Monthly Music List
March 2026
Sunday 29th March 10:00 a.m. – Palm Sunday
Mass setting: Missa Adventus et Quadragesima
Sung Lord’s Prayer– Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
509
All Glory, Laud and Honour (Procession with 511)
511
Ride on, ride on in majesty
297
Lord Jesus Christ
307
Sweet sacrament divine
(sheet)
Lift high the Cross (Tune Crucifer – sheet)
Anthem: A Palm Sunday Antiphon – David Morgan
Salve Regina
No vouluntary
April 2026
Thursday 2nd April 7:30 p.m. – Maundy Thursday
Mass setting:
Kyrie and Gloria: Mass of the Quiet Hour – George Oldroyd
Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei: Missa XI Orbis Factor
Hymns:
273 And now, O Father, mindful of the love
513 God is love, and where true love is
268 Pange Lingua (for the procession to altar of repose)
515 Psalm 22 (for the stripping of the Altar)
Anthem: Ubi caritas – Ola Gjeilo
Friday 3rd April 12:00 noon – Good Friday
No Mass setting
Hymns:
95 When I survey the wondrous cross
516a The Reproaches – (for the Veneration of the Cross)
517 Crux Fidelis
Saturday 4th April 8:00 p.m. – Holy Saturday
Mass setting: Harold Darke in F (Gloria)
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Exsultet
Hymns:
121 This joyful Eastertide
113 Love’s redeeming work is done
120 Thine be the Glory
Anthem: The strife is o’er – Henry Ley
Voluntary: Paraphrase on ‘Judas Maccabeus’ (Handel) Op.90 – Alexandre Guilmant
Sunday 5th April 10:00 a.m. – Easter Day
Mass setting: Harold Darke in E
Sung Lord’s prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
104 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
125 Alleluya! Alleluya! Alleluya!
114 Now is eternal life
117 The day of resurrection!
Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Charles Villiers Stanford
Regina Caeli
Voluntary: Variations on an Easter Theme – John Rutter
(Angela Sones and Richard Hartshorn)
Sunday 12th April 10:00 a.m. – The Second Sunday of Easter
Mass setting: Herbert Sumsion in F
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
105 Christ the Lord is risen again! (Tune ii)
103 Alleluya! Alleluya!
115 Now the green blade riseth
119 The strife is o’er, the battle done
Anthem: Come ye faithful – Sir Reginald Sparshatt Thatcher
Regina Caeli
Voluntary: Toccata from Symphonie No.5 – Charles-Marie Widor
Sunday 19th April 10:00 a.m. – The Third Sunday of Easter
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet hour – George Oldroyd
Sung Lord’s Prayer– Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
486 We have a gospel to proclaim
362 Glorious things of thee are spoken (Tune 185 Abbot’s Leigh)
375 I danced in the morning
345 Christ is the King, O friends rejoice
Anthem: O for a closer walk with God – Charles Villiers Stanford
Regina Caeli
Voluntary: Final from Symphonie No.1 – Louis Vierne
Sunday 26th April 10:00 a.m. – The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Mass setting: John Ireland in C
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
374 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
338 At the name of Jesus
369 Happy are they, they that love God
376 I heard the voice of Jesus say
Anthem: The Lord is my shepherd – Howard Goodall
Regina Caeli
Voluntary: Allegro Appassionato from Sonata No.1 – Basil Harwood
Organist: Keith Dale
Sunday 26th April 6:00 p.m. – Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction
Responses: William Smith
Psalm: 29 (Gerald Knight)
Canticles: John Ireland in F
Hymns:
77 The God of love my Shepherd is
463 Thine forever! God of love (Tune ii)
Anthem: Greater Love – John Ireland
Voluntary: Capriccio – John Ireland
Organist: Keith Dale
Choir Rehearsals
Thursdays: 7:15 p.m.
Sundays: 9:00 a.m.
Saturday 21st March 10:00 a.m.
Except:
Thursday 2nd April, 6:30 p.m.
Friday 3rd April, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday 4th April, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday 26th April, 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Director of Music: Angela Sones
E-mail: angelasones@hotmail.co.uk
Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville
E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz