2nd October 10:00 Family Eucharist Trinity XVIII
259 Come ye thankful people Harvest Thanksgiving
Gloria Ode to Joy/ Parish Mass Murray
261 To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
304 Once, only once, and once for all
The Lord has been mindful of us Wesley
262 We Plough the fields and scatter
Choral Prelude 'Nun danket' Karg-Elert
18:00 Village Harvest Thanksgiving
separate service sheet
Thou visitest the earth Greene
Nunc dimittis in C Stanford
Piece d'Orgue BWV 572 J S Bach
9th October Parish Eucharist Trinity XIX
440 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
404 Lord of our life and God of our salvation
324 Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old
Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face Whitlock
300 O food of men wayfaring
Sheet To God be the Glory
Alla Marcia Ireland
16th October Matins Trinity XX
232 Awake my soul and with the sun
Psalm 119 97-104
Let thy merciful ears, O Lord Mudd
357 Father, hear the prayer we offer
484 The Curch's one foundation
Sonata No 2i Hindesmith
23rd October Parish Eucharist Last after Trinity XXI
644 Thou who's almighty word Bible Sunday
359 Fight the good fight
398 Lift up you hearts
O for a closer walk with God Stanford
295 Let all mortal flesh keep silent
312 He who would valient be
Sonata No 3 Mendelssohn
30th October 10:00pm Parish Eucharist Fourth before Advent
233 Glory be to thee, who safe hast kept
402 Lord it belongs not to my care
376 I heard the voice of Jesus say
Ave verum corpus Byrd
306 Strengthen for thy service, Lord, the hands
363 Glory in the highest to the God of heaven
Festal Voluntary
18:00 Commemoration of All Souls
Messe de Requiem Faure
Welcome to the Saint Mary choir blog. We are a SATB (ie: four part harmony) choir. We sing at the 10:00am service most Sundays through out the year.We welcome new members to our choir. If you are interested in joining us please contact our Director of Music (Joanna) via the Contact Us page.
There follows a description of some the music that we have sung.
Wednesday 5 October 2016
Wednesday 2 December 2015
29 November 2015
Today is
Advent Sunday,
the start of the church’s year when we begin a time of preparation for
Christmas and the birth of Jesus.
The choir begins the service by singing the
Matin Responsory:
I look
from afar; and lo! I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the
whole earth; go ye out to meet him and say “Tell us! art thou he that should
come to reign over thy people Israel? High and low, rich and poor, one with
another, Go ye out to meet him and say: Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou
that leadest Joseph like a sheep: Tell us, art thou he that should come? Stir
up thy strength, O Lord, and come to reign over thy people Israel.
The text is from the old Latin service of Matins
and is based on the odd verses of the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) and the
doxology (Glory be to the Father ...); this setting is adapted from Palestrina.
The words remind us that Advent is a time of
penitence, anticipation and hope, when the church prepares to celebrate the
coming of the Messiah, which means an anointed one. We await the return of
Christ as judge and king, reigning over the whole world but also judging the
people of the earth as well. During Advent we reflect on the last judgment,
often through the parable of the sheep and goats in St Matthew’s Gospel
(chapter 25).
In our preparation for the coming of the messiah
the church encourages us to consider our lives and to make ourselves ready
spiritually: the traditional way of doing this was through fasting and making
confession. We need to remember that as
well as anticipating the coming of the Saviour with joy, we should also prepare
for it with repentance. This theme is reflected in the motet at communion which
has words taken from Psalm 25 and set to music by Richard Farrant (c1530-1580):
Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender
mercies and thy loving kindness which have been ever of old; O remember not the
sins and offences of my youth , but according to thy mercy, think thou on me, O
Lord, for thy goodness.
The organ voluntary is the Fugue in E flat BWV
552 “St Anne” from J S Bach’s Clavier-Übung III.
Monday 2 March 2015
28 March 2015 The Crucifixion by Stainer
Join us for a performance of John Stainers Crucifixion at 6:00pm on 28 March 2015 in St Mary Our Lady Sidlesham,
The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer is an oratorio composed by John Stainer in 1887 and is scored for a full chorus of mixed voices with an organ accompaniment. It features solos for bass and tenor.
Stainer intended that piece would be within the scope of most parish church choirs; it includes five hymns for congregational participation. The text was written by W J Sparrow Simpson, the librettist of Stainer's two earlier cantatas, The Daughter of Jairus and Mary Magdalene. Stainer dedicated his work "to my pupil and friend W. Hodge and the choir of Marylebone Church", who first performed it on February 24, 1887, the day after Ash Wednesday.
The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer is an oratorio composed by John Stainer in 1887 and is scored for a full chorus of mixed voices with an organ accompaniment. It features solos for bass and tenor.
Stainer intended that piece would be within the scope of most parish church choirs; it includes five hymns for congregational participation. The text was written by W J Sparrow Simpson, the librettist of Stainer's two earlier cantatas, The Daughter of Jairus and Mary Magdalene. Stainer dedicated his work "to my pupil and friend W. Hodge and the choir of Marylebone Church", who first performed it on February 24, 1887, the day after Ash Wednesday.
Monday 2 February 2015
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Another annexe event!
