The Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy

2011 Programme

The Edington Music Festival 2011

Sunday 21 August

9.15pm Compline

Te lucis ante terminum (Thomas Tallis)
Keep me as the apple of an eye (Neil Cox)
Nunc dimittis in A flat (Edmund Rubbra)
Bogoroditse Devo (Vespers) (Sergei Rachmaninov)

Monday 22 August — Saint Paul the Apostle

9.00am Matins

11.30am Solemn Eucharist

Missa brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Blazhen muzh (Vespers) (Sergei Rachmaninov)
Sviati Bozhe (Nikolai Kedrov)

8.00pm Solemn Evensong

Litany of the Saints (plainsong)
Preces & Responses (Thomas Tomkins)
Chichester Service (Sir William Walton)
O for a closer walk with God (Bible Songs and Six Hymns) (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford)

9.15pm Compline

Tuesday 23 August — Saint Christopher & Saint William of York

9.00am Matins

11.30am Solemn Eucharist

Mass V (plainsong)
O Wilhelme, pastor bone (John Taverner)
Valiant-for-Truth (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Panis angelicus (João Lourenço Rebelo)
Ave verum corpus (William Byrd)

8.00pm Solemn Evensong

Iustorum animae (William Byrd)
Preces & Responses (John Harper)
Magnificat primi toni a 8 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
For lo, I raise up (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford)

9.15pm Compline

Wednesday 24 August — Saint Audon & Saint Leodegar

9.00am Matins

11.30am Solemn Eucharist

Missa Iste Confessor (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
The Spirit of the Lord (The Apostles) (Sir Edward Elgar)
O salutaris hostia (Thomas Tallis)

4.00pm Choral Evensong — broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 doors close 3.55pm

One thing have I desired of the Lord (Herbert Whitton Sumsion)
Cantate Domino (Philip Moore)
Deus misereatur (Philip Moore)
Preces & Responses (John Harper)
Te Deum laudamus (Tomás Luis de Victoria & plainsong)
Antiphon (Benjamin Britten)

10.00pm Compline

Thursday 25 August — Saint Katharine

9.00am Matins

11.30am Solemn Eucharist

Mass for four voices (William Byrd)
O where shall wisdom be found? (William Boyce)
Tantum ergo (Déodat de Séverac)

8.00pm Sequence of Music and Readings

En Katerina solennia / Virginalis concio / SPONSUS AMAT SPONSUM (Byttering)
I was glad when they said unto me (Henry Purcell)
Beati quorum via (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford)
Rejoice in the Lamb (Benjamin Britten)
Te Deum laudamus (plainsong & fauxbourdons)

9.30pm Compline

Friday 26 August — Saint Cuthbert

11.30am Choral Matins

Sing joyfully (William Byrd)
Preces & Responses (Matthew Martin)
Festival Te Deum in E (Benjamin Britten)
Jubilate Deo (Sir William Walton)

8.00pm Solemn Requiem

Missa pro defunctis (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Versa est in luctum (Alonso Lobo)

9.30pm Compline

Saturday 27 August — Saint Mary

9.00am Matins

11.30am Solemn Eucharist

Missa Qual donna attende a gloriosa fama (Orlande de Lassus)
Ave virgo sanctissima (Francisco Guerrero)
Ave Maria (Sir Edward Elgar)

8.00pm Solemn Evensong

One thing have I desired (Herbert Howells)
Preces & Responses (John Sanders)
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis ‘Collegium Regale’ (John Tavener)
The Twelve (Sir William Walton)

9.15pm Compline

Sunday 28 August — All Saints

9.00am Matins

11.30am Solemn Eucharist

Missa Laetatus sum (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
O how glorious is the kingdom (Basil Harwood)
Os iusti meditabitur (Anton Bruckner)
Ave Maria (Robert Parsons)