This Sunday the Haarlem choir, the Anglican Singers and the European Cathedral Singers will be joining forces for a concert at the RC St Joseph church on the Jansstraat in Haarlem.
Further details (including the programme) can be found here.
New website live
The new RSCM North West Europe website is now live!
The new website has a more streamlined design, with two themes – blue for the main RSCM pages (matching the colours of the global RSCM website), and green for pages relating to the European Cathedral Singers. The new website also offers additional functionality to its users, including a members only area for the European Cathedral Singers, and a blog to keep readers up to date with musical events within the diocese.
2006 – Southwell Minster
Monday 31 July – Choral Evensong
- Introit: Cantate Domino – Pitoni
- Preces and Responses: Ayleward
- Psalms: 147, 148, 149, 150
- Canticles: Gibbons – Short Service
- Anthem: Mighty glorious – J.S. Bach
Tuesday 1 August – Choral Evensong
- Preces and Responses: Sumsion
- Psalms: 6, 7, 8
- Canticles: Sumsion in G
- Anthem: Praise the Lord, O my Soul – Andrew Fletcher
Wednesday 2 August – Choral Evensong
- Introit: Give almes of thy goods – Christopher Tye
- Preces and Responses: Nardone
- Psalms: 12, 13, 14
- Canticles: Harwood in A flat
- Anthem: Let Saints on earth – Anthony Caesar
Friday 4 August – Choral Evensong
- Introit: O Lord give thy holy Spirit – Tallis
- Preces and Responses: Sumsion
- Psalms: 22, 23 (to be provided by Martin)
- Canticles: Philip Moore – 3rd service
- Anthem: Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Saturday 5 August (Transfiguration) + viols consort – Choral Evensong
- Introit: O nata lux – Tallis
- Preces and Responses: Ayleward
- Psalms: 27
- Canticles: Ayleward
- Anthem: The Bell Anthem – Purcell
Sunday 6 August – Sung Eucharist
- Communion Setting: The Prince of Peace – W.S. Lloyd Webber
- Psalms: 2, 29, 150
- Motet: I give to you a new commandment – Peter Nardone
Sunday 6 August – Choral Evensong
- Introit: Festival introit – Patrick Hopper
- Preces and Responses: Nardone
- Psalms: 72
- Canticles: Murrill in E
- Anthem: Let all the world in every corner sing – Patrick Hopper
2007 – Bristol Cathedral & St Mary Radcliffe
In 2007, the ECS visited the city of Bristol, to sing at Bristol Cathedral and the parish church of St Mary Redcliffe. The music list was as follows:
Monday Evensong (Transfiguration) – Bristol Cathedral
- Introit: O nata Lux – Tallis
- Preces and Responses: Nardone
- Psalm: 72
- Canticles: Harwood in A flat
- Anthem: Christ whose glory fills the sky – Darke
Tuesday Evensong – Bristol Cathedral
- Introit: Bless O Lord – John Harper
- Preces and Responses: Gabriel Jackson
- Psalm: 50
- Canticles: Hopper
- Anthem: If ye love me – Wilby
Wednesday Evensong – Bristol Cathedral
- Introit: Locus iste – Bruckner
- Preces & Responses: Nardone
- Psalm: 59
- Canticles: Brewer in D
- Anthem: They that go down to the sea in ships – Sumsion
Friday Evensong – Bristol Cathedral
- Introit: God be in my head – Nicholson
- Preces and Responses: Ayleward
- Psalm: 38
- Canticles: Ayleward
- Anthem: Lord, let me know mine end – Greene
Saturday Evensong – St Mary Redcliffe
- Introit: Bless us, O Lord – John Harper
- Preces & Responses: Gabriel Jackson
- Psalm: 66
- Canticles: Nicholson in D
- Anthem: I will sing with the Spirit – John Rutter
Sunday Sung Eucharist – St Mary Redcliffe
- Mass Setting: The Prince of Peace (in Latin) – W. S. Lloyd Webbe
- Oculi omnium – Andrew Parnell
- O sacrum convivium – E. d’Evry
Sunday Matins – St Mary Redcliffe
- Introit: Cantate Domini – Pitoni
- Preces & Responses: Sumsion
- Psalm: 115
- Te Deum: Stanford in Bflat
- Jubilate: Stanford in Bflat