In October we welcomed back Off Centre who gave us another interesting mix of music old and new, interspersed with some solo items from members of the choir and a couple of readings.
Another title for this concert could have been "An evening with Rex Latter and friends" because no fewer than 8 of his arrangements or compositions featured in the programme, and they showed the breadth of his output from a setting of Psalm 150, an arrangement of the Spiritual Standing in the need of Prayer to an enchanting take on A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square. Rex, who is organist at Bognor Parish Church also sings tenor with the choir and can also be found accompanying them - a very versatile man!
Of course, Off Centre were with us for a reason - which was alluded to in Lesley Bromley's reading: A Short History of the Smallest Room, which was delivered with a flourish and received a justifiable "flush" of applause.
Highlights of the first half included an arrangement of an ancient Polish hymn to the Virgin, Gaude Mater Polonia, and a new take on Tennyson's words from In Memoriam "Crossing the Bar" in music by Rona Arbo, arranged specially for Off Centre by Rex Latter.
After the interval the music moved into a lighter vein: the Rhythm of Life included Berkeley Square's Nightingale before moving onto Something Wonderful from The King and I. A short breather for the choir while Ian Smith sang and we then entered the realm of childhood with works by Rutter, Andrew Carter and Michael Stocks - yes, Christopher Robin was saying his prayers!
Among the solo items, one of the many local musical medics, Martin Ridley, played a simple Humoresque for organ by Pietro Yon - a pretty, dancing little number which shows the organ can do more than play hymns: but the item which grabbed everyone was Ian Smith's singing of If I were a rich man from Fiddler on the Roof - a great song delivered with panache and sparkle.
The evening finished when the Chatanooga Choo Choo left the station, sped on its way with a Gaelic Blessing from JohnRutter.
The retiring collection for the Church Rooms Project was £355.85 A most enjoyable evening which raised valuable funds for our Annexe. Sincere thanks to all the members of Off Centre and we hope to see them again in the not too distant future.
Joanna Chivers-Gibbs
Another title for this concert could have been "An evening with Rex Latter and friends" because no fewer than 8 of his arrangements or compositions featured in the programme, and they showed the breadth of his output from a setting of Psalm 150, an arrangement of the Spiritual Standing in the need of Prayer to an enchanting take on A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square. Rex, who is organist at Bognor Parish Church also sings tenor with the choir and can also be found accompanying them - a very versatile man!
Of course, Off Centre were with us for a reason - which was alluded to in Lesley Bromley's reading: A Short History of the Smallest Room, which was delivered with a flourish and received a justifiable "flush" of applause.
Highlights of the first half included an arrangement of an ancient Polish hymn to the Virgin, Gaude Mater Polonia, and a new take on Tennyson's words from In Memoriam "Crossing the Bar" in music by Rona Arbo, arranged specially for Off Centre by Rex Latter.
After the interval the music moved into a lighter vein: the Rhythm of Life included Berkeley Square's Nightingale before moving onto Something Wonderful from The King and I. A short breather for the choir while Ian Smith sang and we then entered the realm of childhood with works by Rutter, Andrew Carter and Michael Stocks - yes, Christopher Robin was saying his prayers!
Among the solo items, one of the many local musical medics, Martin Ridley, played a simple Humoresque for organ by Pietro Yon - a pretty, dancing little number which shows the organ can do more than play hymns: but the item which grabbed everyone was Ian Smith's singing of If I were a rich man from Fiddler on the Roof - a great song delivered with panache and sparkle.
The evening finished when the Chatanooga Choo Choo left the station, sped on its way with a Gaelic Blessing from JohnRutter.
The retiring collection for the Church Rooms Project was £355.85 A most enjoyable evening which raised valuable funds for our Annexe. Sincere thanks to all the members of Off Centre and we hope to see them again in the not too distant future.
Joanna Chivers-Gibbs
Sunday 9 September 2012
Junior Choir needs more voices!
We would love to welcome some new members to the Junior Choir, which is open to all school-age children. We sing all kinds of msic and ususually sing each month during Family Service.
We meet on Friday evenings from 6:30pm until 7:15pm in the church during term-time and parents are welcome to stay.
We meet on Friday evenings from 6:30pm until 7:15pm in the church during term-time and parents are welcome to stay.
You do not have to be able to read music - just be enthusiastic!
If you are interested please speak to Barbara Green or email us via the Contact Us
page (please select the Junior Choir option).
Saturday 9 July 2011
When David Heard (Weelkes)
Thomas Weelkes (c.1573 – 1623) was a composer and organist from the village of Elsted in Sussex. He became organist of Winchester College and in 1598, moved to Chichester Cathedral. His works are chiefly vocal, and include madrigals, anthems and services.
It has been suggested that his father was John Weeke, rector of Elsted, although there is no documentary evidence of the relationship. In 1597 his first volume of madrigals was published, the preface noting that he was a very young man when they were written; this helps to fix the date of his birth to somewhere in the middle of the 1570s.
During his Winchester period, Weelkes composed a further two volumes of madrigals (1598, 1600). He obtained his B. Mus. Degree from New College, Oxford in 1602, and moved to Chichester to take up the position of organist and informator choristarum (instructor of the choristers) at the Cathedral at some time between October 1601 and October 1602.
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