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Services and Music List

November and December 2015

WELCOME For some years the four week period prior to Advent has been known as the Kingdom season, and the predominant liturgical colour is red, for a king. The brightness of All Saints pierces autumnal gloom and gives a particular flavour to our celebration of All Souls and, of course, to Remembrance. Liturgically, it is a time to be reminded of the reach of God into human experience and of God’s presence in his world. It is that recognition which leads us into the bareness of Advent and allows us to hope for the coming of the Light. We hope very much that you will join us when you can.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor

Communicant members of other churches in good standing are welcome to receive the Sacrament in this church if they so desire.

CANONS IN RESIDENCE November 1 – 7: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor November 8 – 14: covered by various members of the Chapter November 15 – 21: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor November 22 – 28: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor November 29 – December 5: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer December 6 – 12: The Venerable Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells December 13 – 19: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor December 20 – 26: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor December 27 – January 2: covered by various members of the Chapter WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR The Cathedral’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, Matthew Owens, is always pleased to hear from parents of prospective choristers. Scholarships and additional bursaries for Wells Cathedral School, which all choristers attend, are available. For more information, or about choral and organ scholarships at the cathedral, please telephone 01749 834213 or email [email protected] PHOTOGRAPHY AND RECORDING No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter. CONTACT DETAILS FOR WELLS CATHEDRAL Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 674483 e: [email protected] w: www.wellscathedral.org.uk

NOVEMBER 1 SUNDAY: ALL SAINTS’ DAY

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Book of Common Prayer)

9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (The Chancel Singers) Hymns 205, 225, 197, 381 Sumsion Communion Service in A and D Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Duruflé Tantum ergo Dupré Placare Christe servulis (from ‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (The Chancel Singers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 1 Ireland Te Deum in F Hymns 346, 396 Philip Stopford Jubilate Deo in D Bairstow Let all mortal flesh keep silence

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (The Chancel Singers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 148 Wood Evening Service in E flat (No. 1) Hymns 250, 231 Stanford Justorum animae Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor _________________________________________________________________________ 2 MONDAY: All Souls’ Day Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS

8.00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION

The Cathedral Choir resumes singing services after its half-term vacation

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (The Great Choir) Duruflé Requiem, Op. 9 Hymn 353 _________________________________________________________________________ 3 TUESDAY: Richard Hooker, priest, teacher of the faith, 1600

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12.25 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 18 Palestrina Magnificat sexti toni Tone VI Nunc dimittis Sheppard In pace

NOVEMBER 4 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG in celebration of the Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust (The Great Choir) Tavener Preces and Responses Psalms 22, 23 Jonathan Dove Wells Service Hymns 373 (Coe Fen), Gary Davison My song shall be alway of the Sing, my soul (Wedmore) loving kindness of the Lord _________________________________________________________________________ 5 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Rose Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29 Humphrey Clucas Westminster Service Harris Holy is the true light _________________________________________________________________________ 6 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Choir of East and West Harptree, and Hinton Blewett) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 32 Morley Fauxbourdon Service Byrd Ave verum corpus _________________________________________________________________________ 7 SATURDAY; Willibrord, bishop, 739

7.30 a.m. MATINS


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Byrd Short Service Hymns 492, 451 Byrd Justorum animae

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society Concert – Bach Lutheran Mass

NOVEMBER 8 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT

Remembrance Sunday


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 296 (t. i), 234, 485, 355 Berkeley Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend John Sclater, Priest Vicar Communion Proper: Dominus regit me Vaughan Williams Lord, thou hast been our refuge Elgar, arr. Gower Nimrod (from ‘Enigma Variations’)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalm 39 Britten Festival Te Deum in E Hymns 492, 417 Britten Jubilate Deo in E flat James Whitbourn This is my commandment

3.00 p.m. SERVICE FOR REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY (The Great Choir) A devotional performance of a new setting of the Requiem, by Gary Davison (world premiere), interspersed with war poetry Retiring collection for The Poppy Appeal and Wells Cathedral _________________________________________________________________________ 9 MONDAY Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 47, 48, 49 Moeran Evening Service in D S.S. Wesley Thou wilt keep him _________________________________________________________________________ 10 TUESDAY: Leo the Great, bishop, teacher of the faith, 461

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalms 53, 54, 55 Howard Skempton Wells Service Howard Skempton Beati quorum via

NOVEMBER 11 WEDNESDAY: Martin, bishop, c. 397

7.30 a.m. MATINS



11.00 a.m. ACT OF REMEMBRANCE: at the Cathedral Clock, for Armistice Day

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG and Commemoration of Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalms 59, 60, 61 Victoria Magnificat primi toni Hymn 432 Tone 1 Nunc dimittis Victoria Ecce sacerdos magnus _________________________________________________________________________ 12 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: George Castle (Winchester Cathedral)

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalm 65 Tone IV Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Boulanger Lux aeterna

8.00 p.m. CONCERT: Vicars Choral Commemoration Concert _________________________________________________________________________ 13 FRIDAY: Charles Simeon, priest, evangelical divine, 1836

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 14 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers) Malcolm Archer Preces and Responses Psalms 73, 74 Malcolm Archer Berkshire Service Hymns 452, 437 Vaughan Williams The Call (from ‘Five Mystical Songs’)

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral School Prestige Series Concert

NOVEMBER 15 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 134, 434, 190 (t. ii), CP 376 Byrd Mass for five voices Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Communion Proper: Amen dico vobis Tallis O sacrum convivium J.S. Bach Präludium und Fuge G-dur, BWV 541

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalm 75 Elgar Te Deum and Benedictus Hymns 238, 467 Bax Lord, thou hast told us

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG with Marie Curie Cancer Care (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalm 78 vv 1-17 Jeremy Woodside Fauxbourdon Service Hymns 368, 436 Fauré Pie Jesu (Requiem, Op. 48) Preacher: The Venerable John Reed, Archdeacon of Taunton

The Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral are singing Choral Evensong at the Parish Church of The Holy Trinity, Long Sutton, at 3.00 p.m. _________________________________________________________________________ 16 MONDAY: Margaret, queen, philanthropist, 1093 Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 Byrd Fauxbourdon Service Tye Give almes of thy goods _________________________________________________________________________ 17 TUESDAY: Hugh, bishop, 1200

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 89 Blair Evening Service in B minor Brahms Geistliches Lied

7.00 p.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL SERVICE

NOVEMBER 18 WEDNESDAY: Elizabeth, princess, philanthropist, 1231

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 93, 94 Monte Magnificat octavi toni Tone VIII Nunc dimittis Palestrina Gaudent in coelis _________________________________________________________________________ 19 THURSDAY: Hilda, abbess, 680

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS

1.05 p.m. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: Wells Cathedral School

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG and Thanksgiving for the Ministry of The Very Reverend John Clarke, as the Dean of Wells (The Great Choir) Tavener Preces and Responses Psalm 98 Arvo Pärt Magnificat Hymns 436, 431, 413 Rachmaninov Nunc dimittis Judith Bingham Our faith is a light _________________________________________________________________________ 20 FRIDAY: Edmund, king, martyr, 870

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER (said) _________________________________________________________________________ 21 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


2.00 p.m. DIOCESAN CONFIRMATION SERVICE

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 106 Ayleward Short Service Hymns 393, 404 Gibbons Great King of gods

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: St Cecilia Early Music Wells Concert – Colin Booth

NOVEMBER 22 SUNDAY: CHRIST THE KING

7.30 a.m. MATINS


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST and Thanksgiving for the Ministry of The Very Reverend John Clarke, as the Dean of Wells (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 345, 137, 333, Daring, Dancing Trinity Jonathan Dove Missa Brevis Preacher: The Very Reverend John Clarke, Dean Communion Proper: Sedebit Dominus Rex in aeternum Britten Hymn to Saint Cecilia Messiaen Offrande et Alleluia Final (Livre du Saint Sacrament)

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 72 Victoria Magnificat sexti toni Hymns 391, 252 Tone VI Nunc dimittis Boyce The Lord is King Preacher: The Reverend Simon Robinson, Vicar of Minehead _________________________________________________________________________ 23 MONDAY: Clement, bishop, martyr, c. 100 Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalms 114, 115 Tomkins Fauxbourdon Service Handel Lift up your heads (from ‘Messiah’) _________________________________________________________________________ 24 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Friðrik Walker Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 1-32 Barry Ferguson Canterbury Service John Joubert Let all the world

NOVEMBER 25 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Michael Walsh Preces and Responses Psalm 119 vv 73-104 Wood Evening Service in E Wood View me, Lord _________________________________________________________________________ 26 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.05 p.m. BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS, RECITAL 06: Matthew Owens

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 27 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Psalms 126, 127, 128, Tone VI Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 129, 130, 131 Reger Meine Seele ist still zu Gott _________________________________________________________________________ 28 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


1.00 p.m. SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalms 136, 137, 138 Howells Evening Service in B minor Hymns 372, 458 Britten A hymn of St Columba

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 29 SUNDAY: THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

7.30 a.m. MATINS


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (The Great Choir) Hymns 11, 3, 16, CP 28 John Joubert Missa Wellensis Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle, Precentor Communion Proper: Dominus dabit benignitatem Mathias Lift up your heads Naji Hakim Conditor alme siderum (from ‘Canticum pour orgue’)

3.00 p.m. EVENING PRAYER (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

5.00 p.m. ADVENT CAROL SERVICE: The Reawakening Memory (The Great Choir) A service of readings, traditional congregational Advent carols, and music for Advent _________________________________________________________________________ 30 MONDAY: Andrew the Apostle Decani verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.00 a.m. ST ANDREW’S DAY WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL EUCHARIST (Boy and Girl Choristers, with the upper voices of Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir) Britten Missa Brevis

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EUCHARIST (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Victoria Missa ‘O quam gloriosum’ Hymns 200, 231 Communion Proper: Venite post me – piscatores hominum Victoria Doctor bonus amicus Deus J.S. Bach Fantasia und Fuge a-moll, BWV 561 _________________________________________________________________________ 1 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Gabriel Jackson Preces and Responses Psalms 6, 7, 8 Howells Gloucester Service Michael Berkeley A Tale of Andrew (second performance)

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Primary Schools Christmas Concert

DECEMBER 2 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 12, 13, 14 Monte Magnificat septimi toni Tone VII Nunc dimittis Byrd Domine praestolamur adventum tuum

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Primary Schools Christmas Concert _________________________________________________________________________ 3 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 18 Stanford Evening Service in C Ord Adam lay ybounden _________________________________________________________________________ 4 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


10.45 a.m. MILLFIELD SCHOOL CAROL SERVICE


7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Radcliffe Preces and Responses Psalms 27, 28, 29 Howells Worcester Service Hymns 1(t. i), 7 Palestrina Sicut cervus

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society – Handel Messiah

DECEMBER 6 SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 5, HFT 9, 12, CP 591 Kodály Missa Brevis Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Simon Hill, Director of Clergy Development Communion Proper: Domine, quinque talenta tradidisti mihi Sir James MacMillan The Canticle of Zachariah Kodály Ite, Missa est

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Richard Shephard Preces and Responses Psalm 30 Stanford Te Deum and Benedictus in C Hymns 388 (t. ii), 6 Wood O thou, the central orb

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Boy Choristers and Vicars Choral) Tomkins Preces and Responses Psalm 32 Tomkins Fifth Service Hymns 286, 408 (t. i) Guerrero Canite tuba in Sion Preacher: The Venerable Andy Piggott, Archdeacon of Bath

6.30 p.m. WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL ADVENT CAROL SERVICE _________________________________________________________________________ 7 MONDAY: Ambrose, bishop, teacher of the faith, 397 Cantoris verses

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Tallis Preces and Responses Psalm 37 Tone IV Magnificat Palestrina Nunc dimittis quarti toni Tallis Audivi vocem de caelo

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Somerset County Schools Celebration _________________________________________________________________________ 8 TUESDAY: Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.30 a.m. MOTHERS’ UNION PRAYERS (Bishops Palace Chapel)


