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Services and Music List

September and October 2015

WELCOME At the beginning of September we welcome the Cathedral Choir and musicians back from their summer break. There is a real sense in which the community is refreshed by this long vacation. Several have been farewelled and, of course, there are new members of the foundation. So although we return to a familiar pattern, we are never the same, and the way we reflect the world to God in our worship and reflect God back to the world in our life together will constantly change. It is a sign of life and growth. 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.

CANONS IN RESIDENCE August 23 – September 5: covered by various members of the Chapter September 6 – 19: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor September 20 – 26: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer September 27 – October 3: The Very Reverend John Clarke, Dean October 4 – 17: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor October 18 – 24: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer October 25 – November 7: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor

WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR The Cathedral’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, 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] 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

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 30 SUNDAY: THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

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

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wessex Chamber Choir) Hymns 362 (t. 285), 456, 302, 453 Andrew Millington Missa Alme Pater Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Grieg Ave maris stella Saint-Saëns Fugue in B, Op. 99 no. 2

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wessex Chamber Choir) Leighton Preces and Responses Hymns 425, 361 Sumsion Te Deum in G Psalm 145 Dearnley Jubilate Deo Stainer How beautiful upon the mountains

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wessex Chamber Choir) Leighton Preces and Responses Hymns 394, 383 (t. ii) Stanford Evening Service in A Psalms 147, 148 Wood Hail, gladdening light Preacher: The Very Reverend John Clarke, Dean _________________________________________________________________________ 31 MONDAY: Aidan, bishop, missionary, 651

7.30 a.m. MATINS

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 1 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

SEPTEMBER 2 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 3 THURSDAY: Gregory the Great, bishop, teacher of the faith, 604

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5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 4 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 5 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


The Cathedral Choir resumes singing services today, after its summer vacation

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG with the surplicing of Probationer Choristers, and the induction of Head and Deputy Head Choristers (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers, and

Vicars Choral) David Goodenough I will sing with the spirit Hymns 336, 352 Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28 Dyson Evening Service in D Elgar Give unto the Lord Preacher: The Reverend Canon Jeremy Davies, Precentor Emeritus, Salisbury Cathedral

SEPTEMBER 6 SUNDAY: THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 498, 414, CP 301, 362 (t. 185) Croce Missa prima: sexti toni Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Vovete, et reddite Domino Deo vestro Byrd Venite comedite panem meum J.S. Bach Fantasia G-dur, BWV 572

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Hymns 64, 112 Macpherson Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in E Psalm 30 Macpherson Thou, O God, art praised in Zion

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Hymns 345, 248 (t. ii) Gabriel Jackson Truro Service Psalm 34 Gabriel Jackson The Lord’s Prayer Preacher: The Reverend Nigel Rawlinson, Associate Priest, Bath Weston All Saints with North Stoke and Langridge _________________________________________________________________________ 7 MONDAY Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Hymn 181 (t. ii) Tomkins Fauxbourdon Service Psalm 37 Parsons Ave Maria _________________________________________________________________________ 8 TUESDAY: The Blessed Virgin Mary

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Howard Skempton Missa Brevis Hymns 185, 33 (omit *) Communion Proper: Beata viscera Mariae Virginis Howard Skempton Ave virgo sanctissima Naji Hakim Incantation (Mater admirablis) et Danse (Ave maris stella)


7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 47, 48, 49 Batten Short Service Byrd O gloriosa Domina _________________________________________________________________________ 10 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Marcus Wibberley (Hexham Abbey)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55 Whitlock Evening Service in D Elgar Ave Maria _________________________________________________________________________ 11 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalms 59, 60, 61 Tone I Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Berkeley Salve Regina

7.30 p.m. CONCERT: The Sixteen _________________________________________________________________________ 12 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

2.00 p.m. SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG with celebration of HM The Queen as the longest reigning monarch (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral)

Rose Preces and Responses Hymns 493, 433 Stanford Evening Service in C Psalms 65, 66, 67 Parry I was glad

SEPTEMBER 13 SUNDAY: THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 439, 267, 339, 375 Walton Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Communion Proper: Qui vult venire post me Finzi Welcome sweet and sacred feast Grayston Ives Intrada

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Hymns 472 (t. ii), 376 Ireland Te Deum and Benedictus in F Psalm 68 vv 1-10 Mendelssohn Verleih uns Frieden

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Hymns 393, 353 Byrd Second Service Psalm 70 Tallis Salvator mundi Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor _________________________________________________________________________ 14 MONDAY: Holy Cross Day Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Berkeley Missa Brevis Hymns CP 499, 95 Communion Proper: Per signum Crucis de inimicis nostris libera nos Leighton Prelude, Op. 41, i _________________________________________________________________________ 15 TUESDAY: Cyprian, bishop, martyr, 258

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Psalm 78 Rachmaninov Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (from Vespers, Op. 37) Rachmaninov To thee, O Lord

SEPTEMBER 16 WEDNESDAY: Ninian, bishop, c. 432

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5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Friðrik Walker Preces and Responses Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 Macpherson Evening Service in E David Briggs Holy is the true light _________________________________________________________________________ 17 THURSDAY: Hildegard, abbess, visionary, 1179

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS, RECITAL 05: Matthew Owens

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 89 Tomkins Fourth Service Tomkins I heard a voice _________________________________________________________________________ 18 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.45 a.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL BEGINNING OF TERM SERVICE

2.00 p.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL JUNIOR SCHOOL BEGINNING OF TERM SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 93, 94 Tone II Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Matthew Owens Crux fidelis _________________________________________________________________________ 19 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Voices of the Forest

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Hymns 434, 486 Stanford Evening Service in G Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101 Philip Moore All wisdom cometh from the Lord

SEPTEMBER 20 SUNDAY: THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 94, CP 447, 333, CP 545 Judith Bingham Missa Brevis ‘Awake my soul’ Preacher: The Very Reverend John Clarke, Dean Communion Proper: Tu mandasti mandata tua custodiri nimis Judith Bingham Ave verum corpus Hindemith Lebhaft (Sonate II)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Hymns 456, 340 (t. i) Weelkes Te Deum and Jubilate Deo Psalm 103 (First and Eighth Services) Tallis Laudate Dominum

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG and Celebration of Learning (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Hymns 424, 352 Howells Collegium Regale Psalm 104 vv 24-end Mendelssohn How lovely are the messengers Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer _________________________________________________________________________ 21 MONDAY: Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Hymn 214 (t. ii) Robledo Magnificat (Modus III) Proper Psalm 119 vv 33-40, Victoria Nunc dimittis tertii toni 89-96 Guerrero Ibant Apostoli gaudentes _________________________________________________________________________ 22 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 108, 109 S.S. Wesley Evening Service in E Stanford Beati quorum via


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5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 114, 115 Tallis Service in the Dorian Mode Marenzio O quam gloriosum _________________________________________________________________________ 24 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-32 Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni Josquin Desprez Nunc dimittis Lassus Justorum animae _________________________________________________________________________ 25 FRIDAY: Lancelot Andrewes, bishop spiritual writer, 1626

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Boo Kapella

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 73-104 Tone II Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Jeremy Woodside Open thou mine eyes (first performance) _________________________________________________________________________ 26 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Vox Chamber Choir

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral, with Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Ayleward Preces and Responses Hymns 346, 361 Stainer Evening Service in B flat Psalm 119 vv 145-176 Balfour Gardiner Te lucis ante terminum

7.00 p.m. EARLY MUSIC WELLS CONCERT: Unaccompanied Bach by Candlelight

SEPTEMBER 27 SUNDAY: THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 436, 368, 296 (t. i), CP 598 (t. i) Mozart Missa Brevis C-dur, K. 259 ‘Kleines orgel-messe’ Preacher: The Reverend Joel Edwards, International Director, Micah Challenge Communion Proper: Memento verbi tui servo tuo, Domino J.S. Bach Jesus bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata 147) J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge C-dur, BWV 531

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Humphrey Clucas Preces and Responses Hymns 463 (t. ii), 235 Britten Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in C Psalm 121 Vaughan Williams I got me flowers (from ‘Five Mystical Songs)

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Piers Kennedy Preces and Responses Hymns 337, 335 Sumsion Evening Service in G Psalms 126, 127 Andrew Millington O praise God in his holiness Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor

4.30 p.m. ORGAN RECITAL: Somerset Organists’ Association _________________________________________________________________________ 28 MONDAY Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Hymn 190 (t. ii) Gibbons Fauxbourdon Service Psalms 136, 137, 138 Dering Factum est silentium _________________________________________________________________________ 29 TUESDAY: Michael and All Angels

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Harvey Missa Brevis Hymns 336, 478 Communion Proper: Benedicite omnes Angeli Domini Dominum Dupré Te splendor et virtus (from ‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’)

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 30 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) John Bertalot Preces and Responses Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 Grayston Ives Magdalen Service Howard Skempton And there was war in heaven _________________________________________________________________________ 1 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Psalms 6, 7, 8 Leighton Second Service Francis Jackson Te lucis ante terminum _________________________________________________________________________ 2 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 12, 13, 14 Tone III Magnificat and Nunc dimittis J.S. Bach Gedenke doch, mein Geist _________________________________________________________________________ 3 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


3.00 p.m. READERS’ SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Stuart Beer Preces and Responses (first performance) Stuart Beer First Service Hymns 464, 476 Gary Davison A Prayer of St Francis Psalm 18

OCTOBER 4 SUNDAY: THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 377, CP 519, 263 (omit *), 413 Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader Communion Proper: In salutari tuo anima mea Palestrina Ego sum panis vivus Buxtehude Präludium D-dur, BuxWV 139

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Hymns 341, 460 Weelkes Short Service Psalm 20 Batten O praise the Lord

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Leighton Preces and Responses Hymns 397, 259 Judith Bingham Wells Service (Alternative Canticles) Psalm 23 Judith Bingham Harvest Preacher: The Reverend Philip Harbridge, Chaplain, Millfield School

7.00 p.m. YOUNG FARMERS’ HARVEST FESTIVAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE _________________________________________________________________________ 5 MONDAY Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Smith Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29 Blow Short Service Mundy O Lord, the maker of al thing _________________________________________________________________________ 6 TUESDAY: William Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Hymn 208 Gombert Magnificat primi toni Psalms 32, 33, 34 Tone I Nunc dimittis Marenzio O quam metuendus est

OCTOBER 7 WEDNESDAY: Dedication Festival

7.30 a.m. MATINS



11.00 a.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns HFPP 303 (t. 190, ii), 205, LHON 660, SP 113, 362 Victoria O quam metuendus est; Vidi aquam Tye Missa Euge bone Communion Proper: Domus mea, domus orationis vocabitur Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle Precentor J.S. Bach Fantasia und Fuge a-moll, BWV 561

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Michael Walsh Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Naylor Evening Service in D Walker Lord, thou hast been our refuge _________________________________________________________________________ 8 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Samuel Hudson (Blackburn Cathedral)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 41, 42, 43 Stanford Evening Service in B flat Stanford O for a closer walk with God _________________________________________________________________________ 9 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 10 SATURDAY: Paulinus, bishop, missionary, 644

7.30 a.m. MATINS


4.00 p.m. EVENSONG with children from Be a Chorister for a Day (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Hymns 297, 375 Mathias Jesus College Service Psalm 54 Traditional American, arr. Barnard If God is building when we build

OCTOBER 11 SUNDAY: THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

and the beginning of the festival new music wells 75-15 (nmw 75-15)


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral, part of nmw 75-15) Hymns 383, 431, 355, 420 Robin Walker Missa Brevis (2015, first performance) Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Communion Proper: Aufer a me opprobrium et contemptum David Briggs Ave verum corpus (2004) Thomas Hewitt-Jones Carnival (2010)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Vicars Choral, part of nmw 75-15) Piers Kennedy Preces and Responses (2014) Hymns 464, 410 William Drakett The Wells Service (2015, Psalm 56 first performance) Gary Davison O Lord, support us (2011)

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral, part of nmw 75-15) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses (1985) Hymns 349, 484 (t. 167) Jeremy Woodside Fauxbourdon Service (2007) Psalms 59, 60, 61 Harvey God is our refuge (1986) Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary John Andrews, Prebend of Haselbury _________________________________________________________________________ 12 MONDAY: Wilfrid, bishop, missionary, 709 Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral, part of nmw 75-15) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses (1985) Psalms 65, 66, 67 Gary Davison Wessex Service (2014) Berkeley The Lord is my shepherd (1975) _________________________________________________________________________ 13 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School, part of nmw 75-15

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral, part of nmw 75-15) Tavener Preces and Responses (2013) Psalms 69, 70 Tavener Collegium Regale (1986) Andrew Carter No man is an island (1993)

OCTOBER 14 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School, part of nmw 75-15

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral, part of nmw 75-15) Jeremy Woodside Preces and Responses (2009) Psalms 73, 74 Howard Skempton Third Service (2012) Howard Skempton The Song of Songs (2000) _________________________________________________________________________ 15 THURSDAY: Teresa of Avila, teacher of the faith, 1582

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Paul Walton, part of nmw 75-15

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers, Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral, part of nmw 75-15) Tavener Preces and Responses (2013) Psalm 78 vv 1-17 Berkeley Chichester Service (1980) Michael Berkeley New work (2015, first performance) _________________________________________________________________________ 16 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School Prestige Series _________________________________________________________________________ 17 SATURDAY: Ignatius, bishop, martyr, c. 107

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Hymns 396, 384 Victoria Magnificat septimi toni Psalm 89 Tone VII Nunc dimittis Victoria Iste sanctus

OCTOBER 18 SUNDAY: LUKE THE EVANGELIST


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Vicars Choral) Hymns 216 (t. 433), 324, SP 140, 338 Duruflé Messe ‘cum jubilo’ Preacher: The Very Reverend John Clarke, Dean Communion Proper: Vos secuti estis me Timothy Noon O sacrum convivium Duruflé Prélude (Suite pour orgue, Op. 5, i)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Hymns 219, 452 Mundy Te Deum and Jubilate Deo ‘in three parts’ Psalm 92 Handl Honestum fecit Dominus

