St. Alban the Martyr

Monthly Music List


MARCH 2025


Sunday 2nd March 10:00 a.m. – Quinquagesima
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour - Oldroyd
Sung Lord’s Prayer
Hymns: 271 Alleluia, sing to Jesus
343 Bright the vision that delighted
104 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
234 Christ, whose glory fills the skies (Tune: Ratisbon)
Anthem: My eyes for beauty pine – Howells
Marian Anthem: Angelus
Voluntary: Fugue in B minor BWV 544 – J.S. Bach


Wednesday 5th March 7.30 p.m. – Ash Wednesday
Mass setting: Missa Adventus et Quadragesimae
Hymns:
67 Forty days and forty nights
70 Lord Jesus think on me (Tune: Southwell)
82 Drop, drop slow tears
76 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said
Anthem: A Prayer of King Henry VI – Henry Ley
Asperges


Sunday 9th March 10:00 a.m. – Lent 1
Mass setting:Wood in the Phrygian Mode
Sung Lord’s Prayer
Hymns:
383 Jesu, lover of my soul (Tune: Aberystwyth)
74 O for a heart to praise my God
414 O for a closer walk with God
56 Songs of thankfulness and praise
Anthem: Turn thy face from my sins – Attwood
Asperges
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina


Sunday 16th March 10:00 a.m. – Lent 2
Mass setting:Missa de Angelis
Hymns:
381 Jerusalem the golden
238 New every morning is the love
307 Sweet sacrament divine
148 The God of Abraham praise (omit *verses)
Anthem: Let thy merciful ears, O Lord – Mudd
Asperges
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina


Saturday 22nd March 11.00 a.m. – Solemnity of St Patrick
Mass setting: Darke in F
Sung Lord’s Prayer
Hymns:
159 I bind unto myself today
457 The King of love my Shepherd is (Tune: Dominus Regit me)
282 Faithful Shepherd, feed me
205 Christ is made the sure foundation (Tune: Westminster Abbey)
Anthem: Te Deum in B flat – Stanford
Marian Anthem: Angelus


Sunday 23rd March 10:00 a.m. – Lent 3
Mass setting: Darke in F
Hymns:
216 Disposer supreme, and judge of the earth (Tune: Hanover)
365 God moves in a mysterious way
471 We love the place, O God
437 Praise the Lord! Ye heavens adore him
Anthem: Like as the hart - Howells
Asperges
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina


Sunday 23rd March 6:00 p.m. – Evensong & Benediction
Responses: Tallis
Canticles: Tallis “Short” Evening Service
Hymns:
360 Firmly I believe and truly (Tune: NEH 3 Cross of Jesus)
94 We sing the praise of him who died
Anthem: Wash me throughly – S.S. Wesley
Voluntary: Prelude from Suite Op.5 – Maurice Durufle


Sunday 30th 10:00 a.m. – Lent 4 Laetare  (Mothering Sunday)
Mass setting: Missa Adventus et Quadragesimae
Sung Lord’s Prayer
Hymns:
332 All hail the power of Jesu’s name
294 Just as I am, without one plea
276 Bread of heaven, on thee we feed (Tune: Bread of Heaven)
185 Sing we of the blessed Mother
Anthem: Magnificat – Tallis “Short” Evening Service
Asperges
Marian anthem: Salve Regina
Voluntary: Prelude from Suite Op. 5 – Maurice Duruflé


APRIL 2025


Sunday 6th April 10:00 a.m. – The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Mass setting: Darke in A minor
Hymns:
461 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (Tune Corvedale CP 598)
358 Father of heaven, whose love profound
83 Glory be to Jesus
(Sheet) Lift high the Cross (AMNS 72)
Anthem: O Saviour of the World – John Goss
Marian anthem: Salve Regina


Sunday 13th April 10:00 a.m. – Palm Sunday
Mass setting: Missa XI : Orbis Factor
Sung lord’s Prayer
Hymns:
509 All glory, laud and honour
(sheet) From Heaven you came
86 My song is love unknown
511 Ride on, ride on in majesty
Anthem: A Palm Sunday Antiphon – David Morgan
Marian anthem: Salve Regina


Thursday 17th April - 7:30 p.m. – Maundy Thursday
Mass setting: Missa de Angelis (Gloria)
Hymns:
302 O Thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
281 Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord
307 Sweet Sacrament Divine
297 Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us
Anthem: Ubi Caritas – Gjeilo


Friday 18th April 12:00 noon – Good Friday Liturgy
Mass setting: Missa Adventus et Quadragesimæ
Hymns:
90 O Sacred head, surrounded
92 There is a green hill far away
82 Drop, drop slow tears
95 When I survey the wondrous cross
Anthem: God so loved the world – Stainer


Saturday 19th April 9:00 p.m. – Holy Saturday
Mass setting: Darke in F (Gloria)
Sung Lord’s Prayer
Exsultet
Hymns:
105 Christ the Lord is risen again! (Tune II)
115 Now the green blade riseth
117 The day of Resurrection!
Anthem: If we believe – John Goss
Voluntary: Final from 6th Symphonie – C.M. Widor


Sunday 20th April 10:00 a.m. – Easter Day
Mass setting: Darke in E
Sung Lord’s Prayer
Hymns:
109 Hail thee, festival day
104 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
115 Now the green blade riseth
120 Thine be the Glory
Anthem: Ye Choirs of new Jerusalem – Stanford
Marian anthem: Regina Caeli
Voluntary: Variations on an Easter theme – John Rutter


Sunday 27th April 10:00 a.m. – Low Sunday
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour – Oldroyd
Hymns:
105 Christ the Lord is risen again
114 Now is eternal life
369 Happy are they, they that love God
112 Jesus lives!
Anthem: Come, ye faithful – Thatcher
Marian anthem: Regina Caeli
Voluntary: Final from Symphonie No.1 – Louis Vierne
(Organist: Ashley Wagner)


Sunday 27th April 6:00 p.m. Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction
Responses: Smith
Canticles: Blair in B Minor
Hymns:
113 Love’s redeeming work is done
121 This joyful Eastertide
Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Stanford
Voluntary: Final from Symphonie No.6 – Louis Vierne
(Organist Ashley Wagner)


Choir Rehearsals

Sundays: 9:00 a.m. before Mass and 4:30 p.m. before Solemn Evensong

Thursdays:  7:15 p.m.

Director of Music: Angela Sones

E-mail: angelasones@hotmail.co.uk

Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville

E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz