MUSIC LIST – AUTUMN 2026
DATE ANTHEM/MOTET COMPOSER MASS Cond/Org
Sunday 6 September Communion: Lead me, Lord S S Wesley Merbecke OG
Sunday 13 September Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake Hilton/Farrant Rawsthorne OG
Communion: Hide not thy face Farrant
Sunday 20 September Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord always Anon Merbecke OG
Sunday 27 September Anthem: St Richard’s Prayer Forbes L’Estrange Merbecke OG
Sunday 4 October Anthem: Thou Visitest the Earth Greene Merbecke LB
(Harvest Festival)
Sunday 11 October Anthem: Prayer of Saint Teresa Ogden Rawsthorne OG
Sunday 18 October Anthem: Mine Eyes for Beauty Pine Howells Merbecke LB
Sunday 25 October Anthem: Brother James’s Air (unison) trad arr Jacobs Merbecke LB
Sunday 1 November Anthem: Litany to the Holy Spirit Hurford Merbecke LB
(All Saints)
Commemoration of the Faithful Departed 4.00pm. rehearsal 3.15pm
(All Souls) Introit: Missa de Defunctis Plainchant LB
Kontakion for the Dead Kyiv Traditional
Sunday 8 November Rehearsal at 10:00AM for 10.45am service
Remembrance Sunday Anthem: In War, Resolution Malcolm Archer OG
At the War Memorial: For the Fallen Douglas Guest
Sunday 15 November Anthem: Prayer of St Teresa Ogden Merbecke LB
Communion: O Taste and See Vaughan Williams
Sunday 22 November Anthem: Mine Eyes for Beauty Pine Howells Merbccke LB
Communion: Remember O thou Man Ravenscroft
THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER CHOIR PRACTICE 7PM
Sunday 29 November ADVENT SUNDAY Merbecke LB
Advent Wreath 1 Archer
Anthem: Adam Lay yBounden Ord
ADVENT CAROLS (4.30pm for 6pm service) OG/LB
Introit: Evening Responsory Palestrina/Cleobury
Rejoice in the Lord Always Anon
This is the Record of John Gibbons
Adam lay yBounden Ord
Sleepers, Wake arr Mendelssohn
THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER CHOIR PRACTICE 7PM
Friday 4 December Jesus Hospital Carols
Peace on Earth Wallen LB
Sunday 6 December Advent Wreath 2 Archer Merbecke LB
Communion: Peace on Earth Wallen
THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER CHOIR PRACTICE 7PM
Sunday 13 December Advent Wreath 3 Archer Rawsthorne OG
Anthem: Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day Gardner
3PM COMMUNITY CAROL CONCERT
Community choir/church choir and friends
Sunday 20 December Advent Wreath 4 Archer Merbecke LB
Anthem: Gabriel’s Message arr Willcocks
CHRISTMAS CAROLS LB/OG
All this night Ebeling
Gabriel’s Message arr Willcocks
Away in a Manger arr Willcocks
Candlelight Carol Rutter
Tomorrow Shall Be my Dancing Day Gardner
Wednesday 24 December MIDNIGHT MASS (11.30pm, 10.30 rehearsal) Rawsthorne LB/OG
Introit: Hodie Christus Natus Est Britten
Anthem: Candlelight Carol Rutter
Communion: All this night Ebeling
Thursday 25 December CHRISTMAS DAY Merbecke LB
Introit: Hodie Christus Natus Est Britten
Communion: Away in a Manger arr Willcocks
Choir resumes on FRIDAY 8 JANUARY 2027 at 7pm