High Summer and High Mass at St Michael’s; more Sundays after Trinity for the Plainsong Propers that choir and congregation sing at the Introit, Gradual, Offertory and Communion points in the Mass.

Here are the dates and music for Sundays XI – XIV after Trinity this year, 2016. We hope you can join us in worship, prayer and fellowship.

Sunday, 7th August, Trinity XI. 10.45am Mass with Hymns: 383 : 345 : 368. Setting: Missa Brevis, by Antonio Lotti (1667-1740). Motet: My Soul There is a Country far beyond the Stars, by Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918), text by Henry Vaughan (1622-1695).

Sun 7th August, 6pm Choral Evensong and Benediction. Responses: Byrd. Psalm: 108. Office Hymn: 244.Canticles: Short Service, by Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623). Anthem: O Nata Lux de Lumine, by Thomas Tallis (c.1505-85). O salutaris: 269, Tantum Ergo: 268.

Sunday, 14th August, Trinity XII. 10.45am Mass with Hymns: 232 : 490 : 359. Setting: Mass in F, by Charles Wood (1866-1926). Motet: O Sing Joyfully, by Adrian Batten (1591-1637).

Monday, 15th August, Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 7.30pm Sung Mass with Hymns: 188 : 180 : 184. Setting: Missa Super Dixit Maria, by German composer Hans Leo Haßler (1564-1612). Motet: Ave Maria, attr. Franco-Flemish Jacob Arcadelt (1505-68).

Sunday, 21st August, Trinity XIII. 10.45am Mass with Hymns: 436 : 362 : 443. Setting: Mass in F. Motet: Come Down, O Love Divine, both by Sir William Harris (1883-1973), Organist at St George’s Chapel Windsor.

Sunday, 28th August, Trinity XIV. 10.45am Mass with Hymns: 285 : 333 : 186. Setting: Mass for Four Voices. Motet: Ave Verum Corpus, both by William Byrd (1543-1623).  Fr Nigel Mason, Chaplain to Hospiscare, will be our Celebrant.