Choral Service Recordings

Unless otherwise noted, choral services are sung by the Cathedral Schola.

Sunday, May 31, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Pentecost (Cathedral Choir; Recorded May 20, 2018)

Gerre Hancock, Preces and Responses
Herbert Howells, Gloucester Service
Roland Martin, “Whitsunday” from Such Glorious Gifts
Herbert Howells, Te Deum (Collegium Regale)

 

Sunday, May 17, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong (Recorded May 21, 2017)

Stephen Caracciolo, Preces & Responses
Howard Helvey, Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B flat
Paul Halley, Jesu, the very thought of thee

 

Sunday, May 10, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Dame Julian of Norwich, observed (Recorded May 6, 2018)

Richard Shephard, Preces & Responses
Ēriks Ešenvalds, Merton College Service
William Mathias, As truly as God is our Father
Patrick Hadley, My beloved spake

 

Sunday, May 3, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Recorded May 12, 2019)

Stephen Caracciolo, Preces & Responses
Charles Wood in E flat, No. 2
Benjamin Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb

 

Sunday, April 26, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. George (Recorded April 22, 2018)

Kenneth Leighton, Preces & Responses
William Walton, Chichester Service
Gabriel Jackson, A prayer of King Henry VI
C. Hubert H. Parry, I was glad

 

Sunday, April 19, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for Easter Season (Recorded April 8, 2018)

Bernard Rose, Preces & Responses
Herbert Murrill in E
Craig Phillips, We walk by faith
arr. Peter Hurford, Magdalen, cease from sobs and sighs 

 

Sunday, April 5, 2020
4 p.m. A Meditation on the Passion of Christ, with Carols (Recorded April 14, 2019)

 

“Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended” (Herzliebster Jesu)
arr. Andrew Carter, I wonder as I wander
“A stable lamp is lighted” (Andújar)
Richard Lloyd, The Ballad of the Judas Tree
Spiritual, arr. Dale Adelmann, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child/Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
“To mock your reign, O dearest Lord” (Tallis’ Third Tune)
Trond Kverno, Corpus Christi Carol
Daniel Gawthrop, Mary Speaks
Kenneth Miller, “Nature with open volume stands” (Green’s View)
Spiritual, Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Antonio Lotti, Crucifixus à 8

 

Sunday, March 29, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for Lent (Cathedral Schola – Recorded March 11, 2018)

William Bradley Roberts, Prayer of John Donne
Robert Lehman, Preces and Responses in A flat
Arthur Wills, Magnificat and Nunc dimittis on Plainsong Themes
Bob Chilcott, God so loved the world
Peter Hallock, The Lord is my Light

 

Sunday, March 22, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Cathedral Singers)

   

Thomas Tomkins, Preces & Responses 
Psalm 23 (Anglican chant: Charles Hylton Stewart)
Thomas Tallis, Short Service
William Byrd, Prevent us, O Lord

 

Sunday, March 8, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Second Sunday in Lent

Stephen Caracciolo, Preces & Responses
Gabriel Jackson, Truro Service
Herbert Howells, Psalm 121, from Requiem
Jonathan Dove, Hear us, O hear us Lord

 

Sunday, March 1, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the First Sunday in Lent (Cathedral Singers)

Robert Lehman, Preces & Responses
Philip Moore, Third Service
Dan Locklair, Lord Jesus, think on me
Colin Mawby, Jesus Christ the apple tree

 

Sunday, February 23, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Cathedral Choir)

Stephen Caracciolo, Preces & Responses
Joel Martinson, Service for the Transfiguration
Gwyneth Walker, Dazzling as the Sun
Guy Forbes, O nata lux

 

Sunday, February 16, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Martin Luther, observed

Thomas Morley, Preces & Responses
William Byrd, Fauxbourdon Service
Martin Luther, Non moriar sed vivam
Johann Sebastian Bach, Now thank we all our God from Cantata 79

 

Sunday, February 9, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Absalom Jones

Robert Lehman, Preces & Responses in A flat
Bryan Kelly in C
Spiritual, arr. William Dawson, Ain-a that Good News
Spiritual, arr. Carl Haywood, There is a balm in Gilead

 

Sunday, February 2, 2020
4 p.m. Candelmas Procession and Choral Eucharist for the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord

Orlando Gibbons, Nunc dimittis (Short Service)
Palestrina, Missa Brevis
Johannes Eccard, When to the temple Mary went

 

Sunday, January 26, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

Bernard Rose, Preces & Responses
Herbert Howells, Winchester Service
William Mathias, Let the people praise thee, O God
Edward Bairstow, Save us, O Lord 

 

Sunday, January 19, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the the Feast of the Confession of St. Peter (Cathedral Choir)

Bernard Rose, Preces & Responses
Edward Bairstow in D
Gabriel Fauré, Tu es Petrus
David Ashley White, True Anointed One

 

Sunday, January 12, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Evensong

Thomas Morley, Preces and Responses
Thomas Weelkes, Sixth Service
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Asperges me
Robert White, Christe qui lux es et dies I

 

Sunday, January 5, 2020
4 p.m. Choral Eucharist for the Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany

George Malcolm, Missa ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib)
Herbert Howells, Here is the little door
Oliver Tarney, The wisemen and the star

 

Sunday, December 22, 2019
4 p.m. Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

“Once in royal David’s city” (Irby)
Carson Cooman, Adam lay ybounden
Harold Darke, In the bleak midwinter
“Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming” (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen)
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The great forerunner of the morn
 arr. Paul Halley, Huron Carol
“On this day earth shall ring” (Personent hodie)
Cecilia McDowell, Now may we singen
arr. David Willcocks, God rest you merry, gentlemen
Bob Chilcott, The Shepherd’s Carol
Herbert Howells, Here is the little door
arr. Simon Preston, I saw three ships come sailing in
arr. Dale Adelmann, Of the Father’s love begotten (Dvinum mysterium)
John Tavener, God is with us
“O come, all ye faithful” (Adeste fideles, stanzas 1-4)

 

Sunday, December 1, 2019 
4 p.m. Advent Procession with Lessons and Carols (Cathedral Choir)

The Great O Antiphons
Richard Marlow, Matin Responsory
“Lo, he comes with clouds descending” (Helmsley) 
Ben Parry, Adam lay ybounden
“Creator of the stars of night” (Conditor alme siderum) 
Francisco Guerrero, Rorate caeli
“Come, thou Redeemer of the earth” (Puer nobis) 
arr. Dale Adelmann, Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming
“O day of peace that dimly shines” (Jerusalem) 
“Comfort, comfort ye my people” (Psalm 42) 
arr. David Schelat, The Angel Gabriel
Anton Bruckner, Ave Maria
“Ye who claim the faith of Jesus” (Raquel) 
Herbert Howells, Magnificat (St Paul’s Cathedral) 
Francis Pott, Balulalow
“O come, O come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni Emmanuel)

 

Sunday, November 24, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Reign of Christ

Paul Halley, Preces & Responses
William Mathias, Jesus College Service
Alexander L’Estrange, Let all the world in every corner sing
Ralph Vaughan Williams, O clap your hands

 

Sunday, November 17, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Hilda of Whitby

Thomas Tomkins, Preces & Responses
Thomas Tomkins, First Service
William Byrd, Prevent us, O Lord
Thomas Ford, Almighty God, which hast me brought

 

Sunday, October 27, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude

Paul Halley, Preces & Responses
Alec Roth, Hatfield Service
Paul Halley, Bring us, O Lord God
Richard Lloyd, The Windows

 

Sunday, October 20, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. James of Jerusalem (Schola and Choristers)

Craig Phillips, Preces and Responses (St. David’s, Roswell)
Roland Martin, St Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, in D
Edward Bairstow, Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Ralph Vaughan Williams, O how amiable are thy dwellings

 

Sunday, October 13, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Eucharist for the Feast of St. Philip (Cathedral Choir)

Louis Vierne, Messe Solennelle
David Conte, “In heaven soaring up” from Three Mystical Hymns

 

Sunday, October 6, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of William Tyndale

Richard Ayleward, Preces and Responses
John Hilton the Younger, Short Service in Gamut
Henry Purcell, Thy Word is a lantern unto my feet
William Mundy, O Lord, the maker of al thing 

 

Sunday, September 29, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Eve of the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels  (Cathedral Choir)

Craig Phillips, Preces and Responses (St. David’s, Roswell)
Craig Phillips, St. Luke’s, San Antonio
Simon Lole, Angels
John Stainer, I saw the Lord

 

Sunday, September 15, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of the Holy Cross

Richard Ayleward, Preces and Responses
Thomas Tallis, Short Service
Giovanni Maria Nanino, Adoramus te, Christe
Thomas Tallis, Salvator mundi I

 

Sunday, September 22, 2019
4 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

Richard Shephard, Preces and Responses
Charles Villiers Stanford in A
Herbert Howells, Thee will I love, my God and King
Charles Wood, Hail, gladdening Light