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 - December 2019
1 December (ADVENT SUNDAY)
The Great Litany in Procession & Solemn Mass
Plainsong Mass (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Ad te levavi (Scarlatti)
Communion Motet: Thou knowest, Lord (Purcell)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel, BCP 62)
Offertory: Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling (Wachet Auf, EH 12)
Final: Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Hemsley, BCP 60)
8 December (ADVENT II)
Plainsong Mass (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
Communion Motet: Jerusalem surge (Martini)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: The Advent of our King (St Thomas, BCP 59)
Offertory: Hills of the North, rejoice (Little Cornard, BCP 282)
Final: On Jordan’s bank, the Baptist’s cry (Winchester New, BCP 67)
15 December (GAUDETE SUNDAY)
Mass for Four Voices (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei) (Byrd)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Lord, we beseech thee (Batten)
Communion Motet: Rejoice in the Lord alway (Anon)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: Rejoice, the Lord is King (Gopsal, BCP 392)
Offertory: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (Crüger, BCP 396)
Final: ‘Thy kingdom come’ – on bended knee (Irish, BCP 73)
22 December (ADVENT IV)
Plainsong Mass (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Ave Maria (Victoria)
Communion Motet: Ecce concipies (Handl)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel, BCP 62)
Offertory: The Angel Gabriel (Gabriel’s Message, CP 242)
Final: Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Hemsley, BCP 60)
24 December (CHRISTMAS EVE)
Blessing of the Crib & Midnight Mass at 10 pm
Missa Alme Pater (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa de Angelis (Credo)
Offertory Motet: Dixit Maria (Hassler)
Communion Motet: O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)
Opening: Once in royal David’s city (Irby, BCP 733)
Procession to the Crib: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fidelis, BCP 75)
Communion: Silent Night (Silent Night, BCP 739)
Offertory: It came upon the midnight clear (Noel, BCP 319)
Final: Hark! the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn, BCP 77)
25 December (CHRISTMAS DAY)
Solemn Mass at 12 Noon
Missa Dixit Maria (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei) (Hassler)
Missa de Angelis (Gloria & Credo)
Offertory Motet: Quem Pastores (Praetorius)
Communion Motet: There is no rose (Joubert)
Opening: Christians, awake, salute the happy morn (Yorkshire, BCP 78)
Offertory: O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green, BCP 82)
Final: Hark! the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn, BCP 77)
29 December (HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY)
Missa kyrie fons bonitatis (Kyie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
Missa de Angelis (Gloria & Credo)
Offertory Motet: Natus est nobis (Handl)
Communion Motet: Lo, how a rose (traditional)
Opening: See, amid the winter’s snow (See Amid, BCP 736)
Offertory: Of the Father’s love begotten (Corde Natus, BCP 79)
Final: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fidelis, BCP 75)
The Great Litany in Procession & Solemn Mass
Plainsong Mass (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Ad te levavi (Scarlatti)
Communion Motet: Thou knowest, Lord (Purcell)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel, BCP 62)
Offertory: Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling (Wachet Auf, EH 12)
Final: Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Hemsley, BCP 60)
8 December (ADVENT II)
Plainsong Mass (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
Communion Motet: Jerusalem surge (Martini)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: The Advent of our King (St Thomas, BCP 59)
Offertory: Hills of the North, rejoice (Little Cornard, BCP 282)
Final: On Jordan’s bank, the Baptist’s cry (Winchester New, BCP 67)
15 December (GAUDETE SUNDAY)
Mass for Four Voices (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei) (Byrd)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Lord, we beseech thee (Batten)
Communion Motet: Rejoice in the Lord alway (Anon)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: Rejoice, the Lord is King (Gopsal, BCP 392)
Offertory: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (Crüger, BCP 396)
Final: ‘Thy kingdom come’ – on bended knee (Irish, BCP 73)
22 December (ADVENT IV)
Plainsong Mass (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa Simplicior (Credo) (Merbecke)
Offertory Motet: Ave Maria (Victoria)
Communion Motet: Ecce concipies (Handl)
During Communion: The Advent Prose
Opening: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel, BCP 62)
Offertory: The Angel Gabriel (Gabriel’s Message, CP 242)
Final: Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Hemsley, BCP 60)
24 December (CHRISTMAS EVE)
Blessing of the Crib & Midnight Mass at 10 pm
Missa Alme Pater (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Missa de Angelis (Credo)
Offertory Motet: Dixit Maria (Hassler)
Communion Motet: O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)
Opening: Once in royal David’s city (Irby, BCP 733)
Procession to the Crib: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fidelis, BCP 75)
Communion: Silent Night (Silent Night, BCP 739)
Offertory: It came upon the midnight clear (Noel, BCP 319)
Final: Hark! the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn, BCP 77)
25 December (CHRISTMAS DAY)
Solemn Mass at 12 Noon
Missa Dixit Maria (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus & Agnus Dei) (Hassler)
Missa de Angelis (Gloria & Credo)
Offertory Motet: Quem Pastores (Praetorius)
Communion Motet: There is no rose (Joubert)
Opening: Christians, awake, salute the happy morn (Yorkshire, BCP 78)
Offertory: O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green, BCP 82)
Final: Hark! the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn, BCP 77)
29 December (HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY)
Missa kyrie fons bonitatis (Kyie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
Missa de Angelis (Gloria & Credo)
Offertory Motet: Natus est nobis (Handl)
Communion Motet: Lo, how a rose (traditional)
Opening: See, amid the winter’s snow (See Amid, BCP 736)
Offertory: Of the Father’s love begotten (Corde Natus, BCP 79)
Final: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fidelis, BCP 75)