Music for Sunday 21 November

Well, another lectionary year is done.  Only five weeks to go until Christmas, and then the summer break.

All Saints has a couple of windows with images associated with this week's feast.  One is in the north aisle, towards the back of the church.  It's a rather pretty window, and the picture to the left gives you a good impression of the colours.  Something of a fantasy in imperial purple...

The other image is in the chancel window.  It's a long way up the wall, and consequently difficult to photograph without a large lens.

The end of the ferial weeks means that the music will be taking a more restrained turn until Christmas.  This means Dudman makes a comeback, and some more plainchant will be used than is usual.

So, for the last time until Christmas, the setting will be Philip Mathias' Christ Church Mass (Together in Song, 757).  Hymns as follows:

Introit: Come let us join our cheerful songs [204]

Psalm: I was overjoyed [78]

Sequence: Hail Redeemer, King divine! [237]

Offertory: Hallelujah! sing to Jesus [517]

Communion: Let all mortal flesh keep silence [497]

The choir will sing an anthem: Lead me, Lord -- Samuel Sebastian Wesley.