Sample Programs:

Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
Oxford University Society Introit: "Beati quorum via" Stanford
Preces & Responses: Clucas
Mag. & Nunc.: Murrill in E
Anthem: "Faire is the heaven" Harris

Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008
Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham
Introit: "Ave, generosa" Hildegard
Gibbons Preces, Barnard Responses
Heath Evening Service for Verses
Anthem: "Ave Virgo Sanctissima" Guerrero

October 26, 2008
Introit: "A Prayer for Peace" Lord
Near Responses
Ashfield in D major, Mag. & Nunc.
Anthem: "There is a Stream" Ashfield

December 7, 2008
Lessons and Carols
“Rorate coeli” Ancient plainsong chant
“Laetentur coeli” William Byrd The Seven
“O” Antiphons Arvo Pärt
“Adam lay ybounden” Kevin Siegfried
“Never weather-beaten sail” Richard Shephard
“Cantite tuba” G.P. da Palestrina
“Jesus Christ the Apple Tree” Elizabeth Poston
“Rejoice in the Lord alway” Anon. (16th c. English)
“This is the record of John” Grayston Ives
“Ave Maria à 8” Alonso Lobo

January 25, 2009
Introit: "For the Conversion of St. Paul," Ferguson
Rose Responses
Wills Evening Service on Plainsong tones
Anthem: "Jesu! the Very Thought of Thee" Near

February 22, 2009
Introit: "Lord, we beseech thee" Batten
Holmes Responses
Humphrey Evening Service in E minor
Anthem: "Almighty God, who by thy Son" Gibbons

April 5, 2009
Introit: "Round me falls the night" Drese
Leighton Responses
Hogan Evening Service "Mt. St. Alban"
Anthem: "O pray for the peace of Jerusalem" Howells

May 31, 2009
Introit: "An Evening Hymn" Henry Purcell
Responses Reading
D. Purcell in E minor, Mag. & Nunc.
Anthem: "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts" H. Purcell

he work of Chorus Angelorum involves the marriage of sublime music with beautiful liturgy to the praise and glory of God.

On this page, we present our current repertoire of service music. For more information, please write Ed Franklin, the Artistic Director of the Chorus.

As each service nears, we will list new additions on the Schedule Page

Canticles for Evening Prayer / Morning Prayer / Responses Masses
Plainsong, Tone viii.1 Gregorian chant
Evening Service for five voices Thomas Weelkes Magnificat and Nunc dimittis with faux bourdon, Tone viii.1 Thomas Morley
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis “Amarillo” David Ashley White
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis on Plainsong Themes Gerald Near
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis “St. Albans” David Hogan
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis “Washington” David Hogan
First Service Robert Parsons
Sixth Evening Service Thomas Weelkes
Plainsong with faux bourdon, Tone ii.2 Healey Willan Magnificat and Nunc dimittis “Gloucester” Herbert Howells
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis “Collegium Regale” Herbert Howells
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis “Dallas” Herbert Howells Plainsong with faux bourdon Everett Titcomb
Evening Service for Voices in Unison Herbert Howells Evening Service in g minor Henry Purcell
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in e Daniel Purcell Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Gerry Hancock Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in d minor Thomas A.Walmisley
‘Short’ Evening Service (Dorian Mode) Thomas Tallis Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E William Child Plainsong with faux bourdon, Tonus Peregrinus William Byrd
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in g William Child Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A Sumsion
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A Naylor

Versicles and Responses
Bernard Rose
Humphrey Clucas
Herbert Howells
William Smith
William Byrd
Thomas Tomkins
Richard Aylewarde
David Ashley White
Plainsong

Morning Prayer
Jubilate Deo in C Benjamin Brittan
Te Deum in E “Festival” Benjamin Brittan

Masses/Requiems
Mass for Four Voices William Byrd
Missa Christi Aeterna Munera Giovanni Palestrina Mass Healey Willan
Mass John Merbecke
Missa Solennelle in f# Louis Vierne
Missa Solennelle for 4 voices and organ Jean Langlais
Requiem Herbert Howells
Requiem Maurice Duruflé

Advent Lessons and Carols
Advent Prose (Rorate caeli)
Laetentur Coeli (William Byrd) —
"Rejoice, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth"
Adam lay ybounden (Philip Ledger)
Never weather-beaten sail (Richard Shephard) Canitube tuba (Francisco Guerrero) "Blow ye the trumpet"
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Donald Cashmore) and Michael Praetorius — "A rose there is aspringing"
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Elizabeth Poston)
Rejoice in the Lord alway (Anon. 16th c.)
Fuit homo missus a Deo (G.P. da Palestrina) — "Lo, there came a man, sent from God"
Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Arvo Pärt) — "Virgin Mother of God"

Anthems
An Evening Hymn Henry Purcell
Ave Virgo sanctissima Francisco Guerrero
Jubilate Deo B. Britten
Faire is the heaven (for two choirs) William Stanford
Variations on “Ah, holy Jesus” Roger T. Petrich
Three excerpts from the oratorio, Christus Felix Mendelssohn Recitative: “When Jesus our Lord was born in Bethlehem”, Trio: “Say, where is he born”
Chorus: “There shall a Star from Jacob come forth”

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