Sunday 7th September Patronal Festival (birth of the BVM)

9.00 for 9.30           Family Eucharist with band
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Setting:                    Chilcott:  A little jazz mass
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Psalm:                     none
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Anthem:                  sheet        Anne-Marie Czajkowski:  Joseph’s Chair
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6.30                         Festal Evensong (CW form of service)
Introit:                     ESM   278  Rachmaninov:  Hail O virgin mother (in English)
Psalm:                     sheet   104 or 141 (responsorial)
Psalm                      sheet   123 (CW to Anglican chant)
Canticle:                  sheet   Wood:  Hail, gladdening light
Magnificat:              Dyson in D
Anthem:                  ESM   64  Bruckner:  Ave Maria
Te Deum:                Britten in C
NB might swap the introit and anthem

Director of Music: Simon Pusey

St Mary's Church Choir is currently made up of about 16 adults and 11 young people. Occasionally, certain ex-members of the choir and friends augment our numbers. St Mary's continues to sing Evensong according to the Book of Common Prayer nearly every Sunday with either the Nunc Dimitis or the Magnificat sung to a choral setting. Once a month this service is fully choral with an introit, settings of the responses and canticles, an anthem, psalms and hymns.

We have a wide repertoire, learning a couple new Anthems every week. We are a full robed choir which in part adds to the fun of belonging. The trebles (and the adults too if they wish) can take part in the RSCM training programme.

The Music at St Mary's is very varied and includes works such as Handels Messiah - with the help from a few friends we managed a choir of 75 and a small orchestra. Each year we try to replace a cathedral choir that is on holiday. The past 2 years we have been to St Albans Abbey. Since 1991 we have done 91 services in other Churches and Cathedrals.

The normal pattern of evening services will continue to be 1st, 4th, 5th Sunday of each month: Choir required for practice at 6.00 for 6.30 service (normally Sung Evensong) 2nd Sunday of month: Choir evening off 3rd Sunday of month: Choir required from 5.15 for 6.30 Choral Evensong. Over the next few months we are gradually doing more choral evensongs, singing different settings to the Magnificat or Nunc

Coming up

See the Rehersals Page

Choir List PDF
No practices from 1st to 22nd August
Practices resume 29th AUGUST