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Stephen Cleobury Preces and Responses Hymns 444, 225 (t. ii) Howells Evening Service in E Proper Psalm 103 Arthur Wills Their sound is gone out Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor _________________________________________________________________________ 19 MONDAY: Henry Martyn, translator, missionary, 1812

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Trinitati Cathedral Singers, The Netherlands) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 98, 99 Walmisley Evening Service in D minor Stanford Pray that Jerusalem _________________________________________________________________________ 20 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Trinitati Cathedral Singers, The Netherlands) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 104 vv 1-23 Brewer Evening Service in D Bairstow The King of love my shepherd is

OCTOBER 21 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Trinitati Cathedral Singers, The Netherlands) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 106 vv 1-12 Noble Evening Service in B minor Stanford O for a closer walk with God _________________________________________________________________________ 22 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Ebdon Preces and Responses Psalms 108, 109 Noble Evening Service in A minor Batten O sing joyfully _________________________________________________________________________ 23 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Choir of St John’s Church, Glastonbury) Reading Preces and Responses Psalm 114 Brewer Evening Service in E flat Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine _________________________________________________________________________ 24 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Richard Lloyd Preces and Responses Hymns 385, 374 John Streeting The Axminster Service Psalm 119 vv 1-32 Hadley My beloved spake

OCTOBER 25 SUNDAY: THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 310, SP 259, 353, 272 David Bednall The Sherborne Mass Preacher: The Reverend Sue Rose, Diocesan Director of Ordinands, Diocese of Bath & Wells Ropek Pange lingua

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Richard Lloyd Preces and Responses Hymns 304, 146 Boyce Te Deum in C Psalm 119 vv 33-48 Naylor Jubilate Deo Whitlock Be still, my soul

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Richard Lloyd Preces and Responses Hymns 250, 265 George Odam Evening Service in F Psalm 119 vv 73-104 Pearsall Take up thy cross Preacher: The Reverend David Wilcox, Priest Vicar _________________________________________________________________________ 26 MONDAY: Alfred, king, scholar, 899

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 27 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS




OCTOBER 28 WEDNESDAY: Simon and Jude, Apostles

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 29 THURSDAY: James Hannington, bishop, martyr, 1885

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Sumsion Preces and Responses Psalms 142, 143 Sumsion Evening Service in A Attwood Teach me, O Lord _________________________________________________________________________ 30 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Levens Choir

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 31 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Chancel Singers) Naylor Preces and Responses Hymns 230, 231 Smart Evening Service in in G Psalms 149, 150 Harris O what their joy

President: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CH, CBE Artistic Director: Matthew Owens

Wells Cathedral Commissions is delighted that the distinguished composer Lord Michael Berkeley CBE, is writing a new work for Wells Cathedral Choir which will be premièred during the cathedral’s innovative annual festival, new music wells, in October 2015. Michael Berkeley was born in 1948, the eldest son of the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley and a godson of Benjamin Britten. As a chorister at Westminster Cathedral, singing naturally played an important part in his early education. He studied composition, singing, and piano at the Royal Academy of Music but it was not until his late twenties, when he went to study with Richard Rodney Bennett, that Berkeley began to concentrate exclusively on composing. He has since become one of the UK’s foremost composers, and is well known for presenting the weekly programme, Private Passions, on BBC Radio 3. 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 première of the work, with the composer

in attendance • be a VIP guest at the première • have your score signed by the composer at a special Commissioners’ 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 première • 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, Administrator, Cathedral Commissions, Wells Cathedral Music Office, Chain Gate, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE T: 01749 832204 E: [email protected]

Human beings need beauty and inspiration

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For centuries, the sound of choirs has been

at the heart of the worship of our cathedrals,

conveying a profound sense of spirituality. The

unique English choral tradition sets the standard

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Chorister Trust wants to ensure that every child

has the same level of opportunity to share in

this rich musical heritage.

You can help us to achieve our target by

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the future of this 1100-year-old tradition

Ø Make sure that no child is barred from this

opportunity on financial grounds

The Trust aims to provide support toward the

total costs for each chorister place. Over a five year period, the total costs for a day chorister

are upwards of £70,000, and £120,000 for

a boarder. These costs are high but the Trust

works to ensure that no child of ability and

talent is denied a place as a chorister. These

young musicians are the singers and musicians

of the future who may take their place within

the world of opera, singing ensembles and as

soloists. Your support for the Trust’s appeal will

help us achieve these aims.

Achieving Excellence

Can you help?

For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.wcct.co.uk or ask a Virger for an information pack

Through Opportunity

Registered charity no. 1098277

Royal Patron: HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO

www.wellscathedral.org.uk

Documents

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