Following our Choral Evensong in October 2010, we have been invited back to Chichester Cathedral, this time to sing for a weekend after Easter in 2012. This time we will be staying in Chichester to give you a chance to explore the historic city and surrounding areas so put the dates in your diary now: Friday 13th – Sunday 15th April 2012.
Information for Choir members
Last updated Tuesday 10th April
The music booklet containing much of the service music (excluding canticles and anthems) is available to view here…
For those of us travelling from Canterbury on Friday, please meet at Church at 10.00am. This will give us plenty of time to sort out car sharing, pick up robes, load music into cars and anything else that needs to be done. I’m aiming for us to arrive in Chichester at 1pm so that there is time for some lunch and sorting out music before rehearsing at 3pm. We can’t check into the hotel until later in the afternoon, so I would recommend that we park together in one of the city’s long stay car parks (number 11 on the car park map, link to which is below) as that will be much cheaper than using the hotel’s car park (long stay car park is £4 for the day, hotel car park is £1 an hour!). All the city car parks have CCTV so should be safe to leave cars over a long period.
Useful links
- Chichester Cathedral website
- Parking in Chichester
- Chichester Central Travel Lodge
- Map and driving directions
Music List and Rehearsal Schedule
The following music list and rehearsal schedule is subject to change. All hymns are from the New English Hymnal.
Friday 13th April 2012
3:00 pm
Rehearsal in Song School
3:30 pm
Rehearsal in Quire
5:30 pm
CHORAL EVENSONG
Preces & Responses – Clucas
Psalm 107
Canticles – Brewer in D
Anthem – Now the green blade riseth – French traditional, arranged by Simon Lindley
Dismissal – Ferial
Saturday 14th April 2012
2:00 pm
Rehearsal in Song School
4:00 pm
Rehearsal in Quire
5:30 pm
CHORAL EVENSONG
Preces & Responses – Clucas
Psalm 145
Canticles – Noble in b minor
Anthem – Christ the Lord is risen again – John Rutter
Hymn 119
Dismissal – Ferial
Sunday 15th April
The Second Sunday of Easter
8:45 am
Rehearsal in Quire
10:00 am
Mattins
Preces & Responses – Clucas
Easter Anthem – Stephen Barker
Psalm 22 vv. 20-31
Canticles – Stanford in B-flat
Anthem – Arise in us – Martin Shaw
Hymn 112
11:00 am
SUNG EUCHARIST
Mass (Opus 36) – Widor
Psalm 133
Anthem – This joyful Eastertide – Dutch melody arranged by Charles Wood
Hymns 105ii, 117, 104, 115, 113
1:30 pm
Rehearsal in Song School
2:00 pm
Rehearsal in Quire
3:15 pm
CHORAL EVENSONG
Preces & Responses – Clucas
Psalm 143 vv. 1-11
Canticles – Stanford in B-flat
Anthem – Blessed be the God and Father – S. S. Wesley
Hymns 107, 124
Dismissal – Ferial