St. Alban the Martyr

Monthly Music List


May 2026


Sunday 24th May 10:00 a.m. – Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
Mass setting: Messe cum Jubilo – Maurice Duruflé
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
138 Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
137 Come down, O Love Divine
302 O Thou, who at they Eucharit didst pray
139 Come, thou Holy Spirit, come (Tune i)
Anthem: Sequence ‘ Veni Sancte Spiritus’ (Liber Usualis p.880)
Regina Caeli (Tune NEH 130 Llanfair)
Voluntary: Meditation VI ( Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité) – Olivier Messiaen
Organist: Iain Simcock


Sunday 24th May 6:00 p.m. – Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction
Regina Caeli (Tune NEH 130 Llanfair)
Responses: Plainsong
Canticles:Watson in E
Hymns:
431 O Thou who camest from above
342 Breathe on me, breath of God
Anthem: Veni Creator Spiritus (Liber Usualis p.885)
Voluntary: Veni Creator (last variation) – Maurice Duruflé
Organist: Iain Simcock


Sunday 31st May 10:00 a.m. – Trinity Sunday
Mass setting: Sumsion in F
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
146 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God almighty
148 The God of Abraham praise (omit * verses 2,3,5)
358 Father of heaven, whose love profound (Tune ii)
373 How shall I sing that majesty (Tune: Coe Fen)
Anthem: Hymn to the Trinity – Tchaikovsky
Angelus
Voluntary: Fugue in E flat (St Anne) BWV 552


June 2026


Thursday 4th June – 7:30 p.m. – Corpus Christi
Mass setting: Darke in F
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
310 We hail thy presence glorious
302 O Thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
307 Sweet sacrament divine
271 Alleluia, sing to Jesus
Anthem: Ave Verum – W. A. Mozart
Voluntary: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV 626 – J. S. Bach


Sunday 7th June – 10:00 a.m. – The First Sunday after Trinity
Mass setting: Missa de Angelis
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
338 At the name of Jesus
438 Praise to God whose word was spoken (Tune NEH 296(i))
64 Be thou my guardian and my guide
7 Hills of the north rejoice
Anthem: O taste and see – R. Vaughan Williams
Angelus
Voluntary: German Dances Op.33 (I, II, IV, VII, XV, XVI) – F. Schubert
Pianist: Amy Cox


Sunday 14th June – 10:00 a.m. – The Second Sunday after Trinity
Mass setting: Missa Orbis Factor
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
334 All people that on earth do dwell
410 My God, how wonderful thou art
341 Blest are the pure in heart
408 Love Divine, all loves excelling (Tune i, Descant. A. Fletcher)
Anthem: Teach me, O Lord – T. Attwood
Angelus
Voluntary: Op.16 No.3 – F. Mendelssohn
Pianist: Amy Cox


Sunday 21st June – 10:00 a.m. – The Third Sunday after Trinity
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour – George Oldroyd
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
393 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
197 For all the Saints
74 O for a heart to praise my God
439 Praise to the holiest in the height (Tune i)
Anthem: Ex ore innocentium – J. Ireland
AngelusVoluntary: Fantasia in G minor BWV 542 – J. S. Bach


Saturday 27th June – 11:00 a.m. – St Alban’s Patronal Festival
Mass setting: ‘Sparrow Mass’ – W. A. Mozart
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
St Alban’s Hymn
432 O what their joy and their glory must be
208 In our day of thanksgiving
282 Faithful Shepherd, feed me
(Sheet) Christ Triumphant, ever reigning (Guiting Power)
Anthem: O Thou the Central Orb – Charles Wood
Angelus
Voluntary: Allegro from Symphony No.2 Op.20 – Louis Vierne
Organist: Aled Liddington


Sunday 28th June – 10:00 a.m. –The Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Mass setting: Darke in E
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
364 God is Love: let heav’n adore him
420 O Jesus I have promised (Tune NEH 485)
374 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
461 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (T. Corvedale)
Anthem: If ye love me – Philip Wilby
Angelus
Voluntary: Prelude in E flat BWV 552 – J.S. Bach
Organist: Tim Hone


Sunday 28th June – 6:00 p.m. – Eve of SS Peter and Paul
Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction
Responses: Clucas
Psalm 50 Deus deorum (Percy Buck)
Canticles: Stanford in C
Hymns:
213 The eternal gifts of Christ the King (Tune NEH 128ii)
214 Let the round world with songs rejoice (Tune ii)
Anthem: Give us the wings of faith – Ernest Bullock
Voluntary: Postlude in D minor – C.V. Stanford
Organist: Tim Hone


Choir Rehearsals

Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. (apart from Thursday 4th June, 6:30 p.m.) 
Saturday 27th June,9:30 a.m.
Sundays 9:00 a.m.; Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction 4:30 p.m.


Director of Music: Angela Sones

E-mail: angelasones@hotmail.co.uk

Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville

E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz