Monthly Music List
September 2026
Sunday 6th September — 10:00 a.m. Mass — 14th Sunday after Trinity (OT 23)
Mass setting: Sumsion in F
Hymns:
449 Soldiers of Christ, arise
104 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
18 Ye servants of the Lord
296 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
Anthem: Lead me, Lord — S.S. Wesley
Voluntary: Prelude in A minor BWV 543 — J.S. Bach
Sunday 13th September — 10:00 a.m. Mass — 15th Sunday after Trinity (OT 24)
Mass setting: Ireland in C
Hymns:
263 All creatures of our God and King
101 The Lamb’s high banquet we await
66 Forgive our sins as we forgive (Tune: Epworth)
393 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
Anthem: View me, Lord — Lloyd
Voluntary: Introduction and Toccata on ‘Lasst uns erfreuen’ — N. Choveaux
Saturday 12th September — 11:00 a.m. Mass — Holy Cross (transferred)
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour — George Oldroyd
Hymns:
Lift high the Cross (sheet)
84 It is a thing most wonderful
82 Drop, drop, slow tears
204 Blessed City, heavenly Salem (Tune: 205 Westminster Abbey)
Anthem: God so loved the world — John Stainer
Voluntary: Prelude in B minor BWV 544 — J.S. Bach
Saturday 19th September — 3:00 p.m. Choral Masterclass with David Briggs
Followed by Choral Evensong.
Details here: http://www.saintalban.co.uk/events/view/choral-masterclass-and-evensong/.
Saturday 19th September — 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong
Responses : Ayleward
Canticles : Stanford in B flat
Psalm: 121 (Walford Davies)
Hymn: 241 I
Anthem: I — Charles Hubert Parry
Final Responses : David Briggs
Voluntary: Intrada — Grayston Ives
Organist: David Briggs
Saturday 19th September — 7:30 p.m. Organ Concert by David Briggs
Tickets £20 from Eventbrite (plus booking fee) or on door; Students with valid ID admitted free.
Details here: http://www.saintalban.co.uk/events/view/evening-organ-concert-david-briggs/.
Sunday 20th September — 10:00 a.m. Mass — 16th Sunday after Trinity (OT 25)
Mass setting: White in E flatHymns:
498 Son of God, eternal Saviour
474 Who is this so weak and helpless
369 Happy are they, they that love God
461 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (Tune: Corvedale)
Voluntary: Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29 — J. S. Bach
Organist: David Briggs
Sunday 26th September — 10:00 a.m. Mass — Harvest Festival
Mass setting: Little Organ Mass — Joseph Haydn
Hymns:
262 We plough the fields
259 Come, ye thankful people, come
276 Bread of heaven, on thee we feed (Tune ii Bread of Heaven)
285 For the beauty of the earth (Tune i England’s Lane)
Anthem: Thou visitest the earth — Maurice Greene
Voluntary: Sonata No.3 in A Op. 65 (1st movement) — Felix Mendelsshon
Organist: James Lancelot
Sunday 26th September — 6.00 p.m. Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction
Responses: Ayleward
Psalms: 120, 123 and 124
Canticles: Sumsion in G
Hymns:
247 O gladsome light, O grace
252 The day thou gavest, Lord is ended
Anthem: Te lucis ante terminum — Balfour Gardiner
Voluntary: Pièce Héroique — Cesar Franck
Organist: James Lancelot
Choir Rehearsals
Thursdays 7:15 p.m.; Sundays 9:00 a.m.; Saturday 12th 10:00 a.m.; Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction 4:30 p.m.
Director of Music: Angela Sones
E-mail: domstalban@hotmail.com
Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville
E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz