tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36583544540801056152024-03-19T03:02:25.370+00:00Rudgate Ramblings...... and other musings from the founder member of the Rudgate SingersMike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-2430804935433397242020-01-01T21:55:00.000+00:002020-01-01T22:13:15.734+00:002019. A Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">Apologies in advance for the length of
this musing, but, as last year, my review of the previous year will take place
once the old year has ended, unlike other organisations who insist on doing
this sort of thing whilst we're still only halfway through December or even
earlier! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">2019 was a very quiet year for the
Rudgates as a singing group which I can attribute to a number of factors, not
least me getting involved with other musical/liturgical projects, either with
other singers & choirs or by myself – the latter often involving time
consuming & energy sapping admin, which has left little time to do what I’d
rather be doing! This is, simply, restoring sacred music to church services in its
original (or as close to it as possible) liturgical setting, especially in
churches and other venues where such music has rarely – if at all – been heard
as it was intended. I’ve never forgotten two separate conversations with clergy
friends who I have the utmost regard for, one from North-East England, the
other from the East Midlands discussing the Rudgates’ ‘mission’. One even
described it as an apostolate which for me, hit the bullseye so to speak. I’ve
never forgotten that and I’d like to think that 2020 will bring a renewed
vision of what the Rudgates and its Schola were founded to do! If this means reducing
my ordinary activities for others, outside of Rudgate services, then that might
not be such a bad thing, especially with our 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary
looming in 2021 which will require careful planning and preparation. After all,
I’m not getting any younger!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">This review then, will be more of what I’ve
done independently of the Rudgates than with them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Let's start back in January. The schola
sang 1<sup>st</sup> Vespers of the Epiphany at our adopted home of St Mary’s in
York. I’m keen to do more services like this when time (& energy) permit so
next year’s review may look slightly different. </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">Towards the end of January I renewed my
role as Reader for the annual choral Orthodox Liturgy held at Ampleforth Abbey
during the Octave of Christian Unity week. Always an enjoyable occasion, and
not just for the excellent sherry and lunch which follows it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">Back to St Mary’s for Candlemas, which was
marked by the schola singing 2<sup>nd</sup> Vespers of the Feast. In
mid-February, I joined the Northern Cathedral Consort again to sing the weekend
services at Bradford Cathedral, a venue I had only visited before & not
sung in, and that was some 30+ years ago...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">For some time now, I have occasionally
drive down to Wakefield to sing chant & polyphony with the excellent </span><a href="https://www.staustinschoir.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">St Austin’s Parish Church Choir.</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> My first visit there this year was to sing a Solemn
Gregorian Chant only Mass for the Feast of the Chair of St Peter. If you’re a
catholic anywhere in the West Riding of Yorkshire outside Leeds, wanting decent
liturgical music on Sundays and other Feast Days, then Wakefield is the place
to go!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">On to March, which heralded the first
fully choral Rudgate service of the year in the form of Choral Evensong for the
</span><a href="http://www.york-ordinariate.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">York Ordinariate Mission</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> at St Mary’s. This was only the second Evensong we as
a group had ever sung, both times for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of
Walsingham, so we still haven’t sung Evensong for the C of E even though we
have sung a number of Anglican services! Our door is always open, subject to
the usual conditions of time, venue & availability of singers etc...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Later in March, the day before the Annunciation,
I visited one of my former Cathedrals (</span><a href="https://www.stmaryscathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">St Mary’s, Newcastle upon Tyne</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">) to
attend Vespers & Benediction on the eve of the Installation of the new
Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle. I’m not prepared to put into print what I
really thought about Vespers as this blog, believe it or not, is occasionally
read by women, children & clergy. </span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;"> Suffice to say I thought it was awful,
especially for a cathedral service with most of the catholic Hierarchy present.
Benediction was nice though!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">At the end of March, I made my first trip
of the year up to </span><a href="http://www.ushaw.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Ushaw College</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">, a venue I love, and would dearly love to go
back to with the Rudgates (and other groups), for the Annual Mass in honour of
St. Cuthbert. One of the advantages of me taking a back seat elsewhere will
mean I can visit here a bit more often in 2020, and I’m very much looking
forward to that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Earlier in the year, I was invited to join
the small choir which sings for the </span><a href="http://russianorthodoxyork.org.uk/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Russian Orthodox Community in York</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">. As I
love Eastern/Slavonic church music, I didn’t need to think about it. </span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;"> In April
we were asked to sing in Leeds for a Liturgy whose principal con-celebrant was
the Bishop. A huge baptism of fire if ever there was one – especially when
sight-reading music and transliterating from the original Cyrillic alphabet at
the same time! There are occasions, particularly in faster pieces, when I just
let everyone else sing because the time it takes me to work out what’s written
in front of me & then sing it would be too great & I could end up being
about 3 staves behind everyone else, never mind bars... It was also a little
strange, singing a Russian Orthodox Liturgy in a Latin Rite Catholic church! An
arrangement that works very well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">At Easter, I made the 200+ mile round trip
to the </span><a href="https://icksp.org.uk/newbrighton/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Dome of Home</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">, the Shrine Church of Sts Peter, Paul & Philomena which
is under the care of the Institute of Christ the King. I had promised, rather
foolishly, to help out with the chanting for the Easter Vigil, and as a promise
is a promise, there I went. Despite getting stuck in very heavy traffic on the
Liverpool side of the Mersey, I made it in good time & also back to York
quicker than anticipated. Whether this becomes a regular occurrence remains to
be seen...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">During May, I made the first of a number
of trips up to Tyneside to sing with the really rather wonderful Westland
Singers directed by Paul Dewhurst. This was a Requiem for Terry Middleton, who
I had got to know quite well as a result of my regular jaunts up to what I
fondly call Toonside, although the church most visited is </span><a href="http://www.stjosephscatholicchurchgateshead.org.uk/Home" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">St Joseph’s,Gateshead</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">, which is of course on the south of the river & therefore not
part of Newcastle at all! On the train up to Newcastle I noticed someone who
looked vaguely familiar, but couldn’t place where I had seen him before. It was
only when he was getting off the train at Darlington when the penny dropped. The
legendary (in these parts) Glen Durrant, 3-time back-to-back BDO World Darts
Champion, now plying his trade with the PDC. If you’re not a fan of the arrows –
tough. </span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;"> Just move along now...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">At the beginning of June I swapped roles,
putting my liturgical photographers hat on and venturing into curry-land (also
known as Bradford) acted as unofficial photographer for a Pontifical (Ordinariate
Use) Solemn Mass at St Joseph’s Church. I found this disappointing for a number
of reasons. The Mass itself was beautiful, with appropriate music, but the
congregation must have numbered only about a dozen people, half of whom I think
were only there because of the presence of the </span><a href="https://www.ordinariate.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Ordinary</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> (Bishop in all but
name.) I was also put off by overhearing disparaging remarks made by one of the
choir about both the Ordinariate & the Catholic church in general, both of
whom he’d just sung for!! Let me just state for the record that that will NEVER
happen with the Rudgates, whose members come from several different denominations
(or none at all) & whilst respecting each other’s differences, would
certainly not indulge in what I could only perceive as denominational snobbery
of the highest order! OK. Rant over. </span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">Later on in the month, I was back in
Wakefield singing the Chant for Solemn Vespers of Pentecost Sunday. Even Later
on, back in York at St Mary’s, the schola provided the singing for the First
public Mass of the newly ordained Fr John Konstantin Tee, whose ordination had
taken place in London the week before. Both services were very moving
occasions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">In July, I was back at Ushaw College for a
very special occasion. An Extraordinary Form Mass which was the final act of an
academic conference held at the college & the University of Durham.
Entrance was restricted to ticket holders only (I did have a ticket) & I
was left rather bemused afterwards wondering what the delegates<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would have made of it all. The Ordinary of
the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria etc,) was a setting written by Mgr Charles Newsham, a
previous rector of Ushaw, but the chant propers & Salve Regina at the end
were incomprehensible to me, being so sllloooow. I can’t believe, having taken
part in medieval chant reconstructions, also on academic basis, that the chant
at Ushaw in the 19<sup>th</sup> century would have been taken so slowly. But
there you go...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">On the 20<sup>th</sup>, I was at a brand
new venue for me, St Joseph’s Church, Longsight in Manchester. This was for a
wedding which I and any of the other singers (from St Austin’s, Wakefield) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>weren’t
going to be involved in at all initially! Prior to the wedding, there had been
a number of messages on Facebook asking for a schola or choir to sing, as the
original singers could no longer go. Once this was brought to my attention, I
made some recommendations regarding singers in the region, with a note to the
groom (Michal) that if he was really stuck to come back to me. Well, as you now
know, a promise is a promise, and other singers not being available, I
volunteered and made enquiries which yielded the wonderful singers from
Wakefield who also came and helped out. We even provided polyphony as well as
the chants of the Mass of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;">In September, the schola sang a Missa
Cantata at St Mary’s for the York Ordinariate Mission. A significant occasion,
as it was believed to be the first sung catholic Latin mass to have taken place
there since the reformation! Some of us then visited the Manchester Ordinariate
Mission to help with the singing at Evensong & Benediction for the
Solemnity of Our Lady of Walsingham <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">In November I sang the first memorial Requiem
mass (for All Souls) to take place there for centuries, where I was joined by
some excellent singers from the University of Durham. Earlier that day, some of
us had visited the lovely people at the </span><a href="https://ordinariatemcr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Manchester Ordinariate Mission</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> to sing
a very different All Souls’ Mass in the Ordinariate Use.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">On 7</span><sup style="color: cyan;">th</sup><span style="color: cyan;"> I returned to one of my
other previous cathedrals (Leeds) to sing with St Austin’s again. This time it
was Solemn Pontifical Vespers with the Diocesan Bishop on the occasion of the
visit of the</span><span style="color: yellow;"> <a href="https://www.behold2020.com/dowry-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">statue of Our Lady of Walsingham to the cathedral</span></a>.</span><span style="color: cyan;"> Moving on to
the 20</span><sup style="color: cyan;">th</sup><span style="color: cyan;"> November, a small but perfectly formed group of Rudgates
sang for the Pilgrimage Mass to commemorate the</span><span style="color: yellow;"> <a href="https://markenfieldhall.com/the-chapel/history-of-the-chapel/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">450th Anniversary of the Rising of the North</span></a> </span><span style="color: cyan;">at </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><a href="https://markenfieldhall.com/"><span style="color: yellow;">Markenfield Hall</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">.</span></span><span style="color: cyan; font-size: 13.5pt;"> At the end of the month, the
Rudgates returned to Manchester to sing the Advent Procession. An event that is
also now fixed into our calendars each year!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Onto December, and yet another historical service,
the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I went back to Gateshead to sing with
the Westland Singers for the first Pontifical Mass celebrated by the Ordinaray
Bishop in the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle for over 50 years. It was
lovely to see a very full church too to mark the occasion. The following week,
I was back in Wakefield with St Austin’s chanting Vespers for the 3</span><sup style="color: cyan;">rd</sup><span style="color: cyan;">
Sunday of Advent. This brings us back almost full circle, which can never be
completed before our now annual Carol service with the community of St Mary’s
Church. It was lovely to a much higher turnout (both singers and congregation)
this time and equally lovely to receive so many compliments afterwards! This is
always one of the highlights of the Rudgates’ year, and long may it continue. As
last year though, it wasn’t quite the end of my year, as I was once again proto-psaltis
(principal cantor) for the </span><a href="https://gocyork.wordpress.com/homepage/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Greek Orthodox</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> Liturgy (also held at St Mary's) on
Christmas Day Morning!</span></span><span style="color: cyan;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">There were many other concerts & services that I managed to get to during 2019, principally involving the
</span><a href="http://www.clerkes.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Clerkes of All Saints</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">, </span><a href="https://www.yorkcantores.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">York Cantores</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> & the </span><a href="https://www.eborsingers.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Ebor Singers</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">. If I mentioned
them all here, this post could well end up being twice as long! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">What will 2020 bring? You will find out
here. </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Meanwhile, can I take this opportunity to once again wish
you all a very Happy New Year!</span></span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-76215132549183214722019-02-12T21:52:00.003+00:002019-02-12T21:54:45.361+00:00Richard Ainley RIP.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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deeply saddened to hear about the death of a former Rudgate Singer, Richard
Ainley at the weekend. Richard was one of the very first Rudgates, recruited
from the ranks of the then Taverner Choir of Halifax who sang for our inaugural
service in Scarthingwell back in June 1996. I had the pleasure of singing Bass alongside
him with the Rudgates and other ad-hoc groups for over 10 years after our first
service including the superb Choral Evensong a few of us sang for at St Mary
Redcliffe, Bristol, to a congregation of precisely zero!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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condolences go to his wife Margaret and daughter Catherine – both also former
Rudgates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reminder of the good times we shared, here is the Offertory Motet Tallis’
<a href="http://mike4b.co.uk/rudgate/music/Loquebantur_variis_linguis_Tallis.mp3" target="_blank">Loquebantur variis linguis from the former Norbertine Priory of St Chad (nowManchester Oratory) </a></span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-2113379290312792892019-01-01T18:45:00.000+00:002019-01-01T18:45:53.740+00:002018. A Review.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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in advance for the length of this musing, but I </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>did
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to write a review of the year a while ago, and unlike other
organisations who insist on doing this sort of thing whilst we're
still only halfway through December, decided to actually wait until
2018 was officially over!</span></span></div>
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start at (almost) the very beginning. A very good place to start!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
January for the Epiphany weekend, I sang with the excellent <a href="https://www.staustinschoir.co.uk/">St
Austin's parish choir</a> from Wakefield for an Extraordinary Form
Mass in Wakefield, and then on the Sunday, joined them again to sing
an Ordinary Form Solemn Mass in Leeds Cathedral, the first of a few visits
to my old musical hunting-ground of the year. Later that month, a
small group of Rudgates met in York to sing an Ordinariate Use Mass
at our base (which is also now the base of the York Ordinariate Mission) in St Mary's Church,
Bishophill Junior.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">February
brought me back to St Austin's for an EF Solemn Mass for the
Purification of the BVM (Candlemas) and later on, for the Parish Mass
of Ash Wednesday. For the first weekend of Lent I was in Ripon
Cathedral singing the choral services there with the Middlesbrough
Cathedral Consort. At the end of the month, I was over in Manchester
visiting the new home of the <a href="https://www.ordinariatemcr.com/">Manchester
Ordinariate Mission,</a> singing a Pontifical Mass and then having
lunch with their wonderful priest (Fr. Andrew Starkie) and his family
and the Ordinary (Mgr. Keith Newton) too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Catholic
readers, especially those who prefer traditional Forms, will know
that you can request a Requiem Mass in the Traditional Latin Rite for
your funeral. This was so for the late Frank Marshall and so in early
March, (being a rare example of an experienced singer who can handle
the entire Officium Defunctorum by himself without assistance from
anyone else) I journeyed to the small Catholic church of St Mary &
St Joseph in Hedon in the East Riding of Yorkshire to sing Frank's
Requiem. Later in the month I was back at St Austin's in Wakefield
helping out with the arrangements for (and singing naturally!)
