MUSIC SCHEME FOR MAY
THURSDAY 1 MAY
ASCENSION DAY
1310 ORGAN RECITAL by Colin Walsh (Lincoln Cathedral)
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 129 Responses: Bernard Rose
Psalm 8
Herbert Murrill in E
God is gone up, Gerald Finzi
1930 CHORAL EUCHARIST
Sung by the Cathedral Nave Choir
Hymns: 130, CP398
Communion Service in E minor, Christopher Steel
Offertory Motet: Viri Galilei, Patrick Gowers
President: Canon Trevor Dennis
Preacher: Canon Chris Humphries
FRIDAY 2 MAY
PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES
1730 CHORAL EUCHARIST
Hymns: 164, 464
Gradual Psalm 119. v. 1-8
Messe Breve, Leo Delibes
President & Preacher: Bishop Alan Chesters
1930 SONG SCHOOL CONCERT
Adrian Rushforth - Violin
Philip Rushforth - Piano
Saturday 3 May
1615 EVENSONG
Hymn: 377 Responses: Anthony Piccolo
The Westminster Service, Herbert Howells
Coelos ascendit hodie, Charles Villiers Stanford
SUNDAY 4 MAY
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
1000 CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST
Hymns: 332, 135 (Palace Green), 271, MP806, 352
Franz Schubert in G
Motet at the Peace: Come Holy Ghost, Thomas Attwood
Communion Motet: Agnus Dei
President: Canon Judy Hunt
Preacher: Canon Trevor Dennis
1130 CHORAL MATTINS
Hymns: 443, 129, 134 Responses: Anthony Piccolo
Te Deum, Orlando Gibbons
Come Holy Ghost, Thomas Attwood
Preacher: Canon Christopher Burkett
1530 EVENSONG
Hymns: 349, 338 (omit v. 4)
Responses: Anthony Piccolo
Heathcote Statham in E minor
Let all the world, Kenneth Leighton
1830 WHOLENESS & HEALING SERVICE
Special Order of Service
Led by Canon Christopher Burkett
Monday 5 May
1730 EVENSONG
Sung by Melbourne Parish Church, Derbyshire
Hymn: 453 Responses: Humphrey Clucas
Charles Wood in D
It is a thing most wonderful, Philip Moore
Tuesday 6 May
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 247 Responses: Thomas Tallis
Charles Wood in G
In God’s word will I rejoice, Henry Purcell
Wednesday 7 May
1730 EVENSONG
Sung by Schola Cantorum Salopiensis
(Shrewsbury School)
Hymn: 368 Responses: Stephen Cleobury
Herbert Sumsion in G
Thou, O God, art praised in Sion, Charles Macpherson
Thursday 8 May
Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c. 1417
1310 Organ Recital by David Sanger
(International Recitalist)
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 133 (Wiltshire 467)
Responses: Bernard Rose
The Second Service, Orlando Gibbons
Listen sweet dove, Grayston Ives
Friday 9 May
1400 QUEEN’S SCHOOL
COMMEMORATION SERVICE
Special Order of Service
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 424 Responses: Harrison Oxley
Charles Hylton Stewart in C
Love Eternal, Simon Lole
Saturday 10 May
1615 EVENSONG
Sung by the Cathedral Nave Choir
Hymn: 138 Responses: Philip Moore
Herbert Brewer in B flat
Loquebantur variis linguis, Thomas Tallis
1930 CHESTER MUSIC SOCIETY CONCERT
SUNDAY 11 MAY
DAY OF PENTECOST (WHIT SUNDAY)
1100 CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST
Hymns: 137, 342, CP198, CP576, 140
Francis Jackson in G
Motet at the Peace: Veni, Sancte Spiritus,
William Byrd
Communion Motet: Litany to the Holy Spirit,
Peter Hurford
President: The Dean, Preacher: Bishop Alan Chesters
NOTE: No 1130 Service
1530 EVENSONG
Hymns: 347, 367 Responses: Bernard Rose
Francis Jackson in G
The Spirit of the Lord, Edward Elgar
1830 GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE
Special Order of Service
Monday 12 May
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 421 Responses: Richard Ayleward
Daniel Purcell in E minor
Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Henry Purcell
Tuesday 13 May
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 419 Responses: Thomas Tallis
The First Service, Philip Moore
View me, Lord, Charles Wood
WEDNESDAY 14 MAY
MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
1730 SAID EUCHARIST
President: Canon Christopher Burkett
Thursday 15 May
1310 Organ Recital by Tim Linsley (Chester Cathedral)
