From 22nd – 28th August we will be singing services at Gloucester Cathedral.

We will meet in the nave of the cathedral on 22nd at 10.30 for an 11am start.

Most days we will rehearse 10.30 – 1 and 3 – 5 with services at 5.30pm.

On Saturday we will rehearse 10 – 1 and 2.30 – 4 with the service at 4.30.

Sunday we will rehearse 9 – 9.45 with the Eucharist at 10.15.

Finally, we will rehearse from 1.45 – 2.45 on the Sunday afternoon with evensong at 3pm.

We’re expecting the following people:

Soprano 1

Pat Napper, Barbara Dale, Sarah Connibear, Sarah Carruthers, Fiona Jacob, Alison Cruickshank, Mary Snuggs, Moira Dlugosz, Annette Milburn (Saturday & Sunday)

Sopprano 2

Ros Tatham, Pauline Gillard, Lorraine Bowden, Jane Jones, Anna Blackburn,  Diana Robinson, Clare Jackson, Janet Matthews (Mon-Wed), Jan Mundy

Alto 1

Pippa Dice, Val Brown,  Jo Constantine, Lynne Addison,

Alto 2 

Stephen Sealy, Isobel McCretton (Monday- Wednesday), Sarah Lowe, Linds Edwards (Friday-Sunday), Philippa Jevons

Tenor 1

Karen Wheeler, Mark Westwood, Peter Clucas (Mon – Wed)

Tenor 2

David Jackson, Frank Matthews (Mon-Wed), Kevin Scott, Paul Gould (Fri-Sun)

Bass 1

Jonathan Whitby, William Avery (Fri – Sun), Michael Hughes,  Peter Owen

Bass 2

Roger Good, Ian Pykett, Mike Ward, John Dale

 

Music as follows (I will bring it all. No need to print anything):

Monday 22nd August – Evensong

Responses – Jason Smart https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/a/a0/Smart-Preces.pdf

Canticles – Wood in D

Magnificat: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/c/c7/Wood-Mag-D.pdf

Nunc Dimittis: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d3/Wood-Nunc-D.pdf

Anthem – Harris – Holy is the True Light (I will send this later)

 

Tuesday 23rd August – Evensong

Responses – Jason Smart

Canticles – Sumsion in G (I will send this later)

Anthem – Handel – How Excellent thy Name…. Hallelujah https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/4e/IMSLP421829-PMLP41950-ENP310-3(2016)_-_H%C3%A4ndel_GF_-_How_excellent_thy_Name,_O_Lord.pdf (N.B. There should be one rest bar more between bars 2 & 3, and the 9th bar should be removed)

 

Wednesday 24th August – Evensong

Responses – Tomkins https://web.archive.org/web/20040214180334fw_/http://www.geocities.com/ofnicolson/pdf/tomkinsprecesresponses.pdf

Canticles:

Magnificat – Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei – Tertii Toni Bernabei Magnificat tertii toni – Full Score (cpdl.org)The  one we did at St. Edmundsbury

Nunc Dimittis – Orlando Lassus – Sexti Toni This is not the one we did at St. Edmundsbury https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/8e/Anon-Nunc6a8.pdf

Anthem – – Victoria – O quam gloriosum https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/9/9f/O_Quam_Gloriosum_Est_Regnum.pdf

 

Thursday Free Day

 

Friday 26th August – Evensong

Responses – Jason Smart

Canticles – Leighton 2nd Service (I will send this)

Anthem – Helvey – O  be joyful (I will send this)

 

Saturday 27th August

Responses – Tomkins

Canticles: Purcell in G minor https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Magnificat_and_Nunc_dimittis_in_G_minor,_Z_231_(Henry_Purcell)

Anthem – Purcell – I will sing unto the Lord https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/5/5a/Purcell_-_I_will_sing_unto_the_Lord.pdf

 

Sunday 28th August – Eucharist

Setting Rheinberger in Eb https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/7/77/Ws-rhei1090.pdf

Motet – Wie Lieblich sind deine Wohnungen https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/e0/JB45-4_Wie_lieblich_sind.pdf

 

Sunday 28th August – Evensong

Responses – Jason Smart

Canticles – Knott 3rd Service – I will send this

Anthem – Wesley – Thou willt keep him in perfect peace https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/35/Thou_wilt_keep_him_Wesley.pdf

Uniform, as usual, white long sleeved shirt or blouse with collar, black skirt of at least kneee length or black trousers, black shoes, black ties for the men.

Cost £200