Repertoire
The Men & Boys’ Choir sings music mainly from the English Church Music tradition and has a wide repertoire ranging from plainsong to the 21st century. A sample Music List is attached, but the following list of Evening Canticles will give a flavour of some of the music sung:
| Aston in F Brewer in D Dyson in D Dyson in F Gibbons Second Service Howells Collegium Regale Hylton Stewart in C Ives The Edington Service Murrill in E Purcell in G minor | Stanford in C Stanford in G Sumsion in A Sumsion in G Walmisley in D minor Walton Chichester Service Watson in E Wood in D |
Psalms, from the Book of Common Prayer, are regularly sung to Anglican Chant and a number of different settings of the Responses are used.
Settings of the Mass include Byrd (Three-Part), Petr Eben (Missa Adventus et Quadragesimae), William Mathias (Series 3), Palestina (Missa Aeterna Christi Munera), Peter Aston and Giles Swayne in D
Anthems include classic unaccompanied pieces such as John Hilton’s "Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake" and William Walton’s "Set me as a seal", larger-scale works such as Edgar Bainton’s "And I saw a new heaven" and Herbert Sumsion’s "They that go down to the sea in ships" and much more. Please see the current Music List for up-to-date repertoire.
The Mixed-Voice Choir covers some of the same repertoire as the Men and Boys, but on a more limited scale. The Choir also includes much Taizé music. Mass Settings include Anthony Greening, Richard Shephard and John Barnard.
The Girls’ Choir sings unison and two-part anthems (e.g. Psalm 23 by Colin Mawby; A Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter; A Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester by L. J. White) and also joins the Mixed-Voice Choir for Sung Eucharists from time to time, when special Communion Settings are sung (e.g. Norman Warren). The Girls have also sung Choral Eucharist on their own and with the Men (e.g. Diana Burrell Mass) Choral Evensong with the Men (e.g. Noble in B minor and Hylton Stewart in C) and on their own (e.g. Leonard Blake in D and Malcolm Archer Responses).
The Worship Group very effectively supports the congregation at more informal services with a wide range of hymns and worship songs.