Sacred Music
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SACRED MUSIC plays a primary role in the worshipping and missionary life of St John Henry’s. As a community conscious of our role to preserve and promote the treasures of the Anglican musical patrimony within the Catholic Church, the vast treasury of English sacred and choral music and hymnody is maintained and nurtured alongside the older Roman usage of Gregorian chant and plainsong.
As a parish, we take seriously the Second Vatican Council’s clear reminder, that: The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services. But other kinds of sacred music, especially polyphony, are by no means excluded from liturgical celebrations, so long as they accord with the spirit of the liturgical action. - Sacrosanctum Concilium 116 From Monday to Saturday the Church’s daily public morning prayer of Mattins - psalms, canticles, hymn, and lections - is chanted in traditional English, and on Sundays the Solemn Mass, which is the highlight of our week as a parish family, is enriched by congregational, plainsong, and polyphonic settings of the Mass in English and Latin, together with anthems, motets, and hymns from the Anglican and Catholic traditions. Our monthly music list below gives you something of the flavour of our deep commitment to the ministry of sacred music within the life of the Ordinariate.
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St John Henry’s is blessed to have in its possession a first-class relic of St Cecilia, early martyr of the Church, and patron saint of musicians.
He who sings well prays twice. |
Our choirmaster and singers welcome interest in the opportunity to sing at St John Henry’s. The choir rehearse on Wednesday evenings and sing for all Solemn Masses, Evensongs, and special services within the life of our community. For further information please contact Mr Scott Vannan.
Music List
1 November (ALL SAINTS)
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa O Quam Gloriosum (Victoria)
Gloria & Credo: Missa de Angelis
Offertory Motet: O Quam Gloriosum (Victoria)
Opening Hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Lasst Uns Erfreuen) EH 519
Offertory Hymn: For all the Saints (Sine Nomine) EH 641
2 November (ALL SOULS)
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa pro defunctis
Offertory Motet: Thou knowest, Lord (Purcell)
Communion Motet: Miserere (Lotti)
Russian Contakion of the Dead
Opening Hymn: Let saints on earth in concert sing (Dundee) EH 428
Offertory Hymn: In our day of thanksgiving (St Catherine’s Court) NEH 208
8 November (REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY)
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa pro defunctis
Offertory Motet: Remember not, Lord, our offences (Purcell)
Communion Motet: Veras est in luctum (de Torres)
Russian Contakion of the Dead
Opening Hymn: I vow to thee, my country (Thaxted) BCP 805
Offertory Hymn: O valiant hearts (Harris) BCP 632
National Anthem (O Canada) & Royal Anthem (God save the Queen)
15 November (TRINITY XXIII)
Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis Factor
Credo: Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
Communion Motet: Give almes of thy goods (Tye)
Offertory Motet: Salve Regina (att. Palestrina)
Opening Hymn: O worship the King (Hanover) EH 466
Offertory Hymn: O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray (Song I) NEH 302
22 November (CHRIST THE KING)
Exposition and Benediction conclude Mass
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Mass for Four Voice (Byrd)
Offertory Motet: O Rex Gloriae (Marenzio)
Communion Motet: Jesu Dulcis Memoria (Victoria)
Opening Hymn: Crown him with many crowns (Diademata) NEH 352
Offertory Hymn: Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (St Osmund) BCP 235
Hymn at Exposition: Hail, Redeemer, King divine (King Divine, NEP 614)
29 November (ADVENT SUNDAY)
The Litany precedes Mass
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Plainsong, Mode I
Credo: Merbecke
Offertory Motet: TBC
Communion Motet: TBC
Opening Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, Emmanuel) BCP 62
Offertory Hymn: Wake, O wake! (Wachet Auf) EH 12
Final Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds descending (Helmsley) BCP 60
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa O Quam Gloriosum (Victoria)
Gloria & Credo: Missa de Angelis
Offertory Motet: O Quam Gloriosum (Victoria)
Opening Hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Lasst Uns Erfreuen) EH 519
Offertory Hymn: For all the Saints (Sine Nomine) EH 641
2 November (ALL SOULS)
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa pro defunctis
Offertory Motet: Thou knowest, Lord (Purcell)
Communion Motet: Miserere (Lotti)
Russian Contakion of the Dead
Opening Hymn: Let saints on earth in concert sing (Dundee) EH 428
Offertory Hymn: In our day of thanksgiving (St Catherine’s Court) NEH 208
8 November (REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY)
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa pro defunctis
Offertory Motet: Remember not, Lord, our offences (Purcell)
Communion Motet: Veras est in luctum (de Torres)
Russian Contakion of the Dead
Opening Hymn: I vow to thee, my country (Thaxted) BCP 805
Offertory Hymn: O valiant hearts (Harris) BCP 632
National Anthem (O Canada) & Royal Anthem (God save the Queen)
15 November (TRINITY XXIII)
Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis Factor
Credo: Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
Communion Motet: Give almes of thy goods (Tye)
Offertory Motet: Salve Regina (att. Palestrina)
Opening Hymn: O worship the King (Hanover) EH 466
Offertory Hymn: O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray (Song I) NEH 302
22 November (CHRIST THE KING)
Exposition and Benediction conclude Mass
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Mass for Four Voice (Byrd)
Offertory Motet: O Rex Gloriae (Marenzio)
Communion Motet: Jesu Dulcis Memoria (Victoria)
Opening Hymn: Crown him with many crowns (Diademata) NEH 352
Offertory Hymn: Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (St Osmund) BCP 235
Hymn at Exposition: Hail, Redeemer, King divine (King Divine, NEP 614)
29 November (ADVENT SUNDAY)
The Litany precedes Mass
Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, & Agnus Dei: Plainsong, Mode I
Credo: Merbecke
Offertory Motet: TBC
Communion Motet: TBC
Opening Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, Emmanuel) BCP 62
Offertory Hymn: Wake, O wake! (Wachet Auf) EH 12
Final Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds descending (Helmsley) BCP 60