MUSIC SCHEME FOR JULY

Tuesday 1 July              
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 358              Responses: Thomas Tomkins
The Short Service, Richard Ayleward
Almighty and everlasting God, Orlando Gibbons

Wednesday 2 July
1730 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir: Bromsgrove School
    Hymn: 244               Responses: John Sanders
    Thomas Tertius Noble in B minor
    Thou O God art praised in Zion, Malcolm Boyle

THURSDAY 3 JULY
THOMAS THE APOSTLE
1130        RETIRED CLERGY EUCHARIST
    Hymns: 396 (Dundee), 477 (Hyfrydol),
    173 ( Regent Square), 120.
    President: The Bishop of Chester
    Preacher:  The Bishop of Stockport                   

1310 ORGAN RECITAL by Ian Roberts
                                      (Chester Cathedral)               
1730 CHORAL EUCHARIST         
Hymns: 225 (Song 67), CP227 (Paderborn)                  
Charles Villiers Stanford in C and F
President: Canon Chris Humphries

Friday 4 July
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 409              Responses: Harrison Oxley
Herbert Sumsion in G
He delivered the poor, Charles H H Parry

Saturday 5 July
1615 EVENSONG
Hymn: 379              Responses: Thomas Tomkins
The Sixth Service, Thomas Weelkes
O, sing unto the Lord, Henry Purcell

SUNDAY 6 JULY
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

1000 CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST   
    Hymns: 437, CP252, 383 (Hollingside),
    HTC446 (Finlandia, omit v. 3), CP437 (Woodlands)
    Missa Brevis, William Walton
    Motet at the Peace: Lord, I trust thee,
    George Frederic Handel
    Communion Motet: Agnus Dei
    President: Canon Chris Humphries
    Preacher:  Canon Trevor Dennis

1130 MATTINS
    Hymns: 234, 467, 339
    Responses: Thomas Tomkins
    Psalm 55. 1-15, 18-22                  
    Te Deum in C, John Rutter
    Lord, I trust thee, George Frederic Handel
    Preacher: Canon Chris Humphries

1530 EVENSONG
Sung by the Cathedral Nave Choir
and followed by madrigals in the Cloisters.
    Hymns: 391, CP618
    Psalm: 56
    Responses: Philip Moore
    Herbert Brewer, in B flat          
    Rejoice in the Lamb, Benjamin Britten

1830 SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING & CELEBRATION
    To Celebrate 60 Years of the National Health Service
    Special Order of Service
    Free tickets available by calling 0800 195 1241. 

Monday 7 July
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 407                  Responses: Martin Neary        
    The Third Service, Rupert Jeffcoat
    Christe qui lux, Robert Whyte

Tuesday 8 July              
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 357              Responses: William Byrd
William Harris in A
Abendlied, Josef Rheinberger

Wednesday 9 July
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER

Thursday 10 July
1310 ORGAN RECITAL by Tim Linsley (Chester Cathedral)
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 336              Responses: Martin Neary
Henry Purcell in G minor
Thou art the way, Christopher Steel
   
   
Friday 11 July
Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino,
Father of Western Monasticism, c. 550
1730 EVENSONG
Hymn: 367              Responses: Harold Darke
Sydney Watson in F
Lord, what love have I unto thy law, William Croft
   
   
Saturday 12 July
1615 EVENSONG
Hymn: 252              Responses: John Sanders
George Dyson in D
O thou the central orb, Charles Wood

SUNDAY 13 JULY
THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

1000 THE ORDINATION OF DEACONS
    Hymns: 263, 335, Who is this (Melanesian Hymn),
    CP521 (Saint Leonards), CP448 (Regent Square)
    Harold Darke in F
    Agnus Dei, Francis Routh
    President: The Bishop of Chester
    Preacher:  The Venerable Christopher Hewetson

PLEASE NOTE THERE
WILL BE NO 1130 SERVICE

1530 EVENSONG
    Hymn: 433 (omit v. 4 & 5), 348
    Responses: John Sanders
    Collegium Regale, Herbert Howells
    Te Deum in C, John Rutter

       
Monday 14 July
John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866
1730 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir: The Choristers of Wells Cathedral
    Hymn: 341              Responses: Richard Allain
    Psalm 73
    The Wells Service, Richard Allain
    Come, my way, David Cooper
   

Tuesday 15 July
Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c. 862
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER

Wednesday 16 July
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER

Thursday 17 July
1310 Organ Recital by Philip Rushforth
                                    (Chester Cathedral)
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER

Friday 18 July
1730 SAID EVENING PRAYER
   

Saturday 19 July
Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, teachers, c. 394 and c. 379
1615 SAID EVENING PRAYER

TUESDAY 22 JULY
MARY MAGDALENE
1730 SAID EUCHARIST
President: Canon Christopher Burkett
   

Wednesday 23 July     
1730 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir: Colyton Grammar School
    Hymns: 387
    Responses: William Smith
    Healey Willan in E flat
    Ave Verum Corpus, W A Mozart   

   
Thursday 24 July        
1300 FESTIVAL Organ Recital by Philip Rushforth
(Chester Cathedral)
Tickets £8 - Available by ringing 01244 304 618
1730 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir: Colyton Grammar School
Hymn: 415 (Richmond)                                       Responses: William Smith
Thomas Walmisley in D minor
The Lord bless you and keep you, John Rutter

FRIDAY 25 JULY
JAMES THE APOSTLE
1730 CHORAL EUCHARIST
Visiting Choir: Musica Sacra
Hymns: 302, 224
Mass à 3, William Byrd
Ave verum corpus, William Byrd
President: Canon Trevor Dennis
   
     
Saturday 26 July
Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1615 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir: Priory Voices
Hymn: 436                  Responses: William Smith
George Dyson in F
O Lord, the maker of al thing, John Joubert
   

SUNDAY 27 JULY
THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
1000 CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST
Visiting Choir, Priory Voices
Hymns: 364 (Hyfrydol), 499, 398 (Woodlands),
CP305 (St Botolph), 114
O Quam Gloriosum TL de Victoria
Motet at the Peace:   O Nata Lux, Thomas Tallis
Communion Motet: Venite Comedite, William Byrd
President: Canon Trevor Dennis  Preacher: Canon Christopher Burkett

Tuesday 29 July
Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord
1730 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir, St Thomas’s, Wigston
Hymns:                    339                 Responses John Sanders
Herbert Sumsion in A
Mighty glorious is God the Father, J S Bach
       
   
Wednesday 30 July
William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
1730 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir, St Thomas’s Wigston
Hymn: 245                  Responses: John Sanders
Sydney Nicholson in D Flat
Spirit of God, William Lloyd Webber
   
   
Thursday 31 July
1310 ORGAN RECITAL by Ian Roberts
                                        (Chester Cathedral)
1730 EVENSONG
Visiting Choir St Thomas’s Wigston
Hymn: 481 (Vienna)    Responses: John Sanders
Herbert Brewer in D
Rejoice in the Lord alway, Attr. John Redford