Lent Term 2017
Music in Abbey and Chapel
Services
Sherborne School
School Services
School services in the Abbey on Wednesdays and Sundays are attended by the
whole school, whose hymn singing is a source of great pride. During Morning
Worship, Evening Prayer and Compline the music is led by the Choir, which
currently comprises ninety-five singers, whilst a smaller Chamber Choir
performs the music that is listed in bold type. Choral music at Sherborne is
part of a strong and long tradition of excellence which benefits from the
school’s very privileged use of the Abbey in weekly worship. Our music is not
an end in itself but part of a larger whole. We hope that in the singing and in
the silence, and in the beauty of this House of God, you will feel that greater
presence.
Visitors are most welcome to attend services in the Abbey on the following
occasions:
Sunday 8th January
15th
8.15pm
Sunday
January
Wednesday 18th January
Wednesday 25th January
Sunday 29th January
Wednesday 1st February
Wednesday 8th February
Sunday 26th February
Sunday 5th March
Wednesday 8th March
Wednesday 15th March
Sunday 19th March
Wednesday 22nd March
8.15pm
5.30pm
5.30pm
8.15pm
5.30pm
5.30pm
8.15pm
11.30am
5.30pm
5.30pm
8.15pm
5.30pm
Epiphany Carol Service
(this is a ticketed service)
Evening Prayer
Compline
Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer
Compline
Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer
Morning Worship
Compline
Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer
Compline
Organ music
Organ music plays an integral part in our school liturgy. Peter Bray is the
School Organist and Charlotte Corderoy continues as the Organ Scholar.
Matthew Cann (U6e), Joshua Cook (4f), George Jefferson (4e) and Isaac
Bingley (3e) also play voluntaries at the end of services as indicated by their
initials.
James Henderson
Director of Music
Rev Lindsay Collins
Senior Chaplain
Rev Nicholas Mercer
Assistant Chaplain
THURSDAY 5 JANUARY
9.15 am
Beginning of term service (the Abbey)
52 O worship the Lord
427 O praise ye the Lord
Organ: In dir ist Freude, BWV 615—J S Bach (JC)
FRIDAY 6 JANUARY
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
48 Earth has many a noble city
Organ: Les enfants de Dieu—Messiaen (JH)
SUNDAY 8 JANUARY
8.15 pm
Epiphany Carol Service (the Abbey)
47 As with gladness men of old
48 Bethlehem of noblest cities
51 Hail, thou Source (t: All for Jesus)
46 Why, impious Herod (t: Gonfalon Royal)
52 O worship the Lord
Adam, O holy night
Carter, A maiden most gentle
Mendelssohn, When Jesus our Lord
Cornelius, The three Kings
Organ: Final (Symphony 2)—Widor (PB)
WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY
5.30 pm
Congregational Practice (the Abbey)
FRIDAY 13 JANUARY
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
53 Songs of thankfulness and praise
Organ: Es ist das heil uns kommen her, BWV 638—
J S Bach (PB)
SUNDAY 15 JANUARY
8.15 pm
Evening Prayer (the Abbey)
Wood, Oculi Omnium
Marlow, Responses
50 From the Eastern mountains (t: Cuddesdon)
49 Brightest and best
56 Songs of thankfulness and praise
55 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed!
Piekos, I wonder as I wander
Organ: Cortège—Vierne (JC)
WEDESDAY 18 JANUARY
5.30 pm
Compline (the Abbey)
54 O Trinity of blessed light (t: Hereford)
241 Before the ending of the day (t: Gonfalen)
244 Glory to thee, my God, this night
Stanford, Nunc Dimittis in Bb
Organ: Prelude in C, BWV 547—J S Bach (PB)
FRIDAY 20 JANUARY
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
212 Who would true valour see
Organ: Trio Sonata no 3 (2nd movement), BWV 527—
J S Bach (CC)
SUNDAY 22 JANUARY
Exeat Weekend
WEDESDAY 25 JANUARY
5.30 pm
Evening Prayer (the Abbey)
Dams, Responses
366 God of mercy, God of grace
57 The race that long in darkness (t: St Anne)
Howells, Magnificat in E
Organ: Choral Song—Wesley (JH)
FRIDAY 27 JANUARY
8.15 am
Hymn Practice (the Chapel)
SUNDAY 29 JANUARY
8.15 pm
Evening Prayer (the Abbey)
Tippett, Steal away
Reading, Responses
436 Praise my soul
461 There’s a wideness
Supp I vow to thee my country
408 Love divine (t: Blaenwern)
Brahms, Geistliches Lied
Organ: Toccata in F, BWV 540—J S Bach (PB)
WEDESDAY 1 FEBRUARY
5.30 pm
Compline (the Abbey)
243 At even when the sun was set (t: Tallis’ Canon)
241 Before the ending of the day (t: Gonfalon Royal)
396 Let saints on earth (t: Gerontius)
Eccard, When to the temple Mary went
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 553—J S Bach (GJ)
FRIDAY 3 FEBRUARY
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
117 Praise to the holiest
Organ: Sonata in A, first movement—Mendelssohn (JH)
SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY
10.30 am
Confirmation Service
137 Come down, O love divine
333 All my hope on God is founded
140 Holy spirit, come, confirm us
420 O Jesus, I have promised
Duruflé, Messe Cum Jubilo
Vaughan Williams, O taste and see
Palestrina, Sicut Cervus
Tallis, Salvator mundi
Organ: Postlude in D—Smart (PB)
SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY
House Services
WEDESDAY 8 FEBRUARY
5.30 pm
Evening Prayer (the Abbey)
Reading, Responses
353 Dear Lord and Father
368 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
Henderson, In pace
Organ: Fugue in F, BWV 540—J S Bach (PB)
FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
336 All my hope on God is founded
Organ: Chaconne in E minor, Buxt 160—Buxtehude (CC)
SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY
Half Term
SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY
Half Term
WEDESDAY 22 FEBRUARY
5.30 pm
Congregational Practice (the Abbey)
FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
339 And didst thou travel light
Organ: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 642—
J S Bach (PB)
SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY
8.15 pm
Evening Prayer (the Abbey)
Tippett, Go down Moses
Henderson, Responses
336 Angel-voices ever singing
398 Lift up your hearts (t: Woodlands)
Supp Libera me
Supp By the waters of Babylon
Balfour Gardiner, Te lucis ante terminum
Organ: Alleluyas—Preston (JC)
WEDESDAY 1 MARCH
8.15 am
Ash Wednesday Service (the Abbey)
67
71
Forty days and forty nights
Maker of earth, to thee alone (t: Gerontius)
Allegri, Miserere
Organ: Prelude—Harris (GC)
FRIDAY 3 MARCH
8.15 am
Hymn Practice (the Chapel)
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
11.30 am
Morning Worship (the Abbey)
J S Bach, Sicut locutus est
Tallis, Responses
473 When morning gilds (t: Laudes Domini)
73 My God, I love thee (t: Gerontius)
463 Thine for ever! (t: Newington)
475 Ye holy angels bright
J S Bach, Crucifixus
Organ: Finale—William Lloyd Weber (JH)
WEDESDAY 8 MARCH
5.30 pm
Compline (the Abbey)
383 Jesu, Lover of my soul (t: Aberystwyth)
241 Before the ending of the day (t: Gonfalon Royal)
250 Saviour, again to thy dear name
Henderson, Nunc Dimittis
Organ: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen, op 122—Brahms (CC)
FRIDAY 10 MARCH
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
464 God is here; as we his people
Organ: Prelude in B minor, BWV 544—J S Bach (JH)
SUNDAY 12 MARCH
Exeat Weekend
WEDESDAY 15 MARCH
5.30 pm
Evening Prayer (the Abbey)
Dams, Responses
376 I heard the voice of Jesus say
86 My song is love unknown
Tippett, Deep River
Organ: Toccata in F—Buxtehude (GJ)
FRIDAY 17 MARCH
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
426 The Lord’s my shepherd
Organ: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637—
J S Bach (PB)
SUNDAY 19 MARCH
8.15 pm
Evening Prayer (the Abbey)
Lotti, Crucifixus
Pearce, Responses
90 O sacred head, sore wounded
95 When I survey the wondrous cross
92 There is a green hill far away
79 The royal banners forward go (t: Fulda)
Howells, Like as the hart
Organ: Fugue in G minor ‘The Great’, BWV 542—J S Bach
WEDESDAY 22 MARCH
5.30 pm
Compline (the Abbey)
84 It is a thing most wonderful
241 Before the ending of the day (t: Gonfalon Royal)
391 King of glory (t: Redland)
Handel, Surely he hath borne our griefs; and with
his stripes
Organ: Prelude & Fugue in F, BWV 556—J S Bach (IB)
THURSDAY 23 MARCH
5.30pm
Choral Evensong in Bath Abbey
Plainsong Responses
Psalms 114 & 115
Tomkins, Fifth Service
Palestrina, Tenebrae factae sunt
Organ: Fugue in G minor ‘The Little’, BWV 578—J S Bach
FRIDAY 24 MARCH
8.15 am
Junior Chapel
67 When I survey the wondrous cross
Organ: O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622—
J S Bach
SUNDAY 26 MARCH
House Services
WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH
End of Term