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
24 SEPTEMBER (TRINITY XVI) (XXV PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed! (Crüger) EH 45
Offertory: Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (St Osmund) BCP 235
Communion: Through all the changing scenes of life (Wiltshire) EH 502
Final: Fight the good fight with all thy might (Duke Street) BCP 549
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
1 OCTOBER (TRINITY XVII) (XXVI PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Christ is the King, O friends rejoice (Vulpius) NEH 345
Offertory: At the name of Jesus (Evelyns) NEH 338
Communion: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (St Peter) EH 405
Final: Jesu, Lover of my soul (Aberystwyth) EH 414
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
8 OCTOBER (HARVEST THANKSGIVING)
Opening: Come, ye thankful people, come (St George) EH 289
Offertory: To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise (Golden Sheaves) EH Appendix 17
Communion: Fairest Lord Jesus (Crusaders’ Hymn) BCP 604
Final: We plough the fields and scatter (Wir Pflügen) EH 293
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
15 OCTOBER (TRINITY XIX) (XXVIII PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: All people that on earth do dwell (Old Hundredth) EH 365
Offertory: Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (Schmücke Dich) EH 306
Communion: Lead, kindly light (Sandon) BCP 519
Final: Jerusalem the golden (Ewing) EH 412
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
22 OCTOBER (TRINITY XX) (XXIX PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: We have a gospel to proclaim (Fulda) NEH 486
Offertory: Thy hand, O God, has guided (Thornbury) EH 545
Communion: O God of Bethel, by whose hand (Martyrdom) BCP 429
Final: How shall I sing that Majesty (Coe Fen) NEP 699
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
29 OCTOBER (TRINITY XXI) (XXX PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Tell out my soul (Woodlands) NEH 186
Offertory: O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray (Song I) NEH 302
Communion: O thou who camest from above (Hereford) NEH 431
Final: Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go (Song 34) EH 259
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
5 NOVEMBER (TRINITY XXII) (XXXI PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Faith of our fathers! living still (St Finbar) BCP 422 with additional verse
Offertory: Sweet Sacrament divine (Divine Mysteries) NEH 307
Communion: My God, how wonderful thou art (Westminster) EH 441
Final: Holy God, we praise thy name (Grosser Gott) AH 460
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
12 NOVEMBER (REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY)
Opening: O God, our help in ages past (St Anne) EH 450
At the Act of Remembrance: I vow to thee, my country (Thaxted) NEP 620
Offertory: O valiant hearts (Harris) BCP 632
Communion: In our day of thanksgiving (St Catherine’s Court) NEH 208
National & Royal Anthems
Final: Eternal Father, strong to save (Melita) EH 540
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa pro defunctis
19 NOVEMBER (TRINITY XXIV) (XXXIII PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Awake, my soul, and with the sun (Morning Hymn) EH 257
Offertory: Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling (Pilgrims) BCP 430
Communion: Love of the Father, love of God the Son (Song 22) EH 438
Final: O happy band of pilgrims (Knecht) EH 452
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
26 NOVEMBER (CHRIST THE KING)
Opening: Lift high the Cross (Crucifer) NEP 641
Offertory: Crown him with many crowns (Diademata) CP 166
Communion: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus) EH 147
Procession: Hail Redeemer, King Divine (King Divine) NEP 614
At Benediction: O Salutaris Hostia (EH 330, Part 2) & Tantum Ergo (EH 326, Part 2)
Final: Lead on, O King Eternal (Lancashire) BCP 428
Opening: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed! (Crüger) EH 45
Offertory: Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (St Osmund) BCP 235
Communion: Through all the changing scenes of life (Wiltshire) EH 502
Final: Fight the good fight with all thy might (Duke Street) BCP 549
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
1 OCTOBER (TRINITY XVII) (XXVI PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Christ is the King, O friends rejoice (Vulpius) NEH 345
Offertory: At the name of Jesus (Evelyns) NEH 338
Communion: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (St Peter) EH 405
Final: Jesu, Lover of my soul (Aberystwyth) EH 414
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
8 OCTOBER (HARVEST THANKSGIVING)
Opening: Come, ye thankful people, come (St George) EH 289
Offertory: To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise (Golden Sheaves) EH Appendix 17
Communion: Fairest Lord Jesus (Crusaders’ Hymn) BCP 604
Final: We plough the fields and scatter (Wir Pflügen) EH 293
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
15 OCTOBER (TRINITY XIX) (XXVIII PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: All people that on earth do dwell (Old Hundredth) EH 365
Offertory: Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (Schmücke Dich) EH 306
Communion: Lead, kindly light (Sandon) BCP 519
Final: Jerusalem the golden (Ewing) EH 412
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
22 OCTOBER (TRINITY XX) (XXIX PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: We have a gospel to proclaim (Fulda) NEH 486
Offertory: Thy hand, O God, has guided (Thornbury) EH 545
Communion: O God of Bethel, by whose hand (Martyrdom) BCP 429
Final: How shall I sing that Majesty (Coe Fen) NEP 699
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
29 OCTOBER (TRINITY XXI) (XXX PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Tell out my soul (Woodlands) NEH 186
Offertory: O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray (Song I) NEH 302
Communion: O thou who camest from above (Hereford) NEH 431
Final: Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go (Song 34) EH 259
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
5 NOVEMBER (TRINITY XXII) (XXXI PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Faith of our fathers! living still (St Finbar) BCP 422 with additional verse
Offertory: Sweet Sacrament divine (Divine Mysteries) NEH 307
Communion: My God, how wonderful thou art (Westminster) EH 441
Final: Holy God, we praise thy name (Grosser Gott) AH 460
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
12 NOVEMBER (REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY)
Opening: O God, our help in ages past (St Anne) EH 450
At the Act of Remembrance: I vow to thee, my country (Thaxted) NEP 620
Offertory: O valiant hearts (Harris) BCP 632
Communion: In our day of thanksgiving (St Catherine’s Court) NEH 208
National & Royal Anthems
Final: Eternal Father, strong to save (Melita) EH 540
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa pro defunctis
19 NOVEMBER (TRINITY XXIV) (XXXIII PER ANNUM, YEAR A)
Opening: Awake, my soul, and with the sun (Morning Hymn) EH 257
Offertory: Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling (Pilgrims) BCP 430
Communion: Love of the Father, love of God the Son (Song 22) EH 438
Final: O happy band of pilgrims (Knecht) EH 452
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
26 NOVEMBER (CHRIST THE KING)
Opening: Lift high the Cross (Crucifer) NEP 641
Offertory: Crown him with many crowns (Diademata) CP 166
Communion: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus) EH 147
Procession: Hail Redeemer, King Divine (King Divine) NEP 614
At Benediction: O Salutaris Hostia (EH 330, Part 2) & Tantum Ergo (EH 326, Part 2)
Final: Lead on, O King Eternal (Lancashire) BCP 428