Extraordinary Form Vespers of Passion Sunday with the added
complication of a commemoration of St Joseph, whose Feast Day was the
day afterwards. Someone was heard to remark to the clergy afterwards
“can we have this every week?” Now that's the kind of feedback I
like. :-)</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Digressing
slightly, a big pastime of mine is visiting churches, cathedrals and
other places of historical interest. One of the items on my own
personal “bucket list” is to visit all the Catholic &
Anglican cathedrals in England & Wales (others too on an ad-hoc
basis) and I finally ticked Guildford off the list leaving me with
what I thought was just Truro to do. I've now discovered that there's
a Catholic cathedral in Aldershot where the Bishop of HM Armed Forces
is based, and a Syro-Malabar (Indian) cathedral in Preston, so I've
still some way to go before the list is complete!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Also
in March was my first trip up to Ushaw College just outside Durham.
Many of you will know that I'm a paid-up 'Friend of Ushaw' and as
such, am supposed to hear in advance of special occasions and
services (this was the St Cuthbert's Day Mass) I shall expand on my
thoughts about their poor publicity when it comes to actual services
(as opposed to other Events/Concerts/recitals etc which are well
advertised on their <a href="http://www.ushaw.org/">website)</a> as I
go on through the year – stay tuned! Needless to say, for such an
important occasion as this, I only got to hear about it with less
than 48 hrs notice, which I mentioned in passing to the Bishop-elect
(now Bishop) of Lancaster who was there along with most of the
Hierarchy of the Northern Province.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
do like to listen to other choirs (preferably in a liturgical
setting) as well as singing myself, and towards the end of March was
able to hear the excellent Sunderland-based <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/category/Musician-Band/The-Westland-Singers-442454489259401/">Westland
Singers</a>, and the equally excellent <a href="http://www.clerkes.org/">Clerkes
of All Saints</a> back in Yorkshire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">After
Easter, I joined up again with St Austin's for their mini-tour of
Norfolk, which consisted of a well-received recital in the delightful
church of St Joseph the Worker in Sheringham, followed by Solemn Mass
of the 2</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Sunday of Easter in the Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist in
Norwich. Later on that month, I was back in Leeds Cathedral, again
with St Austin's for a recital during one of the regular series of
'Nightfever' events. Nothing to do with the Bee Gees I assure you! To
find out more about it, just click on this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nightfeverleeds/">link.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">One
of the highlights of the year for me was in May, with what is
believed to be the first </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>ever</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Pontifical Catholic Mass (in any Form or Rite) to take place in St
Mary's, Bishophill. Nothing is known about what took place before the
Reformation, but it's highly unlikely that a Bishop would have
visited the place – if anyone reading this knows for sure, do
please get in touch! This was on behalf of the York Ordinariate
Mission, and took months to plan for! It was a full Rudgate Choral
Service (the first of the year) and I'd planned it to be a
Tallis-fest with lip-service being paid to other composers. :-) What
particularly pleased me was that we had enough people in the main
choir to actually have the Schola set up as an entirely separate
group and sing the Proper of the Mass from the stalls in the
Sanctuary. Being an Ordinariate Mass, you might expect the Proper to
be sung in English from the English Gradual, but I prefer </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>my
own</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>patrimony</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and, whenever possible, use the full Proper from the Graduale
Romanum! If you ever go to a sung Ordinariate Use Mass in York in the
future, you know what you're going to get from me. ;-)</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Later
in May, along with regular parters-in-crime Michael and Lloyd (more
about Lloyd later) we went on one of our fairly regular European Road
Trips, slightly conservative this time around with only 4 countries
(Slovenia, Austria, Italy and Croatia) being visited. A wonderful
time with unseasonably hot weather and fermented 'fruit juice' of
many varieties including Slovenian cider. You'll have to believe me
on this as I disposed of all the evidence whilst I was there! One
lesson I learned from this particular trip is that I'm NEVER getting
into a small boat again!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
June, I was back with St Austin's to sing for a Solemn EF Mass at St
Ignatius' Church in Ossett. Later that month I made one of my
semi-regular trips up to my own Diocesan Cathedral in Middlesbrough
to sing Vespers with the Cathedral Consort. I also managed to catch
up with another choir I like to listen to whenever I can, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaelestisConsort/">Caelestis</a>,
the student-based and led choir who sing on Sunday evenings at St
Lawrence's church in York. Highlight of the year for some I'm sure
was their superb liturgical performance of Vaughan Williams' Mass in
G minor.</span></span></div>
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the end of June, I was in Bordeaux on the afore-mentioned Lloyd's
stag do. A fairly restrained affair considering what you see in York
most weekends, but it was still accompanied by ample quantities of
excellent local food and (particularly) drink! A particular highlight
of this trip was of 3 of us attending Sunday Vespers in the church of
St Eloi and the startled look on the faces of the Schola (akin to
rabbits being caught in car headlights – and not the first time
I've observed this in France) You can imagine the conversation they
were having amongst themselves along the lines of “Mon Dieu, there
are people in the congregation who actually know what they're doing!”
One of the singers actually walked down the church and presented me
with a copy of their choir-book opened at the pages they were using.
:-)</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">July
was the one month of the year I think when I didn't have any
'official' singing to do outside of one Ordinariate-Use Mass in York
and Compline which continued more or less weekly throughout the year
sung by a group of Rudgates and friends, so I was able to take in
some other services and events elsewhere. </span></span>
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of these, at Ushaw College, annoyed me intensely. Billed as Gregorian
Chant Vespers, whilst sung well, it turned out to be (as far as I'm
concerned) an arty-farty reconstruction/recital which had been made
up for that particular performance. It *was* sung well mind, but to
call it Vespers was to my mind a great deception, being that it was
sung in a Catholic chapel. It was disturbing enough to have the
antiphons sung in Latin from the Roman Breviary but the psalms sung
in English from the Book of Common Prayer! It got worse. There were
readings, two of them, from the Gospel of James – not even
officially sanctioned scripture! There were other things included to
make it look like an actual service, which it couldn't possibly have
been. I got the feeling that is was designed to look like a service
and that no-one would be able to tell that it wasn't – well I
certainly could! I'd go so far as to say that this kind of
performance (albeit well sung) shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a
Catholic place of worship, or indeed an Anglican church/chapel too
for that matter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What
I find particularly upsetting about this, is that the Rudgates having
sung Gregorian chant Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary in October
2017 (the real deal, not an artificial reconstruction!) hadn't been
invited back to Ushaw despite initially positive email correspondence
suggesting that we could possibly have a minor role in singing a
service sometime in 2018 as part of the 450</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Anniversary celebrations of the original founding of the College.
Despite speaking to one of the event organisers, as well as a couple
of follow-up emails and also contact via their social media page we heard nothing else about it. To
say that I'm disappointed is the understatement of the year so far!</span></span></div>
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a more positive note, the arrival of August meant the wedding of the
year, that of Lloyd and his lovely wife, Katie, in Hexham. Despite
11</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
hour planning trying to find (successfully) extra singers for the
main choir as well as a sub-deacon for the Nuptial Mass, everything
proceeded without a hitch. On the day itself, I had three different
'hats' to wear being one of the Ushers, the Sound & Video
Technician and also Director of the Schola, complete with costume
change from Ushers Morning dress for before the service and the
Wedding itself, into choir robes for the Nuptial Mass which followed,
and then back into Morning dress for the reception! A lovely time in
Northumberland, marred (only slightly) by the torrential rain on the
Saturday night which obscured what would have been a wonderful
sighting of the Perseid meteor shower.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
weekend after the wedding took me to Derby, where I was part of the
Eldon Singers who sang all the cathedral services that weekend. The
Eldon Singers are a group who come together each year to sing in a
cathedral (Anglican, so far) during the month of August. Under the
direction of Tim Knight, who is a very fine fellow – despite what
he jokingly calls me from time to time (!) the weekend consists of
high quality singing, good food, drink and company, and is well worth
going to either as a singer, or just to support those who are
singing. On top of all that my overnight accommodation was in a Real
Ale/Cider pub just a few hundred yards away from Derby Cathedral. :-D</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To
finish August off, I had 3 different services in three different
locations across Northern England over the Bank Holiday weekend.
First off was singing Vespers from the Little Office of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in St Mary's Bishophill as part of the Yorkshire Medieval
Churches Festival in conjunction with Church Explorers. This is an
event that I've supported for two or three years now, and long may it
continue. Event two, was driving over to Blackburn Cathedral (via
Manchester) to sing Evensong with the Northern Cathedral Consort, and
finally, back on the right side of the Pennines, <g> reprising BVM
Vespers in Castle Howard Chapel. I'm willing to bet that it's
(probably) the first ever time that a Catholic Office has been sung
there!</g></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">September
brought me back to St Austin's in Wakefield for the wedding of one of
the choir members Thomas and his wife Rosalind, swiftly followed the
following weekend by the first Ordinariate Use High Mass to take
place in Leeds Cathedral, for which the Rudgates provided 4 singers
to sing Merbecke, the Proper and some quality hymns. I was told
afterwards that the standard of singing (aided by a very enthusiastic
congregation) was so good that nobody had realised that we didn't
have an organist...</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then
it was off to Manchester on the 23</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
to sing Choral Evensong followed by Benediction with the community
there in honour of Our Lady of Walsingham. The party which followed
in the newly refurbished church hall was super. Plenty of food &
drink, a band hired for the occasion and also being treated to a
'clerical' rendition of some classic Bob Dylan songs. I'm sure
there'll be at least one video of 'the evidence' floating around the
cybersphere somewhere, so go and look for it! A truly wonderful
community and if I lived in the north Manchester area, I wouldn't go
anywhere else.</span></span></div>
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the end of September, Michaelmas day dawned, and despite having been
in our calendar for ages, too many singers not being available, or
pulling out at the last minute meant a complete change of programme
for the Rudgate's Sung Mass in Wakefield. Fortunately I had a Plan
'B'. (Plan 'B' is always very useful to have – don't leave home
without one!) and had prepared a chant only alternative which saved
the day. I know one or two people were disappointed (as was I) at the
lack of a full polyphonic Rudgate turnout, but in the end the quality
didn't suffer apart from one minor blip during the Gloria of the mass
which changed key, Eurovision style, towards the end!</span></span></div>
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October, a few of the Rudgates were back in Manchester again to sing
Byrd's Mass for 3 voices for the Patronal feast of St Margaret Mary
Alacoque – another splendid evening. I sang the Proper for this
Mass from the Plainchant Gradual, which is essentially based on the
Graduale Romanum, but sung in English. A very weird experience as
most of the music was familiar with just a few minor tweaks here &
there, the text and subsequent word pointing was very different. It's
a good exercise to do this occasionally (where circumstances permit)
as it definitely keeps you on your toes..</span></span></div>
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the end of October, I was at Ampleforth Abbey, swapping one chant
(Gregorian) for another (Carpatho-Rusyn) for the bi-annual Orthodox
Liturgy that takes place there. For some time now, I've gone
specifically to chant the Epistle while the rest of the Liturgy is
fully choral, provided by local Ryedale choirs under the Direction of
the Monastic choir master Fr Alexander, who has (directly &
indirectly) taught me so much about Gregorian Chant. As for the
Carpatho-Rusyn, I have my Ukrainian friends to thank for that. I'm
obviously doing something right, because immediately after this
service, I was booked for the next one which takes place later this
month on the 26</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
January (The Saturday during the octave of Christian Unity.) Another
good reason for going is that the after-service sherry and subsequent
lunch is legendary!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
you're Catholic, you'll know that November is the month of the Holy
Souls, and on the 2</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
All Souls' Day, I was in Wakefield singing a Solemn EF Requiem Mass
with St Austin's choir. Gregorian chant and Victoria's Requiem for 4
voices. The following day, I was back at Ushaw College, for the
corner-stone event of their 450</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
anniversary celebrations. Now, for such an important event, whose
Principal Celebrant was no less then the Cardinal Archbishop of
Westminster, you'd have thought there would be a blaze of advance
publicity on their website and beyond wouldn't you? Wrong! At less
than 48 hours notice before said event, I did at least get an email
telling me it was happening, which was just enough time for me to
re-arrange my plans for the 3</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
of November. I had a very good conversation about this with my own
Bishop (+Middlesbrough) who was astonished, as it had been in his
diary for months! And this, don't forget, comes to you from a paid-up
Friend of Ushaw, who at the very least, should be receiving advance
notice of important events such as these. Well, it simply isn't
happening! The only services I saw outside of the weekly said Mass
given proper publicity were the Remembrance Service and Carol
Services in December. I'm coming around to the opinion that the
organisers would like to turn it into just another Ecclesiastical
Theme Park. If anyone from Ushaw College sees this and would like to
contact me to reassure me that this is not the case, I'd be delighted
to hear from them.</span></span></div>
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over, on Remembrance Day itself (the centenary of the Armistice of
course) I was back in Bishophill Jnr, but this time listening to a
Concert of Remembrance performed by the <a href="http://www.heritage.singers.20m.com/">Heritage
Singers</a> directed by Tim Knight, with readings about some of the
local people from that area of York who died during the conflict,
including the last known fatality of the war who was killed just 90
minutes before the ceasefire. A very sobering experience and a lovely
concert. The Heritage Singers, are, like the Rudgates, a choir whose
primary focus is liturgical performance, and so are very dear to my
heart. Tim reminded me afterwards that he would like to collaborate
with the Rudgates at some point in the future, so we'll see if we can
make it happen this year!</span></span></div>
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the 20</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
two of us (thank you Nicola!) made the trek to <a href="https://markenfieldhall.com/">Markenfield
Hall </a>near Ripon to provide the music for the Annual Pilgrimage
and Mass to commemorate the Rising of the North. To find out more
about this moment of our history, and Markenfield's place in it and
why this event is </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>always</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
held on the 20</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
November without exception, then <a href="https://markenfieldhall.com/the-chapel/history-of-the-chapel/">follow
this link</a>. It will tell you everything you need to know. :-) This
year is the 450</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Anniversary of the Rising, so I hope we could do a bit more to help.
