Sundays COLLEGE COMMUNION 10.00 a.m. COLLEGE EVENSONG WITH ADDRESS 6.15 p.m. Tuesdays EVENSONG 6.15 p.m. Thursdays EVENSONG 6.15 p.m. Sunday 8th November: Mattins and Act of Remembrance 10.55 a.m. Sunday 8th November: Remembrance Day Requiem 6.15 p.m. Thursday 29th October: Corporate Act of Worship 6.15 p.m. Morning Prayer is said each weekday (except Friday) and Saturday morning 8.45 a.m. Evening Prayer is said on Monday and Wednesday evenings 6.15 p.m. Holy Communion is celebrated each Wednesday lunchtime 12.30 p.m. Holy Communion is celebrated each Friday morning 8.00 a.m. The Reverend Dr Michael Banner Dean of Chapel Stephen Layton Director of Music The Reverend Alice Goodman Chaplain The Reverend Christopher Stoltz Chaplain The Reverend Dr Jessica Martin Fellow in Holy Orders Michael Waldron, Simon Bland Organ Scholars Trinity College Chapel Choral Services & Anthem Texts Michaelmas Term 2009
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Sundays COLLEGE COMMUNION 10.00 a.m.
COLLEGE EVENSONG WITH ADDRESS 6.15 p.m.
Tuesdays EVENSONG 6.15 p.m.
Thursdays EVENSONG 6.15 p.m.
Sunday 8th November: Mattins and Act of Remembrance 10.55 a.m.
Sunday 8th November: Remembrance Day Requiem 6.15 p.m.
Thursday 29th October: Corporate Act of Worship 6.15 p.m.
Morning Prayer is said each weekday (except Friday) and Saturday morning 8.45 a.m.
Evening Prayer is said on Monday and Wednesday evenings 6.15 p.m.
Holy Communion is celebrated each Wednesday lunchtime 12.30 p.m.
Holy Communion is celebrated each Friday morning 8.00 a.m.
The Reverend Dr Michael Banner Dean of Chapel
Stephen Layton Director of Music
The Reverend Alice Goodman Chaplain
The Reverend Christopher Stoltz Chaplain
The Reverend Dr Jessica Martin Fellow in Holy Orders
Hymn 336: Angel voices (Monk)Mass Mass for 4 voices (Byrd)1st Lesson Amos 5: 6-7, 10-15Hymn 298: Waltham (Albert / Steggall)Gospel Mark 10: 17-31Preacher The Reverend Alice GoodmanHymn 397: Monkland (Antes)Hymn 235: Song 34 (Gibbons)Voluntary Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 - Allegro (Vivaldi / Bach)
5:40 pm Organ Music Before Evensong Michael Waldron (Trinity College)
Praeludium in e (Bruhns)Adagio in E (Bridge)Praeludium in E (Lübeck)
6:15 pm College EvensongResponses (Rose)Psalm 60Canticles St Paul’s Service (Howells)Anthem This worldes joie (Bax)Hymn 267: Addison’s (Sheeles)Preacher Dr Scott Mandelbrote, Fellow in History at PeterhouseHymn 368: Cwm Rhondda (Hughes)Voluntary Ode (Leighton)
13 Tuesday 6:15 pm Choral EvensongVoluntary Te lucis ante terminum (Dupré)Introit Angelis suis Deus (Mivskinis)Responses (Rose)Psalm 701st Lesson 2 Kings 6: 15-23Magnificat Tonus peregrinus (Plainsong)2nd Lesson Acts 26: 24-29Nunc Dimittis (Łukaszewski)Anthem Loquebantur variis linguis (Tallis)Hymn 495, omitting vv. 2 & 4: Benson (Kingham)Final Responses (Rose)Voluntary Fanfare (Leighton)
15 Thursday 6:15 pm Choral EvensongVoluntary Verse in G (Purcell)Introit O nata lux (Tallis)Responses (Rose)Psalm 78: 1-81st Lesson 2 Kings 9: 17-26Canticles Short Service (Byrd)2nd Lesson Acts 27: 27-38Anthem Credo - Missa Rigensis (Prauli ,n
vs)Hymn 248: Strength and stay (Dykes)Final Responses (Rose)Voluntary Rondeau (Purcell)
18 Trinity XIX (St Luke)10:00 am College Communion
Hymn 52: Was lebet (Rheinhardt MS)1st Lesson Isaiah 35: 3-6Gospel Luke 10: 1-9Preacher The Reverend Christopher StoltzHymn 427: Laudate Dominum (Parry)Hymn 431: Hereford (Wesley)
5:40 pm Organ Music Before Evensong Gregory Drott (Pembroke College)
Toccata V from Apparatus musico-organisticus (Muffat)Partite sopra passacagli (Frescobaldi)Worcester Brawls (Tomkins)Pavan (Gibbons)Galliarda (Byrd)Ciacona in D (Pachelbel)
6:15 pm College Evensong Responses (Smith)Psalm 93Magnificat Service in C (Stanford)Nunc Dimittis Double Choir (Holst)Anthem Benedictio (Sisask)Hymn 466: Moscow (Giardini)Preacher Professor Angela Leighton FBA,
Senior Research Fellow in English at TrinityHymn 420: Wolvercote (Ferguson)Voluntary Sonata No. 1 - Allegro moderato e serioso (Mendelssohn)
20 Tuesday 6:15 pm Choral EvensongVoluntary Psalm-Prelude Set 1.ii (Howells)Introit Hymn for St Cecilia (Howells)Responses (Smith)Psalm 104: 1-101st Lesson 2 Kings 18: 1-8Canticles Collegium Regale (Howells)2nd Lesson Philippians 1: 12-18Anthem Take him, earth, for cherishing (Howells)Hymn 141: Salisbury (Howells)Final Responses (Smith)Voluntary Saraband - In Modo Elegiaco (Howells)
22 Thursday 6:15 pm Choral Evensong Voluntary Flutes (Clérambault)Introit Why fumeth in sight the Gentiles’ spite (Tallis)Responses (Smith)Psalm 1081st Lesson 2 Kings 19: 1-7Magnificat Great Service (Byrd)2nd Lesson Philippians 2: 14-24Nunc Dimittis Short Service (Byrd)Anthem Civitas sancti tui (Byrd)Hymn 406, omitting vv. 4 & 5: St Hugh (Hopkins)Final Responses (Smith)Voluntary Caprice sur le Grands Jeux (Clérambault)
Hymn 490: Rhuddlan (Jones)Mass Missa Ich stund’ an einem Morgen (Handl)1st Lesson Jeremiah 31: 7-9Hymn 431: Hereford (Wesley)Gospel Mark 10: 46-endPreacher The Reverend Alice GoodmanHymn 301: Schönster Herr Jesu (Münster 1677)Hymn 271, omitting v. 2: Hyfrydol (Pritchard)Voluntary Fugue sur la thème à la Cathédrale de Soissons (Duruflé)
5:40 pm Organ Music Before Evensong Stephen Farr (St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge)
Praeludium in g, BuxWV 163 (Buxtehude)Magnificat Secondi Toni (Weckmann)Praeludium in e (Bruhns)
6:15 pm College Evensong Responses (Leighton)Psalm 119: 73-801st Lesson Ecclesiastes 11Magnificat Primi Toni (Victoria)2nd Lesson 2 Timothy 2: 1-7Nunc Dimittis Tone 1 (Plainsong)Anthem Versa est in luctum (Lobo)Hymn 341: Franconia (Havergal)Preacher The Dean of ChapelHymn 253: Innsbruck (Bach / Isaac)Voluntary Fantasia and Fugue in c, BWV 537 (Bach)
27 Tuesday 6:15 pm Choral Evensong Voluntary Verse (Cosyn)Introit If ye love me (Tallis)Responses (Leighton)Psalm 1301st Lesson Deuteronomy 32: 1-4Magnificat Short Service (Byrd)2nd Lesson John 14: 15-21Nunc Dimittis Great Service (Byrd)Anthem Salve Regina (Cornysh)Hymn 245: Ar hyd y nos (Vaughan Williams)Final Responses (Marlow)Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545 (Bach)
29 Thursday 6:15 pm Corporate Act of WorshipVoluntary Le banquet céleste (Messiaen)Introit Mother of God, here I stand (Tavener)Psalm 1431st Lesson Romans 8: 31-end2nd Lesson Luke 13: 31-endAnthem Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (Mendelssohn)Hymn 373: Coe Fen (Naylor)Final Responses (Marlow)Voluntary Apparition de l’église éternelle (Messiaen)
1 Trinity XXI (All Saints)10:00 am College Communion
Hymn 443: Gopsal (Handel)1st Lesson Isaiah 25: 6-9Gospel John 11: 32-44Preacher The Reverend Christopher StoltzHymn 418: Knecht (Knecht)Hymn 459: Crimond (Irvine / Pritchard)
5:40 pm Organ Music Before Evensong Colin Walsh (Lincoln Cathedral)
Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn, BWV 733 (Bach)Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 678 (Bach)Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 679 (Bach)Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768 (Bach)
6:15 pm College Evensong Responses (McWilliam)Psalm 6Canticles Gloucester Service (Howells)Anthem The Twelve (Walton)Hymn 224: Mount Ephraim (Milgrove)Preacher Professor Boyd Hilton FBA, Fellow in History at TrinityHymn 197, omitting vv. 3, 5 & 6: Sine nomine (Vaughan Williams)Voluntary Toccata - Triptych (Hare)
3 Tuesday 6:15 pm Choral Evensong Voluntary Verse (Gibbons)Introit Justorum animæ (Stanford)Responses (McWilliam)Psalm 81st Lesson Daniel 2: 12-24Magnificat Short Service (Weelkes)2nd Lesson Revelation 2: 1-7Nunc Dimittis Tone 1 (Plainsong)Anthem Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)Hymn 357: Sussex (arr. Vaughan Williams)Final Responses (Marlow)Voluntary Fancy for two to play (Gibbons)
8 Remembrance Sunday10:55 am Mattins and Act of Remembrance
Introit Russian Contakion (Bramma)Responses (McWilliam)Psalm 1211st Lesson Deuteronomy 17: 14-endHymn 436: Praise, my soul (Goss)2nd Lesson 1 Timothy 2: 1-7Anthem Agnus Dei - War Requiem (Britten)Preacher The Reverend Alice GoodmanHymn 334: The Old Hundredth (arr. Vaughan Williams)Voluntary Fantasia and Fugue in g, BWV 542 (Bach)
6:15 pm Sung RequiemJoint Service with Trinity College Choir Association
Requiem (Duruflé)
10 Tuesday 6:15 pm Choral Evensong Voluntary Prelude in G (Stanford)Introit Beati quorum via (Stanford)Responses (Rose)Psalm 1501st Lesson Daniel 5: 1-12Canticles Service in C (Stanford)2nd Lesson Revelation 6: 1-8Anthem Te lucis ante terminum (Balfour Gardiner)Hymn 413: Nun danket (Crüger / Mendelssohn)Final Responses (Rose)Voluntary Postlude in d (Stanford)
12 Thursday 6:15 pm Choral Evensong Voluntary Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Böhm)Introit O quam gloriosum (Victoria)Responses (Smith)Psalm 651st Lesson Daniel 6: 19-28Canticles Service in A (Stanford)2nd Lesson Revelation 8Anthem Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen (Brahms)Hymn 349: Nativity (Lahee)Final Responses (Smith)Voluntary Praeludium in g, BuxWV 149 (Buxtehude)
Hymn 466: Moscow (Giardini)1st Lesson Daniel 12: 1-3Gospel Mark 13: 1-8Preacher The Reverend Christopher StoltzHymn 263, omitting vv. 5 & 6: Lasst uns erfreuen (Vaughan Williams)Hymn 349: Nativity (Lahee)
5:40 pm Chamber Music Before EvensongIan de Massini – Piano (Cambridge)
Trois danses pour grande orchestre (Duruflé / de Massini)
6:15 pm College Evensong With string accompanimentResponses (Reading)Psalm 130Canticles Service in g (Purcell)Anthem My beloved spake (Purcell)Hymn 394: Luckington (Harwood)Preacher The Revd Dr Jessica Martin,
Fellow in English at Trinity and Fellow in Holy OrdersHymn 391: Gwalchmai (Jones)Voluntary Chacony for strings (Purcell)
17 Tuesday 6:15 pm Choral EvensongVoluntary Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658 (Bach)Introit Heilig, heilig ist Gott der Herr Zebaoth (Mendelssohn)Responses (Reading)Psalm 43 (Mendelssohn)1st Lesson Daniel 8: 18-26Canticles (Plainsong)2nd Lesson Revelation 11: 1-11Anthem Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 (Bach)Hymn 333, omitting v. 4: Michael (Howells)Final Responses (Smith)Voluntary An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 (Bach)
19 Thursday 6:15 pm Choral EvensongVoluntary Préambule (Vierne)Introit Bogoroditse Djevo (Pärt)Responses (Reading)Psalm 1001st Lesson Daniel 9: 20-endCanticles Truro Service (Jackson)2nd Lesson Revelation 12: 1-6Anthem Christus vincit (MacMillan)Hymn 128 (ii), omitting v. 3: Gonfalon Royal (Buck)Final Responses (Smith)Voluntary Hymne au soleil (Vierne)
22 Sunday Next Before Advent (St Cecilia)10:00 am Orchestral Mass
With Trinity College OrchestraHymn 499: St Cecilia (Hayne)Mass Kleine Orgelmesse, Hob. XXII: 7 (Haydn)1st Lesson Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14Hymn 200: St Andrew (Thorne)Gospel John 18: 33-37Preacher The Dean of ChapelHymn 15: St Stephen (Jones)Hymn 500: Irish (Ashworth’s Collection / 1760)Voluntary Toccata (Gigout)
5:00 pm Chamber Music Before EvensongRupert Compston (piano), Rosie Taylor (clarinet), Hanna Notte (violin), David Foster (cello)
Quatuor pour le fin du temps (Messiaen)
6:15 pm College Evensong Responses (Leighton)Psalm 108Canticles Service in G (Stanford)Anthem Alleluya, a new work is come on hand (Wishart)Hymn 383 (ii), omitting *: Aberystwyth (Joseph Parry)Preacher Professor Martin Rudwick, Professor Emeritus of History,
University of California, San DiegoHymn 362, t. 185: Abbot’s Leigh (Taylor)Voluntary Toccata on ‘Helmsley’ (Leighton)
24 Tuesday 6:15 pm Choral EvensongVoluntary Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op. 122 No. 8 (Brahms)Introit Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (Sandström)Responses (Leighton)Psalm 119: 1-161st Lesson Isaiah 40: 12-17Canticles Short Service (Weelkes)2nd Lesson Revelation 15: 1-4Anthem There is no rose (arr. Stevens)Hymn 401: Regent Square (Smart)Final Responses (Marlow)Voluntary Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Bach)
26 Thursday 6:15 pm Choral EvensongVoluntary Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Bach)Introit Ave Maria (Łukaszewski)Responses (Leighton)Psalm 1471st Lesson Isaiah 41: 8-20Canticles Service for Trebles (Weelkes)2nd Lesson Revelation 16: 12-endAnthem E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come (Manz)Hymn 404, omitting v. 2: Iste confessor (Poitiers Antiphoner)Final Responses (Marlow)Voluntary Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 (Bach)
Hymn 3 (ii): Cross of Jesus (Stainer)1st Lesson Jeremiah 33: 14-16Gospel Luke 21: 25-36Preacher The Reverend Christopher StoltzHymn 15: St Stephen (Jones)Hymn 7: Little Cornard (Shaw)
As is the rose that bare Jesu; Alleluia.For in this rose contained was
Heaven and earth in little space; Res miranda.By that rose we may well see
That he is God in persons three, Pari forma.The angels sungen the shepherds to:
Gloria in excelsis Deo: Gaudeamus.Leave we all this worldly mirth,
And follow we this joyful birth; Transeamus.
From a C15th carol roll, now in the College Library
Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm (before 1732)
Komm, Jesu, komm, Come, Jesu, come,mein Leib ist müde, my flesh is weary,die Kraft verschwindt my strength is fadingje mehr und mehr, more and more,ich sehne mich nach deinem Friede; I long for thy peace;der saure Weg wird mir zu schwer! the bitter path grows too hard for me!
Komm, komm, ich will mich dir ergeben; Come, come, I would give myself up to thee;du bist der rechte Weg, thou art the right path,die Wahrheit und das Leben. the truth and the life.
Drum schließ ich mich in deine Hände So I enfold myself in thy handsund sage, Welt, zu guter Nacht! and say, World, goodnight!Eilt gleich mein Lebenslauf zu Ende, Though the course of my life is running to its end ist doch der Geist wohl angebracht. the spirit is truly ready.Er soll bei seinem Schöpfer schweben, Let it dwell with its creator,weil Jesus ist und bleibt since Jesus is and ever shall beder wahre Weg zum Leben. the true way to life.
Henry Balfour Gardiner: Evening Hymn – Te lucis ante terminum (1908)
Te lucis ante terminum Before the ending of the day, Rerum Creator poscimus Creator of the world, we prayUt pro tua clementia That with thy wonted favour thouSis præsul et custodia. Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
Procul recedant somnia From all ill dreams defend our eyes,Et noctium phantasmata From nightly fears and fantasies;Hostemque nostrum comprime Tread under foot our ghostly foe,Ne polluantur corpora. That no pollution we may know.
Præsta, Pater piissime O Father, that we ask be done,Patrique compar unice Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son;Cum Spiritu Paraclito Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen. Doth live and reign eternally. Amen.
Office hymn at Compline, translated by J M Neale
Sir Arnold Bax: This worldes joie (1922)
Wynter wakeneth al my care, Winter wakens all my care,Nou this leves waxeth bare; Now these leaves grow bare;Ofte I sike ant mourne sare Often I sigh and sorely mournWhen hit cometh in my thoht When this world’s joyOf this worldes joie, Comes into my thought,Hou hit goth al to noht. How it all comes to nought.
Nou hit is, ant nou hit nys, Now it is, and now it is not,Al so hit ner nere, ywys. As though it had never been, I believe.That moni mon seith, soth hit ys: Many men say that it is true:Al goth bote Godes wille: Everything vanishes except God’s will:Alle we shule deye, thah us like ylle. We shall all die, though we like it ill.
Al that gren me graueth grene Everything green grows green for me,Nou hit faleweth albydene: Now it fades altogether:Jesu, help that hit be sene Jesus, help it to be seenAnt shild us from helle! And shield us from hell!For y not whider y shal, For I know not whither I shall go,Ne hou longe her duelle. Nor how long I shall dwell here.
Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen (1877)
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, Why has the light been given for such misery,Und das Leben den betrübten Herzen? and this life to afflicted spirits?Warum? Why?
Die des Todes warten und kommt nicht, For they wait for death that comes not,und grüben ihn wohl aus dem Verborgenen; and dig for it as they dig for hidden things;die sich fast freuen und sind fröhlich, and they rejoice and are contented, daß sie das Grab bekommen. when they at last may perish.Warum? Why?
Und dem Manne, deß Weg verborgen ist, Why is light given him whose ways are hid,und Gott vor ihm denselben bedekket. when God has veiled his pathway before him?Warum? Why?
Lasset uns unser Herz samt den Händen Let us all lift our hearts and our handsaufheben zu Gott im Himmel. to God in heaven.
Siehe, wir preisen selig, Truly we call them happydie erduldet haben. that have endured steadfast.Die Geduld Hiob habt ihr gehöret, Job and his patience you have all heard of,und das Ende des Herrn habt ihr gesehen; and the purpose of God by this was shown you;denn der Herr ist barmherzig und ein Erbarmer. for the Lord has compassion and plenteous mercy.
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, In peace and joy I go my way,in Gottes Willen, as God ordains it.getrost ist mir mein Herz und Sinn, My spirit has found grace this day;sanft und stille. He maintains it.Wie Gott mir verheißen hat, As He has made known to me,der Tod ist mir Schlaf worden. Death’s sleep shall come upon me.
Job 3: 20-23; Lamentations 3: 41; James 5: 11; Martin Luther 1524English version by Jean Lunn
Harry Bramma: Russian Contakion for the Departed
Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints:Where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.Thou only art immortal, the creator and maker of man:And we are mortal, formed of the earth, and unto earth shall we return:For so thou didst ordain, when thou createdst me saying:“Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return”.All we go down to the dust; and weeping o’er the grave we make our song: Alleluia.Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints:Where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.
Benjamin Britten: Agnus Dei (War Requiem, 1961-62)
One ever hangs where shelled roads part.In this war He too lost a limb,But His disciples hide apart;And now the Soldiers bear with Him.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,dona eis requiem.Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of theworld, grant them rest.
Near Golgotha strolls many a priest,And in their faces there is prideThat they were flesh-marked by the BeastBy whom the gentle Christ’s denied.
Agnus Dei …
The scribes on all the people shoveand bawl allegiance to the state,
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
But they who love the greater loveLay down their life; they do not hate.
Dona eis requiem.
Dona nobis pacem.Grant us thy peace.
From ‘At a Calvary near the Ancre’ by Wilfred Owen; Requiem Mass
Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb (1943)
Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and the Lamb.Nations, and languages, and every Creature, in which is the breath of Life.Let man and beast appear before him, and magnify his name together.Let Nimrod, the mighty hunter, bind a Leopard to the altar, and consecrate his spear to the Lord.Let Ishmael dedicate a Tyger, and give praise for the liberty in which the Lord has let him at large.Let Balaam appear with an Ass, and bless the Lord his people and his creatures for a reward eternal.Let Daniel come forth with a Lion, and praise God with all his might through faith in Christ Jesus.Let Ithamar minister with a Chamois, and bless the name of Him, that cloatheth the naked.Let Jakim with the Satyr bless God in the dance.Let David bless with the Bear – The beginning of victory to the Lord – to the Lord the perfection ofexcellence – Hallelujah from the heart of God, and from the hand of the artist inimitable, and fromthe echo of the heavenly harp in sweetness magnifical and mighty.
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him.For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.For he knows that God is his Saviour.For God has blessed him in the variety of his movements.For there is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest.For I am possessed of a cat, surpassing in beauty, from whom I take occasion to bless Almighty God.
For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour.For – this is a true case – Cat takes female mouse – male mouse will not depart, but standsthreat’ning and daring.….…. If you will let her go, I will engage you, as prodigious a creature as you are.For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour.For the Mouse is of an hospitable disposition.
For the flowers are great blessings.For the flowers have their angels even the words of God’s creation.For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary.For there is a language of flowers.For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.
For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour –For they said, he is besides himself.For the officers of the peace are at variance with me, and the watchman smites me with his staff.For Silly fellow! Silly fellow! is against me and belongeth neither to me nor to my family.For I am in twelve HARDSHIPS, but he that was born of a virgin shall deliver me out of all.
For H is a spirit and therefore he is God.For K is king and therefore he is God.For L is love and therefore he is God.For M is musick and therefore he is God.
For the instruments are by their rhimes.For the Shawm rhimes are lawn fawn moon boon and the like.For the harp rhimes are sing ring string and the like.For the cymbal rhimes are bell well toll soul and the like.For the flute rhimes are tooth youth suit mute and the like.For the Bassoon rhimes are pass class and the like.For the dulcimer rhimes are grace place beat heat and the like.For the Clarinet rhimes are clean seen and the like.For the trumpet rhimes are sound bound soar more and the like.For the TRUMPET of God is a blessed intelligence and so are all the instruments in HEAVEN.For GOD the father Almighty plays upon the HARP of stupendous magnitude and melody.For at that time malignity ceases and the devils themselves are at peace.For this time is perceptible to man by a remarkable stillness and serenity of soul.
Hallelujah from the heart of God, and from the hand of the artist inimitable, and from the echo of the heavenly harp in sweetness magnifical and mighty.
Civitas sancti tui facta est deserta. Thy holy cities are a wilderness,Sion deserta est, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem desolata est. Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah 64: 9-10
William Cornysh: Salve regina (early C16th)
Salve regina, mater misericordiæ: Hail, Queen, Mother of mercies:vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. our life, sweetness, and our hope, hail.Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evæ; We cry to you, exiled children of Eve;ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes we sigh to you, mourning and weepingin hac lacrimarum valle. in this vale of tears.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos Come then, our Advocate,misericordes oculos ad nos converte. turn your merciful eyes upon us.Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, And after this exile, show us Jesus,nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. blessed fruit of your womb.
Virgo mater ecclesiæ, Virgin Mother of the Church,eterna porta gloriæ, eternal gate of glory,esto nobis refugium be our safe harbourapud Patrem et Filium. with the Father and the Son.
O clemens. Virgo clemens, virgo pia, O kindly one. Kind Virgin, holy Virgin,virgo dulcis, O Maria, sweet Virgin, O Mary,exaudi preces omnium hear the prayers of allad te pie clamantium. who devoutly cry to you.
O pia. Funde preces tuo nato O holy one. Offer our prayers to your Soncrucifixo vulnerato who for us was crucified and wounded,et pro nobis flagellato, was beaten, pierced by thorns,spinis puncto, felle potato. and made to drink gall.
Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing (1964)
Take him, earth, for cherishing,To thy tender breast receive him.Body of a man I bring thee,Noble even in its ruin.
Once was this a spirit’s dwelling,By the breath of God created.High the heart that here was beating,Christ the prince of all its living.
Guard him well, the dead I give thee,Not unmindful of His creatureShall He ask it: He who made itSymbol of His mystery.
Comes the hour God hath appointedTo fulfil the hope of men,Then must thou, then must thouWhat I give, return again.
Not though ancient time decaying Wear away these bones to sand,Ashes that a man might measureIn the hollow of his hand:
Not though wandering winds and idleDrifting through the empty skyScatter dust was nerve and sinew,Is it given to man to die.
Once again the shining roadLeads to ample Paradise;Open are the woods again,That the Serpent lost for men.
Take, O take him, mighty Leader,Take again thy servant’s soul.Grave his name, and pour the fragrant Balm upon the icy stone.
Take him, earth, for cherishing,To thy tender breast receive him.Body of a man I bring thee,Noble even in its ruin.By the breath of God created.Christ the prince of all its living.Take him, earth, for cherishing.
Sing for the morning’s joy, Cecilia, sing, in words of youth and praises of the Spring, walk the bright colonnades by fountains’ spray, and sing as sunlight fills the waking day; till angels, voyaging in upper air, pause on a wing and gather the clear sound into celestial joy, wound and unwound, a silver chain, or golden as your hair.
Sing for your loves of heaven and of earth, in words of music, and each word a truth; marriage of heart and longings that aspire, a bond of roses, and a ring of fire. Your summertime grows short and fades away, terror must gather to a martyr’s death; but never tremble, the last indrawn breath remembers music as an echo may.
Through the cold aftermath of centuries, Cecilia’s music dances in the skies; lend us a fragment of the immortal air, that with your choiring angels we may share, a word to light us thro’ time-fettered night, water of life, or rose of paradise, so from the earth another song shall rise to meet your own in heaven’s long delight.
Ursula Vaughan Williams
Alonso Lobo: Versa est in luctum (from the obsequies of Philip II of Spain, 1602)
Versa est in luctum cithara mea, My harp is turned to mourninget organum meum in vocem flentium. and my music into the voice of those that weep.Parce mihi Domine, Spare me, O Lord, nihil enim sunt dies mei. for my days are nothing.
Job 30: 31; Job 7: 16
Pawel Łukaszewski: Ave Maria (1992)
Ave Maria, gratia plena; Hail Mary, full of grace;Dominus tecum: The Lord is with thee:Benedicta tu in mulieribus, Blessed art thou among women,et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus. And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.Amen. Amen.
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe,und Friede auf Erdenund den Menschen ein Wohlgefallen!Wir loben dich, wir benedeien dich, wir beten dich an, wir preisen dich, wir sagen dir Dank um deiner großen
Herrlichkeit willen.Herr Gott! Himmlischer König!
Allmächtiger Vater! Herr, du eingeborner Sohn, Jesu Christe! Herr, Gott, du Lamm Gottes, Sohn des Vaters! Der du die Sünde der Welt trägst,
erbarme dich unser!Der du die Sünde der Welt trägst,
nimm an unser Gebet! Der du sitzest zur Rechten des Vaters,
erbarme dich unser! Denn du allein bist heilig,
denn du allein bist der Herr,du allein bist der Allerhöchste, Jesus Christus mit dem heiligen Geiste in der Herrlichkeit Gottes des Vaters.Amen!
Felix Mendelssohn: Heilig ist Gott (1846)
Heilig, heilig, heilig ist Gott der Herr Zebaoth! Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.Alle Lande sind seiner Ehre voll. Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.Hosianna in der Höh! Hosanna in the highest.Gelobt sei der da kommt im Namen des Herrn! Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.Hosianna in der Höh! Hosanna in the highest.
Sanctus from the Mass
Vytautas Miškinis: Angelis suis Deus
Angelis suis Deus mandavit de te, For he shall give his angels charge over thee,ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis. to keep thee in all thy ways.In manibus portabunt te, They shall bear thee up in their hands,ne unquam offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum. lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psalm 91: 11-12 (Vulgate: Psalm 90)
Glory be to God on high,peace on earth,good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we glorify thee, we praise thee, we give thanks to thee
for thy great glory.O Lord God, heavenly King,
God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only begotten Son Jesus Christ;O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the
Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy;
thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father.Amen.
Bogoróditse Djévo Rádujssja, Rejoice, O Virgin Mary, full of grace, blagodátnaja Maríje, Gosspód ssTobóju; the Lord is with thee: blagosslovjéna Ty v zhenách blessed art thou among women, i blagosslovjén plod chrjéva Tvojégó, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, jáko Sspássa rodilá jeessí dush náschikh. for thou hast borne the Saviour of our souls.
Luke 1: 28, 42
U‘gis Prauli ,nš: Credo (Missa Rigensis, 2002)
Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem,factorem cœli et terræ,visibilium omnium, et invisibilium.Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum,Filium Dei unigenitum.Et ex Patre natum ante omnia sæcula.Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,Deum verum de Deo vero.Genitum, non factum, consubstantialem Patri,per quem omnia facta sunt.Qui propter nos homines,et propter nostram salutem descendit de cælis.Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sanctoex Maria Virgine. Et homo factus est.Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato,passus, et sepultus est.Et resurrexit tertia die, secundum scripturas.Et ascendit in cælum,sedet ad dexteram Patris.Et iterum venturus est cum gloria,judicare vivos et mortuos,cujus regni non erit finis.Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum,et vivificantem,qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoraturet conglorificatur, qui locutus est per Prophetas.Et unam, sanctam, catholicam,
et apostolicam Ecclesiam.Confiteor unum baptisma
in remissionem peccatorum.Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum.Et vitam venturi sæculi. Amen.
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,maker of heaven and earth,and of all things visible and invisible;and in one Lord Jesus Christ,the only begotten Son of God,begotten of his Father before all worlds;God of God, light of Light,very God of very God,begotten not made, being of one substance with the
Father, by whom all things were made;who for us men and for our salvationcame down from heaven,and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin
Mary, and was made man;and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;he suffered and was buried.And the third day he rose again according to the
scriptures, and ascended into heaven,and sitteth at the right hand of the Father;and he will come again in glory to judge both the
quick and the dead,whose kingdom will have no end.And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, the
giver of life, who proceedeth from the Fatherand the Son, who with the Father and the Sontogether is worshipped and glorified;
who spake by the prophets.And I believe one holy Catholic
and Apostolic Church;I acknowledge one baptism
for the remission of sins,and I look for the resurrection of the dead,and the life of the world to come. Amen.
My beloved spake, and said unto me,rise, my love, my fair one, and come away.For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;the flowers appear upon the earth;and the time of the singing of birds is come. Hallelujah!And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.Rise, rise, my love, my fair one, and come away.My beloved is mine, and I am his. Hallelujah!
Song of Solomon 2: 10-13, 16
Michael Praetorius / Jan Sandström: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (1995)
Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen A Rose has sprung upaus einer Wurzel zart, from a bitter root, als uns die Alten sungen: as our elders sang to us:von Jesse kam die Art he comes of the lineage of Jesseund hat ein Blümlein bracht and has brought a bud to bloommitten im kalten Winter in the midst of cold winter,wohl zu der halben Nacht. in the depths of the night.
Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng (Köln, 1599)
Urmas Sisask: Benedictio (1991)
Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus, May almighty God bless you,Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus. Amen. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via (1905)
Beati quorum via integra est: Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way:qui ambulant in lege Domini. and walk in the law of the Lord.
Psalm 119: 1
Charles Villiers Stanford: Justorum animæ (1905)
Justorum animæ in manu Dei sunt, The souls of the just are in the hand of God,et non tanget illos tormentum malitiæ. and the torment of malice shall not touch them:Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, in the sight of the unwise they seemed to die,illi autem sunt in pace. but they are in peace.
O admirabile commercium: O wonderful exchange:creator generis humani, the creator of the human race,animatum corpus sumens, taking our living flesh upon him,de virgine nasci dignatus est; deigns to be born of a virgin;et procedens homo sine semine, and, coming forth as man, without seed,largitus est nobis suam deitatem. bestows his divinity upon us.
First antiphon at Second Vespers of the feast of Circumcision
Steven Stucky: O sacrum convivium (2005)
O sacrum convivium O sacred feast in quo Christus sumitur: in which Christ is taken:recolitur memoria passionis eius; the memory of his Passion is recalled:mens impletur gratia the soul is filled with thanks:et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur. and a promise is given to us of future glory.
St Thomas Aquinas, Antiphon for the Feast of Corpus Christi
Thomas Tallis: If ye love me
If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father,and he shall give you another Comforter,that he may bide with you for ever,e’en the spirit of truth.
John 14: 15-17
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis
Loquebantur variis linguis Apostoli The Apostles spoke in different languagesmagnalia Dei, Alleluia. of the great deeds of God, Alleluia.Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, et coeperunt loqui: magnalia Dei, and began to speak of the great deeds of God, Alleluia. Alleluia.Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Alleluia. Holy Spirit. Alleluia.
O nata lux de lumine, O Light of light, by love inclined,Jesu redemptor sæculi, Jesus, redeemer of mankind,dignare clemens supplicum With loving-kindness deign to hearlaudes precesque sumere. From suppliant voices praise and prayer.Qui carne quondam contegi Thou who to raise our souls from helldignatus es pro perditis Didst deign in fleshly form to dwell,nos membra confer effici Vouchsafe us, when our race is run,tui beati corporis. In thy fair Body to be one.
Office Hymn for Lauds on the Feast of the Transfiguration
Thomas Tallis: Why fumeth in sight the Gentiles’ spite (1567)
Why fumeth in sight the Gentiles’ spite,in fury raging stout?Why taketh in hand the people fond,vain things to bring about?The kings arise, the lords devise,in counsels met thereto;against the Lord with false accord,against his Christ they go.
Psalm 2: 1, 2
John Tavener: Mother of God, here I stand (The Veil of the Temple, 2002)
Mother of God, here I stand now praying, before this ikon of your radiant brightness;not praying to be saved from a battlefield, not giving thanks, nor seeking forgiveness for the sins of my soul, nor for all the soulsnumb, joyless and desolate on earth. But for her alone, whom I wholly give you.
Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841)and Byzantine liturgy, translated by Mother Thekla
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum (1572)
O quam gloriosum est regnum, O how glorious is the kingdom,in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti. wherein all the Saints rejoice with Christ!Amicti stolis albis, Clothed in white robes,sequuntur Agnum quocumque ierit. they follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
IWithout arms or charm of culture, persons of no importance from an unimportant Province, theydid as the Spirit bid, went forth into a joyless world of swords and rhetoric to bring it joy.
When they heard the Word, some demurred, some mocked, some were shocked. But many werestirred and the Word spread. Lives long dead were quickened to life; the sick were healed by theTruth revealed; released into peace from the gin of old sin, men forgot themselves in the glory ofthe story told by the Twelve.
Then the Dark Lord, adored by this world, perceived the threat of the light to his might. From histhrone he spoke to his own. The loud crowd, the sedate engines of State, were moved by his will tokill. It was done. One by one they were caught, tortured, and slain.
IIO Lord, my God,Though I forsake TheeForsake me not,But guide me as I walkThrough the Valley of MistrustAnd let the cry of my disbelieving absenceCome unto Thee,Thou who declared unto Moses:I SHALL BE THERE.
IIIChildren play about the ancestral graves:
for the dead no longer walk.Excellent still in their splendour are the antique statues:
but can do neither good nor evil.Beautiful still are the starry heavens:
but our Fate is not written there.Holy still is Speech, but there is no sacred tongue:
the Truth may be told in all.
Twelve as the winds and the months are those who taught us these things:Envisaging each in an oval glory, let us praise them all with a merry noise.