- Anthem: Praise the Lord, O my Soul – Andrew Fletcher
Sunday Evensong – St Mary Redcliffe
- Introit: God be in my head – Nicholson
- Preces & Responses: Sumsion
- Psalm:108 or 11
- Canticles: Sumsion in
- Anthem: Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré
2008 – Lincoln Cathedral
In August 2008, the ECS visited Lincoln Cathedral for a week and sang the daily services there. Additionally, we were privileged to provide the music for the annual service of the Knights Templar. The music list was as follows:
Monday 4 August
- Preces and Responses: Nardone
- Office Hymn: OH 3
- Psalms: 7, 8
- Canticles: Hopper in B minor
- Anthem: O for a closer walk – Grayston Ives
- Hymn: NEH 464
Tuesday 5 August
- Preces and Responses: Archer
- Office Hymn: NEH 218
- Psalms: 9
- Canticles: Sumsion in A
- Anthem: Now the God of Peace – Gerald Knight
- Hymn: 492
Wednesday 6 August – Transfiguration
- Introit: O Nata Lux – Thomas Tallis (OUP)
- Office Hymn: NEH 176
- Preces and Responses: Byrd
- Psalm: 72
- Canticles: Harwood in A flat
- Anthem: Christ whose glory fills the sky – Harold Darke
- Hymn: NEH 178
- Antiphon
Friday 8 August (with the viols consort)
- Preces and Responses: Byrd
- Office Hymn: 220
- Psalms: 13, 14
- Canticles: 1st Service – Thomas Weelkes
- Anthem: O thou the central Orb – Orlando Gibbons
- Hymn: 482
Saturday 9 August – The Knights Templar
- Introit: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
- Hymn: Christ is made the sure foundation (NEH 205) .
- Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Charles V. Stanford
- Hymn: Praise my soul, the King of Heaven (NEH 436)
- Anthem: I was glad – Charles H. Parry
- Anthem: Non nobis Domine
- Hymn: When a knight won his spurs
- Hymn: For all the saints (NEH 197)
- Hymn: National Anthem
Saturday 9 August
- Preces and Responses: Archer
- Office Hymn: OH 1
- Psalms: 15, 16
- Canticles: Sumsion in G
- Anthem: Hear my prayer – Adrian Batten
- Hymn: NEH 338
Sunday 10 August
Sung Eucharist
- Communion Setting: The Prince of Peace – W.S. Lloyd Webber
- Motet: I give to you a new commandment – Peter Nardone
- Hymns: AMNS 148, 220, 273, 372
Mattins
- Preces and responses Sumsion
- Venite
- Psalm: 88
- Te Deum: Stanford in B flat
- Jubilate: Stanford in B flat
- Anthem: God is gone up with a merry noise – William Croft
- Hymns: AMNS 194, 146 (omit * verses)
- Final responses: Sumsion
Evensong
- Preces and Responses: Sumsion
- Office Hymn: OH 2
- Psalm: 86
- Canticles: Brewer in D
- Anthem: Let Saints on earth – Anthony Caesar
- Hymn: AMNS 170
- Final Responses: Sumsion
- Final sung prayer: Bless O Lord, us thy servants – John Harper
Gallery
We intend to publish a gallery of photographs taken at RSCM or ECS events. In the meantime, please visit our Picasa web album.
Voice for Life – Bronze and Silver Award Exams
We will be holding Voice for Life bronze and silver award exams in Northwest Europe based on our own syllabus and with our own examiners. This is a first!
Date: Saturday 13 June; at St Boniface, Antwerp, Belgium.
For more information, and to download the syllabus and application form, please see our Voice for Life pages.
Membership
Membership of the North West Europe branch is arranged centrally through the main RSCM office in the UK. Further information can be found on their site. Our events, and the Voice for Life scheme, are open to individual members and members of affiliated choirs.
Rehearsal Dates for York
The rehearsals for the ECS trip to York will be held on the 18th April, 9th May and 27th June. The location of the rehearsals is still to be decided. Keep an eye on the events page for further information.
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