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 434 Responses: Richard Ayleward
Peter Aston in F
Thy word is a lantern, Henry Purcell
Friday 16 May
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 452 Repsonses: Harrison Oxley
Peter Aston in G
A Prayer, Richard Lloyd
Saturday 17 May
1615 EVENSONG
Hymn: 444 Responses: William Byrd
Basil Harwood in A flat
Prepare ye the way, Michael Wise
SUNDAY 18 MAY
TRINITY SUNDAY
1000 CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST
Hymns: 148 (v. 1, 5, 7, 8), Gradual Psalm 8,
343, CP383, CP418
Missa O quam gloriosum, T L da Victoria
Motet at the Peace:
Hymn to the Trinity, P I Tchaikovsky
Communion Motet:
Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas, G P da Palestrina
President: Canon Trevor Dennis, Preacher: Canon John Walker
1130 BCP EUCHARIST
Hymns: 146, 373 (Coe Fen CP466), 377
Missa O quam gloriosum, T L da Victoria
Gradual Motet: Hymn to the Trinity, P I Tchaikovsky
Communion Motet:
Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas, G P da Palestrina
President & Preacher: Canon Trevor Dennis
1530 CIVIC SERVICE
Hymns: 466, CA60, CP427 (Regent Square),
440 (omit v. 4 & 5).
Monday 19 May
Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Restorer of Monastic Life, 988.
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 246 Responses: Bernard Rose
Edward Moeran in D
Beati quorum via, Charles Villiers Stanford
Tuesday 20 May
Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804.
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 144 (Iste Confessor)
Responses: Thomas Tomkins
The Short Service, Orlando Gibbons
O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, Thomas Tallis
Wednesday 21 May
1100 MOTHERS’ UNION DIOCESAN
FESTIVAL EUCHARIST
Special Order of Service
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER
THURSDAY 22 MAY
CORPUS CHRISTI
1310 ORGAN RECITAL by Ian Roberts
(Chester Cathedral)
1730 CHORAL EUCHARIST
Hymns: 302, 306
Messe Solonelle, Jean Langlais
Tantum ergo, Maurice Duruflé
President & Preacher: Canon Trevor Dennis
Friday 23 May
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 298 Responses: Harrison Oxley
Sydney Watson in F
Christ the Lord is risen again, John Rutter
Saturday 24 May
John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 & 1788
1615 EVENSONG
Sung by the Senior Girls and Young Men
of St Mary’s Choir, Warwick.
Introit: O nata lux, Thomas Tallis
Hymn: 358 (Rievaulx)
Responses: Richard Ayleward
Charles Villiers Stanford in G
Beati quorum via, Charles Villiers Stanford
SUNDAY 25 MAY
THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Sung by the Border Singers
1000 CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST
Hymns: 205 (omit v. 4), CP591 (Hanover), 297, CP305, 346.
Spatzen Mässe, W A Mozart
Motet at the Peace: O quam gloriosum, T L da Victoria
Communion Motet: Ave Maria, Robert Parsons
President: Canon Chris Humphries
Preacher: The Dean
1130 CHORAL MATTINS
Hymns: 238, 490, 206 Responses: Simon Davies
Te Deum, Edward Elgar
Sicut cervus, G P da Palestrina
Preacher: Honorary Canon Les Thomas
1530 EVENSONG
Hymns: 394, 449 Responses: Simon Davies
Charles Villiers Stanford in C
Greater love hath no man, John Ireland
Monday 26 May
Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER
Tuesday 27 May
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER
Wednesday 28 May
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER
Thursday 29 May
1310 ORGAN RECITAL by Roger Fisher (Chester Cathedral, 1967-1996)
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER
Friday 30 May
Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER
Saturday 31 May
THE VISIT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY TO ELIZABETH
1615 EVENSONG
Sung by the Amadeus Chamber Choir
Hymn: 499 Responses: Anthony Piccolo
A Hymn to the Virgin, Benjamin Britten
Canticles: Geoffrey Murdin
Ave Maria, Robert Parsons
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