The Collegiate & Civic Church of

St Mary, Swansea

The Parish of Central Swansea

Services & Music – May 2012

 

 

Daily Service Pattern

Monday to Saturday

8.30am Morning Prayer

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

5.30pm Evening Prayer (Choral Evensong on Tuesdays)

 

Wednesdays

8.30am Morning Prayer

10.30am Holy Eucharist

12.45pm Lunchtime Service

5.30pm Evening Prayer

 

Tuesday 1st Philip & James, Apostles

5.30pm Choral Evensong – Boys’ Choir

Harry Bramma Responses                                     Ps 149

Ralph Vaughan Williams in C

Ralph Vaughan Williams       The Call                  Hymn 600

 

Wednesday 2nd May Athanasius (373), Bishop & Doctor

7.15pm Local Rehearsal for RSCM Area Festival

 

Friday 4th

11.30am Archidiaconal Mothers' Union Eucharist

 

Saturday 5th Asaph (C6th), Bishop

8.30am Morning Prayer

11.45am Wedding

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

2.30pm Wedding

5.30pm Evening Prayer

7.30pm Concert: Swansea University Musicians' Society                    Tickets  £5.00 (£3.00 concessions)

 

SUNDAY 6th May                   Easter Five

11.00am Choral Eucharist

Preacher: Mr Robert Leonard, Lay Reader

Hymns: 150, 516, 442 (t.278), 144

Harold Darke in F                  Ps 22, 25-31 (67)

Marco Antonio Ingegneri     Haec dies

Johann Sebastian Bach           Prelude in C minor, BWV 549

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong

Preacher: Fr Ian Drew-Jones, Assistant Curate

Hymns: 151, 155, 159

John Reading Responses                       Ps 96 (239)

Richard Farrant in A minor

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni        Cantate Domino

Girolamo Frescobaldi      Canzona decima detta La Paulini

 

Tuesday 8th Julian of Norwich (c.1417)

5.30pm Choral Evensong – Boys’ Choir

Ian Fox Responses                                                Ps 105, 23-37

Eric H Thiman in G

Samuel Sebastian Wesley      Love one another  Hymn 145

 

Saturday 12th

8.30am Morning Prayer

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

2.30pm Choral Evensong, with presentation of The Archbishop of Wales' Award in Church Music to Dr William Reynolds, at St Davids Cathedral

5.00pm RSCM Swansea & Brecon Area Festival Choral Evensong at Brecon Cathedral

5.30pm Evening Prayer

 

SUNDAY 13th May                  Easter Six

Rogation Sunday

11.00am Choral Eucharist

Preacher: Mr John Anthony, Lay Reader

Hymns: 253 (t.83), 260, 380, 186

William Harris in F                                Ps 98 (264)

Thomas Tunnard                   Maker of Man

Johann Sebastian Bach           Fugue in C minor, BWV 549

 

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong

Preacher: Fr Simon Griffiths, Team Rector

Hymns: 259, 258 (t.171), 540 (ii)

William Smith Responses                      Ps 45 (125, 126)

Adrian Batten                        The First Service

Adrian Batten                        O sing joyfully

 

Tuesday 15th Edmwnd Prys (1614), Priest, Poet & Translator, & John Davies (1644), Priest & Translator

5.30pm Choral Evensong – Boys’ Choir

Harry Bramma Responses                                     Ps 115

Charles Hylton Stewart in C

Samuel Sebastian Wesley Lead me, Lord             Hymn 216

 

Thursday 17th Ascension Day

8.30am Morning Prayer

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

7.30pm Mass of the Ascension

Preacher: Br Steven Hawes, Community of the Resurrection

Hymns: 167, 169, 172, 563                                    Ps 47 (129)

Joseph Haydn         Missa brevis Sti Joannes de Deo

Christopher Tye    The eternal gates lift up their heads

9.00pm Organ Recital: Dr William Reynolds

Olivier Messiaen Symphonic Meditation L'Ascension

Free admission – retiring collection

 

Saturday 19th Dunstan (988), Bishop

8.30am Morning Prayer

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

5.30pm Evening Prayer

7.30pm HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert: St Mary's Choir with West Glamorgan Youth Symphonic Brass

A celebratory concert featuring John Rutter's Gloria, and royal music by Handel, Purcell and Parry.

Tickets £8.00 (Children free) St Mary's Box Office 07754 479312 and at the door

 

SUNDAY 20th May                 Easter Seven

The Sunday after the Ascension

11.00am Choral Eucharist

Celebrant & Preacher: Fr Howard Parcell, Area Dean

Hymns: 166, 168, 165, 314

Herbert Sumsion in F                                            Ps 1 (26)

Christopher Tye    How glorious Sion's courts appear

J. S. Bach          Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong

Preacher: Mr Robert Leonard, Lay Reader

Hymns: 163, 169, 372

Bernard Rose Responses                       Ps 147, 1-11 (384)

Herbert Brewer in D

William Mathias     Lift up your heads O ye gates

 

Tuesday 22nd

8.30am Morning Prayer

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

5.30pm Choral Evensong – Boys’ Choir

Ian Fox Responses                                                  Ps 139, 1-11

George Dyson in C minor                                    Hymn 172

Gerald H. Knight   Christ, whose glory fills the skies

 

Saturday 26th Augustine of Canterbury (605), Bishop

8.30am Morning Prayer

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

5.30pm Evening Prayer

7.30pm Swansea Metropolitan University Dance Production

 

SUNDAY 27th May  The Day of Pentecost

11.00am Choral Eucharist

Celebrant & Preacher: Fr Simon Griffiths, Team Rector

Hymns: 175, 183, 180, 182                    Ps 104, 25-36 (80)

John Ireland in C

Thomas Tallis          O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit

Nicolas de Grigny  Dialogue sur les grands Jeux

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong

Preacher: Mr John Anthony, Lay Reader

Hymns: 178, 187, 189 (i)

Humphrey Clucas Responsess            Ps 139, 1-11(Sinclair)

Thomas Tertius Noble in B minor

Edward Elgar          The Spirit of the Lord

 

Tuesday 29th

5.30pm Choral Evensong – Boys’ Choir

Plainsong Responses                                              Ps 8

J. H. Arnold            A Plain Magnificat & Nunc dimittis

Orlando Gibbons    Come, Holy Ghost                Hymn 189 (i)