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 prayed 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. |
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Our choirmaster and singers welcome interest in the opportunity to sing to the glory of God at St John Henry’s. The choir, made up of paid and volunteer singers, rehearse on Wednesday evenings and sing for all Solemn Masses, Evensongs, and other special services within the life of our parochial community. For further information please contact our Director of Music, Mr Scott Vannan.
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Music List
Click on the hymns to hear examples (where available)
9 JANUARY 2022 (THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD)
Opening: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (Cruger) EH 45
Offertory: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Epiphany) EH Appendix 9
Communion: The sinless one to Jordan came (Deus Tuorum Militum, NEH 101, 2nd tune) NEH 58
Final: O Love how broad, how deep, how high (Puer Nobis Nascitur, EH 14) EH 459
Setting: Missa Kyrie Fons Bonitatis (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa de Angelis (Credo)
Motets: Tribus Miraculis (Byrd), O Sacrum Convivium (Croce) | Psalm 8 (Lawes)
16 JANUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY II)
Opening: Immortal, invisible, God only wise (St Denio) EH 407
Offertory: Songs of thankfulness and praise (St Edmund) EH 47
Communion: The race that long in darkness pined (Dundee) EH 43
Final: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun (Truro) EH 420
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)
Motets: Surge, Illuminare (Byrd), Magi Veniunt ab Oriente (Clemens) | Psalm 29 (Ley)
23 JANUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY III)
Opening: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (Praise My Soul) EH 470
Offertory: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Picardy) EH 318
Communion: Father, hear the prayer we offer (Sussex) EH 385
Final: O praise ye the Lord (Laudate Dominum) NEH 427
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)
Motets: Almighty and Everlasting God (Gibbons), Vidimus Stellam (Byrd) | Psalm 19 (Walmisley)
30 JANUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY IV)
Opening: Praise to the Holiest in the height (Billing) CHB 260
Offertory: Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem (Neander) EH 380
Communion: Be thou my Guardian and my Guide (Abridge) EH 369
Final: Thou whose almighty Word (Moscow) EH 553
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)
Motets: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Aichinger), Blessed are the Pure in Heart (Walford-Davies) | Psalm 71 (Gray)
2 FEBRUARY 2022 (CANDLEMAS)
Blessing of Candles, Procession & Solemn Mass at 6.30 pm
Opening: Hail to the Lord who comes (Old 120th) EH 209
Procession: All prophets hail thee (Coelites Plaudant, EH 242) EH 208
Offertory: Ye who own the faith of Jesus (Daily, Daily) NEH 188
Communion: O Sion, open wide thy gates (Bristol, BCP 65) BCP 189
Final: Sing of Mary, pure and lowly (Hermon) BCP 807
Setting: Missa Dixit Maria (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Alme Pater (Gloria); Missa de Angelis (Credo)
Motets: Senex Puerum Portabat (Byrd), Adorna Thalamum (Lassus) | Psalm 24 (Barnby)
6 FEBRUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY V) Accession Day
Opening: Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us (Mannheim) EH 426
Offertory: Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (Schmucke Dich) EH 306
Communion: Take my life, and let it be (Mozart) BCP 576
Final: Alleluya, song of sweetness (Tantum ergo) EH 63
Royal Anthem: God save the Queen
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)
9 JANUARY 2022 (THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD)
Opening: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (Cruger) EH 45
Offertory: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Epiphany) EH Appendix 9
Communion: The sinless one to Jordan came (Deus Tuorum Militum, NEH 101, 2nd tune) NEH 58
Final: O Love how broad, how deep, how high (Puer Nobis Nascitur, EH 14) EH 459
Setting: Missa Kyrie Fons Bonitatis (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa de Angelis (Credo)
Motets: Tribus Miraculis (Byrd), O Sacrum Convivium (Croce) | Psalm 8 (Lawes)
16 JANUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY II)
Opening: Immortal, invisible, God only wise (St Denio) EH 407
Offertory: Songs of thankfulness and praise (St Edmund) EH 47
Communion: The race that long in darkness pined (Dundee) EH 43
Final: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun (Truro) EH 420
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)
Motets: Surge, Illuminare (Byrd), Magi Veniunt ab Oriente (Clemens) | Psalm 29 (Ley)
23 JANUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY III)
Opening: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (Praise My Soul) EH 470
Offertory: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Picardy) EH 318
Communion: Father, hear the prayer we offer (Sussex) EH 385
Final: O praise ye the Lord (Laudate Dominum) NEH 427
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)
Motets: Almighty and Everlasting God (Gibbons), Vidimus Stellam (Byrd) | Psalm 19 (Walmisley)
30 JANUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY IV)
Opening: Praise to the Holiest in the height (Billing) CHB 260
Offertory: Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem (Neander) EH 380
Communion: Be thou my Guardian and my Guide (Abridge) EH 369
Final: Thou whose almighty Word (Moscow) EH 553
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)
Motets: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Aichinger), Blessed are the Pure in Heart (Walford-Davies) | Psalm 71 (Gray)
2 FEBRUARY 2022 (CANDLEMAS)
Blessing of Candles, Procession & Solemn Mass at 6.30 pm
Opening: Hail to the Lord who comes (Old 120th) EH 209
Procession: All prophets hail thee (Coelites Plaudant, EH 242) EH 208
Offertory: Ye who own the faith of Jesus (Daily, Daily) NEH 188
Communion: O Sion, open wide thy gates (Bristol, BCP 65) BCP 189
Final: Sing of Mary, pure and lowly (Hermon) BCP 807
Setting: Missa Dixit Maria (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Alme Pater (Gloria); Missa de Angelis (Credo)
Motets: Senex Puerum Portabat (Byrd), Adorna Thalamum (Lassus) | Psalm 24 (Barnby)
6 FEBRUARY 2022 (EPIPHANY V) Accession Day
Opening: Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us (Mannheim) EH 426
Offertory: Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (Schmucke Dich) EH 306
Communion: Take my life, and let it be (Mozart) BCP 576
Final: Alleluya, song of sweetness (Tantum ergo) EH 63
Royal Anthem: God save the Queen
Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei); Missa Simplicior (Credo)