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July and August 2017

WELCOME The beginning of July marks the end of the Choir year and the Cathedral Choir enjoys a well-deserved break, but the daily round continues our work of prayer and praise. In this we are generously supported by visiting choirs from around the world. It is for us, a reminder both of the breadth of our ministry here at Wells and of the mysterious and incalculable nature of the Body of Christ. You will also find in this publication details of the many concerts which continue throughout the summer months. We hope very much that you will join us when you can.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

Communicant members of other churches in good standing are welcome to receive the Sacrament in this church if they so desire.

IN RESIDENCE June 25 – July 1: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean July 2 – 8: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor July 9 – 15: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer July 16 – 22: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean July 23 – 29: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor July 30 – August 5: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean August 6 – 12: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells August 13 – 20: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor August 21 – 26: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean August 27 – September 2: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR The Cathedral’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, Mr Matthew Owens, is always pleased to hear from parents of prospective choristers. Scholarships and additional bursaries for Wells Cathedral School, which all choristers attend, are available. For more information, or about choral and organ scholarships at the cathedral, please telephone 01749 834213 or email [email protected] USE OF INCENSE At certain services throughout the year, incense is used to enhance the festal nature of the day. These services are marked with an asterisk (*). PHOTOGRAPHY AND RECORDING No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter. CONTACT DETAILS FOR WELLS CATHEDRAL Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 674483 e: [email protected] w: www.wellscathedral.org.uk

JUNE 25 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Lefébure-Wély Récit de Hautbois, Op. 122, No. 3 Hymns 148, SP 253 (t. 157), 436, 439 Widor Messe solennelle Preacher: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Communion Proper: Quod dico vobis in tenebris Vierne Berceuse (from ‘24 Pièces en style libre’) Franck Panis angelicus Vierne Carillon du Longpont (from ‘24 Pièces en style libre’)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 33-48 Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat Hymns 234 (t. ii), 340 Stanford O for a closer walk with God Whitlock Andante Religioso (from ‘Plymouth Suite’)

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral), attended by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset Bullock Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 73-88 Wood Evening Service in E Hymns 368, 353 Wood Great Lord of Lords Preacher: The Reverend Jeremy Hellier, formerly Chaplain, Wellington School, Past Provincial Grand Chaplain Howells Paean (from ‘Six pieces for Organ’) _________________________________________________________________________ 26 MONDAY Decani verses

8.00 a.m. MORNING LITURGY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tavener Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-176 Jeremy Woodside Fauxbourdon Service Howells God be in my head _________________________________________________________________________ 27 TUESDAY


12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tavener Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128 Mathias Jesus College Service 129, 130, 131 Howard Skempton To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul

JUNE/JULY 28 WEDNESDAY: Irenaeus, bishop, teacher of the faith, c.200


9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138 Victoria Magnificat sexti toni Hymn 171 (omit *) Tone VI Nunc dimittis Byrd Tu es Petrus _________________________________________________________________________ 29 THURSDAY: Peter and Paul, Apostles


5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG* (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tavener Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 124 Howells Evening Service in B minor Hymn 216 (t. 433) Duruflé Tu es Petrus _________________________________________________________________________ 30 FRIDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Stuart Beer Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148 Malcolm Magnificat primi toni Matthew Owens Nunc dimittis primi toni Lesley Jane Rogers Justorum animae (first performance) _________________________________________________________________________ 1 SATURDAY


3.00 p.m. ORDINATION OF PRIESTS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Duruflé Prélude sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7, i Martin Messe pour double choeur Preacher: The Venerable Jackie Searle, Archdeacon of Gloucester Communion Proper: Christus resurgens ex mortuis Dupré Ave verum corpus Gabriel Jackson O sacrum convivium Duruflé Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7, ii

JULY 2 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.30 a.m. ORDINATION OF DEACONS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge C-dur, BWV 545 Mozart Missa Brevis C-dur, K. 259 ‘Orgel-solo Messe’ Preacher: The Venerable Jackie Searle, Archdeacon of Gloucester Communion Proper: Christus resurgens ex mortuis J.S. Bach Adagio (from Concerto in a-moll, BWV 593, ii) Elgar The Spirit of the Lord (Prologue from ‘The Apostles’) Vierne Carillon de Westminster

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalm 12 Parry Great Service Hymns 461, 239 Attwood Come, Holy Ghost Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean Franck Choral III

5.00 p.m. ORDINATION OF ADAM BURNHAM (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Duruflé Prélude sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7, i Martin Messe pour double choeur Preacher: The Right Reverend Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells Dupré Ave verum corpus Communion Proper: Christus resurgens ex mortuis Gabriel Jackson O sacrum convivium Duruflé Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7, ii _________________________________________________________________________ 3 MONDAY: Thomas the Apostle Cantoris verses


5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG* (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 139 Tallis Service in the Dorian Mode Hymn 225 (t. i) Victoria O decus apostolicum _________________________________________________________________________ 4 TUESDAY


10.30 a.m. DIOCESAN SCHOOLS’ SERVICE


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 22, 23 Howells New College Service David Briggs I will lift up mine eyes

6.30 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Song Squad

JULY 5 WEDNESDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29 Lassus Magnificat primi toni ‘Susanne un jour’ Tone I Nunc dimittis Victoria Estote fortes in bello _________________________________________________________________________ 6 THURSDAY


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: James Kealey (Senior Organ Scholar, Wells Cathedral)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 32, 33, 34 Philip Moore Third Service Philip Wilby A Prayer for St Thomas _________________________________________________________________________ 7 FRIDAY


11.00 a.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL END OF YEAR SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra _________________________________________________________________________ 8 SATURDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 41, 42, 43 Whitlock Evening Service in D Hymns 342 (t. i), 360 Balfour-Gardiner Te lucis ante terminum

JULY 9 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Diana Burrell Fragment I & II Hymns 377, 492, 484 (t. 167), CP 103 (t. 469) Harvey Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Communion Proper: Gustate et videte, quoniam suavis est Dominus Thomas Neal Alle Menschen müßen sterben Harvey I love the Lord Langlais Hymne d'Action de Grâce “Te Deum”

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 46 Britten Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in C Hymns 444, 486 Bainton And I saw a new heaven Stanford Postlude in G, Op. 101, v

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalm 48 Walton Chichester Service Hymns 336, 373 (Coe Fen) Eric Whitacre i thank You God for most this amazing day Preacher: The Reverend Rosey Lunn, Vicar of Alham Vale Benefice Walton, arr. Gower Orb and Sceptre

The Cathedral Choir is on summer vacation following Evensong, and resumes singing services on Saturday 9 September _________________________________________________________________________ 10 MONDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54 Morley Fauxbourdon Service Friedell Draw us in the Spirit’s tether _________________________________________________________________________ 11 TUESDAY: Benedict, abbot, c.550



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 60, 61 Howells Collegium Regale Philip Dietterich Followers of the Lamb

JULY 12 WEDNESDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 65 Gabriel Jackson Truro Service Bairstow The King of Love my Shepherd is _________________________________________________________________________ 13 THURSDAY


1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS, RECITAL 16: Matthew Owens

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sanders Preces and Responses Psalms 69, 70 Brewer Evening Service in F Byrd Teach me, O Lord _________________________________________________________________________ 14 FRIDAY: John Keble, priest, poet, 1866


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 73 vv 1-14 Child Evening Service in E minor Greene Lord, let me know mine end _________________________________________________________________________ 15 SATURDAY: Swithun, bishop, c. 862


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 78 vv 1-17 Wood Evening Service in E flat (No. 2) Hymns 451, 252 J.S. Bach O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118

JULY 16 SUNDAY: THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Hymns 285, 140, 302, 476 Darke Communion Service in E (Collegium Regale) Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean David Kates I am the Bread of Life Parry Chorale Prelude on Croft’s 136th

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 81 Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in B flat Hymns 232, 368 Zebulon Highben St Teresa’s Blessing

12.30 p.m. BAPTISM

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Mark’s Church, Geneva, IL, U.S.A.) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 82 Bryan Kelly Evening Service in C Hymns 242, 361 Sumsion Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace Preacher: The Reverend Tobie Osmund, Priest-in-charge Wells St Thomas with Horrington, and Rurual Dean of Shepton Mallet _________________________________________________________________________ 17 MONDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 18 TUESDAY




JULY 19 WEDNESDAY: Gregory, bishop, and Macrina, deaconess, teachers of the faith, c. 394 and c. 379



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Swan Singers) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 98 Farrant Evening Service in G minor Tallis If ye love me _________________________________________________________________________ 20 THURSDAY


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of the Blue Coat School, Coventry) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 104 vv 1-10 Stanford Evening Service in B flat Elgar Ecce sacerdos magnus _________________________________________________________________________ 21 FRIDAY


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Academia Music

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of the Blue Coat School, Coventry) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 106 vv 1-12 Batten Magnificat (Fourth Service) Hymn 174 (t. 195 omit *) Burgon Nunc Dimittis Handel How beautiful are the feet; He that dwelleth in heaven; Thou shalt break them; Hallelujah (from ‘Messiah’) _________________________________________________________________________ 22 SATURDAY: Mary Magdalene


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING

5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG* (Choir of the Blue Coat School, Coventry) Smith Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 63 Heathcote Statham Evening Service in E minor Hymns 174 (t. 195 omit *), Mendelssohn Hear my prayer 353

JULY 23 SUNDAY: THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Choir of the Blue Coat School, Coventry) Hymns 205, 391, 271, 427 Gounod Messe brève in C Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Gerald Cohen Adonai Ro’i S.S. Wesley Choral Song

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Choir of the Blue Coat School, Coventry) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 110 Victoria Te Deum Hymns 234 (t. ii), 372 J.R. Middleton (Chant) Jubilate Deo Howard Goodall The Lord is my Shepherd

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of the Blue Coat School, Coventry) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 114 Sumsion Evening Service in A Hymns 394, 239 Wood O Thou, the central orb Preacher: The Reverend Dr Simon Bale, Vicar of the Benefice of Bridgwater St Francis _________________________________________________________________________ 24 MONDAY


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Harlow Chorus

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Michael Bedford Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-16 Morley Fauxbourdon Service Hymn 175 Carson Cooman O Lord, support us _________________________________________________________________________ 25 TUESDAY: James the Apostle



5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG* (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Michael Bedford Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 94 Dyson Evening Service in F Hymn 175 Parry Dear Lord and Father of mankind

JULY 26 WEDNESDAY: Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Michael Bedford Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-160 Sumsion Evening Service in G Gerald Near My song shall be always of the loving kindness of the Lord _________________________________________________________________________ 27 THURSDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 28 FRIDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Michael Bedford Preces and Responses Psalms 137, 138 Murill Evening Service in E Sowerby I will lift up mine eyes _________________________________________________________________________ 29 SATURDAY: Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, companions of Our Lord


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Michael Bedford Preces and Responses Psalm 142 Gibbons Short Service Hymns 464, 468 Rorem Sing, my soul, His wondrous love

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Somerset Chamber Choir – The English Genius

JULY/AUGUST 30 SUNDAY: THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Hymns 440 (omit *), 393, 333, 336 Philip Stopford Belfast Centenary Eucharist Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Davies, Dean Elgar Ave verum corpus Mushel Toccata

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Michael Bedford Preces and Responses Psalm 145 Stanford Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in C Hymns 233, 358 (t. ii) Simon Lole My spirit longs for Thee

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, U.S.A.) Michael Bedford Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148 Stanford Evening Service in C Hymns 240, 420 Michael Fili Be glad in the Lord Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Noel Hector, Rector of East Clevedon with Clapton in Gordano, Walton in Gordano, and Weston in Gordano _________________________________________________________________________ 31 MONDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Ravenscroft Singers) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 149, 150 Stainer Evening Service in B flat Stanford Justorum animae _________________________________________________________________________ 1 TUESDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Ravenscroft Singers) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 8 Stanford Evening Service in G Sumsion They that go down to the sea in ships

AUGUST 2 WEDNESDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Ravenscroft Singers) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 14 Tavener Collegium Regale Wood Hail, gladdening light _________________________________________________________________________ 3 THURSDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Clerkes of Old Sarum) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalm 18 vv 1-19 Andreas Fauxbourdon Service John Joubert O Lorde, the maker of al thing _________________________________________________________________________ 4 FRIDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Ravenscroft Singers) Reading Preces and Responses Psalm 22 vv 1-18 Purcell Evening Service in G minor Lotti Crucifixus _________________________________________________________________________ 5 SATURDAY: Oswald, king, martyr, 642


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Ravenscroft Singers) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalm 29 Howells Evening Service in G Hymns 242, 363 Tallis O nata lux

