- Organ: Prelude in E minor BWV533 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Opening Hymn 607 “Come, let us to the Lord our God” (St. Bernard)
- Service Music:
- Kyrie, Gloria – New Plainsong – David Hurd
- Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Holy Trinity Service – Christopher Tambling
- Psalm 79: 1-9
- Gospel Alleluia
Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ:
strive side by side for the faith of the gospel.
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
- Offertory Hymn “Dear Lord and Father of mankind” (Repton)
Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.
In simple trust like theirs who heard, Beside the Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word,
Rise up and follow Thee.
O Sabbath rest by Galilee, O calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity,
Interpreted by love!
With that deep hush subduing all Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call, As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
As fell Thy manna down.
Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.
Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm.
- Communion Hymn 439 “Blest are the pure in heart” (Franconia)
- Concluding hymn 322 “All hail the power of Jesus’ Name” (Miles Lane)
- Organ: Fugue in E minor BWV533 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
This morning we are introducing something new – a different musical setting of those parts of the communion service that are sung by the whole congregation. There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is a desire to ‘set apart’ the penitential seasons of Advent and Lent, during which we’ll use the New Plainsong setting by David Hurd, and use the new one on all other non-BCP Sundays. Secondly, it is always a good thing to learn new music that will provide some variety in our worship. Given that Anglicans don’t easily embrace change (generally speaking, of course!), we’re asking that you give this music a chance to enter your hearts and minds. For the first few weeks we’ll use only the Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from this service, continuing with the New Plainsong Kyrie and Gloria.
After everyone is comfortable with those we’ll introduce you to the Kyrie and Gloria. The composer of the Holy Trinity Communion Service is Christopher Tambling, born in England in 1964. After early organ studies in Sussex, he went on to gain organ scholarships to Canterbury Cathedral and St Peter's College, Oxford; he was also organist of Pusey House. Since 1997 he has been the Director of Music at Downside School near Bath. He is Organist and Master of the Schola Cantorum of Downside Abbey, a 90-strong choir of boys and girls drawn from the school, which regularly sings for services, recordings and concerts. Tambling is much in demand as a composer of accessible church and organ music, and has undertaken many commissions for schools and churches. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Organists.
