Canon in Residence
16 - 28: Tony Barnard, Chancellor
1 - 15: Charles Taylor, Precentor
Dean: Michael Yorke
Precentor: Charles Taylor
Organist and Master of the Choristers: Philip Scriven
THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT (Sunday 16 February) (Decani)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist sung by the Cathedral Chamber Choir
- Jackson in G
- Psalm(s) 30 vv. 1-4
- He that shall endure Mendelssohn
- Celui qui mange de ce pain Godard
- Hymns 436, 378, 276(ii)
- Preacher: Prebendary David Chantrey Rector of Badger, Beckbury, Kemberton, Ryton, Stockton, and Sutton Maddock
- 3.30pm Evensong sung by the Cathedral Chamber Choir
- Morley Responses
- Psalm(s) 6
- Rubbra in A flat [BUY]
- How lovely is thy dwelling place Brahms [BUY]
- Hymns 357, 368
Monday 17 February - Jananu Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Tuesday 18 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Chad's Head
Wednesday 19 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evening Prayer
- Psalm(s) 98, 99, 100, 101
Thursday 20 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Friday 21 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Saturday 22 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
- 5.30pm Evensong and Admission to office of the Chairman of the Cathedral Flower Guild sung by the Lay Vicars Choral
- Moore Responses (set one)
- Hymn 285(ii) (omit v6)
- Psalm(s) 148
- Sumsion in G [BUY]
- The heavens declare Boyce
THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT (Sunday 23 February) (Cantoris)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
- Missa brevis Berkeley [BUY]
- Psalm(s) 104 vv. 24-31
- Jubilate Deo Britten in C [BUY]
- Tantum ergo Duruflé [BUY]
- Hymns 33 (vv. 1, 2, 6, 7), 285(ii), 456
- Preacher: Prebendary John Pawson Vicar of Meir Heath
- 3.30pm Evensong
- Byrd Responses
- Psalm(s) 65
- Purcell in B flat [BUY]
- In the beginning - The heavens are telling Haydn [BUY]
- Hymns 256, 440 (omit vv. 4, 5)
Monday 24 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong
- Walsh Responses
- Psalm(s) 119 vv. 1-16
- Harwood in A flat [BUY]
- Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré [BUY]
Tuesday 25 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Chad's Head
- 5.30pm Evensong
- Walsh Responses
- Psalm(s) 119 vv. 73-88
- Wood in E flat (i)
- O thou, the central orb Wood [BUY]
Wednesday 26 February
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Thursday 27 February - George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633
- 7.40am Morning Prayer
- Psalm(s) 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125
- 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the Lay Vicars Choral
Friday 28 February
- 7.40am Morning Prayer
- Psalm(s) 132, 133, 134, 135
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong
- Byrd Responses
- Psalm(s) 137, 138
- Morley (The Second Service)
- Nolo mortem peccatoris Morley [BUY]
Saturday 1 February - David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, ca.601
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
- 5.30pm First Evensong of Chad, Bishop and Patron, and admission of choristers
- Walsh Responses
- Psalm(s) 67
- Kelly in C [BUY]
- Give us the wings of faith Bullock [BUY]
PATRONAL FESTIVAL SUNDAY (Sunday before Lent) (Sunday 2 March) (Decani)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Patronal Festival Eucharist and Procession to the Shrine of Saint Chad
- Missa sancti Nicolai Haydn
- Jubilate Deo Stanford in C [BUY]
- Jesu, the very thought of thee Bairstow [BUY]
- Hymns 216 (tune 433), 279 (tune 255), 484 (tune 167)
- Preacher: The Venerable Christopher Liley Treasurer and Archdeacon of Lichfield
- 3.30pm Evensong
- Walsh Responses
- Psalm(s) 96
- Stanford in A [BUY]
- O how glorious Harwood [BUY]
- Hymns 221(ii), 477 (tune 408(ii))
Monday 3 March
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Tuesday 4 March - Shrove Tuesday
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Chad's Head
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the Lay Vicars Choral
- Moore Responses (set one)
- Psalm(s) 22, 23
- Moore (Fauxbourdon)
- View me, Lord Wood
ASH WEDNESDAY (Wednesday 5 March)
- 7.40am Morning Prayer and Litany
- 9.30am Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes sung by the Choristers, attended by the Cathedral School
- Ex ore innocentium Ireland [BUY]
- Hymns 353, 66 (tune 63), 297, 67
- 5.30pm Evensong and Litany of Penetence
- 7.30pm The Liturgy of Ash Wednesday sung by the Cathedral Chamber Choir
- Mass for five voices Byrd [BUY]
- Schaffe in mir; Troste mich wider Brahms
- Hymns 66 (tune 63), 294, 277
Thursday 6 March
- 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) in the Lady Chapel
Friday 7 March - Perpetua, Felicity, and companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong and Commemoration of Benefactors
- Walsh Responses
- Psalm(s) 15
- Jackson Hill (The Lichfield Canticles)
- How lovely is thy dwelling place Brahms [BUY]
- Hymns 437, 485
Saturday 8 March - Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (Sunday 9 March) (Cantoris)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
- Missa brevis Palestrina [BUY]
- Psalm 25 vv. 1-6
- Remember not, Lord Purcell [BUY]
- Ave verum Byrd [BUY]
- Hymns 70, 67, 357
- Preacher: Canon Charles Taylor Precentor: "The Eucharist Today - Let's celebrate" (Lent Address 1)
Monday 10 March
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong
- Walsh Responses
- Psalm(s) 54, 55
- Nicholson in D flat
- Wash me throughly Wesley [BUY]
Tuesday 11 March
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Chad's Head
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the Lay Vicars Choral
- Tallis Responses
- Psalm(s) 59, 60, 61
- Magnificat tertii toni Binchois
- Nunc dimittis 15th century English anonymous
- The Lamentations of Jeremiah (i) Tallis [BUY]
- 7.00pm Recital by the choristers at Holy Trinity Church, Oswestry
Wednesday 12 March - Ember Day
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the Trent College Chapel Choir
- Ferial Responses
- Psalm(s) 67
- Stanford in C [BUY]
- Et in terra pax Vivaldi [BUY]
Thursday 13 March
- 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) in the Lady Chapel
Friday 14 March - Ember Day
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong unaccompanied in the Lady Chapel
Saturday 15 March - Ember Day
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
all hymns numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH) unless otherwise indicated
last updated: 10 February, 2003
©2003 Richard Shakeshaft
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