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Vicars Choral) Plainsong Preces and Responses Psalms 41, 42, 43 Monte Magnificat septimi toni; Tone VII Nunc dimittis Cavalli Salve Regina

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Junior School Christmas Celebration


7.30 a.m. MATINS



11.00 a.m. CAROL SERVICE: Age UK Somerset

2.30 p.m. CAROL SERVICE: Women’s Institute

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Wells Cathedral Junior School Celebration _________________________________________________________________________ 10 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


11.00 a.m. CAROL SERVICE: Hazlegrove School


7.00 p.m. CAROL SERVICE: Mid Somerset Series _________________________________________________________________________ 11 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


3.00 p.m. CAROL SERVICE: Millfield Preparatory School

The Cathedral Choir is on tour to The Netherlands until Thursday 17 December

5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (The Choir of St John’s Church, Glastonbury) Ayleward Preces and Responses Psalms 60, 61 Thomas Caustan Evening Service for Four Voices Stainer How beautiful upon the mountains _________________________________________________________________________ 12 SATURDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalms 65, 66, 67 Walmisley Evening Service in D Hymns 170 (t. i), 15 Grayston Ives This is the record of John

7.00 p.m. CAROL SERVICE: Somerset Life, Sing for Somerset

DECEMBER 13 SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 6, 180, 339, 186 Wood Mass in F Preacher: The Reverend Prebendary Stephen Lynas, Chaplain to the Bishops Biebl Ave Maria

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 68 vv 1-10 Matthew Redman Benedicite Omnia opera Hymns 71, 336 Matthew Redman Benedictus Mendelssohn How lovely are the messengers

12.30 p.m. BAPTISM SERVICE

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Byrd Preces and Responses Psalm 69 Dyson Evening Service in F Hymns 1(t. i), 495 Traditional, arr. Willcocks Angelus ad virginem Preacher: The Reverend Claire Robson, Vicar Pastor, Bath Abbey _________________________________________________________________________ 14 MONDAY: John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, 1591

7.30 a.m. MATINS


2.00 p.m. CAROL SERVICE: Fosse Way School


7.30 p.m. CONCERT: Opus Anglicanum – Mediaeval Carols _________________________________________________________________________ 15 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS




7.30 p.m. CAROL SERVICE: Crispin School


7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 17 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 18 FRIDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



7.30 a.m. MATINS


12 noon EUCHARIST WITH HEALING


DECEMBER 20 SUNDAY: THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns 7, 10, 15, 9 Christopher Alexander A Short Mass Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Featherstone, Chancellor Rheinberger Rorate caeli de super

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Spedding Preces and Responses Psalm 103 Sumsion Benedicite; Gibbons Benedictus Hymns 4, 18 Warlock Adam lay ybounden

3.00 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Spedding Preces and Responses Psalm 104 Rootham Evening Service in E minor Hymns 494, 14 John Rutter There is a flower Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader

7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Christmas Music by Candlelight, with Wells Cathedral Choir _________________________________________________________________________ 21 MONDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



7.00 p.m. CONCERT: Christmas Music by Candlelight, with Wells Cathedral Choir _________________________________________________________________________ 22 TUESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



6.00 p.m. CATHEDRAL CAROL SERVICE (The Great Choir) A service of traditional readings and congregational carols, with music by

Darke, Vaughan Williams, Sandström, Chilcott, Leighton, and Rutter Please be seated by 5.45 p.m. _________________________________________________________________________ 23 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



6.00 p.m. CATHEDRAL CAROL SERVICE (see Tuesday 22 for details)

DECEMBER 24 THURSDAY: CHRISTMAS EVE

7.30 a.m. MATINS


2.00 p.m. CRIB SERVICE

3.15 p.m. CRIB SERVICE

5.15 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 8 Sumsion Evening Service in A Hymns 19 (t. ii, omit *), 32 Williamson This Christmas night

11.00 p.m. EUCHARIST OF CHRISTMAS NIGHT (Senior Choristers and Vicars Choral) Hymns 29, 35, 30, 26 Tavener God is with us Haydn Missa Sancti Nicolai Preacher: The Right Reverend Ruth Worsley, Bishop of Taunton Communion Proper: In splendoribus sanctorum Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks Away in a manger Polish traditional, arr. Willcocks Infant holy _________________________________________________________________________ 25 FRIDAY: CHRISTMAS DAY


9.30 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (The Great Choir) Mozart Missa Brevis C-dur, K. 259 Hymns 30, 39, 33, 25 Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Dodds, Treasurer Communion Proper: Viderunt omnes fines terrae Traditional, arr. Mack Wilberg Ding dong! merrily on high Widor Final (Symphonie VI)

11.30 a.m. MATINS (The Great Choir) Rose Preces and Responses Proper Psalm 110 John Rutter Winchester Te Deum Hymns CP 44, 26 John Rutter Wells Jubilate English traditional, arr. Willcocks I saw three ships Richard Elliot I saw three ships

The Cathedral Choir is on vacation following Matins, and resumes singing services on Monday 11 January, 2016

3.00 p.m. EVENING PRAYER (Vicars’ Close Chapel) _________________________________________________________________________ 26 SATURDAY: Stephen, deacon, first martyr

9.00 a.m. MATINS (Vicars’ Close Chapel)

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Vicars’ Close Chapel)


DECEMBER 27 SUNDAY: JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST


9.45 a.m. CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Hymns CP 67, 21, 202 (t. 265), 37 Tambling Festmesse in F Preacher: Caroline Byrne, Cathedral Reader Gerald Near There is no rose

11.30 a.m. MATINS (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Hymns 24 (omit *), 20 (t. 512) Boyce Te Deum in C Psalm 121 Arthur Wills Jubilate Deo Terry Myn Lyking

3.00 p.m. SOLEMN EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Peter Nardone Preces and Responses Hymns 38, 28 Philip Stopford Truro Service Psalms 126, 127 Bennett What sweeter music Preacher: The Venerable Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells _________________________________________________________________________ 28 MONDAY: The Holy Innocents

9.00 a.m. MORNING PRAYER

9.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (Lady Chapel)

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 29 TUESDAY: Thomas Becket, archbishop, martyr, 1170

7.30 a.m. MATINS




DECEMBER/ JANUARY 2016 30 WEDNESDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS



5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 31 THURSDAY

7.30 a.m. MATINS


3.00 p.m. SERVICE OF HOLY MATRIMONY

5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 1 FRIDAY: Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENING PRAYER _________________________________________________________________________ 2 SATURDAY: Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, bishops, teachers of the faith, 379 and 389

7.30 a.m. MATINS


5.15 p.m. EVENSONG (Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir) Reading Preces and Responses Psalms 12, 13, 14 Sumsion Evening Service in G Hymns 225 (t. ii), 258 Britten A New Year carol

President: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CH, CBE Artistic Director: Matthew Owens

Wells Cathedral Commissions invites you to join its growing group of commissioners to help bring important new works into the repertoire of Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of its founding, Cathedral Commissions is commissioning two new works in 2016. The first is a setting of the St Mark Passion by John Joubert (www.johnjoubert.org.uk). It will be premiered during an act of worship on the afternoon of Palm Sunday, 20th March, which also happens to be the composer’s 89th birthday. The second work to be premiered is an anthem by the Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir CBE (www.judithweir.com), on Thursday 20th October 2016, during the cathedral’s innovative annual festival, new music wells. Being a Cathedral Commissioner enables you to become part of a group that shares the unique experience of enabling a new piece of music to come into being. As a Cathedral Commissioner you will: • be invited to the main rehearsal for the premiere of the work, with the composer

in attendance • be a VIP guest at the premiere • have your score signed by the composer at a special Commissioners’ reception • have your name printed in the score; this may include a dedication to a family

member or a friend • be kept up to date with the progress of the work after its premiere • directly support the work of a contemporary composer • directly support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition

For further details please contact: Dr Nicholas Hooper, Cathedral Commissions Administrator, Wells Cathedral Music Office, Chain Gate, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE t: 01749 832204 e: [email protected]

www.wellscathedral.org.uk

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