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 Friday 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
25 MARCH 2023 (LADY DAY)
9.30 am Solemn Mass
Opening: Ye who own the faith of Jesus (Daily, Daily) NEH 188
Offertory: Her virgin eyes saw God incarnate born (Farley Castle) EH 217
Communion: For Mary, Mother of the Lord (St Botolph) NEH 385
Final: Sing we of the blessed Mother (Abbot’s Leigh) NEH 185
Setting: Missa Alme Pater (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei), Missa de Angelis (Credo)
26 MARCH 2023 (PASSION SUNDAY)
2.30 pm The Litany & Solemn Mass
Opening: O Sacred head, sore wounded (Passion Chorale) EH 102
Offertory: When I survey the wondrous Cross (Rockingham) EH 107
Communion: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (St Peter) EH 405
Final: Lift high the Cross (Crucifer) NEP 641
Setting: Mass XVII (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei), Missa Simplicior (Credo)
2 APRIL 2023 (PALM SUNDAY)
3 pm Solemn Mass & Palm Procession
Procession 1: All glory, laud, and honour (St Theodolph) EH 622
Procession 2: Ride on! Ride on in majesty! (Winchester New) EH 620
Procession 3: Onward, Christian soldiers (St Gertrude) EH 643
Procession 4: Crown him with many crowns (Diademata) CP 166
Procession 5: O worship the King (Hanover) EH 466
Before the Passion: Glory be to Jesus (Caswall) NEH 83
Offertory: My song is love unknown (Love Unknown) NEH 86
Final: The royal banners forward go (Gonfalon Royal, NEH 128ii) NEH 79
Setting: Mass XVII (Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei), Missa Simplicior (Credo)
6 APRIL 2023 (MAUNDY THURSDAY)
3.30 pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Opening: We hail thy presence glorious (Offertorium) NEH 310
Offertory: And now, O Father, mindful of the love (Unde et Memores) NEH 273
Communion: My God, and is thy Table spread (Rockingham) EH Appendix 45
Procession: Of the glorious body telling (Grafton, NEH 202) NEH 268
Setting: Missa de Angelis (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
7 APRIL 2023 (GOOD FRIDAY)
10 am The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday
Before the Passion: There is a green hill far away (Horsley) EH 106
Entrance of the Cross: When I survey the wondrous Cross (Rockingham) EH 107
9 APRIL 2023 (EASTER DAWN)
5.30 am The Easter Vigil
Offertory: At the Lamb’s high feast we sing (Salzburg) EH 128
Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (This Joyful Eastertide) NEH 121
Final: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert) EH 139
9 APRIL 2023 (EASTER DAY)
3.30 pm Solemn Mass & Procession
Opening: Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) NEH 110
Procession 1: Hail thee, festival day (Salve Festa Dies 2) NEH 109
Procession 2: Love’s redeeming work is done (Savannah) NEH 113
Offertory: At the Lamb’s high feast we sing (Salzburg) EH 128
Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (This Joyful Eastertide) NEH 121
Final: Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus) NEH 120
9.30 am Solemn Mass
Opening: Ye who own the faith of Jesus (Daily, Daily) NEH 188
Offertory: Her virgin eyes saw God incarnate born (Farley Castle) EH 217
Communion: For Mary, Mother of the Lord (St Botolph) NEH 385
Final: Sing we of the blessed Mother (Abbot’s Leigh) NEH 185
Setting: Missa Alme Pater (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei), Missa de Angelis (Credo)
26 MARCH 2023 (PASSION SUNDAY)
2.30 pm The Litany & Solemn Mass
Opening: O Sacred head, sore wounded (Passion Chorale) EH 102
Offertory: When I survey the wondrous Cross (Rockingham) EH 107
Communion: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (St Peter) EH 405
Final: Lift high the Cross (Crucifer) NEP 641
Setting: Mass XVII (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei), Missa Simplicior (Credo)
2 APRIL 2023 (PALM SUNDAY)
3 pm Solemn Mass & Palm Procession
Procession 1: All glory, laud, and honour (St Theodolph) EH 622
Procession 2: Ride on! Ride on in majesty! (Winchester New) EH 620
Procession 3: Onward, Christian soldiers (St Gertrude) EH 643
Procession 4: Crown him with many crowns (Diademata) CP 166
Procession 5: O worship the King (Hanover) EH 466
Before the Passion: Glory be to Jesus (Caswall) NEH 83
Offertory: My song is love unknown (Love Unknown) NEH 86
Final: The royal banners forward go (Gonfalon Royal, NEH 128ii) NEH 79
Setting: Mass XVII (Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei), Missa Simplicior (Credo)
6 APRIL 2023 (MAUNDY THURSDAY)
3.30 pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Opening: We hail thy presence glorious (Offertorium) NEH 310
Offertory: And now, O Father, mindful of the love (Unde et Memores) NEH 273
Communion: My God, and is thy Table spread (Rockingham) EH Appendix 45
Procession: Of the glorious body telling (Grafton, NEH 202) NEH 268
Setting: Missa de Angelis (Kyrie, Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
7 APRIL 2023 (GOOD FRIDAY)
10 am The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday
Before the Passion: There is a green hill far away (Horsley) EH 106
Entrance of the Cross: When I survey the wondrous Cross (Rockingham) EH 107
9 APRIL 2023 (EASTER DAWN)
5.30 am The Easter Vigil
Offertory: At the Lamb’s high feast we sing (Salzburg) EH 128
Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (This Joyful Eastertide) NEH 121
Final: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert) EH 139
9 APRIL 2023 (EASTER DAY)
3.30 pm Solemn Mass & Procession
Opening: Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) NEH 110
Procession 1: Hail thee, festival day (Salve Festa Dies 2) NEH 109
Procession 2: Love’s redeeming work is done (Savannah) NEH 113
Offertory: At the Lamb’s high feast we sing (Salzburg) EH 128
Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (This Joyful Eastertide) NEH 121
Final: Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus) NEH 120