- Organ: Meditation, Spring Song, Lullaby and Country Dance – Frank Bridge (Daniel Kushner, violin)
- Opening Hymn (Ewing)
The Son of Consolation! Of Levi’s priestly line,
Filled with the Holy Spirit, And fervent faith divine,
With lowly self-oblation, For Christ an offering meet,
He laid his earthly riches At the apostles’ feet.
The Son of Consolation! Drawn near unto his Lord,
He won the martyr’s glory, And passed to his reward;
With him is faith now ended, For ever lost in sight,
But love, made perfect, fills him With praise, and joy, and light.
The Son of Consolation! Lord, hear our humble prayer,
That each of us Thy children This blessèd name may bear;
That we, sweet comfort shedding O’er homes of pain and woe,
’Midst sickness and in prisons, May seek Thee here below.
The Sons of Consolation! O what their bliss shall be
When Christ the King shall tell them, “Ye did it unto Me!”
The merciful and loving The Lord of life shall own,
And as His priceless jewels, Shall set them round His throne.
- Service Music:
- Kyrie, Gloria - John Merbecke
- Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Communion Service in C – John Ireland
- Psalm 112 (Tone VIII.2)
- Gospel Alleluia
Cantor: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Cantor: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord:
and hath great delight in his commandments.All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
- Offertory Hymn (Gonfalon Royal)
The eternal gifts of Christ the King, the apostles' glory, let us sing,
and all, with hearts of gladness, raise due hymns of thankful love and praise.
For they the Church's princes are, triumphant leaders in the war,
in heavenly courts a warrior band, true lights to lighten every land.
In them the Father's glory shone, in them the will of God the Son,
in them exults the Holy Ghost, through them rejoice the heavenly host.
To thee, Redeemer, now we cry, that thou wouldst join to them on high
thy servants, who this grace implore, for ever and for evermore. Amen.
- Anthem: Behold, the tabernacle of God – Sir William Harris
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with you,
and the Spirit of God dwelleth within you.
For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
For the love of whom ye do this day celebrate the joys of the temple
with a season of festivity. Alleluia.
- Communion Hymn 286 “Give me the wings of faith” (Westminster)
- Communion Motet: Panis Angelicus – Claudio Casciolini
Bread of Angels, made the bread of men;
The Bread of heaven puts an end to all symbols: A thing wonderful!
The Lord becomes our food: poor, a servant, and humble.
We beseech Thee, Godhead One in Three That Thou wilt visit us,
as we worship Thee, lead us through Thy ways,
We who wish to reach the light in which Thou dwellest. Amen.
- Concluding Hymn (Aurelia)
The Church’s one foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord,
She is His new creation By water and the Word.
From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her And for her life He died.
She is from every nation, Yet one o’er all the earth;
Her charter of salvation, One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy Name she blesses, Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued.
Though with a scornful wonder Men see her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder, By heresies distressed:
Yet saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up, “How long?”
And soon the night of weeping Shall be the morn of song!
’Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation Of peace forevermore;
Till, with the vision glorious, Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious Shall be the Church at rest.
Yet she on earth hath union With God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion With those whose rest is won,
With all her sons and daughters Who, by the Master’s hand
Led through the deathly waters, Repose in Eden land.
- Organ: Chorale Prelude on ‘Old 104th’ – Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
- Organ: Prologue – Sir William Walton
Music Notes
We’re very happy to welcome violinist Daniel Kushner who is playing music by Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941) before today’s service. Bridge was an English composer and violist whose “Four Short Pieces” were published in 1912 and dedicated to one of his violin students.
John Ireland (1879 –1962), like Frank Bridge, was a student of Sir Charles Stanford. His life was a particularly complicated and probably not very happy one, but he managed to compose a great deal of music, both sacred and secular. Among choirs he is probably best known for the anthem Greater love hath no man, often sung in services that commemorate the victims of war. The hymn tune “My Song Is Love Unknown” is sung in churches throughout the English-speaking world, as is his Communion Service in C major.
During his 28 years as organist of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Sir William Harris (1883-1973) composed several pieces for choir that are still often used throughout the Anglican communion. Today’s anthem was written in 1954 for the opening of the Royal School of Church Music’s new headquarters at Addington Palace, near Croydon, England.
Much of William Walton’s (1902-1983) orchestral music has been transcribed for organ, including the famous “Crown Imperial” coronation march. This morning’s postlude is froma set of three pieces (“A Wartime Sketchbook) Walton composed during World War 2 for a BBC film.
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