Canon in Residence
16: Charles Taylor, Precentor
17 - 31: Tony Barnard, Chancellor
1 - 10: Michael Yorke, Dean
11 - 12: Charles Taylor, Precentor
Dean: Michael Yorke
Precentor: Charles Taylor
Organist and Master of the Choristers: Philip Scriven
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (Sunday 16 March) (Decani)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
- Messe Solenelle Vierne [BUY]
- Psalm(s) 22 vv. 23-28
- The Lamentation (part one) Bairstow [BUY]
- Tantum ergo de Sévérac [BUY]
- Hymns 74, 76, 379
- Preacher: Canon Charles Taylor Precentor: "The Eucharist Today - Gathering the Community" (Lent Address 2)
Monday 17 March - Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, ca. 460
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong
- Tomkins Responses
- Psalm(s) 89
- Byrd (The Second Service)
- When David heard East
Tuesday 18 March - Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher of the Faith, 386
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Chad's Head
- 5.30pm First Evensong of Joseph of Nazareth sung by the Vicars Choral
- Moore Responses (set one)
- Hymn 224 (tune 178)
- Psalm(s) 132
- Moore (The First Service)
- Their sound is gone out Wills [BUY]
JOSEPH OF NAZARETH (Wednesday 19 March)
- 9.30am Holy Communion at the High Altar
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the Choristers
- plainsong Responses
- Hymn 160 (tune 190(ii))
- Psalm(s) 1
- Magnificat Blatchly in C
- Nunc dimittis Burgon [BUY]
- Who can express Wesley
Thursday 20 March - Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Friday 21 March - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong unaccompanied in the Lady Chapel
Saturday 22 March
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (Sunday 23 March) (Cantoris)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
- Mass for four voices Byrd [BUY]
- Psalm(s) 19 vv. 7-15
- The Lamentation (part two) Bairstow [BUY]
- O sacrum convivium Tallis [BUY]
- Hymns 64, 65, 431
- Preacher: Canon Tony Barnard Chancellor: "The Eucharist Today - Word and Prayer" (Lent Address 3)
- 3.30pm Evensong
- Shepherd Responses
- Psalm(s) 12
- Noble in B minor [BUY]
- Cast me not away Wesley [BUY]
- Hymns 359 (tune 322), 94
Monday 24 March - Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980; William Hilton, Mystic, 1396
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm First Evensong of the Annunciation
- Shepherd Responses
- Hymn 161 (tune 385)
- Psalm(s) 85
- Stanford in G [BUY]
- The angel Gabriel arr. Pettman
THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Tuesday 25 March)
- 9.30am Holy Communion at the High Altar
- 5.30pm Evensong
- Shepherd Responses
- Hymn 188(ii) vv. 1, 2, 3, 7
- Psalm(s) 146
- Dyson in F [BUY]
- Ecce ancilla Domini Drayton [BUY]
Wednesday 26 March - Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of John the Baptist, Clewer, 1883
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Thursday 27 March
- 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 in the Lady Chapel
- Tallis Responses
- Psalm(s) 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131
- Tallis in the Dorian mode
- The Lamentations of Jeremiah (ii) Tallis [BUY]
Friday 28 March
- 7.40am Morning Prayer
- Psalm(s) 132, 133, 134, 135
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Saturday 29 March
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
- 5.30pm Evensong and Presentation of RSCM Awards
- Shepherd Responses
- Hymn 337
- Psalm(s) 142, 143
- Blair in B minor [BUY]
- Wash me throughly Wesley [BUY]
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday) (Sunday 30 March) (Decani)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
- Missa brevis Walton [BUY]
- Psalm(s) 107 vv. 1-8
- The Lamentation (part three) Bairstow [BUY]
- Ave verum Elgar [BUY]
- Hymns 84, 273, 408(i)
- Preacher: The Dean: "The Eucharist Today - Making Communion" (Lent Address 4)
- 3.30pm Evensong
- Psalm(s) 14
- Jackson in G
- A hymn to the Virgin Britten [BUY]
- Hymns 368, 333
The Cathedral Choir is on vacation until Sunday 13 April
Monday 31 March - John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Tuesday 1 April - Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Chad's Head
Wednesday 2 April
- 7.40am Morning Prayer and Litany
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the choir of SS Mary and Anne School, Abbots Bromley
- Look down, O Lord Byrd
- plainsong Responses
- Hymn 415 (tune 346) omit v. 3
- Psalm(s) 13
- Walker in C
- Ave Maria Fauré
Thursday 3 April
- 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) in the Lady Chapel
Friday 4 April
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Saturday 5 April
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir
- Shepherd Responses
- Hymn 79 (tune 128(ii))
- Psalm(s) 27, 28, 29
- Howells (Collegium Regale) [BUY]
- It is a thing most wonderful Moore [BUY]
THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Sunday 6 April) (Cantoris)
- 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist sung by the Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir
- Mass for five voices Byrd [BUY]
- Psalm 119 vv. 9-16
- Miserere mei Byrd
- Ave verum Byrd [BUY]
- Hymns 87 (tune 486), 86, 83
- Preacher: The Venerable Christopher Liley Treasurer: "The Eucharist Today - Commissioned and Empowered" (Lent Address 5)
- 3.30pm A Passiontide Devotion for Choir and Congregation sung by the Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir
Monday 7 April
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Tuesday 8 April
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Chad's Head
Wednesday 9 April - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, 1945
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Thursday 10 April - William Lay, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761; William of Ockham, Friar, 1347
- 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) in the Lady Chapel
Friday 11 April - George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, Bishop of Lichfield, 1878
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel
Saturday 12 April
- 9.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel of St Michael
- 5.30pm Evensong sung by the choir of St Peter's Church, Prestbury
all hymns numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH) unless otherwise indicated
last updated: 12 March, 2003
©2003 Richard Shakeshaft
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