AUGUST 6 SUNDAY: THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST* (The Ravenscroft Singers) Hymns 338 (omit *), 234 (t. ii), 433, 296 (t. i) Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar Ola Gjeilo Ubi caritas J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545

11.30 a.m. MATINS (The Ravenscroft Singers) Leighton Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 150 Britten Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in C Hymns 235, 178 Bairstow Let all mortal flesh keep silence

3.00 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG* (The Ravenscroft Singers) Rose Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 72 Bryan Kelly Evening Service in C Hymns 286, 399 Morten Lauridsen O Nata Lux Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, Sub Dean _________________________________________________________________________ 7 MONDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 37 vv 1-20 Gibbons Short Service Tallis Salvator mundi _________________________________________________________________________ 8 TUESDAY: Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalms 42, 43 Tomkins Second Service Parsons Deliver me from mine enemies

AUGUST 9 WEDNESDAY: Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 47 Sumsion Evening Service in A Palestrina Confessio et pulchritudo _________________________________________________________________________ 10 THURSDAY: Laurence, deacon, martyr, 258


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Barry Rose, OBE (formerly of Guildford, St Paul’s and St Albans Cathedrals)

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 11 FRIDAY: Clare of Assisi, founder of the Poor Clares, 1253


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalms 60, 61 Rogers The Sharp Service Blow Salvator mundi _________________________________________________________________________ 12 SATURDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 65 Noble Evening Service in A minor Hymns 456, 424 Darke O gladsome light

AUGUST 13 SUNDAY: THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Hymns 345, 431, 461, 372 Padilla Missa ‘Ego flos campi’ Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Colin Mawby Ave verum corpus Dupré Finale (from Sept Pieces Op. 27)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 68 vv 1-10 Sumsion Te Deum in G Hymns 233, 376 Stanford Jubilate Deo in B flat Villette Hymn à la Vierge

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir) Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 69 vv 1-12 Darke Evening Service in F Hymns 464, 495 Elgar The spirit of the Lord is upon me Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor _________________________________________________________________________ 14 MONDAY


5.15 p.m. FESTAL EVENSONG* (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Hancock Preces and Responses Psalm 73 vv 1-14 Dyson Evening Service in D Hymn 182 Wood Hail, gladdening light _________________________________________________________________________ 15 TUESDAY: The Blessed Virgin Mary



5.15 p.m. FESTAL EUCHARIST* (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Craig Phillips Communion Service in G Hymns 185, 188 (t. ii, omit *) Britten Hymn to the Virgin Dupre Ave Maris Stella, Finale (Op. 18, No.9)

AUGUST 16 WEDNESDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Hancock Preces and Responses Psalm 82 Stanford Evening Service in A Stanford Beati quorum via _________________________________________________________________________ 17 THURSDAY


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Hancock Preces and Responses Psalm 93 D. Purcell Evening Service in E minor Whitlock Be still, my soul _________________________________________________________________________ 19 SATURDAY


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Hancock Preces and Responses Psalms 98, 99 Leighton Second Service Hymns 466, 477 Ireland Greater love hath no man

AUGUST 20 SUNDAY: THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Hymns 134, 366, 353, 410 Vierne Messe Solennelle Preacher: The Venerable Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Whitacre Lux Aurumque Stanford Postlude on a theme of Gibbons

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Hancock Preces and Responses Psalm 103 Craig Phillips Te Deum and Jubilate Deo Hymns 237, 349 Arvo Pärt The Beatitudes

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, U.S.A.) Hancock Preces and Responses Psalm 104 vv 1-23 Howells Gloucester Service Hymns 255, 248 (t. ii) Paul Halley Bring us, O Lord God Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor _________________________________________________________________________ 21 MONDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 22 TUESDAY




AUGUST 23 WEDNESDAY



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 24 THURSDAY: Bartholomew the Apostle




5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 26 SATURDAY


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Sussex Festival Singers) Martin Neary Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 145-160 Holman Evening Service in F Hymns 64, 250 Tallis If ye love me

AUGUST 27 SUNDAY: THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Sussex Festival Singers) Hymns 214 (t. ii), 472 (t. ii), 297, 272 Haydn Missa ‘Rorate coeli desuper’ Morley Agnus Dei Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Mozart Ave verum corpus Vierne Finale (from Symphony No. 1)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Sussex Festival Singers) Martin Neary Preces and Responses Psalm 121 Stanford Te Deum in B flat Hymns 499, 467 Hope Jubilate Deo in C Bruckner Locus iste

