Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 149 Dyson Evening Service in D Hymn 464 Bullock Give us the wings of faith _________________________________________________________________________ 3 TUESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 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

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

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

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

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

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 7 SATURDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

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

MAY 8 SUNDAY: THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST with confirmations (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns CP 398, 352, SP 301, CP 622 Haydn Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo ‘Kleine orgel-messe’ Preacher: The Right Reverend Ruth Worsley, Bishop of Taunton Communion Proper: Pater, cum essem cum eis Owain Park A Confirmation Prayer Willan Epilogue

3.00 p.m.

EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Piers Kennedy Preces and Responses Psalms 41 Andrew Fletcher Fauxbourdon Service Hymns 128 (t. ii), 430 Buck Christ died for us Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Sue Tucker, Rector, Chard St Mary with Combe St Nicholas, Wambrook and Whitestaunton Parry Chorale Prelude on Croft’s 136th _________________________________________________________________________ 9 MONDAY

Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 47, 48, 49 Purcell Evening Service in G minor Purcell O God, the King of glory _________________________________________________________________________ 10 TUESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55 Francis Jackson Evening Service in G Philip Wilby Ascension

MAY 11 WEDNESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 59, 60, 61 Weelkes Short Service Byrd Psallite Domino, qui ascendit _________________________________________________________________________ 12 THURSDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: David Simon (Yale University, USA)

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 65, 66, 67 Rubbra Evening Service in A flat Vaughan Williams O clap your hands _________________________________________________________________________ 13 FRIDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Owain Park Preces and Responses Psalms 69, 70 Tone VII Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Hymn 165 (t. 346) Timothy Noon O quam gloriosum _________________________________________________________________________ 14 SATURDAY: Matthias the Apostle 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 73, 74 Wood Collegium Regale Hymns 136 (t. ii), 355 Philip Wilby Breathe on me, breath of God

7.00 p.m.

CONCERT: Somerset Singers

MAY 15 SUNDAY: PENTECOST 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns CP 195, 137, CP 200 (t. 347), CP 192 Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Acting Dean Communion Proper: Factus est repente Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis J.S. Bach Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 651a

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 75 Britten Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in C Hymns 141, 140 Grayston Ives Listen, sweet dove Bliss, arr. Gower Caesar and Cleopatra Overture 3.00 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 33 vv 1-12 Gary Davison Wessex Service Hymns 342, 367 (t. ii) Elgar The spirit of the Lord (from Prologue to ‘The Apostles’) Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar Widor Allegro Vivace (Symphonie V)

4.30 p.m.

ORGAN RECITAL: Messiaen Meditation (III) Messe de la Pentecôte (Matthew Owens) _________________________________________________________________________ 16 MONDAY

Decani verses

7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 Tomkins Fifth Service Tallis O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit _________________________________________________________________________ 17 TUESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 89 Berkeley Chichester Service David Goodenough I will sing with the spirit

MAY 18 WEDNESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 93, 94 Tone IV Magnificat Palestrina Nunc dimittis quarti toni Tallis If ye love me _________________________________________________________________________ 19 THURSDAY: Dunstan, archbishop, monastic reformer, 988 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS 5.15 p.m.

EVENING PRAYER

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Aled Jones _________________________________________________________________________ 20 FRIDAY: Alcuin, deacon, abbot, 804 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Treverva Male Choir

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Tone VII Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Attwood Come, Holy Ghost

Psalm 104

7.30 p.m. ORGAN RECITAL: Early Music Wells – From London to Lübeck _________________________________________________________________________ 21 SATURDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12 noon

EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

2.30 p.m.

SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 106 Finzi Magnificat Hymns 144 (t. 210), 247 Holst Nunc dimittis Matthew Owens Holy Trinity Blessing

MAY 22 SUNDAY: TRINITY SUNDAY 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 146, SP 103, SP 101, 148 (omit *) Tye Missa Euge bone Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Communion Proper: Benedicimus Deum caeli Agazzari Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas J.S. Bach Präludium Es-dur, BWV 552, i

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 107 vv 1-15 Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in C Hymns 145, 414 Schubert Holy, holy, holy Stanford Andante maestoso (Founded on an Irish Church Melody) 3.00 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 73 vv 1-3, Gibbons Second Service 16-end Weelkes Alleluia, I heard a voice Hymns 144 (t. 210), 476 Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader J.S. Bach Fuge Es-dur, BWV 552, ii _________________________________________________________________________ 23 MONDAY

Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 114, 115 Tallis Fauxbourdon Service Victoria O lux beata Trinitas _________________________________________________________________________ 24 TUESDAY: John and Charles Wesley, evangelists, hymn writers, 1791 and 1788 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-32 Howells New College Service Howells Love divine, all loves excelling

MAY 25 WEDNESDAY: The Venerable Bede, monk, scholar, historian, 735 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Asbury University Choir, Wilmore, Kentucky, USA

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Grayston Ives Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 73-104 Grayston Ives Magdalen Service Grayston Ives Ego sum panis vivus _________________________________________________________________________ 26 THURSDAY: Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of the Holy Communion (Corpus Christi) 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS, RECITAL 09: Matthew Owens

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) David Briggs Truro Eucharist Hymns 296 (t. i), 271 Communion Proper: Hoc corpus, quod pro vobis tradetur Messiaen Le Banquet céleste

7.00 p.m. CELEBRATION OF SONG: Multi Academy Trust Service _________________________________________________________________________ 27 FRIDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENING PRAYER

The Cathedral Choir is on vacation until Monday 06 June _________________________________________________________________________ 28 SATURDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Mendip Consort

2.30 p.m.

SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Wheatsheaf Consort) Sumsion Preces and Responses Howells Collegium Regale Bairstow Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Psalms 136, 137, 138 Hymns 391, 425

MAY 29 SUNDAY: THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wheatsheaf Consort) Hymns 52, 394, 311, CP 427 Lassus Missa Octavi toni Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar Tallis O sacrum convivium Dubois Toccata

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wheatsheaf Consort) Sumsion Preces and Responses Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat Schubert The Lord is my shepherd

Psalm 140 Hymns 238, 363

3.00 p.m.

EVENSONG (Wheatsheaf Consort) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 142 Stainer Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat Hymns 377, 427 Stanford Beati quorum via Preacher: The Venerable Andy Piggott, Archdeacon of Bath _________________________________________________________________________ 30 MONDAY: Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Sussex Voiceworks

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (The Prebendal Singers) John Bertalot Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148 Sumsion Evening Service in G Hymn 184 Wood Great Lord of Lords _________________________________________________________________________ 31 TUESDAY: Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EUCHARIST (The Prebendal Singers) Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera Hymns 186, 166 (t. 490)

JUNE 1 WEDNESDAY: Justin, martyr, c. 165 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (The Prebendal Singers) John Bertalot Preces and Responses Psalm 8 MacPherson Evening Service in E Boyce The Lord is King _________________________________________________________________________ 2 THURSDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalms 12, 13, 14 Morley Short Service S.S. Wesley Blessed be the God and Father _________________________________________________________________________ 3 FRIDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 4 SATURDAY: Thomas Ken, bishop, nonjuror, hymn writer, 1711 (transferred) 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) attended by the Friends of Wells Cathedral David Bednall Sherborne Mass Hymns 396, 408 (t. ii) Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor

JUNE 5 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 490, 368, 484, 486 Francis Jackson Communion Service Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Acting Dean Colin Mawby Ave verum corpus

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Albert, Prince Consort Te Deum in C Thalben-Ball Jubilate Deo Vaughan Williams O taste and see

Psalm 24 Hymns 397, 468

3.00 p.m.

EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 27 Philip Stopford Truro Service Hymns 446, 458 Mathias O sing unto the Lord Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean _________________________________________________________________________ 6 MONDAY

Decani verses

7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION The Cathedral Choir returns from its vacation

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 32, 33, 34 Blow Service in the Dorian Mode Purcell O God, thou art my God _________________________________________________________________________ 7 TUESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Francis Jackson Evening Service in G minor Harris Bring us, O Lord

JUNE 8 WEDNESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Jeremy Woodside Preces and Responses Psalms 41, 42, 43 David Terry Fourth Service Piers Kennedy Gaudent in coelis _________________________________________________________________________ 9 THURSDAY: Columba, abbot, missionary, 597 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Bryan Anderson (Wells Cathedral)

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalms 47, 48, 49 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Wells Service Britten A hymn of Saint Columba _________________________________________________________________________ 10 FRIDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) David Terry Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55 Tone VIII Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Rupert Jeffcoat O Trinity! O unity! _________________________________________________________________________ 11 SATURDAY: Barnabas the Apostle 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 147 Leighton Second Service Hymns 167, 392 Leighton The souls of the righteous

JUNE 12 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 232, 393, 477, SP 290 Martin Messe pour double chœur a cappella Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Unam petii a Domino Messiaen O sacrum convivium Dupré Placare Christe servulis (from ‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Weelkes Short Service Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth Handel Voluntary in D

Psalm 63 Hymns 234 (t. ii), 374

3.00 p.m.

EVENSONG to mark the 90th Birthday of HM The Queen (The Great Choir) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 66 Howells Collegium Regale Hymns 436, CP 355 Parry I was glad Preacher: The Venerable John Reed, Archdeacon of Taunton Walton Crown Imperial _________________________________________________________________________ 13 MONDAY

Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12 noon

TRIENNIAL RETIRED CLERGY SERVICE

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 69, 70 David Cooper Fauxbourdon Service John Joubert O Lorde, the maker of al thing _________________________________________________________________________ 14 TUESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 73, 74 Rachmaninov Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (from Vespers, Op. 37) Glinka Hymn to the Cherubim

JUNE 15 WEDNESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Bullock Preces and Responses Psalm 78 West Evening Service in C David Bednall Come, Holy Ghost _________________________________________________________________________ 16 THURSDAY: Richard, bishop, 1253 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS (Bishop’s Palace Chapel) 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 Howells Dallas Service Holst Turn back, O man _________________________________________________________________________ 17 FRIDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalm 89 Tone I Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Martin How A prayer of St Richard of Chichester _________________________________________________________________________ 18 SATURDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

DIOCESAN CHORAL FESTIVAL (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral, with choirs from the Diocese)

JUNE 19 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns CP 591, CP 383, 353, 420 Palestrina Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Communion Proper: Qui vult venire post me Victoria O sacrum convivium J.S. Bach Fugue F-dur, BWV 540, ii

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Ireland Te Deum and Benedictus in F John Rutter A Prayer of St Patrick Elgar Cantique (Op. 3)

Psalm 95 Hymns 456, 496 (t. 354)

3.00 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 99 Ayleward Short Service Hymns 431, 437 Monteverdi Cantate Domino Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Patrick Whitworth, Rector, Bath Weston All Saints, with North Stoke, and Langridge Gabrieli Canzona Ariosa _________________________________________________________________________ 20 MONDAY

Decani verses

7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 104 D. Purcell Evening Service in E minor Purcell Thy word is a lantern _________________________________________________________________________ 21 TUESDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel) 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 106 Tippett Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense Britten Antiphon

JUNE 22 WEDNESDAY: Alban, first martyr of Britain, c. 250 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 108, 109 Gombert Magnificat octavi toni Tone VIII Nunc dimittis Tallis Honor, virtus, et potestas _________________________________________________________________________ 23 THURSDAY: Etheldreda, abbess, c. 678 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 114, 115 Farrant Evening Service in A minor Hymn 168 (t. 288) Gibbons This is the record of John _________________________________________________________________________ 24 FRIDAY: Birth of John the Baptist 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers) Britten Missa Brevis Hymns 12, 295 Communion Proper: Tu, puer, propheta Altissimi vocaberis Matthew Owens Ut queant laxis Dupré Ut queant laxis (from ‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’) _________________________________________________________________________ 25 SATURDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12 noon

EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 73-104 Philip Moore Jesus Service (Alternative Canticles) Hymns 206, 424 David Briggs I will lift up mine eyes

7.00 p.m.

CONCERT: The Orlando Singers

JUNE 26 SUNDAY: THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m.

CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 475, 225ii, 86, 465 Howells Communion Service ‘Collegium Regale’ Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader Communion Proper: Inclina arem tuam William Drakett Love bade me welcome Johnson Trumpet Tune in D

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Cantoris Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 105-120 Victoria Te Deum Hymns 233, 239 Deane Jubilate Deo (from ‘The service for men, 1620’) Byrd Gloria tibi, Domine J.S. Bach Allegro, from Sonata I, BWV 525 3.00 p.m.

EVENSONG (Cantoris Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176 Ridout Canterbury Service Hymns 250, 451 Gounod Sicut cervus Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Duruflé Fugue sur le nom d'Alain

The Girl Choristers and Decani Vicars Choral are singing Choral Evensong at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Orchardleigh, at 3.00 p.m. _________________________________________________________________________ 27 MONDAY

Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: College Choir of the Mount Kelly Foundation

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128, Wise Evening Service in F 129, 130, 131 Purcell Hear my prayer, O Lord _________________________________________________________________________ 28 TUESDAY: Irenaeus, bishop, teacher of the faith, c. 200 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION 5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Stewart Preces and Responses Psalms 137, 138 Blair Evening Service in B minor Harris Faire is the heaven

JUNE/JULY 29 WEDNESDAY: Peter and Paul, Apostles 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

9.30 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

SOLEMN EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 138 Gombert Magnificat sexti toni Hymn 213 (t. ii) Tone VI Nunc dimittis Byrd Tu es Petrus _________________________________________________________________________ 30 THURSDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

1.05 p.m.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Rancocas Valley High School, New Jersey, USA

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Stewart Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 Judith Bingham Wells Service (Alternative Canticles) Judith Bingham God be in my head _________________________________________________________________________ 1 FRIDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m.

EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) David Terry Preces and Responses Psalms 6, 7, 8 Tone II Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Peter Hurford Litany to the Holy Spirit _________________________________________________________________________ 2 SATURDAY 7.30 a.m.

MATINS

8.00 a.m.

HOLY COMMUNION

3.00 p.m.

ORDINATION OF PRIESTS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

 

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 has commissioned two new works for 2016. The first work is a setting of the St Mark Passion by John Joubert (www.johnjoubert.org.uk) which was premiered during an act of worship on the afternoon of Palm Sunday, 20th March, which also happened 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. There is still time to become part of the commissioning group for this second work. 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]

‘probably the finest English cathedral choir at the moment’ Gramophone Magazine

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 Royal Patron: HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO Registered charity no. 1098277