What's on - Choral

  • Thu 14th May

    7.00pm - 8.00pm

    Ascension Day Eucharist

    Common Worship

    Setting: Communion Service in G | Whitlock
    Psalm: 47
    Anthem: Ascendit Deus | Philips

    Sun 17th May

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    This service is sung by the Minster Choir and the Minster Children’s Choir.

    Setting: The Liverpool Service | Rawsthorne
    Gradual: Risen Lord | Barry Rose (Children’s Choir)
    Anthem: Lead me Lord | Wesley (Combined Choirs)
    Anthem: Let all the world | Vaughan Williams (Minster Choir)
    Voluntary: Litanies | Alain

    Please note that a Gradual Anthem replaces the Psalm for this service.

    Sun 17th May

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Felix Riley
    Psalm: 47
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D | Brewer
    Anthem: Let all mortal flesh | Bairstow
    Voluntary: Marche Héroïque | Brewer

    Thu 21st May

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Reading
    Psalm: 139
    Canticles: The Second Service | Byrd
    Anthem: In pace | Blitheman

    Sun 24th May

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    Gloria: Thorne (Congregational)
    Setting: Mass for Two Choirs and Two Organs | Widor
    Psalm: 104 vv 26-36
    Anthem: Listen sweet dove | Grayston Ives
    Voluntary: Final (Symphonie VI) | Widor

    Thu 28th May

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Reading
    Psalm: 138
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F | Dyson
    Anthem: The King of Love | Bairstow
    Voluntary: Prelude on St Columba | Ley

    Sun 31st May

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    Setting: Little Organ Mass | Haydn
    Psalm: 8
    Anthem: Hymn to the Trinity | Tchaikowsky
    Voluntary: Fugue in E flat ‘St Anne’ | J. S. Bach

    Sun 31st May

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer

    Introit: Zum Sanctus, from ‘Deutsche Messe’
    | Schubert
    Responses: Reading
    Psalm: 150
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat | Stainer
    Anthem: I saw the Lord | Stainer
    Canticle: Te Deum in B flat | Stanford
    Voluntary: Jubilant March | Stainer

  • Thu 4th Jun

    7.00pm - 8.00pm

    Corpus Christi Communion at All Soul’s

    At All Soul’s, Blackman Lane
    Common Worship

    Setting: Little Organ Mass | Haydn
    Psalm 116: 10-17
    Anthem: Ave Verum Corpus | Byrd

    At Benediction: Tantum Ergo | de Severac
    At Benediction: O Salutaris Hostia | Elgar
    Voluntary: Alla Marcia | Ireland

    Sun 7th Jun

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.


    Setting: Missa Brevis | Gabrieli

    Psalm: 50: 7-15

    Anthem: Ave Verum Corpus | Byrd

    Voluntary: Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 148) | Buxtehude

    Sun 7th Jun

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer


    Responses: Clucas

    Psalm: 41

    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G | Stanford
    Anthem: Gaelic Blessing | Rutter

    Voluntary: Saraband in modo elegiaco | Howells 

    Thu 11th Jun

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 147
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G | Sumsion
    Anthem: Give us the wings of faith | Bullock
    Voluntary: Pastorale | Sumsion

    Sun 14th Jun

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    This is a congregational sung service supported by the Minster Children’s Choir
    Setting: Trinity Mass | David Thorne (Congregational)
    Children’s Choir
    Anthem: God be in my head

    Voluntary: Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot (BWV 678) | Bach

    Sun 14th Jun

    4.30pm - 5.00pm

    Choral Evensong at Bolton Abbey

    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 42/43
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C | Stanford
    Anthem: Like as the hart | Howells
    Voluntary: Rhapsode No 3 in C sharp minor | Howells

    Thu 18th Jun

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Byrd
    Psalm: 62
    Canticles: Short Service | Ayleward
    Anthem: Peace I leave with you | Beach
    Voluntary: Organ Voluntary in D minor (Allegro) | Stanley

    Sun 21st Jun

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    Setting: Communion Service in F | Darke  

    Psalm: 86: 1-10
    Anthem: Greater Love | Ireland
    Organ
    Voluntary: tba

    Sun 21st Jun

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Byrd
    Psalm: 46
    Canticles: Short Service | Gibbons
    Anthem: Give almes of thy goods | Tye
    Voluntary: Voluntary in D | Blow and Purcell

    Thu 25th Jun

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Evensong (a cappella)
    Responses: Byrd
    Psalm 78: 40 – end
    Canticles: Dorian Service | Tallis
    Anthem: Thou knowest Lord | Purcell

    Sun 28th Jun

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    With valedictions of choir members.

  • Sun 5th Jul

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    Today’s service is sung by a small summertime ensemble drawn from the Minster Choir. 

    Gloria: Thorne (Congregational)
    Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass for Four Voices
    Voluntary: Prelude in E minor BWV 548 | Bach