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S E R V I C E S & M U S I C

January

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From the Canon Precentor On behalf of the Dean and Chapter, Happy New Year!

Each year at the start of January we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, when wise men from

the east worshipped at the manger throne. Then in the middle of the month we have Christ’s

Baptism and on 2 February there’s the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple – Candlemas.

This year for the first time we’ll be holding a special Candlemas service in the Cathedral, which

will bring our Christmas celebrations to a beautiful, candlelit close. The service will be at 6.00pm

and more details can be found on the Cathedral website.

The start of a New Year is always a good time to reflect, both on the year that has just ended

and on all that the coming year might hold. It seems almost certain that the political turmoil with

which we ended 2018 will continue well into 2019, heralding a period of uncertainty. It’s

impossible at this stage even to guess what may lie ahead and for most of us change is unsettling.

So it’s reassuring to be part of a praying community, knowing that the daily pattern of worship

here at the Cathedral has remained much the same for hundreds of years, offering hope and

comfort through times of crisis and times of rejoicing. Everyone is welcome to join in any of the

daily services, details of which can be found in this music list.

A prayer written by Teresa of Avila in the sixteenth century:

Let nothing disturb you,

Let nothing frighten you,

All things pass away:

God never changes.

Patience obtains all things.

He who has God

Finds he lacks nothing;

God alone suffices.

The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor

Dean of Bristol The Very Revd Dr David Hoyle

Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley

Master of the Choristers and Organist Mark Lee

For more information, please contact the Music Administrator Tim Popple [email protected]

0117 926 4879


About the Cathedral

The original foundation on this site

was an abbey established in 1148 by

Robert Fitzhardinge of Berkeley

Castle. It was built just outside the

original walls of Bristol on high

ground overlooking the river. The

new monastery was dedicated to St

Augustine.

Initially all the abbey buildings were

in Norman style (characterized by

massive pillars and round arches)

but between the 13th and early

16th centuries a sequence of

rebuilding projects transformed the

church into a Gothic one, showing

the successive developments of

Gothic style.

The last section due to be rebuilt

was the nave. However, just after

the old nave had been demolished,

and before much progress had been

made with the rebuilding, Henry VIII

dissolved the country’s monasteries and confiscated their assets. The new nave was therefore

never built, and the work that had already been done was dismantled to provide stone for

other projects in the area.

On 9 December 1539 the last Abbot of Bristol handed over the abbey to the King’s

Commissioners. Unlike many other cities, it was not originally intended that there should be a

diocese of Bristol, and so its abbey was not due to become a cathedral. However, when it was

discovered that St Peter’s Abbey in the nearby rival port of Gloucester was to be made a

cathedral, Bristol’s citizens petitioned for equal treatment and in 1542 the disused abbey

church was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol.

In 1877 the rebuilding of the nave was finally completed, 350 years after the original, Norman

nave, had been demolished.


Information

Anthems

Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English are available towards the back of this booklet.

Bible Translation

The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays.

Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary.

Choir

Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. On Mondays the boy choristers sing with the lay clerks and choral scholars. On Tuesdays the girl choristers sing with the lay clerks. Weekend services alternate between boy choristers and girl choristers.

Communion

If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are.

Feast Days Key

On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows:

Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST

For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service.

Hymns

Hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH), with tunes following.

Incense

On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the † symbol.

Photography and Recording

No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter.


Psalms

The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for “Glory be to the Father…” at the end of the last psalm.

Service Length

Said Morning Prayer lasts approximately 20 minutes.

Said Lunchtime Eucharist lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; Evening Prayer around 20 minutes.

Eucharist on a Sunday lasts around 1hr 15.

On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating additional hymns and a sermon.

Quire Services: those unable to stay for the whole service are asked to sit in the Nave.


Sunday 30 December CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY First Sunday of Christmas Schola Liturgica 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher The Dean Setting Missa Brevis – Andrea Gabrieli Psalm 148.7-end Motet Lullaby – Byrd Hymns Processional Good King Wenceslas Offertory 29 Noel

Communion 39 Puer Nobis

Post-communion 25 God rest you merry

Voluntary Fugue in G (BWV 577) – J. S. Bach 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Responses Shephard Psalm 132 Canticles Wood in E flat (No.1) Anthem A solis ortus cardine – Bruining-Visser

A translation of the anthem is available on page 16

Hymns 40 Greensleeves; 35 Stille Nacht

Voluntary Grand Chœur – Salomé

Monday 31 December CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY

John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384 Schola Liturgica 10.00am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm First CHORAL EVENSONG of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus QUIRE Responses Shephard Psalm 148 Canticles Bairstow in G Hymn 332 (omit *) Miles Lane

Anthem Come, ye gentles, hear the story – Bairstow

Tuesday 1 January CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY

The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus Schola Liturgica 10.00am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Shephard Psalm 115 Canticles Smart in B flat Hymn 258 Londonderry

Anthem Dormi Jesu – Rutter A translation of the anthem is available on page 16


Wednesday 2 January CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith Schola Liturgica 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Shephard Psalm 14 Canticles Sumsion in A Hymn 44 Glenfinlas

Anthem Now may we singen – McDowall

Thursday 3 January Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 18.28-51

Friday 4 January

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 23

Saturday 5 January Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm First Evening Prayer of the Epiphany BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalms 96, 97


Sunday 6 January CHOIR IN RESIDENCE TODAY Epiphany The Melgás Consort 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher The Dean Setting Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis – Clemens non Papa Motet Videntes stellam – Poulenc Psalm 72.10-15 Hymns Processional 47 Dix Offertory 52 Was Lebet Communion 298 Waltham

Post-communion 48 Stuttgart Voluntary Noël Suisse, Grand Jeu et duo – Daquin 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Introit Tria sunt munera – Juan de Esquivel Barahona

A translation of the introit is available on page 17

Preacher The Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Responses Smith Psalm 98 Canticles Magnificat (1989) & Nunc Dimittis (2001) – Arvo Pärt Anthem Nesciens mater – Jean Mouton

A translation of the anthem is available on page 17 Hymns 51 Redhead No.46; 36 The First Nowell

Voluntary Les Enfants de Dieu (No.5 From La Nativité) – Messiaen

Monday 7 January Verses | Decani

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars QUIRE Responses Cleobury Psalm 37.21-41 Canticles Second Service – Moore Hymn 46 Veni Redemptor

Anthem Magi veniunt ab Oriente – Clemens non Papa A translation of the anthem is available on page 17

Tuesday 8 January

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – ORGAN NAVE James Tett, Royal College of Music 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Leighton Psalms 42, 43 Canticles Statham in e Hymn 55 (omit vv 2&3) Crüger

Anthem Omnes de Saba – Handl A translation of the anthem is available on page 17


Wednesday 9 January Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Fox Psalm 49.1-12 Canticles Berkshire Service – Archer Hymn 50 (omit vv 4&5) Anthem A New Year Carol – Britten Evelyns [338]

Thursday 10 January William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 55

Friday 11 January

Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL

5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Tallis Psalms 60, 61 Canticles Tones vii & iii – Victoria Hymn 500 Irish

Anthem Magi viderunt stellam – Victoria A translation of the anthem is available on page 18

Saturday 12 January Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL

3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG with the Installation of the Canon Chancellor QUIRE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Responses Tomkins Psalm 66 Canticles Gloucester Service – Howells Hymns 52 Was Lebet, Anthem The Three Kings – Cornelius arr Atkins 56 (omit *) St Edmund


Sunday 13 January Baptism of Christ BCP: The Second Sunday of Epiphany 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP, First Sunday of Epiphany) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Setting Missa Brevis – Berkeley Psalm 29 Motet The Three Kings – Cornelius arr Atkins Hymns Processional 49 Epiphany Offertory 339 Slane

Communion 58 (omit vv 4&5) Solemnis Haec Festivitas

Post-communion 317 St Stephen

Voluntary Pageant (op.17, no.3) – Jackson 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Responses Leighton Psalms 46, 47 Canticles Naylor in A Anthem A babe is born – Mathias Hymns 54 Illsley; 248 Strength and Stay

Voluntary Épiphanie – Litaize

Monday 14 January Verses | Cantoris

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 74 Canticles Sumsion in G Hymn 467 Wiltshire

Anthem In the bleak midwinter – Darke

Tuesday 15 January Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – SOPRANO NAVE Jenna Brown 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Reading Psalm 78.41-73 Canticles Blow in F Hymn 463 Newington

Anthem Almighty and everlasting God – Gibbons


Wednesday 16 January Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Noon Psalm 84 Canticles Sumsion in G Hymn 341 Franconia

Anthem Mater ora filium – Wood arr Oxley A translation of the anthem is available on page 18

Thursday 17 January Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 89.20-50

Friday 18 January

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL

5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Clucas Psalm 94 Canticles Soriano Tone iv & Victoria Tone vii Hymn 486 Fulda

Anthem Reges Tharsis et insulae – Byrd A translation of the anthem is available on page 18

Saturday 19 January Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalm 100, 101


Sunday 20 January Third Sunday of Epiphany 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Setting Little Organ Mass – Haydn Psalm 36.5-10 Motet Susanni – Bennett Hymns Processional 351 Neander Offertory 485 Thornbury

Communion 302 Song 1

Post-communion 335 Engelberg

Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C (BWV 545) – J.S. Bach 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Cathedral Consort QUIRE Preacher The Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Responses Sumsion Psalm 96 Canticles Dyson in D Anthem The little road to Bethlehem – Head Hymns 457 St Columba; 392 Alberta

Voluntary Sonata No 1 (i) – Mendelssohn

Monday 21 January Verses | Decani

Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Cathedral Consort QUIRE Responses Sumsion Psalm 106.28-end Canticles Collegium Regale – Howells Hymn 344 Melling

Anthem Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – arr. Harker

Tuesday 22 January

Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, first Martyr of Spain, 304 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – BASSOON & PIANO NAVE Eleanor Little & David Bednall 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Reading Psalm 109 (omit 5-19) Canticles Wood in D Hymn 446 Martins

Anthem No small wonder – Edwards


Wednesday 23 January Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Archer (accompanied) Psalm 115 Canticles Harker in D Hymn 410 Westminster

Anthem Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – Trad arr Carter

Thursday 24 January Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of the Conversion of Paul QUIRE Psalm 149

Friday 25 January

The Conversion of Paul 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL

5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Edwards Psalm 119.41-56 Canticles Short Service – Tallis Hymn 154 Gonfalon Royal [128] Anthem Mihi autem nimis – Tallis

A translation of the anthem is available on page 18

Saturday 26 January Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL

3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Reading Psalm 119.161-176 Canticles Blair in b Hymn 155 King’s Lynn

Anthem How lovely are the messengers (from St Paul) – Mendelssohn


Sunday 27 January Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Australia Day 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher The Dean Setting Missa Brevis – Mathias Psalm 19.1-6 Motet No small wonder – Edwards Hymns Processional 420 Wolvercote Offertory 408 Blaenwern

Communion 57 Dundee

Post-communion 362 Abbot’s Leigh [185]

Voluntary Recessional (op.96, no.4) – Mathias 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Responses Reading Psalm 33.1-12 Canticles Fourth Service (‘for Trebles’) – Weelkes Anthem Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden – Mendelssohn

A translation of the anthem is available on page 18 Hymns 244 Tallis’s Canon; 44 Glenfinlas

Voluntary Toccata in d BWV 538 (i) – J S Bach

Monday 28 January Verses | Cantoris

Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 137 (omit 7-9); 138 Canticles Stanford in C Hymn 308 Adoro Te

Anthem Here is the little door – Howells

Tuesday 29 January

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – GUITAR NAVE John Breese 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Reading Psalm 143 Canticles Fifth Service – Tomkins Hymn 376 Kingsfold

Anthem O Lord, in thy wrath – Gibbons


Wednesday 30 January Charles, King and Martyr, 1649 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Terry Psalm 148 Canticles Robinson in C Hymn 217 Angels’ Song [235]

Anthem The sorrows of my heart – Boyce

Thursday 31 January John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 149, 150

Friday 1 February

Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple QUIRE Psalm 118

Saturday 2 February THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 122,132

6.00pm CANDLEMAS PROCESSION QUIRE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE


Translations of Anthems not in the English Language

Sunday 30 December

A solis ortus cardine Geke Bruining-Visser A solis ortus cardine From lands that see the sun arise, adusque terrae limitem To earth’s remotest boundaries, Christum canamus Principem, The virgin born today we sing, natum Maria Virgine. The Son of Mary, Christ the King.

Beatus auctor saeculi Blest Author of this earthly frame, servile corpus induit, To take a servant’s form He came, ut carne carnem liberans That liberating flesh by flesh, non perderet quod condidit. Whom He had made might live afresh.

Clausae parentis viscera In that chaste parent’s holy womb, caelestis intrat gratia; Celestial grace hath found its home: venter puellae baiulat And she, as earthly bride unknown, secreta quae non noverat. Yet call that Offspring blest her own.

Domus pudici pectoris The mansion of the modest breast templum repente fit Dei; Becomes a shrine where God shall rest: intacta nesciens virum The pure and undefiled one verbo concepit Filium. Conceived in her womb the Son.

Enixa est puerpera That Son, that royal Son she bore, quem Gabriel praedixerat, Whom Gabriel’s voice had told afore: quem matris alvo gestiens Whom, in his Mother yet concealed, clausus Ioannes senserat. The Infant Baptist had revealed.

Feno iacere pertulit, The manger and the straw He bore, praesepe non abhorruit, The cradle did He not abhor: parvoque lacte pastus est A little milk His infant fare per quem nec ales esurit. Who feedeth even each fowl of air.

Gaudet chorus caelestium The heavenly chorus filled the sky, Et Angeli canunt Deum, The angels sang to God on high, palamque fit pastoribus What time to shepherds watching lone Pastor, Creator omnium. They made creation’s Shepherd known.

Iesu, tibi sit gloria, Jesus, to you be glory, qui natus es de Virgine, who are born of a virgin, cum Patre et almo Spiritu, with the Father and the loving Spirit, in sempiterna saecula. Amen. for eternal ages. Amen.

Caelius Sedulius d.450

Tuesday 1 January

Dormi Jesu John Rutter b.1945

Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet Sleep, Jesus! Mother smiles Quae tam dulcem somnum videt, Who sees such sweet sleep, Dormi, Jesu! blandule! Sleep, Jesus, gentling!


Si non dormis, Mater plorat, If you sleep not, Mother weeps, Inter fila cantans orat, While she spins, in song she prays, Blande, veni, somnule. Come, gentle little sleep.

Sunday 6 January

Tria sunt munera Juan de Esquivel Barahona c.1560-1625

Tria sunt munera Three are the gifts quae obtulerunt Magi Domino: which the wise men offered to the Lord aurum ut Regi Magno, Gold, that he is the great king, thus ut Filio Dei, Frankincense, that he is the Son of God, myrrham ut homini Christo sepulturam. Myrrh to signify the human Christ's burial. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Fifth antiphon at Lauds of the feast of the Epiphany

Nesciens mater – Jean Mouton c.1459-1522

Nesciens mater virgo virum Knowing no man, the Virgin mother peperit sine dolore bore, without pain, salvatorem saeculorum. the Saviour of the world. Ipsum regem angelorum Him, the king of angels, sola virgo lactabat, only the Virgin suckled, ubere de caelo pleno. breasts filled by heaven.

Antiphon during Christmastide

Monday 7 January

Magi veniunt ab oriente Jacobus Clemens non Papa 1510-55

Magi veniunt ab oriente Magi came from the east Jerosolimam querentes et dicentes: to Jerusalem questing and asking: Ubi est qui natus rex Judaeorum? Where is he who is born King of the Jews? Cuius stellam vidimus For we have seen his star et venimus cum muneribus and have come with gifts adorare Dominum. to worship him.

Responsory for Epiphany

Tuesday 8 January

Omnes de Saba Jacobus Gallus known as Handl 1550-91

Omnes de Saba venient, All they from Saba shall come, aurum et thus deferentes, bringing gold and frankincense, et laudem Domino annunciantes. and proclaiming the praise of the Lord. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Isaiah 60.6


Friday 11 January

Magi viderunt stellam Tomás Luis de Victoria 1548-1611

Magi viderunt stellam, The Wise men saw the star qui dixerunt ad invicem: and said to each other: hoc signum magni Regis est: this is the sign of a great King: eamus, et inquiramus eum, let us go and enquire after him et offeramus ei munera, and offer him gifts aurum, thus, et myrrham. of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Magnificat antiphon at First Vespers of the Feast of Epiphany

Wednesday 16 January

Mater ora filium Charles Wood 1866-1926 arr. Harrison Oxley 1933-2009

Mater ora filium ut post hoc exilium Mother pray to your Son, that after this exile, nobis donet gaudium beatorum omnium. he will give us the joy of all the blessed. [The anthem continues in English]

From a manuscript at Ballion College, Oxford

Friday 18 January

Reges Tharsis et Insulae William Byrd c.1539-1623

Reges Tharsis et insulae The kings of Tarshish and the isles munera offerent: shall bring gifts: reges Arabum et Saba dona adducent: the kings of Arabia and Saba shall offer presents: et adorabunt eum omnes reges terrae: and all the kings of the earth shall adore him: omnes gentes servient ei. all nations shall serve him.

Psalm 72.10-11, Gradualia 1607

Friday 25 January

Mihi autem nimis Thomas Tallis c.1505-85

Mihi autem nimis honorati sunt amici tui, Deus: How deep are your counsels to me, O God: nimis confortatus est principatus eorum. how great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139.17

Sunday 27 January

Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden Felix Mendelssohn 1809-47

Frohlokket, ihr Völker auf Erden, Rejoice you peoples of the earth, und preiset Gott! and praise God. Der Heiland ist erschienen The Saviour has appeared den der Herr verheissen. whom the Lord promised. Er hat seine Gerechtigkeit He has revealed his righteousness der Welt offenbaret. Halleluja! to the world. Alleluia!


Bristol Cathedral Choir

There has probably been a choir singing in Bristol Cathedral since its days as an Augustinian abbey church, founded in 1140. When, in 1542, it became the cathedral church of the new diocese of Bristol, its new statutes still provided for cathedral life in terms of worship, community and education; of the praises of God sung with perpetual jubilation, of the common table, of the masters of the choristers and of the Cathedral Grammar School. The passing of the centuries has modified but not destroyed the pattern.

The choir consists of 28 choristers (14 boys and 14 girls), all of whom are educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School - occupying the former Augustinian refectory, and magnificent new buildings. These are supported by incentives endowed by the Bristol Cathedral Choral Foundation. There are also probationary choristers who fulfil a part timetable and attend other schools in the city, 6 Lay Clerks, and 4 Choral Scholars. Together, with the voluntary Consort, Choral Evensong is sung 6 times a week in the Cathedral in term time.

The Choir enjoys a busy and challenging timetable, and highlights have included singing at the Royal Maundy Service in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, tours to France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and the USA (New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island). Recent events have included singing live on BBC One on Christmas Day 2016. The Choir also broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3.


Choral Scholarships There are places for up to four Choral Scholars in the Bristol Cathedral Choir at any one time. These will generally be two basses, a tenor, and an alto. The alto Choral Scholarship is open to anyone, regardless of gender. They will be expected to sing one weekday service (currently Monday) and at the weekend. They will be of a very high standard, both vocally and in terms of reading, but will not be expected to sing without the support of the professional Lay Clerks. There may be opportunities to deputise for absent Lay Clerks for extra remuneration, but this will only be with the agreement of the Master of the Choristers who will assess their proficiency for such an undertaking.

Choir terms are:

Michaelmas: The first weekend after the beginning of the Bristol Cathedral School term in September until Christmas Day

Lent: The weekend of Epiphany until Easter Day

Trinity: The beginning of the choir term until the Sunday after the end of the Bristol Cathedral Choir School term.

The Choral Scholarships can be held in conjunction with a degree course at either Bristol University or UWE, though this is not an essential requirement. It would be our hope that an undergraduate Choral Scholar would be in post for three years, though the Scholarship would be reviewed annually.

Music is an integral part of Bristol Cathedral's life and mission. Evensong is sung on most days at 5.15pm (on Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm).

The Cathedral Eucharist is sung each Sunday Morning. In addition there are a number of special services throughout the year as well as the important church festivals and feasts.


Cathedral Consort

The Cathedral Consort was launched in 2009. It is a choir which not only enhances the worship of the Cathedral, but also provides an opportunity for young people to develop their singing skills to a professional standard. They also enjoy the social side of being part of such a close knit team.

The Consort is open to membership from across the city from 11 to 19. It rehearses weekly and usually sings Choral Evensong twice a month. It also collaborates with other choirs in the Cathedral, such as Bristol Cathedral Concert Choir, to perform concerts of large scale works with orchestral accompaniment. The experience offered is particularly valuable to those who wish to apply for choral scholarships at universities like Oxford and Cambridge.

The girls of the Consort have been an important part of the Cathedral’s musical life since 1993. In May 2002, as part of Bristol Cathedral Festival, they sang with the internationally renowned soprano Emma Kirkby, at which time she agreed to become Patron of the Choir. The Cathedral Consort has toured most recently to Toulouse, performing in St Sernin, the Temple Du Salin, and previously have been on tour to Belgium included performances at Brussels and Antwerp Cathedrals, Ireland including performances at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

If you are interested in joining the Cathedral Consort, please contact:

Paul Walton Director of the Cathedral Consort

[email protected]


“...they approach this very varied programme of music

with sensitivity and an excellent range of dynamics.”

~ Cathedral Music, November 2018

“The sense of joy and commitment to their cause is palpable and most affecting and is a

great advertisement for cathedral music and the city of Bristol as a whole. They should all be

very proud of this treat of a recording.”

~ Sydney Organ Journal, Winter 2018

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