Service and music lists

Services October 2025
Thursday 2nd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 5th10.00 amAll-age eucharistCWHarvest
Voluntary for organ in F Greene
Thou visiteth the earth Greene
All things bright and beautiful Stopford
Dance-Scherzo "We plough the fields and scatter" Archer
6.30 pmHarvest ThanksgivingCW
Prelude 'Monkland' Blackwell
Postlude "Now thank we al our God" Karg-Elert
Thursday 9th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 12th
10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Canon Op 31/6 L.Vierne
Verily, verily Tallis
The Doctrine of Wisdom Mathias
Postlude Truro Bedford
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPAleward
Harwood in Ab
Strengthen ye the weak hands Harris
Sarabande for the 12th day of any October Partita Howells
Thursday 16th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 19th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Adagio in E Bridge
Let thy merciful ears Mudd
Give me justice Macmillan
Fantaisia in c BWV 537 J.S.Bach
6.30 pmCompline
Ricercare non con tre sogetti Battiferri
Veni sancte spiritus Allegri
Kyrie della Madonna Frescobaldi
Thursday 23rd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 26th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Adagio in F BWV 527/2 J.S.Bach
Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake Mudd
Thy word is a lantern Purcell
Carillon 'Lord of the years' Blackwell
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPAyleward
Vesper Voluntaries III & IV Elgar
Stanford in Bb
Beati quorum via Stanford
St Ethelwald Farrar
Thursday 30th11.00 amHoly Communion

Services January 2025
Sunday 5th
Epiphany		10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Kings of orient te Velde
Vidimus stellam Byrd
What child is this? Hewitt-Jones
Gigue Stuttgart Schelat
6.30 pmCarol ServiceCWfor Epiphany
Bethlehem Down Warlock
In the bleak mid-winter Darke
Say, where is he born?/There shall a star Mendelssohn
Nunc Dimittis Service in G Stanford
Postlude Was lebet Tambling
Sunday 12th10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Épiphanie Op 13 Duruflé
O Lord, give thy holy spirit Tallis
Tribus Miraculis Marenzio
Flourish Cruger Blackwell
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Sumsion in A
Greater Love Ireland
Alla Marcia Ireland
Sunday 19th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Le Banquet Celeste Messiaen
Cana's Guest Allain
O sacrum convivium Byrd
The Wedding at Cana Eben
6.30 pmChoral ComplineCW
Telluris ingens conditor MB XIV:47 Bull
The Lamb Taverner
Te lucis ante terminum MB XIV: 46 Bull
Sunday 26th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness Op 65/51 Karg-Elert
O sing joyfully Batten
See, see, the word is incarnate Gibbons
Carillon-Sortie Mulet
6.30 pmNO Choral EvensongUnited service at Methodist Church 15.00

Services February 2025
Sunday 2nd10.00 amFamily EucharistCWChristingle
Vesper Voluntaries 3 & $ Elgar
Senex puer portabit Byrd
O nata lux Lauridsen
Shine, Jesus, Shine Blackwell
6.30 pmEvensong with HymnsCW
Tecum principium, indie virtutis tuae Op 48/3 Dupré
Prelude Psalm 120 Thorne
Lumen ad revelationem Op 48/6 Dupré
Thursday 6th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 9th10.00 amParish CommunionCWWilliam Mathias
Be still Grote
Lead me, Lord Wesley
The Call Lloyd
Trio Soloturn MacDonald
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPGibbons/Barnard
Stanford in A
If ye be risen again in Christ Gibbons
Fantasia for Double Organ MB XX:7 Gibbons
Thursday 13th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 16th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Chorale Mathias
Give me justice MacMillan
Beati quorum via Stanford
Praeludium BuxWV 145 Buxtehude
6.30 pmComplineCW
Fantasia MB XX:13 Gibbons
O Lord, in thy wrath Gibbons
Fantasia MB XX:5 Gibbons
Thursday 20th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 23rd10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Trio Carlisle Blackwell
Gaelic Blessing Rutter
They that go down to the sea in ships Sumsion
Finale Symphonie 2 Widor
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPGibbons/Barnard
Sumsion in G
Benedicite Sumsion
Pastorale Sumsion
Thursday 27th11.00 amHoly Communion