Given enough notice, we might even get a full choir there.</span></span></div>
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so we arrive in December, the 1</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">st</span></span></sup>
seeing a small but hardy group of Rudgates back in Manchester singing
for the Manchester Ordinariate Mission's Advent Procession. This is
the third time we've been involved with this, and it's always a
lovely occasion, one that is now well and truly established on our
calendar! Following a Solemn Ordinariate-Use High Mass at Bishophill on the 8th, I dashed up to Middlesbrough Cathedral the day after to provide the Bass voice for a Charpentier Magnificat sung during Vespers by the Cathedral Consort. Later in the month, The Rudgates (albeit severely depleted
from last year) sang for the annual Traditional Carol Service for the
Parish and Community of St Mary's Bishophill, something we've done
now for well over 10 years. Although depleted this time, for various
reasons, we were still able to have a fully choral Carol Service
which was very well received by the congregation. One person told me
afterwards that he couldn't believe how we could be so consistently
excellent each year – so I'll quite happily settle for that! The
Carol Service is always a wonderful way to end the Rudgates year,
although I wasn't quite done as I ended up being proto-psaltis
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Mary's) on Christmas Day Morning!</div>
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there will be more to come from the Rudgates as 2019 progresses, but
if you're at a loose end on Saturday, do come along to St Mary's at
6.30pm. It would be lovely to see you! Meanwhile, can I take this
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I was originally going to write a post about what I'd been doing since the last entry about the Pontifical Ordinariate Mass in York (quite a lot!) but as that would have taken some time to compose, I thought it could wait for a bit longer and be incorporated into a general review of the year's activities.<br />
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I shall talk about Vespers instead! As many of you know, members and friends of the Rudgates meet regularly at the oldest church in York - St Mary, Bishophill Junior to chant (usually) Compline from the Divine Office, and, more recently, from the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I had been asked a few months ago, whether it was possible to chant Vespers more often, so we're going to introduce it on a trial basis for certain feasts and see how it goes. This of course will depend on the availability of the church building (we don't have exclusive access to it of course!) and singers. I may be capable of singing (and have done so) Hours of the Office by myself, but it's not really desirable. :-)<br />
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The first of these is at 7:30pm tomorrow evening, when Vespers for the Feast of the Motherhood of the BVM shall be sung, quite appropriate really, as it's St Mary's church. Do please come along if you're free!</div>
Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-71730737151182736992018-04-12T14:47:00.001+01:002018-04-12T15:11:26.635+01:00The Year so Far...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Up to now, it's been a quiet 2018 for the Rudgates with only a chant mass for the York Ordinariate Mission and a Requiem in the Extraordinary Form in Hedon. This has allowed me to sing with other excellent choirs such as St Austin's, Wakefield and the Middlesbrough Cathedral Consort (links to both on the right) and in such locations as Leeds Cathedral, Ripon Cathedral and (new to me) Norwich Catholic Cathedral. I've also managed to catch up with supporting/listening to the excellent Westland Singers, Clerkes of All Saints and the as yet unlinked Caelestis Consort who sing Evensong during term time at St Lawrence's Church in York. I shall rectify that omission soon!<br />
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For the Rudgates though, things are about to change! We have a Pontifical Mass (Ordinariate Use of the Roman Rite) coming up next month at St. Mary's Bishophill Jnr, where some of us sing Compline and which is also the home of the York Ordinariate Mission in addition to being a C of E Parish Church which also hosts the local Greek, Russian and Coptic Orthodox Communities. Talk about diversity!<br />
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What makes the service we're singing for particularly exciting, is that it is believed to be the first time *ever* that a Pontifical Mass, certainly in this Form, will be celebrated in an existing Anglican Church - so we're about to create another slice of history to go alongside the York Minster EF Mass of 2011 (believed to be the first Mass of it's type since the reign of Queen Mary Tudor) and Vespers at St. Mary's Abbey in York, where the Solemn 'York' Salve Regina, written for the monks there, was sung in situ for the first time since the Reformation!<br />
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If you're at a loose end on the 12th May at 4pm, do come along - especially if you like Tallis. :-)<br />
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-91934670917079763082017-12-29T01:47:00.001+00:002017-12-29T01:59:19.144+00:00Review of 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since several people/organisations have done these already (some as early as the beginning of December!) I've decided that the Rudgates should have their own annual review, only 21 years after we first started! As we're not doing anything between now and the end of the year - and I'm unlikely to get involved in anything else due to recuperating from yet another cold - now is as good a time as any to look back.</div>
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On 28th January, some of the schola joined together with the excellent <a href="http://www.clerkes.org/" target="_blank">Clerkes of All Saints </a>to chant 2nd Vespers (albeit prematurely) of Candlemas in <a href="http://allsaints-northstreet.org.uk/" target="_blank">All Saints' Church, North Street, York.</a></div>
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The following weekend (4th February) the schola visited St Mary's Church, Lastingham to sing Compline by candlelight in the crypt chapel. </div>
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to sing a full Gregorian Chant Mass, Proper, Ordinary and appropriate Paschaltide pieces. :-)<br />
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We then visited <a href="https://markenfieldhall.com/" target="_blank">Markenfield Hall </a>in July, joining forces with the wonderful <a href="http://www.staustinschoir.co.uk/" target="_blank">St Austins's Choir from Wakefield </a>to sing a Votive Mass in honour of St Maria Goretti. This was a very special occasion, as it was the first time that the Proper of this Mass had been sung in Europe. It had only been composed two years previously in Chicago for a Pontifical High Mass in St John Cantius' Church as no music for it had existed previously. The 6th July, St Maria's Feast Day, is normally only kept in the EF Roman Rite Ordo as a Feria or Octave Day of SS Peter & Paul.<br />
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When I knew the Rudgates were going to be singing for this, I did my homework and found out about the Chicago Mass, and asked their music department if we could use the Proper which they had composed. They very graciously emailed it to me by return, hence Markenfield became the venue for 21st Century American Gregorian Chant! St Austin's added to the occasion by singing the superlative Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd and other appropriate motets.<br />
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In addition to singing Compline by Candlelight and other services (mainly from the EF Catholic Divine Office) at our York base of St Mary's, Bishophill Junior, we have for the previous 3 years also contributed tho the Yorkshire Medieval Churches Festival which takes place in locations across (mainly North) Yorkshire throughout August.<br />
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This year was no exception, and we contributed to this by singing Roman Rite Vespers of the Blessed Virgin, followed by Dominican Rite Compline on the first Saturday of August. Later on in the month, The Rudgates premiered a liturgical performance of Michael Week's Choral Vespers, written for us and the church some years previously.<br />
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In October, St Mary's became the venue for the inaugural Mass (Divine Worship, Ordinariate Use) of the York Ordinariate Mission, which I sang on behalf of the schola. This was repeated in December for the 3rd Sunday of Advent.<br />
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Also in October (a personal highlight for me) was the return of the Rudgates to sing in the stunning venue of <a href="http://www.ushaw.org/" target="_blank">St Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw College. </a><br />
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It's a place I have long-since wanted to return to after being in charge of the music for the EF Training Conferences held at Ushaw in 2009 and 2010. I didn't think we would ever get the opportunity after the seminary closed down in 2011, but thanks to it re-opening as a Visitor Centre which also holds conferences, concerts and occasional services, we were eventually able to go back!<br />
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We reprised the Roman Rite Vespers of the BVM, which went down so well that we've been invited back to sing next year as part of the 450th Anniversary Celebrations. :-)<br />
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In November, the Rudgates went to Hull to sing a Mass for the Feast of St Charles Borromeo in St Charles' Church. <br />
