Monthly Music List
May 2026
Sunday 3rd May 10:00 a.m. - The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Mass setting: Darke in F
Hymns:
333 All my hope on God is founded
205 Christ is made the sure foundation
374 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
113 Love’s redeeming work is done
Anthem: Greater love hath no man – John Ireland
Regina Caeli (Tune NEH 110 Easter Hymn)
Voluntary: Allegro from Symphony No.2 – Louis Vierne
Sunday 10th May 10:00 a.m. – The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Mass setting: Anglican Folk Mass – Martin Shaw
Hymns:
139 Come, thou Holy Spirit, come
420 O Jesus, I have promised
341 Blest are the pure in heart
439 Praise to the Holiest in the height (Tune ii)
Anthem: If ye love me – Thomas Tallis
Regina Caeli (Tune NEH 110 Easter Hymn)
Voluntary: Fugue in E minor (The Wedge) BWV 548 – J.S. Bach
Thursday 14th May 7:30 p.m. – The Ascension of the Lord
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour – George Oldroyd
Hymns:
130 Hail the day that sees him rise (Tune i)
Christ triumphant, ever reigning (Sheet)
349 Come, let us join our cheerful songs
134 The head that once was crowned with thorns
Anthem: God is gone up – Gerald Finzi
Voluntary: March (from ‘Three pieces for Organ’) – Nicholas Choveaux
Organist: Kevin Gill
Sunday 17th May 10:00 a.m. – The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Mass setting: White in E flat
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
332 All hail the power of Jesu’s name
296 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (Tune i)
302 O Thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
443 Rejoice, the Lord is King
Anthem: Lead me Lord – Wesley
Regina Caeli (Tune NEH 130 Llanfair)
Voluntary: Sortie in B flat – Louis Lefébure-Wély
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
Choir Rehearsals
Thursdays: 7:15 p.m. except Friday 8 May instead of Thursday 7 May and Friday 15 May instead of Thursday 14 May
Sundays: 9:00 a.m. except Sunday 24 May 8:45 a.m.
Director of Music: Angela Sones
E-mail: angelasones@hotmail.co.uk
Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville
E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz