This page contains information on music that has been sung recently, and a provisional list of the music that will be sung at St Bride’s. A more detailed music list, containing the hymns and psalms, is also listed in the rear pages of The Oystercatcher every month – click here.
March 2019
3 Sunday
Quinquagesima
10.30 Choral Eucharist
MASS Harris in F
MOTET Wood O Thou the Central Orb
VOLUNTARY Elgar Sonata in G (Allegro Maestoso)
13.00 Organ Recital by DAVID HAMILTON
Toccata, Fugue and Hymne on “Ave maris stella” Peeters
Passacaglia in d Buxtehude
Sonata in e BWV 528 Bach
Orgelphantasie uber “Straf’ mich nicht in deinem Zorn” Reger
6 Wednesday
Ash Wednesday
19.00 Choral Eucharist
MASS Byrd Mass for Four Voices
MOTET Call to Remembrance Farrant
9 Sunday
Lent 1
10.30 Choral Eucharist
MASS Batten Short Service
MOTET Purge Me, O Lord Tallis
VOLUNTARY Bach Chorale Partitas I
Ach was soll ich Sunder machen BWV 770
16 Sunday
Lent 2
10.30 Choral Eucharist
MASS Batten Short Service
MOTET Hide not thou thy face Farrant
VOLUNTARY Bach Chorale Partitas II
Christ, der du bist der helle Tag BWV 766
15.30 Choral Evensong and Benediction
Sung by University of Strathclyde Chamber Choir
INTROIT Purcell Remember Not, Lord, our offences
RESPONSES Dudderidge
CANTICLES Cathkin Service Craig
ANTHEM Howells O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
TANTUM ERGO Faure
VOLUNTARY Howells Psalm Prelude Set 1 No.3
23 Sunday
Lent 3
10.30 Choral Eucharist
MASS Mozart Missa Brevis in d K65
MOTET Mozart Ave verum
VOLUNTARY Bach Toccata in d BWV 538
24 Monday
The Annunciation
19.00 Choral Eucharist
MASS Hassler Missa Dixit Maria
MOTET Ave maria Elgar
VOLUNTARY Bach Fugue on the Magnificat BWV 733
30 Sunday
Lent 4
10.30 Choral Eucharist
MASS Hassler Missa Dixit Maria
MOTET Morley Nolo pecatorum mortis
VOLUNTARY Bach Chorale Partitas III
O Gott du frommer Gott BWV 767
As well as singing the Sunday morning Mass settings, Psalms (generally to Anglican chant) and motets, the choir of St Bride’s is one of very few choirs to sing the weekly Mass Propers for the Liturgical Year from the English Gradual (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia/Tract, Offertory and Communion). These are settings of the Psalms and other texts from the Scriptures, using beautiful plainsong. A cantor and the choir take turns to sing the various parts of the text, in a responsorial style. This runs as a thread through the Choral Eucharist every Sunday morning, and provides a meditative backdrop to our worship.
