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Hilary Term 2015

Services and Music

Magdalen College Oxford

We welcome you to our worshipping community at Magdalen. Prayer and praise have

been offered to God in this place since the fifteenth century, when the College was

founded by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. The statutes of 1480 make

provision for a Choir comprised of sixteen boy Choristers and a number of adult

Clerks, ‘that the worship of God, from whom all good things come, might be

increased more widely and better sustained’. That tradition continues unchanged

today. The Choirmaster at Magdalen retains the ancient Latin title Informator

Choristarum, and among those who have held the post over the centuries are John

Sheppard, Daniel Purcell, Sir John Stainer, Sir William McKie, and, in more recent

years, Dr Bernard Rose.

It is the aim of the Dean of Divinity and the Informator Choristarum always that our

services here should be dedicated to the glory of God. Our music is not an end in

itself but part of a larger whole. We hope that in the singing and in the silence, in the

spoken word and in the beauty of this house of God, you will feel that greater

presence, and be blessed by the peace that passes all understanding.

Daniel Hyde Michael Piret

Informator Choristarum Dean of Divinity

Hilary Term 2015

Services listed in bold type are sung by the College Choir

Our retiring collections will help support the daily life and work of the Chapel and Choir, especially our charity for Hilary Term, which is the

British Red Cross Ebola Outbreak Appeal.

Choral Services Services are normally sung by Magdalen College Choir (men and boys). With the exception of 7 & 14 March, Evensong on Saturdays is sung by Magdalen Consort of Voices (men and women). Tuesdays are sung by boys alone, and Fridays are sung by men alone. During the school half-term holiday, services from 15 February to 19 February will be sung by men alone.

Organ music Organ music plays an integral part in our liturgy. Alexander Berry joins us this term, as Assistant Organist; he and Anna Lapwood, Organ Scholar, play the organ for the majority of the services in Chapel.

Membership of the Choir Daniel Hyde is always pleased to hear from prospective applicants for Choristerships, Academical Clerkships and Organ Scholarships. To arrange an informal meeting, please email Melanie Bennette, the Chapel and Choir PA, at [email protected].

JANUARY 2015

18 SUNDAY 2nd after Epiphany

11.00 am Sung Eucharist with Baptism Hymns 47, 52, 413 Stanford in C Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11 Sermon: The Dean of Divinity Victoria, Alma redemptoris mater

6.00 pm Choral Evensong with Admission Ceremony Radcliffe, Responses Hymns 333, 484 (t. 167, omit *) Psalm 90 Jeremiah 23:1-8; 1 John 4:7-16 Watson in E Warlock, Bethlehem down

9.00 pm Compline and Benediction

19 MONDAY S. Wulfstan

8.30 am 6.00 pm

Morning Prayer Evening Prayer (said)

20 TUESDAY S. Fabian

8.30 am Morning Prayer

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Chant, Responses Psalm 103 Isaiah 49:1-10; Matthew 10:24-39 Martyr of God Gibbons, Short Service Byrd, An earthly tree

21 WEDNESDAY S. Agnes


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Smith, Responses Psalm 97 Ruth 1:1-18; Matthew 25:1-13 Batten, Fourth Service Bull, Almighty God, which by the leading of a star

FIRST WEEK

22 THURSDAY S. Vincent


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Radcliffe, Responses Psalms 99, 100 Exodus 4:1-5, 10-17; Acts 6:1-7 Watson in E Berkeley, Look up, sweet babe

23 FRIDAY

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalm 108 2 Kings 6:8-23; Luke 19:41—20:8 From east to west, from shore to shore Moore, First Service Mendelssohn, Say, where is he born?

24 SATURDAY S. Francis de Sales

6.00 pm Choral Evensong Hymns 57, 485 Shepherd, Responses Psalm 116 Ezekiel 37:15-23; Ephesians 4:1-16 Howells, St Paul’s Service Howells, Here is the little door

JANUARY 2015

25 SUNDAY Conversion of S. Paul

11.00 am Sung Eucharist Hymns 216, 155, 414 Haydn, Missa Sancti Nicolai Acts 9:1-20; Matthew 19:27-30 Sermon: The Revd Professor Robert Gilbert Elgar, O salutaris hostia

6.00 pm Choral Evensong Gibbons, Almighty and everlasting God Smith, Responses Hymns 334, 186 Psalm 118 Isaiah 56:1-8; Acts 22:1-16 Tomkins, Fifth Service Tomkins, Great and marvellous are thy works


26 MONDAY S. Timothy and S. Titus

8.30 am 6.00 pm


27 TUESDAY S. John Chrysostom


6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Chant, Responses Psalms 122, 123 Ecclesiasticus 5:1-13; James 4:13—5:6 O Trinity of blessed light Weelkes, Short Service Byrd, From virgin pure this day did spring

28 WEDNESDAY S. Thomas Aquinas


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Radcliffe, Responses Psalm 132 Wisdom 7:15-22; Matthew 23:1-12 Walmisley in D minor Joubert, There is no rose

SECOND WEEK

29 THURSDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Smith, Responses Psalm 139 Joshua 24:1-3, 11-18; Luke 11:14-23 Gibbons, Short Service Gibbons, See, see, the Word is incarnate

30 FRIDAY King Charles I

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalm 145 Ecclesiasticus 2:7-18; 1 Timothy 6:12-16 A Song of the Redeemed Victoria, Magnificat septimi toni Dunstable, Ave maris stella

31 SATURDAY S. John Bosco

6.00 pm

Choral Evensong Hymns 341, 440 (omit *) Byrd, Responses Psalm 147 Isaiah 30:15-21; Matthew 7:7-14, 24-29 Tomkins, Second Service Tallis, Videte miraculum

FEBRUARY 2015

FEBRUARY

1 SUNDAY Septuagesima (3rd before Lent) 11.00 am Choral Matins

Radcliffe, Responses Hymns 234(ii), 339 Psalms 1, 2 Proverbs 8:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Stanford, Te Deum and Jubilate in B flat Mendelssohn, Blessed are all they that fear him Sermon: The Revd Dr Sabina Alkire

6.00 pm Sung Eucharist (of the Presentation - Candlemas) Hymns 157, 185, 376 Mozart in F Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 Byrd, Senex puerum Tallis, Quod chorus vatum


2 MONDAY Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

8.30 am 6.00 pm


3 TUESDAY S. Anskar


6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Chant, Responses Psalm 18:1-20 Jeremiah 1:1-10; Acts 1:1-8 Sing how the age-long promise Tallis, Magnificat in the dorian mode Shaw, When we truly love

4 WEDNESDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Radcliffe, Responses Psalm 21 Isaiah 9:2-7; John 8:12-20 Harwood in A flat Berkeley, The Lord is my shepherd

THIRD WEEK

5 THURSDAY Martyrs of Japan


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Smith, Responses Psalm 27 Isaiah 45:1-8; 1 Corinthians 4:1-13 Bevan, Magnificat octavi toni Malcolm, Nunc dimittis tertii toni Byrd, Christe, qui lux es et dies

6 FRIDAY Accession of Queen Elizabeth II (1952)

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalm 33 2 Samuel 7:4-16; 1 Peter 2:13-25 O Father who didst all things make Macpherson in E Wood, View me, Lord

7 SATURDAY

6.00 pm Choral Evensong

Hymns 244, 377 Byrd, Responses Psalm 37:1-19 Exodus 31:12-17; Luke 13:10-21 Brewer in D Byrd, O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen

FEBRUARY 2015

8 SUNDAY Sexagesima (2nd before Lent)

11.00 am Sung Eucharist Hymns 436, 285(i), 372 Victoria, Missa simile est regnum coelorum 2 Corinthians 3:1-6; Mark 2:13-22 Sermon: Canon Beaumont Stevenson Tallis, Salvator mundi

6.00 pm Choral Evensong Hymns 407, 427 Radcliffe, Responses Psalm 42 Exodus 18:13-27; Luke 6:37-45 Howells, Gloucester Service Wood, Expectans expectavi


9 MONDAY

8.30 am 6.00 pm


10 TUESDAY S. Scholastica


6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Chant, Responses Psalm 55 Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Philippians 3:7-14 As we remember, Lord, thy faithful handmaid Byrd, Short Service Berkeley, O that I once past changing were

11 WEDNESDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Tomkins, Responses Psalm 59 Isaiah 5:1-7; John 15:1-11 Weelkes, Third Service Tomkins, Sing unto God

FOURTH WEEK

12 THURSDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Radcliffe, Responses Psalm 66 Genesis 22:1-14; James 2:14-26 Howells, Gloucester Service Rutter, God be in my head

13 FRIDAY

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalm 65 Exodus 16:22-35; John 6:22-35 The heavenly Word proceeding forth Byrd, Third Service Tye, In pace

14 SATURDAY S. Cyril and Methodius


Hymns 253, 475 Shepherd, Responses Psalm 72 Isaiah 52:3-10; Mark 4:1-9 Leighton, Second Service Lloyd, View me Lord

FEBRUARY 2015

15 SUNDAY Quinquagesima (Next before Lent)

11.00 am Sung Eucharist for ‘Evolution Sunday’ Hymns 263 (omit *), 364 (t. 408), 391 Byrd, Mass for four voices Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Mark 2:23—3:6 Sermon: Dr Andrew Gosler Morley, He that hath my commandments

6.00 pm Choral Evensong Hymns 374, 368 Byrd, Responses Psalms 75, 76 Exodus 39:32-43; Mark 14:1-9 Byrd, Third Service Byrd, Praise our Lord, all ye gentiles


16 MONDAY

8.30 am 6.00 pm

Morning Prayer Informal Corporate Communion

17 TUESDAY

8.30 am 6.00 pm


18 WEDNESDAY Ash Wednesday

8.30 am Morning Prayer and Litany

6.00 pm Solemn Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes Hymns 76, 75 Mass XVIII 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Malcolm, Miserere mei Deus Trombetti, Emendemus in melius

FIFTH WEEK

19 THURSDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Byrd, Responses Psalm 91 Joel 1:1-16; Matthew 4:1-11 Macpherson in E Walker, Lord, thou hast been our refuge

20 FRIDAY

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalm 102 Ezekiel 18:21-32; James 5:7-16 Now is the healing time decreed Sheppard, First Service Sheppard, Submit yourselves

21 SATURDAY


Hymns 64, 439(i) Shepherd, Responses Psalm 104:1-24 Genesis 3:1-7; Hebrews 2:5-18 Wood in E flat (no. 1) Whitlock, Be still, my soul

FEBRUARY 2014

22 SUNDAY 1st in Lent

11.00 am Sung Eucharist with Distribution of Claymond’s Dole Hymns 67, 425, 393 Gabrieli, Missa brevis 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 Sermon: The Dean of Divinity Gabrieli, Heu mihi Domine

6.00 pm Choral Evensong Hymns 353, 433 Smith, Responses Psalm 115 Lamentations 3:25-40; Luke 15:11-32 Ives, Edington Service Tomkins, Sing unto God


23 MONDAY S. Polycarp

8.30 am 6.00 pm


24 TUESDAY S. Matthias


6.00 pm Sung Eucharist Hymns 346, 280 Robinson, St George’s Mass Acts 1:15-26; John 15:9-17 Elgar, Ave verum corpus

25 WEDNESDAY Ember Day


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Morley, Responses Psalm 119:49-72 Numbers 11:16-17, 24-30; Matthew 25:14-30 Sumsion in G Loosemore, O Lord, increase my faith

SIXTH WEEK

26 THURSDAY Ember Day


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Morley, Responses Psalm 119:105-128 Numbers 27:15-23; Acts 20:28-35 Moore, Third Service Tomkins, Thou art my king

27 FRIDAY Ember Day - George Herbert

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalms 124, 125, 126 Ecclesiasticus 31:12-15, 32:1-2; Luke 14:1-14 O kind Creator, bow thine ear Suriano, Magnificat secundi toni Lassus, Audi benigne Conditor

28 SATURDAY Ember Day

6.00 pm

Choral Evensong Hymns 246(ii), 392 Byrd, Responses Psalm 135 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19; John 13:1-9, 12-15 Weelkes, Short Service Bach, Jesu, meine Freude

MARCH 2015

MARCH

1 SUNDAY 2nd in Lent 11.00 am Sung Eucharist

Hymns 383(ii), 355, 178 Byrd, Mass for five voices Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 9:2-9 Sermon: The Revd Dr Timothy Watson Byrd, Sacerdotes Domini

6.00 pm Choral Evensong Hymns 265, 468 Radcliffe, Responses Psalm 7 Ezekiel 47:1-10 ; Luke 5:1-11 Stanford in G Stanford, For lo, I raise up


2 MONDAY S. Chad

8.30 am 6.00 pm


3 TUESDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Chant, Responses Psalm 17 Ezekiel 34:1-6, 9-16; Luke 15:1-10 Return to the Lord Caustun, Short Service Boyle, Thou wilt keep him

4 WEDNESDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Martin, Responses Psalm 19 Genesis 37:1-11; Matthew 20:1-15 Howells, Collegium Regale Ouseley, O Saviour of the world

SEVENTH WEEK

5 THURSDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Martin, Responses Psalm 25 Genesis 4:1-16; Matthew 5:17-26 Noble in A minor Brahms, Geistliches Lied

6 FRIDAY

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalm 34 Isaiah 45:18-25; Matthew 25:31-46 O blest Creator of the light Mundy, Service in three parts Tallis, Lamentations (i)

7 SATURDAY S. Perpetua and S. Felicity

6.00 pm

Choral Evensong sung by Brasenose College Chapel Choir Hymns 74, 417 Byrd, Responses Psalm 35 Genesis 19:15-28; John 21:9-19 Brewer in D Bruckner, Christus factus est The College Choir is singing Evensong today at 6pm in Christ Church Cathedral, together with the choirs of Christ Church and New College.

MARCH 2015

8 SUNDAY 3rd in Lent

11.00 am Sung Eucharist Hymns 457(i), 294, 95 Leighton, Missa brevis 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 Sermon: The Revd Dr David Coffey OBE Vierne, Tantum ergo

6.00 pm Choral Evensong Hymns 248(ii), 431 Martin, Responses Psalm 40 Jeremiah 23:23-32; Luke 11:37-44, 12:1-3 Howells in B minor Berkeley, The Lord is my shepherd


9 MONDAY

8.30 am 6.00 pm


10 TUESDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Chant, Responses Psalm 51 The Prayer of Manasseh; Luke 18:1-14 O Christ, who art the Light and Day Bairstow in E flat White, A prayer of St Richard

11 WEDNESDAY


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Martin, Responses Psalm 56 Genesis 42:1-10, 25-28; Matthew 5:38-48 Jackson in G Stainer, God so loved the world

EIGHTH WEEK

12 THURSDAY S. Gregory the Great


6.00 pm Choral Evensong Morley, Responses Psalm 57 Proverbs 4:10-18; Ephesians 3:7-19 Tomkins, Fifth Service Gabrieli, Heu mihi Domine

13 FRIDAY

8.30 am

Informal Communion

6.00 pm Choral Evening Prayer Byrd, Responses Psalm 69:1-19 Leviticus 11:1-19, 46-47; Acts 11:1-18 O Cross whereby the world is blest Sheppard, First Service Tallis, Lamentations (ii)

14 SATURDAY


Hymns 63, 94 Martin, Responses Psalm 71 Zechariah 10:6-12; John 8:1-11 Wood in D Harris, Bring us, O Lord God

Regular choral services in Trinity Term will begin with the University Sermon for S. Mark’s Day

on Sunday 26th April at 11.00 am.

The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford

Recent CD Releases

‘Director of Music, Daniel Hyde, finds all the beauty and pain in this spell-binding sequence, an hour of listening that is both of the moment and utterly timeless’ (Independent on Sunday, 5*) ‘Richly sustained performances’ (The Observer, 5/5) ‘With excellent boy trebles singing the soprano solos and the sinuous viols of Phantasm supplying supple sonatas, the continental-sounding choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, give a vibrant, appealing performance under Daniel Hyde’ (The Times, 4*)

Copies of all choir recordings may be purchased from the Bursary; please email [email protected] for more information.

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