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Sussex Festival Singers) Martin Neary Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127 Brewer Evening Service in D Hymns 446, 458 Bairstow Save us, O Lord, waking Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor _________________________________________________________________________ 28 MONDAY: Augustine, bishop, teacher of the faith, 430


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 29 TUESDAY: Beheading of John the Baptist




AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 30 WEDNESDAY: John Bunyan, spiritual writer, 1688



1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Sorø Abbey Church Boys’ Choir

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 31 THURSDAY: Aidan, bishop, missionary, 651




5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Edmund Hall College, Oxford) Smith Preces and Responses Psalm 8 Stanford Evening Service in C Howells Like as the hart _________________________________________________________________________ 2 SATURDAY


1.30 p.m. WEDDING

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Choir of St Peter’s Church, Nottingham) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 14 Blair Evening Service in B minor Hymns 414, 343 Tallis O Lord, give Thy Holy Spirit

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Royal Patron:HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO

Boys have sung in Wells Cathedral for over 1100 years; girls began in 1994. Day by day, 18 boys and 18 girls sing in their own treble lines with the men – the 12 Vicars Choral. They often come together for major feast days, concerts, tours, and other special events to perform as The Great Choir.

The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust has been providing bursaries to support choristers’ education since 2000, recognizing that singing in a cathedral choir is the best foundation for children with musical gifts. Professional performers and composers from all branches of classical and popular music acknowledge their debt to the early routine of daily singing to the highest standards. Britain’s reputation as a musical nation is, in no small part, due to this great choral tradition and the formative experience it gives to talented youngsters.

With the support of its Royal Patron, HRH The Countess of Wessex, the Trust is determined that no child with musical talent should miss out on these opportunities for financial reasons. The Trust’s aim is to raise enough money to fund all thirty-six choristers. This is some way off, and it needs your support for our appeal to help us reach this goal.

The Trust’s website has more information and provides an opportunity to make a donation. Please visit it as soon as you can: www.wcct.co.uk

‘probably the finest English cathedral choir at the moment’Gramophone Magazine

President:Lord(Michael)Berkeley,CBE

ArtisticDirector:MatthewOwens

Wells Cathedral Commissions invites you to join its growing group of commissioners to help bring important new works into the repertoire of Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition. Now in its tenth year, Cathedral Commissions has commissioned new works by some of the UK’s finest composers: Richard Allain, Michael Berkeley CBE, Judith Bingham, Jonathan Dove, Gabriel Jackson, John Joubert, Sir James MacMillan, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE, Tarik O’Regan, Howard Skempton, Sir John Tavener, and Judith Weir CBE. We are accepting donations for our 2017 and 2018 commissions, by Howard Skempton and Thea Musgrave, respectively. Being a Cathedral Commissioner enables you to become part of a group that shares the unique experience of enabling a new piece of music to come into being. As a Cathedral Commissioner you will: • be invited to the main rehearsal for the premiere of the work, with the composer in attendance • be a VIP guest at the premiere • have your score signed by the composer at a special reception • have your name printed in the score; this may include a dedication to a family member or a friend • be kept up to date with the progress of the work after its premiere • directly support the work of a contemporary composer • directly support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition For further details please contact: Dr Nicholas Hooper, Cathedral Commissions Administrator a: Wells Cathedral Music Office, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 832204 e: [email protected]

RECENT RELEASE FROM WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR

Featuring the world premiere recording of Missa Wellensis and the Preces and Responses (both written for Wells Cathedral Choir in 2013) alongside other choral works of Tavener,

including his world-famous Song for Athene

“[A] fervently committed performance by the Wells Cathedral Choir… thrilling attack… resplendent tutti singing… and the searching unison lines… all betoken expert

preparation and genuine identification with the music. A moving programme, devotedly sung and sensitively directed by Matthew Owens.”

(BBC Music Magazine, November 2016)

COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CATHEDRAL SHOP

www.wellscathedral.org.uk

Documents

July and August 2017 - Welcome to Wells Cathedral in … · · 2017-11-30WELCOME The beginning of July marks the end of the Choir year and the Cathedral Choir enjoys a well-deserved