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Good evening, everyone. Traditionally on the third Sunday of Advent our thoughts turn to John the Baptist, and his proclamations of the coming of the Messiah. Tonight we begin with Charles Coffin’s great eighteenth-century hymn ‘On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry announces that the Lord is nigh’, set to the tune ‘Winchester New’, adapted from a...
[The following is a list of music from the Service of Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Advent, 13 December 2020] Prelude Improvisation on the tune ‘Dundee’ (The people that in darkness sat) Adrian Boynton Short Introit O Nata Lux (O Light, born of Light, you who are deigned to become clothed in flesh for...
Good evening, friends. Our music to end the day features wonderful repertoire by the great baroque composers Bach and Handel. Bach wrote the glorious cantata ‘Wachet auf rift uns di stimme’ (Sleepers Wake, the watch-cry pealeth) for Advent Sunday 1724. He takes the original hymn melody by Philipp Nicolai (1599) and gives it a joyful and...
[The following is a list of music from the Service of the Word on the Second Sunday of Advent, 6 December 2020] Prelude Sonata No.4 in B♭ major From 6 Organ Sonatas, Opus 65, by Felix Mendelssohn 2nd Movement – Adante religioso Short Introit How beautiful are the feet Aria from “Messiah” (HWV 56) by George...
Good evening, friends. Today is the Feast of Christ the King, the climax of the church’s liturgical year. Next week we begin a ‘new year’ as we enter the season of Advent. The Kingship of Christ is powerfully represented in the image of Jesus hanging from the Cross on Good Friday. In the words of St...
Prelude Harpichord sonata in C Andantino Composed by Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti c. 1740. Introit Responsorial Psalm 97 “The Lord is king, most high above all earth” Hymn The king of love my shepherd is Composed by Henry Williams Baker in 1868. Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME by John Bacchus Dykes composed also in 1868, arr Adrian Boynton....
In the past few days our thoughts have been with the thousands of men and women who through two world wars and more recent conflicts have sacrificed their lives in the cause of justice and peace. The poignancy of this Remembrance season has been heightened by news this week that deaths in the UK from Coronavirus...
[The following videos were provided for the music in this morning’s Service of the Word.] Organ Prelude “Humoresque L’organo primativo” (Toccatina for Flute) Composed by Pietro Alessandro Yon, inspired by a folk-made organ encountered in a museum. Hymn Come to us, creative Spirit Words by David Mowbray. Tune: ANGEL VOICES composed by Edwin George Monk. Hymn...
The following videos may not have appeared in this morning’s service. Prelude Improvisation on “O Valiant Hearts” Tune SUPREME SACRIFICE composed by Charles Harris. Improvisation on the piano by Adrian Boynton. Introit Justorum Animae Words from the Book of Wisdom 3:1-3. Opus 38, a motet composed by Charles Villiers Stanford. Hymn O God our help...
Good evening, everyone. Today, as you know, is All Saints Day, and tomorrow, 2 November is the Commemoration of All Souls. All Souls Day is an occasion to contemplate mortality and grief, resurrection and hope. In the context of the present pandemic, it provides an important opportunity to celebrate the lives of all who have died...
Prelude Improvisation on SINE NOMINE Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, improvisation by Adrian Boynton. Choir Introit Holy is the true light Words from the Salisbury Diurnal by G.H. Palmer. Composed by William Harris. Hymn For all the saints who from their labours rest Words by William Walsham How. Tune: SINE NOMINE composed by Ralph Vaugham Williams....
Good evening, everyone. Music to end the day opens with a reflective Folk Tune by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs. The name of Armstrong Gibbs may not be familiar, but he was one of the most prolific English composers of the twentieth century (taught by Vaughan Williams), with a vast portfolio of songs and instrumental works. Armstrong Gibbs’s...
Organ Prelude O for the wings of a dove From the cantata “Hear my prayer” composed by Felix Mendelssohn. Introit Locus iste a Deo factus A sacred motet composed by Anton Bruckner. Hymn Alleluia, sing to Jesus Words by W. Chatterton Dix. Tune: HYFRYDOL by Rowland Hugh Pritchard. Choral response Ubi Caritas Composed by Ola Gjeilo. Hymn...
Led by Revd Tim Norwood The video recording for this service can be viewed (on YouTube) by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k6zhjT2iJQ Because it is quite a lengthy recording (over an hour) it may, depending on your network, take a little while to get to it. The Order of Service is available as a PDF file here:...
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