Music to Enjoy at Sunday Services
A number of people have been asking me the titles of the organ preludes and voluntaries before and after the Sunday service, so I am aiming to include a monthly music list in the magazine for interested worshippers to refer to. The pieces may be subject to change.
Paul Jones.
4th October, Morning Prayer, Trinity 18.
Organ Prelude: Aria by Noel Rawsthorne (1929-2019)
Processional Hymn: 227 God of Mercy, God of Grace. Tune: Heathlands.
Gradual Hymn: 45 As the Deer Pants for the Water
Offertory Hymn: 195 From Heaven You Came. Tune: The Servant King.
Canticles: A Carolean Jubilate by P. A. Jones and Te Deum. 
Choir Anthem: A Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter (b.1945)
Recessional hymn: 97 Christ is Made the Sure Foundation. Tune: Westminster Abbey.
Recessional Organ Voluntary: A Cornet Voluntary by John Travers (1703-1758)
11 October, Harvest Festival, Special Service Order.
Organ Prelude: Intermezzo on “Holyrood” by William Lloyd Webber (1914-1982).
Processional Hymn: 133 Come Ye Thankful People Come. Tune: St. George’s, Windsor.
Gradual Hymn: 915 Who Put the Colours in the Rainbow?
Choir Anthem: Praise be to God by Alan Bullard (b. 1948)
Offertory Hymn: 719 We Plough the Fields. Tune: Wir Pflugen.
Recessional Hymn: 25 All Things Bright and Beautiful.
Recessional Organ Voluntary: Pastoral from Sonata no. 3 in G Major by Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
18th October, Morning Prayer, Trinity 20.
Organ Prelude: Fugue in C Minor by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780).
Processional Hymn: 541 O Thou Who Camest from Above. Tune: Hereford.
Gradual Hymn: 382 Let all the World in Every Corner Sing. Tune: Luckington. 
Offertory Hymn: 686 Through all the Changing Scenes of Life. Tune: Wiltshire.
Recessional Hymn: 104 Christ Triumphant Ever Reigning. Tune: Guiting Power.
Canticles: A Carolean Jubilate by P.A. Jones and Te Deum.
Choir Anthem: Sanctus from A German Mass by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Recessional Organ Voluntary: Rondeau from Abdelazer by Henry Purcell (1659-1695).
25th October, Holy Communion, Last Sunday after Trinity.
Organ Prelude: Prelude, Meditation and Interlude on “Ubi Caritas” by Alan Bullard (b.1947)
Processional Hymn: 88 Brother, Sister Let Me Serve You. Tune: Servant Song.
Gradual Hymn: 352 Jesus is Lord. Tune: Jesus is Lord.
Offertory Hymn: 12 Alleluia, Sing to Jesus. Tune: Hyfydol.
Recessional Hymn: 281 He Who Would Valiant Be. Tune: Monks Gate.
Choir Anthem: Peace Between Nations, by Christopher Wiggens (b.1956) and In Christ Alone, by Stuart Townend (b.1963).
Communion Setting: William Mathias and All Saints Gloria.
Recessional Organ Voluntary: Toccata on “Breslau” by Brian Solomons (b.1948)
25th October, Memorial Service, 4:00pm.
Organ Preludes: Prelude on “God’s time is best” by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) and Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Opening Hymn: 2 Abide with Me. Tune: Eventide.
Second Hymn: 649 The King of Love. Tune: Dominus Regit Me.
Third Hymn: 334 I Watch the Sunrise.
Fourth hymn: Be Still for the Presence of the Lord. 
Fifth Hymn: 638 The Day Thou Gavest. Tune: St. Clement.
Closing hymn: 672 Thine Be the Glory. Tune : Maccabaeus.
Recessional Organ Voluntary: Fantasia in G Major BWV 572 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750).