In August 2010 we visited Chester Cathedral, and sang the cathedral services for a week.
Here also a link with some photo impressions of the week taken by Richard Granger
Monday 9 August – Choral Evensong
- Preces and Responses: Grayston Ives
- Psalms: 47, 48, 49
- Canticles: Wood in E flat 1891 – No 1
- Anthem: God is Love – Andrew Carter
- Hymn: NEH 374 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Tuesday 10 August – Choral Evensong
- Preces and Responses: Morland Responses – Graham Ellis
- Psalms: 53, 54, 55
- Canticles: Thomas Attwood Walmisley in D
- Anthem: Geistliches Lied, Opus 30 – Brahms
- Hymn: NEH 499 Thy Kingdom come O God
Wednesday 11 August – Choral Evensong
- Introit: God be in my head Nicholson
- Preces and Responses: Grayston Ives
- Psalms 59, 60, 61
- Canticles: Sumsion in G
- Anthem: Hail Gladdening Light – Charles Wood
- Hymn: NEH 464 Thou art the way
Friday 13 August – Choral Evensong with viol consort
- Preces and Responses: Tomkins
- Psalms: 69, 70
- Canticles: Weelkes First service
- Anthem: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills – Thomas Tomkins
- Hymn: NEH 494 Christ is the world’s true Light (Nun danket)
Saturday 14 August – Choral Evensong
- Introit: Prayer of King Henry VI – Henry Ley
- Preces and Responses: Morland Responses – Graham Ellis
- Psalms: 73, 74
- Canticles: St. Andrew’s Service – Peter Aston
- Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel S. Wesley
- Hymn: NEH 383 Jesu, lover of my soul (Aberystwyth)
Sunday 15 August – Cathedral Eucharist
- Communion setting: Prince of Peace – W.S. Lloyd Webber
- Motet at the Peace: Oculi omnium – Andrew Parnell
- Communion Motet: Ave Maria – Elga
- Hymns: NEH 478 Ye watchers and ye holy ones (gathering)
- NEH 341 Blest are the pure in heart (gradual)
- NEH 302 O thou who at thy Eucharist (offertory)
- NEH 275 Blessed Jesu, Mary’s Son (communion)
- NEH 186 Tell out my soul Tune: Woodlands (post communion)
Sunday 15 August BCP Eucharist – Choir
- Communion setting: Darke in F
- Gradual Motet Ave verum – Richard Pearsall
- Creed/Our Father Merbecke
- Communion Motet O sacrum convivium – Thomas Tallis
- Hymns: NEH 366 God of mercy (gathering)
- NEH 187 Virgin born Tune: Quem pastores
- NEH 292 Jesu thou joy of loving hearts (Eisenach)
- NEH 446 Sing Alleluya forth
Sunday 15 August – Choral Evensong – The Feast of the blessed Virgin Mary
- Introit: Bless O Lord, us thy servants – John Harper
- Preces and Responses: Sumsion
- Hymn: NEH 452 Stand up, stand up for Jesus
- Psalm: 132
- Canticles: Brewer in
- Anthem: Ave Maria – Parsons
- Hymn: NEH 477 Ye know that the Lord is gracious (Hyfrydol)