Church music for the month - March 2024
3 March (Lent 3)
10am Choral Eucharist
Psalm: 19 vv. 7-14
Anthem: Benedictus in C – Stanford
Sanctus: from Collegium Regale
- Howells
Communion: Agnus Dei from Collegium
Regale - Howells
O for a closer walk with God
- Stanford
Organ
voluntary: Hyfrydol, from Three Preludes
founded on Welsh Hymn Tune
- Vaughan Williams
10 March (Mothering Sunday - Lent 4)
10am Choral Eucharist
Anthem: Ave Maria - Parsons
Communion: Agnus Dei from Missa
brevis in F - Mozart
Ave Maria a 8 - Victoria
Organ
voluntary: Fuga sopra il Magnificat
BWV 733 - J.S. Bach
17 March (Lent 5)
10am Choral Eucharist
Psalm: 119 vv. 9-16
Anthem: Jesu, the very thought of thee
- Bairstow
Sanctus: from Mass in D - Dvorak
Communion: Agnus Dei from Mass in D
- Dvorak
How lovely are they dwellings
- Brahams
Organ
voluntary: Adagio-Vivace, from
Trio Sonata in E minor
BWV 528 - J.S. Bach
24 March (Palm Sunday)
10am Choral Eucharist
Anthem: Procession to Calvary - Stainer
Sanctus: from Short Service in the
Phrygian Mode - Wood
Communion: The majesty of the divine
humiliation - Stainer
Hosanna to the Son of David
- Weelkes
Organ
voluntary: Fantasia Chromatica
- Sweelinck
24 March
6.30pm Service of Music & Readings for Holy Week
Hear my prayer - Purcell
Benedictus in C - Stanford
Emendemus in medius - Byrd
Hossana to the Son of David - Weelkes
Crucifixus - Lotti
Organ
voluntary: Ricercar a 6
BWV 1079 - J.S. Bach
28 March (Maundy Thursday)
8pm Choral Eucharist
Setting: from Missa Alma Redemptoris
- Victoria
Anthem: Wash me throughly - Wesley
Stripping
of the alter: The Lamentations - Bairstow
30 March (Easter Eve)
8pm Easter Vigil
Psalm: 46
Anthems: Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Sing ye to the Lord - Bairstow
31 March (Easter Day)
10am Choral Eucharist
Introit: This Joyful Eastertide
- arr. Ledger
Setting: Missa brevis in C
"Spatzen-Messe" - Mozart
Psalm: 66 vv. 1-11
Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
- Stanford
Communion: Te Deum in F major - Ireland
Organ
voluntary: Prelude & Fugue in G major
BVW 541 - J.S. Bach
31 March
No Choral Evensong