St Alfege Church, Greenwich : Music for the month

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Church music for the month - May 2025

4 May (Easter 3/St Alfege) 10am Choral Eucharist
Hymns	82 Jesus lives! thy terrors now 508 Rejoice in God's saints St Alfege Hymn 305 For all te saints
Setting	Missa secunda - Hassler
Psalm	3
Anthem	Haec dies - Sheppard
Communion	Agnus Dei from Missa secunda - Hassler Justorum animae - Byrd
Organ Voluntary	Fantasia in D minor - Byrd

8 May (VE Day 80th Anniversary) 7pm
Hymns	100 All people that on earth do dwell 99 O God our help in ages past 192 Praise my soul, the king of heaven
Introit	O taste and see - Vaughan Williams
Anthem	We wait for thy loving kindness - McKie
Anthem	Justorum animae - Stanford
Prayer Anthem	In Paradisum - Newlove
Closing Hymn	The National Anthem
Organ Voluntary	Orb and Sceptre - Walton

11 May (Easter 4) 10am Choral Eucharist
Hymns	134 Loving shepherd of the sheep 85 Good Christian men rejoice and sing Christ has risen while earth slumbers Great is thy faithfulness
Psalm
Sanctus	Sumsion in F
Anthem	Blessed be the God and Father - Wesley
Communion	Agnus Dei from Sumsion in F My beloved spake - Hadley
Organ Voluntary	Exultemus - Whitlock

18 May (Easter 5) 10am Choral Eucharist
Hymns	166 Lord thy word abideth 234 Thine forever! God of love 263 Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour 235 O Jesus I have promised
Setting	Missa Papae Marcelli - Palestrina
Psalm
Anthem	Ye choirs of new Jerusalem - Stanford
Communion	Agnus Dei I & II from Missa Papae Marcelli - Palestrina
Organ Voluntary	Joie et Clarté, des Corps Glorieux - Messiaen

25 May (Easter 6) 10am Choral Eucharist
Hymns	173 City of God, how road and far 179 God of mercy, God of grace Love is his word 403 Now let us from this tale rise
Psalm Sanctus Anthem	from Mass for 4 voices - Byrd Jubilate a8 - Gabrielli
Communion	Agnus Dei from Mass for 4 voices - Byrd If ye love me - Tallis
Organ Voluntary	Recessional - Mathias

25 May 6.30pm Choral Evensong
Introit Responses Psalm Canticles Anthem Organ Voluntary	Oculi omnium - Wood Byrd tba Short Service - Gibbons Haec dies - Wood Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen, BWV 770 - J.S. Bach
29 May (Ascension Day) 8pm Choral Eucharist Hymns Setting Psalm Anthem Communion Organ Voluntary	87 Hail the day that sees him rise 144 Come let us join our cheerful songs 262 Alleluia sing to Jesus 263 Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour Stanford in C/F 47 God is gone up - Finzi Agnus Dei from Stanford in C/F Coelos ascendit- Stanford Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541 - J.S. Bach