Past Chapel Services
See also the current music list.
: Trinity 1
Choral evensong
Prelude: Prelude in B minor, BWV 544 (Bach)
Responses: Sanders
Psalms: 150 (Stanford)
Canticles: Murrill in E
Anthem: O thou, the central orb (Wood)
Hymns:
- How shall I sing that majesty (tune: Coe Fen)
- O for a thousand tongues to sing (tune: Richmond)
- Love divine, all loves excelling (tune: Love Divine)
- And did those feet in ancient time
Voluntary: Sortie in E flat (Lefébure-Wély)
: Trinity Sunday
Psalms: 29
Anthem: To thee, O Lord (Rachmaninov)
Hymns:
- Jesus shall reign (tune: Truro)
- Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
- I bind unto myself today
- Immortal, invisible
Voluntary: Prelude on St Denio (Whitlock)
: Pentecost
Prelude: Prelude and Fugue on BACH (Liszt)
Psalms: 104 v24-35 (plainchant)
Anthem: Veni, sancte spiritus (organ interlude, Dupré)
Hymns:
- Angel-voices ever singing
- Come down, O Love divine (tune: Down Ampney)
- Our Lord, his Passion ended
- Thine be the glory
Voluntary: Toccata from Dieu parmi nous (Messiaen)
: Sunday after Ascension
Communion
Psalms: 1
Canticles: Darke in E
Hymns:
- At the name of Jesus (tune: Camberwell)
- Come, let us join our cheerful songs
- Rejoice! the Lord is King
- Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (tune: S. Helen)
Voluntary: Fantasia in A minor (Byrd)
: Easter 6
Choral evensong in memory of Dr Richard Hey, Fellow
Prelude: Passacaglia, BWV 582[1] (Bach)
Responses: Smith (four-part)
Psalms: 45
Canticles: Gibbons, the short service
Anthem: In Paradisum (from Faurés Requiem)
Hymns:
- Alleluia, sing to Jesus!
- Hail the day that sees him rise (tune: Llanfair)
- We have a gospel to proclaim
- All my hope on God is founded
Voluntary: Fugue in C minor, BWV 582[2] (Bach)
: Easter 5
Psalms: 22 v23-32
Anthem: Up, up! my heart with gladness (Bach)
Hymns:
- Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore him
- Thou art the Way
- Jesus lives!
- The Church's one foundation
Voluntary: Canzona in D minor, BWV 588 (Bach)
: Easter 4
Psalms: 23
Anthem: God be in my head (Walford Davies)
Hymns:
- All creatures of our God and King
- The King of Love my shepherd is (tune: Dominus regit me)
- Father, hear the prayer we offer
- O Jesus, I have promised
Voluntary: Christ ist erstanden (Dupré)
: Lent 3
Choral evensong
Responses: Smith (four-part)
Psalms: 19
Canticles: Murrill in E
Hymns:
- 4 Christ, whose glory fills the skies
- 122 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
- 394 Lord of all hopefulness (tune: Slane)
- 195 Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore him
Voluntary: Toccata (Boëllmann)
: Lent 2
Communion
Psalms: 22 v23-32
Canticles: Missa O quam gloriosum est regnum (Victoria)
Anthem: Adoramus te (Palestrina)
Hymns:
- 263 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (tune: St Helen)
- 256 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
- 220 Fight the good fight with all thy might
- 422 Tell out, my soul
Voluntary: Fantasia in A minor (Byrd)
: Lent 1
Choral evensong
Responses: Smith (four-part)
Psalms: 25 v1-9
Canticles: Daniel Purcell in E minor
Hymns:
- 175 Ye that know the Lord is gracious
- 123 Jesu, Lover of my soul (tune: Aberystwyth)
- 131 Love divine, all loves excelling (tune: Blaenwern)
- 214 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (tune: Cwm Rhondda)
Voluntary: Dialogue (Couperin)
Memorial service for Sir William Hawthorne at Great St Mary's
Prelude: Largo (Handel)
Anthem: In the bleack midwinter (Holst); If ye love me (Tallis)
Hymns:
- 115 Dear Lord and Father of mankind
- 240 Teach me, my God and King
- 199 Immortal, invisible
Voluntary: Fuga a 5 pro organo pleno (Bach, BWV 552,2)
: Ash Wednesday
Compline
Psalms: 130 and 143 (plainchant)
: Next before Lent
Psalms: 50 v1-6
Anthem: Rejoice, O Virgin (Rachmaninov)
Hymns:
- 100 All people that on earth do dwell
- 177 Thy kingdom come, O God
- 221 Stand up, stand up for Jesus
- 239 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Voluntary: Pièce pour grand orgue (Jongen)
: 2nd before Lent
Psalms: 104 v24-35
Anthem: If ye love me (Tallis)
Hymns:
- 125 O for a thousand tongues to sing (tune: Richmond)
- 49 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
- 126 The King of Love my shepherd is (tune: St Columba [Erin])
- 170 The Church's one foundation
Voluntary: Fantasy on "St Columba" (Leighton)
: 3rd before Lent
Psalms: 147 v1-12
Anthem: Nunc dimittis (Gretchaninov)
Hymns:
- 33 Of the Father's love begotten
- 314 Hail to the Lord who comes
- 453 Faithful vigil ended
- 311 Virgin-born, we bow before thee
Voluntary: Prière (Langlais)
: Epiphany 4
Psalms: 111
Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake (Farrant/Hilton)
Hymns:
- 180 Thou, whose almighty word
- 353 Eternal rule of the ceaseless round
- 493 Lord of the boundless curves of space (tune: London New)
- 199 Immortal, invisible
Voluntary: Prelude on St Denio (Whitlock)
: Epiphany 3
Psalms: 128
Anthem: O taste and see (Vaughan Williams)
Hymns:
- 207 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
- 366 God of concrete, God of steel
- 247 I heard the voice of Jesus say (tune: Kingsfold)
- 422 Tell out, my soul
Voluntary: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Bach, BWV 731)
: Advent Sunday
Service of Advent Carols
Anthem: Choral works by Palestrina, Weelkes, Bach, Stanford, Darke, and Britten
Voluntary: Finale from Symphonie I (Vierne)
: Christ the King
Communion
Psalms: 95 v1-7
Canticles: Darke in E
Hymns:
- Rejoice! the Lord is King
- The King of Love my shepherd is
- O praise ye the Lord (tune: Laudate Dominum)
- Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (tune: Cwm Rhondda)
Voluntary: Litanies (Alain)
: 2nd before Advent
Psalms: 98
Anthem: In Paradisum (from Faurés Requiem)
Hymns:
- O Love divine, how sweet thou art!
- God moves in a mysterious way
- Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
- Let all the world in every corner sing
Voluntary: Adagio from Trio Sonata No. IV in E moll (Bach)
: 3rd before Advent
Choral evensong
Responses: Smith
Psalms: 20
Canticles: Stanford in C
Hymns:
- Praise to the Holiest (tune: Gerontius)
- Jesu, the very thought of thee
- God of mercy, God of grace
- Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore
Voluntary: Allegro maestoso e vivace from Organ Sonata No. 2 (Mendelssohn)
: 4th before Advent
Psalms: 43
Anthem: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace (Wesley)
Hymns:
- All creatures of our God and King
- Dear Lord and Father of mankind
- Thy kingdom come, O God
- Thou, whose almighty word
Voluntary: Toccata (Gigout)
: Last after Trinity
Psalms: 1
Anthem: Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face (Whitlock)
Hymns:
- For the beauty of the earth
- Father, hear the prayer we offer
- The Church's one foundation (tune: Aurelia)
- Glorious things of thee are spoken (tune: Abbot's Leigh)
Voluntary: Toccata (Dubois)
: 17th after Trinity
Psalms: 149
Anthem: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)
Hymns:
- From all that dwell below the skies (tune: Lasst uns erfreuen)
- The God of love my shepherd is
- Angel-voices ever singing
- Jesus shall reign (tune: Truro)
Voluntary: Le jardin suspendu (Alain)
: 16th after Trinity
Psalms: 150
Anthem: Otche Nash (Kedrov)
Hymns:
- All people that on earth do dwell
- Lord of beauty, thine the splendour
- Jesu, lover of my soul (tune: Aberystwyth)
- Love divine, all loves excelling (tune: Blaenwern)
Voluntary: Chorale improvisation on Nun danket alle Gott (Karg-Elert)