Services March 2025
Sunday 2nd
10.00 amAll-age EucharistCWGetting ready for Lent
Meditation Carlisle Callaghan
O thou that art the light G.Jackson
Be still Evans arr. Shepherd
Dance Blaenwern Quartel
6.30 pmTaizé style ServiceCW
Ash Wednesday 5th
10.00 amChoral CommunionCWand Imposition of Ashes
Setting: Collegium Regale Howells
Miserere mei Byrd
Fantasia Aus der Tiefe Leighton
Sunday 9th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Kyrie, Gott Vater in' Ewigkeit' BWV 669 J.S.Bach
Lord, in thy wrath Byrd
Wash me throughly S.S.Wesley
Toccata Aberystwyth Bednall
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFerial
Byrd Second Service
O Lord, look down from heaven Battishill
Voluntary in d Croft
Sunday 16th10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Christe, alle Welt Trost BWV 670 J.S.Bach
Hide not Thou thy face Farrant
Civitas Sancte Tui Byrd
Kyrie, Gott, heiliger Geist BWV 671 J.S.Bach
6.30 pmChoral ComplineBCPPlainsong
Voluntary in G Purcell
Remember not, Lord, our offences Purcell
Air Purcell
Sunday 23rd10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
O man, bewail thy grievous sin BWV 622 J.S.Bach
Call to remembrance Farrant
Sicut cervus Palestrina
Praeludium in d BWV 539 J.S.Bach
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFerial
Howells Collegium Regale
Like as the hart Howells
Allegro impetuoso Howells
Sunday 30th10.00 amFamily ServiceCW for Mothering Sunday
Meditation Deus tuorum militium Lole
Grannies and Grandads Benedicite Carter
All you need is love Ayres
6.30 pmChoral CommunionCW
Setting: Messe Basse Faure
The Father's love Lole
Attende Domine Op 8/3 Demessieux

Services April 2025
Sunday 6th10.00 amAll Age EucharistCWTaize/Wild Goose/Penny
Prelude Down Ampney Blackwell
Drop, drop, slow tears à5 Gibbons
God so loved the world Chilcott
Flourish Crucifer te Velde
6.30 pmStations of the CrossBCPFerial
Sunday 13th10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
All glory, laud and honour BWV 736 J.S.Bach
Hosannah to the Son of David Weelkes
Vinea mea electa Poulenc
Passion Chorale Bednall
6.30 pmMeditationBCP
Crucifixus à 8 Lotti
Miserere Byrd
Christus factus est Bruckner
Crucifixion Symphonie Passion Op 23/iii Dupré>
Thursday 17th8.00 amMorning PrayerCW
8.00 pmChoral CommunionCWDarke Service 'Collegium Regale' in E
Ubi Caritas Gjeilo
Ubi Caritas Duruflé
Ave Verum Mawby
Psalm 88 Howells
Good10.00 amGathering for Walk of Witness
Friday 18th2.00 pmSpecialAn Hour at the Foot of the Cross
In the departure of the Lord Bull
The reproaches Sanders
Timor et Tremor Poulenc
Crucifixus J.S.Bach
Easter10.00 amAll-age EucharistCWMathias
Day 20thJoy is come Carter
Blessed be the God and Father Wesley
Toccata Op 42/5 Widor
6.30 pmEvensong (said)CW
Saturday 26th1.30 pmHoly Communion
Meditation 'Evelyns' Dixon
Prelude 'Living Lord' Archer
Toccata in 7 Rutter
Sunday 27th10.00 amParish Communion
Adoratio Grunenwald
'I am the Lamb of God (Sinfonia) Hakim
Paraphrase 'Thine be the glory' Guilmant
6.30 pmEvensong (said)

Services May 2025
Thursday 1st11.00 amMorning Prayer
Sunday 4th10.00 All-age Eucharist
Prelude 'Abbots Leigh' Bullard
This joyful Eastertide arr. Ledger
The Call Randall
Air 'Kelvingrove' Corl
6.30 pmCWStations of the Resurrection
Thursday 8th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 11th10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Prelude 'Victory' Bullard
Psalm 23 Walmisley
Allelluia! I heard a voice Weelkes
Easter Alleluia Slater
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFrith
Psalm 114 Bairstow
Bairstow in D
Ye choirs of New Jerusalem Stanford
Prelude in C BWV 547 J.S.Bach
Thursday 15th11.00 amMorning Prayer
Sunday 18th10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias (Civic Service)
A New Commandment Nardone
Christ the Lord is risen again Rutter
Acclamation Christ the Victor Langlais
6.30 pmChoral ComplineBCPPlainsong
A slow movement Keeble
Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face Whitlock
Grave Alcock
Thursday 22nd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 25th10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
On a ground MB XX:26 Gibbons
O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit Tallis
If ye love me Stopford
Finale Symphonie VI Widor
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFrith
Psalms 126 Hurford, 127 S. Wesley
Murrill in E
Light of the World Elgar
Prelude & Fugue in C BWV 545 J.S.Bach
Thursday 29th11.00 amHoly Communion

Services June 2025
Sunday 1st10.00 amAll-Age EucharistCW
Prayer of Christ rising to His Saviour Suite: L'Ascension Messiaen
O God, the King of Glory Purcell
Ascenendens Christus Handl (aka Gallus)
Outburst of Joy Suite: L'Ascension Messiaen
6.30 pmService of Prayer and MeditationCW
Thursday 5th11.00 amHoly CommunionCW
Sunday 8th10.00 amFestival EucharistPentecost CW
Toccata in d BWV 538 J.S.Bach
Ty Tollman, Haileybury College
Listen, sweet Dove Ives
Berceuse Op 31/19 L. Vierne
Ty Tollman, Haileybury College
The Spirit of the Lord Elgar
Choral and Variations Veni Creator Op 4 Duruflé
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Stanford in C
Holy Spirit, come, comfirm us Howells arr. Archer
'Veni Creator' en Taille Livre d'Orgue 1699 de Grigny
Thursday 12th11.00 amMorning Prayer
Sunday 15th10.00 amParish CommmunionCWMathias
Prelude Picardy Moore
Hymn to the Trinity Tchaikowsky
God so loved the world Chilcott
Fanfare and Trmpet Tune Nicea Tambling
6.30 pmChoral ComplineBCPPlainsong
Gloria tibi Trinitas MB I:91&96 Blitheman
If ye love me Tallis
Gloria tibi Trinitas Tallis
Thursday 19th11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 22nd8.00 amHoly CommunionBCP
10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Prelude Hereford Bullard
O sacrum convivium Byrd
Ave verum Byrd
Toccata All for Jesus Archer
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Batten Fourth Service
Strengthen ye the weak hands Harris
Postlude Eventide Parry
Thursday 26th11.00 amMorning Prayer
Sunday 29th >10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Tu est Petrus Duruflé
Give us the wings of faith Whitbourn
Walk in the light Blackwell
6.30 pmEvening ServiceBCPsuitable for the season

Services July 2025
Thursday 3rd11.00 amHoly Communion
Sunday 6th10.00 amAll Age EucharistCW
Dolcezza Whitlock
Irish Blessing Chilcott
How lovely are the messengers Mendelssohn
Postlude Woodlands Bedard
6.30 pmTraining EucharistCW
Thursday 10th11.00 amMorning Prayer
Sunday 13th10.00 amCommunion by ExtensionCW
Folk Tune Whitlock
Lead me Lord S.S.Wesley
A New Commandment Talli
Fanfare-Postlude Hyfrodol Bednall
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPFrith
Dyson in F
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem Howells
Gigue (Basse de trompette) de la Guerre
Thursday 17th11.00 amMorning Prayer
Sunday 20th10.00 amMorning PrayerCW
Largo Op 71/2 Peeters
Jesu, the very thought of Thee Bairstow
Jesu, joy of man's desiring J.S.Bach
Praeludium in C BuXWV 137 Buxtehude
6.30 pmChoral ComplineBCPPlainsong
A Ground MB XX:26 Gibbons
The Beatitudes Rachmaninov
Prelude MB XX:4 Gibbons
Thursday 24th11.00 amMorning Prayer
Sunday 27th 10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Dialogue sur la Voix Humaine (Messe pour les paroisses) Couperin
Tierce en Taille (Messe pour les paroisses) Couperin
Dialogue sur les Trompettes (Messe pour les paroisses) Couperin
6.30 pmEvensong (said)BCP

Services August 2025
Sunday 3rd
10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Meditation Coe Fen Bennett
In Paradisum Daniel-lesur
Hymn to the Sun Op 53/3 Vierne
6.30 pmTraining EucharistPart 2
Sunday 10th
10.00 amParish CommunionCW
18.30 pmEvensong (said)BCP
Sunday 17th
10.00 amParish CommunionCW
18.30 pmEvensong (said)BCP
Sunday 24th
10.00 amParish CommunionCW
18.30 pmEvensong (said)BCP
Sunday 31st
10.00 amParish CommunionCW
Cantiléne Op 148/2 Rheinberger
Variations 1,2,4,6,& 8 Noel Nouvelet Op 20 Dupré
Fugato & Toccata Noel Nouvelet Op 20 Dupré
18.30 pmEvensong (said)BCP

Services September 2025
Sunday 7th10.00 amAll-Age CommunionCW
Prelude Englands Lane Hewitt-Jones
Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon
Ego sum panis vivum Byrd
Fantasia Moscow Moore
6.30 pmTaizé ServiceCW
Sunday 14th10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Reflection Herongate Moore
Christus factus est WAB 9 Bruckner
Wondrous Cross Wilby
Toccata Breslau Solomons
6.30 pmGarden EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Tallis in the Dorian Mode
Civitas sancti tui Byrd
Sunday 21st10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Prelude VII Fleury
The Call Lloyd
O God, my King Amner
Prelude - 'Spitfire' Walton
6.30 pmComplineCWPlainsong
Salvator Mundi I & II MB XXVIII: 68 & 69 Byrd
Teach me, O Lord Byrd
Miserere I MB XXVIII: 66 Byrd
Sunday 28th10.00 amParish CommunionCWMathias
Prelude St Denio Corl
Give almes of the goodes Tye
Blessed is he who considereth the poor Wise
Postlude 'Richmond' Archer)
6.30 pmChoral EvensongBCPRadcliffe
Stanford in G
Factum est silentium Dering
Toccata Old 104th Parry

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