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A service that was billed as a City of Culture Event. We sang the Byrd 4 Mass with motets from Johan Kaspar Aiblinger, Tallis and Schubert.<br />
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Later in November, we returned to Markenfield Hall to sing for the Annual Mass to Commemorate the 'Rising of the North', an event that is held at Markenfield every year on the 20th November. You can read more about the Rising and Markenfield's place in it<a href="https://markenfieldhall.com/history/the-rising-of-the-north/" target="_blank"> here.</a><br />
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This is the home of the <a href="http://www.ordinariatemcr.com/" target="_blank">Manchester Ordinariate Mission, </a>and we've been there a few times now, firstly to sing Evensong, and latterly to sing for the Advent Procession which is a wonderfully atmospheric candlelit service of readings, hymns and choir items sung here on the eve of Advent Sunday. December 1st next year is already on the calendar!<br />
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Our Traditional Carol service at St. Mary's this evening, is our last event this year. If you're within reasonable distance of York City Centre, do come along!<br />
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A new venue for us, this is, in my opinion, the loveliest church in the northern part of the Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough. We've been invited to sing for an Ordinary Form Roman Rite Latin Mass.</div>
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A return visit to sing in the lovely crypt chapel to sing Vespers and/or Compline by candlelight.</div>
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<a href="http://www.ushaw.org/" target="_blank">St Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw College</a></div>
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We been invited back to sing Vespers during the 450th anniversary celebrations! More details on these and other events and venues will be published when available. :-) </div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-30543366622082059592017-12-04T19:14:00.001+00:002017-12-04T19:14:30.365+00:00Forthcoming Services<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><a href="http://www.chantrychapelwakefield.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">St Mary's Chantry Chapel, Wakefield</span></a></b></div>
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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary</div>
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In Conceptione Immaculata Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ I. classis</div>
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Solemn High Mass (with <a href="http://www.staustinschoir.co.uk/" target="_blank">St. Austin's Choir</a>)</div>
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Proper from the Graduale Romanum</div>
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Arcadelt: Ave Maria</div>
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Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris Mater</div>
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Victoria: Gaude Maria</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Not sure what the Mass setting will be yet, but it's likely to be either Byrd 4 or Casciolini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Goodness knows how much room there will be in the chapel once the choir, sacred Ministers and servers have taken their places, so I suggest if you want to go, get there very early!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">Saturday 9th December, 9:00pm</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York</span></b></div>
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Feria ~ III. classis</div>
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Compline by Candlelight</div>
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(The Rudgate Schola + friends)</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Compline is being moved to Saturday evenings for the duration of Advent due to other events taking place at St Mary's and elsewhere.</span></div>
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Psalms <span style="background-color: #444444; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">{from the Psalter for the day of the week} 87; 102 (i); 102(ii)</span></div>
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Office Hymn: Te Lucis (third tune - Ferial)</div>
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Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater</div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">Sunday 10th December, 4:15pm</span></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://middlesbroughrccathedral.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Middlesbrough Cathedral</span></a></b></div>
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Palestrina: Matin Responsory</div>
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William Smith: Responses (adapted for OF Vespers)</div>
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Office Hymn: Come thou long-expected Jesus</div>
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Psalmody and Canticles (from the Psalter for Advent week II)</div>
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Stanford: Magnificat in Bb</div>
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Mendelssohn: There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob</div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-32040957704040984452017-12-04T18:01:00.000+00:002017-12-04T18:01:06.326+00:00Advent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of my favourite services of the year is the Advent Procession with lovely music built around the great O Antiphons. I'd attended the one at York Minster for a number of years (& sung the 'O's occasionally when I sang with York Cantores.) I'd also been involved with other choirs' performances in different parts of Yorkshire.<br />
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I'm delighted that now, thanks to our friends in the Manchester Ordinariate Mission, the Rudgates now take part in one. Based at St. Joseph's Church in Heywood (between Bury & Rochdale) it is a wonderful choral candlelit service, and, for me, a highlight of my singing year! The church doesn't just have a splendid acoustic, it is also huge - large enough for a service like the Advent Procession to take place, so I hope we can return there often!<br />
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Here's a highlight (There is no Rose) from Saturday's service to whet your appetite for next year's, which will be on 1st December 2018, hopefully still in Heywood, so put the date in your diaries/calendars now!<br />
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-8908328665736043202017-11-28T21:00:00.001+00:002017-11-28T21:00:36.994+00:00Forthcoming Services<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: red;">St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York</span></b></div>
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Compline by Candlelight</div>
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Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XXIV post Octavam Pentecostes V. Novembris ~ IV. classis</div>
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Office Hymn: Te Lucis (3rd tune)</div>
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Marian Antiphon: The York Salve Regina</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Strictly speaking, as it's not a major Feast Day (not even a feast day either!) we should still be singing the simple tone Salve, but I had a request two or three weeks ago for something else as it was the last opportunity to sing/hear the Salve Regina before Advent. Indeed, it's not often you hear it in December either! Rather than sing the Solemn Salve, I've gone for the York Use + tropes - one for the congregation to listen to this time. :-)</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Heywood/StJoseph" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">St Joseph's Church, Heywood</span></a></b></div>
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The Advent Procession (with the <a href="http://www.ordinariatemcr.com/" target="_blank">Manchester Ordinariate Mission</a>)</div>
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Solemn Vespers for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Roman Rite, Extraordinary Form)</div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-2321046383362119122017-11-20T14:28:00.001+00:002017-11-20T14:28:17.437+00:00Services This Week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-71315980076803079442017-11-13T20:49:00.002+00:002017-11-13T20:49:32.831+00:00Services this week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">or: St Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop, optional memorial</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">or: St Elizabeth of Hungary, optional memorial</span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-64492432768439520842017-10-29T17:03:00.003+00:002017-10-29T17:03:49.399+00:00Services This Week.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: lime;">Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XXI post Octavam Pentecostes V. Octobris ~ IV. classis</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; text-align: left;">This is a good place (and time) to add a few words about the Divine Office, be it Roman Rite (either Form) or Anglican/Ordinariate Use. I borrowed these from the website of Ampleforth Abbey (where I was yesterday) as they hit the nail on the head, so to speak.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; text-align: left;">The Office is a public prayer, and this means two things. Firstly, in the Office, the community gathers together visibly, in public, as the local manifestation of the Body of Christ. Secondly, in the Office, the community is very much making its own the prayer of the Church, which is Christ’s prayer to the Father. As with Christ, as we listen to and pray the Psalms and readings, we sometimes praise God as our loving father, while at other times we hear him speaking to us as his beloved children, and at other times again we pray to him for our own needs and the needs of the whole Church and the world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; text-align: left;">What I want to point out here, is that the Office at Bishophill Junior, isn't just a private gathering of friends on a Friday evening. It's the public prayer of the church, to which all are invited. A very warm welcome awaits at Evensong, Compline, or both!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Saturday 4th November. 12:00pm. Church of St. Charles Borromeo, Hull</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: small;">This is normally only a 3rd class feast, but because it's also the Feast of Title of the church, it gets upgraded. :-) It's also a Hull City of culture event.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b>Sunday 5th November. 12:00pm. Church of St. Joseph, Gateshead.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Sunday 5th November 6pm. Church of St Wilfrid, York.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Sunday 5th November 6pm. Church of St Lawrence, York.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">If I have enough energy after Gateshead in the morning, I may end up going to one of these!</span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-21451053374188910482017-10-23T00:10:00.002+01:002017-10-23T00:14:28.626+01:00Services This Week.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">I'm going to try and publish these weekly now, ideally on Sunday evenings to give as much notice as possible! I'm also going to include services which I plan to attend, other than take part in, which may be of interest to all who read this, Rudgates & non-Rudgates alike.</span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">Tuesday 24th October. 7pm. St. Mary's Church, Stockton-on-Tees</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">I don't know much more about this other than the date and time, but it's an event that's attracted my attention as I'm now involved musically/liturgically with the York Ordinariate Mission & Deacon Ian is a member of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, so this will be a big regional evemt.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">Friday 27th October. 7pm. St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">Friday 27th October. 9pm. St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; text-align: left;">Regular Compline attendees will (if they're observant!) begin to notice a shift towards this service being TOTALLY by Candlelight as opposed to the odd concession to electricity at various points in the church. :-) This will be even more apparent when the brand new candelabras arrive, possibly not in time for this service, but almost certainly in time for the first Friday of November when the clocks have gone back. These will be in addition to the extra floor standing candle holders which have just arrived! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; text-align: left;">The inspiration behind this move has been my research into how other venues have done this, particularly colleges in academic institutions, and I want to show that what we do in St. Mary's can be just as effective. What was always a special service at the end of the working week should be even more so once everything is in place!</span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">Saturday 28th October. 10am. Ampleforth Abbey.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">Choral Orthodox Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom</span><span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">Sunday 29th October. 6pm. St. Lawrence's Church, York.</span></b></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-7189899292119968812017-10-16T21:37:00.001+01:002017-10-16T21:37:39.404+01:00Services this weekend. Solemn Evensong, Compline and Vespers.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Friday 20th October. 7pm. </b></div>
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Solemn Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.</div>
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Feria.</div>
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Hymn: Jesu, Lover of my soul (NEH: 383)</div>
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Readings: Sir 1:1-10, 18-27 1 Cor 15:1-11</div>
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<b>Friday 20th October. 9pm.</b></div>
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Compline by candlelight. Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">S. Joannis Cantii Confessoris ~ III. classis</span></div>
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Pss 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon: Voce mea</div>
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Office Hymn: Te Lucis (1st tune)</div>
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Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (simple tone)</div>
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Both these services as usual at the church of St. Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.</div>
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<b>Saturday 21st October. 4pm</b></div>
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<b>St. Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw College.</b></div>
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<b>Gregorian Chant Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary.</b></div>
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Roman Rite. Extraordinary Form.</div>
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Pss 109; 112; 121; 126; 147</div>
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Office Hymn: Ave Maris Stella</div>
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Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (from St. Mary's Abbey, York.)</div>
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I'm incredibly excited about this, as it will be the first time that Vespers has been sung in this Form at Ushaw for decades!</div>
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You may also be interested in the following, where I'm singing with the excellent St. Austin's Choir from Wakefield.</div>
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<b>Sunday 22nd October. 11am.</b></div>
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<b>Leeds Cathedral.</b></div>
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Solemn Mass. Roman Rite. Ordinary Form.</div>
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Casciolini: Mass in A</div>
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Gregorian Chant: Credo III</div>
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Rutter: For the beauty of the earth</div>
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Pitoni: Cantate Domino</div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-51649054264852919782017-10-09T20:05:00.000+01:002017-10-09T20:20:31.052+01:00Services this weekend. Solemn Evensong, Compline and Holy Mass.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: cyan;">Friday 13th October. 7pm.</span></b><br />
<span style="color: cyan;">Solemn Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">St Edward the Confessor, optional memorial.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">Pss 69; 70</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">Readings: Mic 3:9 - 4:5 1 Cor 12:12-26</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">Friday 13th October. 9pm.</span></b><br />
<span style="color: cyan;">Compline by Candlelight. Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; text-align: -webkit-center;">S. Eduardi Regis Confessoris ~ III. classis</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; text-align: -webkit-center;">Compline of Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Pss 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon, Voce mea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Office Hymn: Te Lucis tune I</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina - simple tone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Both these services as usual at the church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; text-align: -webkit-center;">All welcome!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><b>Saturday 14th October. 4pm.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #444444; color: cyan;">Holy Mass according to the Ordinariate Use of the Roman Rite. (Divine Worship.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: cyan;">This will be the very first Mass of the York Ordinariate Mission.<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> It's an historic occasion on two counts, as not only is it the Mission's first Mass, it is also taking place (with permission) in the oldest church in the City of York, St Mary's Bishophill Junior.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: cyan; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Mass will be Celebrated by Fr. David Stafford of the Sheffield Ordinariate, and will be the anticipated Mass of the Sunday, the 18th after Trinity . The music will be chant taken from the Plainchant Gradual and Anglican Use Gradual, with Merbecke's setting of the Mass and the simple tone Salve Regina.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: cyan; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyone within reasonable distance of York is very welcome!</span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-58449725774361315182017-10-03T23:41:00.004+01:002017-10-03T23:50:15.914+01:00Solemn Evensong and Compline. 6th October.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;">7pm. Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: red;">St Bruno, Priest, optional memorial or: Feria (Friday of Week 26 per annum)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Pss 32: 33: 34<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Readings: Hos 10:1-15 1 Cor 9:16-27<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Schola: Do let me know if you’re going to be at Evensong as well as Compline, so I know how many (or few) copies of the Psalms to produce!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">I’m conscious that I’m wasting too much of my own time and resources on producing music, so I really do need to know who’s going to be there or not. Just turning up on the day doesn’t help me one bit!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">9pm. Compline by Candlelight. Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red;">S. Brunonis Confessoris ~ III. Classis</span><span style="color: cyan;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Compline of Friday.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Pss: 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon: Voce mea.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Office Hymn, Te Lucis – 1<sup>st</sup> Tune.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina, Simple Tone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Both services as always in the church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">All welcome! </span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-87729898018169315812017-09-26T17:28:00.000+01:002017-09-26T17:29:52.774+01:00Solemn Evensong and Compline, Friday 29th September 2017.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">7pm. Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Sts Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels (Michaelmas), feast</span><span style="color: cyan;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Pss 8; 138<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Readings: Dan 12:1-3 or 2 Kings 6:8-17 Heb 1:1-14<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Prayer of St. Michael (Gregorian Chant) sung here as an anthem.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Schola: Do let me know if you’re going to be at Evensong as well as Compline, so I know how many (or few) copies of the Psalms and anthem to produce!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">9pm. Compline by Candlelight. Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">In Dedicatione S. Michaëlis Archangelis ~ I. classis</span><span style="color: cyan;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Compline of SUNDAY.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Pss: 4; 90; 133. Antiphon: Miserere.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Office Hymn, Te Lucis – 2<sup>nd</sup> Tune for First Class Feasts.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina, Solemn Tone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Both services as usual, at the church of St. Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.</span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-52786497388840324682017-09-19T17:39:00.001+01:002017-09-19T17:47:04.886+01:00Solemn Evensong and Compline. Friday 22nd September 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham. 7pm.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Ember Day.</span><br />
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Pss 108; 109<br />
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Readings: Esther 1:1-4, 10-19 (2:5-8, 15-23)
1 Cor (2:14—3:15) 3:16-23
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Compline by Candlelight. 9pm.<br />
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<span style="color: red; text-align: -webkit-center;">Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Septembris ~ II. classis</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>Psalms</i></b></span> <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">{from the Psalter for the day of the week} 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon, Voce mea.</span></span><br />
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Te Lucis: Ferial tune. (Although the day is ranked as 2nd Class, it's still a Feria!)</span><br />
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Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina (simple tone)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #9fc5e8;">Both services as usual, at the church of St. Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.</span></div>
Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-34997968085902617332017-09-12T21:33:00.002+01:002017-09-12T21:33:55.442+01:00Evensong and Compline, Friday 15th September 2017.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">7pm. Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Our Lady of Sorrows (St Mary at the Cross), memorial</span><span style="color: cyan;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Ps 78<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Readings: Job 29:1; 31:24-40 Phil 3:1-16<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Stabant juxta crucem, chant introit from the Mass of the day, sung here as an anthem.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">9pm. Compline by Candlelight. Roman Rite, Extraordinary Form.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Septem Dolorum Beatae Mariae Virginis ~ II. classis</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Compline of SUNDAY.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Te Lucis 1<sup>st</sup> tune.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina (solemn tone)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Both services in the church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-49845889319736657092017-09-05T22:07:00.002+01:002017-09-05T22:07:37.298+01:00Evensong and Compline. Friday 8th September 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Readings: Is 11:1-5, Gal 4:1-7 or Rom 5:12, 17-19<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">In Nativitate Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ II. Classis</span><span style="color: cyan;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Compline of SUNDAY.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Te Lucis 1<sup>st</sup> tune.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Both services in the church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-72568832499364677542017-08-29T17:57:00.000+01:002017-08-29T17:57:34.449+01:00Evensong and Compline. Friday 1st September 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">7pm. Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br /><span style="color: red;">Feria (Friday of Week 21 per annum)</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">Pss 6; 7; 8</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">Readings: Job 9:1-15, 32-35 Acts 28:1-16</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">9pm. Compline by Candlelight. Roman Rite, Extraordinary Form.</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br /><span style="color: red;">Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XII post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Augusti ~ IV. Classis</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">Psalms of Friday.</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">Te Lucis (Office hymn) Ferial.</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina (simple tone)</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">Both services in the church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.</span><br /><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br /><span style="color: cyan;">All Welcome!</span></span></div>
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Mike Forbesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919921473883093025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658354454080105615.post-75774920012912642932017-08-22T19:03:00.002+01:002017-08-22T19:03:23.005+01:00Evensong, Compline, and Vespers this week.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Evensong. Friday 25th August 2017, 7pm. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">St Louis, optional memorial</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"> <span style="color: cyan;">Ps 119:73-104 </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Readings: Job (1:1-22) 2:1-13. Acts 24: 1-23) 24—25:12</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Traditional Compline by Candlelight. Friday 25th August 2017, 9pm.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: red; text-align: -webkit-center;">S. Ludovici Confessoris ~ III. classis</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Psalms of Friday</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Te Lucis I</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Salve Regina simple tone</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Choral Vespers (Michael Weeks.) First ever performance!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Sunday 27th August 2017, 5pm</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: red; text-align: -webkit-center;">Dominica XII Post Pentecosten IV. Augusti ~ II. classis</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Responses: Weeks</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Psalms 109, 110, 111, 112: Weeks</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Psalm 113: Chant tonus peregrinus</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Office Hymn: Chant</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Magnificat Antiphon: Chant</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Magnificat: Weeks</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">Marian Antiphon, Salve Regina: Lotti or Chant Solemn tone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: cyan;">All services take place in the City of York's oldest church, St Mary, Bishophill Junior.</span></span><br />
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