Music for 09h15 sung mass:
Communion Service (William Mathias)
Offertory: Through Love (George King, words by Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
Communion: Come, my Way (William Harris, words by George Herbert)
Music for Evensong at 18h00:
Organ preludes: Kyrie Orbis Factor from 'Livre Oecumenique' (Jean Langlais); Prelude au Kyrie from 'Hommage à Frescobaldi' (Langlais)
Introit: Jubilate Deo (Benjamin Britten)
Preces and responses (Gabriel Jackson)
Psalm 10: 13-20 (Chant by John Bertalot)
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: St Paul's Service (Herbert Howells)
Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing (John Joubert)
Organ postlude: Hymne d'action de grâce -- Te Deum (Jean Langlais)
We are fortunate to have Kevin Kraak at the organ for this service. The anthem by John Joubert is sung in memory of this South African-born composer who died in Birmingham on 7 January 2019.
This will be the last Evensong to be directed by George King before his retirement as Director of Music at Christ Church on 10 February.