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CHAPEL ROYAL

HAMPTON COURT PALACE

Services for June 2017

Carl Jackson MVO MA ARAM FRCODirector of Music

Rufus Frowde MA MMus ARCO(DipCHD)Organist

The Reverend Anthony Howe MAChaplain and Deputy Priest in Ordinary

David WrightHonorary Clerk of the Chapel

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June 2017

Thursday 1 St Nicomede, Priest and Martyr and St Justin, Martyr † c. 165Friday 2 Feria Saturday 3 FeriaSunday 4 St Petroc† c. 594 Monday 5 St Boniface, Bishop and Martyr † 754Tuesday 6 St Norbert, Bishop † 1134Wednesday 7 FeriaThursday 8 FeriaFriday 9 St Columba, Abbot, † 597Saturday 10 FeriaSunday 11 Trinity SundayMonday 12 FeriaTuesday 13 St Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church † 1231Wednesday 14 St Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea † 379Thursday 15 Corpus ChristiFriday 16 FeriaSaturday 17 Feria (BCP St Alban Martyr)Sunday 18 Trinity IMonday 19 St Romuald, Abbot of Ravenna † 1027Tuesday 20 Translation of St Edward, King of Wessex, Martyr † 979Wednesday 21 St Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit, † 1591 Thursday 22 St Alban, the first British Martyr † c. 209 or 250Friday 23 The Sacred Heart of JesusSaturday 24 The Nativity of Saint John the BaptistSunday 25 St John the Baptist; Patronal FestivalMonday 26 FeriaTuesday 27 St Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church † 444Wednesday 28 St Irenæus, Bishop of Lyon, Doctor of the Church † c. 200Thursday 29 SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles and MartyrsFriday 30 Feria

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WELCOME to Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace for this service, and to a continuous tradition of worship that has been practised on this site for at least 800 years. This is one of the Queen’s Chapels, and as such, not a parish church.

The original chapel was founded by the Knights Hospitaller long before Cardinal Wolsey began rebuilding it in 1528. The fine vaulted ceiling, dating from 1535, was the major addition by Henry VIII. Most of the chapel furnishings date from the late 17th and early 18th century and were designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The organ (although much altered and re-built) essentially dates back to 1711 and retains not only its fine case but much original pipework.

The Chapel Royal was not originally a building but a body of priests and singers that traditionally accompanied the monarch wherever he or she went. Only later did the buildings this body used become known by that name. Today, as well as Hampton Court, there are Chapels Royal at The Tower of London, and St James’s Palace, which is the headquarters of the Chapel Royal. Services in all of Her Majesty’s Chapels are based on those from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, and you will have been handed an Order of Service with this booklet. The Chapel Royal has an unrivalled continued tradition of choral music. Many of the greatest English composers have worked and composed pieces in and for this place, Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, and Purcell among them. It is, therefore, wholly appropriate that worship is enhanced by music, which now may come from the English or European choral traditions. The texts are usually sung in their original language, usually English or Latin.

This booklet contains the details of that music, as well as the hymns and lessons for each choral service. The hymns can found in the green New English Hymnal. In a tradition begun at the start of the Great War, we always end by singing the National Anthem, asking God to send his blessings upon the Queen.

Anthony HoweChaplain and Deputy Priest in Ordinary

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HER MAJESTY’S CHAPEL ROYAL HAMPTON COURT PALACE

Services

SUNDAY

8.30 am Holy Communion 11.00 am Choral Eucharist

on the first Sunday of the month and Festivalsor Choral Matins

other Sundays3.30 pm Choral Evensong

TUESDAY

12.30 pm Holy Communion

WEDNESDAY

8.30 am Holy Communion

THURSDAY

12.30 pm Holy Communion

HOLY DAYS

12.30 pm Holy Communion

As advertised

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Sunday 11th June 2017 Trinity Sunday

8.30 am Holy Communion

11.00 am Choral Eucharist The congregation is encouraged to join in the sung responses and the Nicene Creed at this service.

Hymn 146 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!Setting Missa Brevis BerkeleyEpistle Revelation 4: 1- 11 Gradual Hymn 145 All hail, adored TrinityGospel John 3: 1 - 36The Nicene Creed (NEH page 562)SermonOffertory Hymn 343 Bright the vision that delightedMotet Angel spirits ever blessed TchaikovskyHymn 478 Ye watchers and ye holy onesVoluntary (C Jackson) Jubilate Mathias

There is no service of Choral Evensong today.

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Blessèd Angel SpiritsPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Angel spirits ever blessed offer praise on high unceasing,Ever crying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.Saints and Martyrs blessed praise thy Name, Trinity, Life-giving:In the angelic song, in the holy song with the angelsLet us join before thy throne on high: Blessed Trinity,Ever crying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. Amen.Glory be to God in the highest: with the angel throng we joinIn songs of praise for ever: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

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Sunday 18th June 2017 The First Sunday after Trinity

8.30 am Holy Communion

11.00 am Choral Matins Hymn 149ii Father, we praise thee, now the night is over

Responses Rose Psalm 5 page 350 G.J. ElveyFirst Lesson Deuteronomy 10: 12 - 11: 1 Te Deum Vaughan WilliamsSecond Lesson Matthew 9: 35 - 10: 8Jubilate WaltonAnthem Let us now praise famous men FinziHymn 147 Most ancient of all mysteriesSermonOffertory Hymn 148 (omit *) The God of Abraham praiseVoluntary (R Frowde) Fugue in E flat BWV 552ii J.S. Bach

Let us now praise famous menGerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)

Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power,giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophesies.Leaders of the people by their counsel and their knowledge.Such as found out musical tunes and recited verses in writing.All these were honoured in their generations,And were the glory of their times.And some there be which have no memorial:Who are perished as though they had never been. Their bodies are buried in peacebut their name liveth for evermore.

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Sunday 18th June 2017 The First Sunday after Trinity

3.30 pm Choral EvensongResponses RoseOffice Hymn 144 (t. 210) Father most holy, merciful and tenderPsalm 4 page 349 G.J. ElveyFirst Lesson Hosea 6: 1 - 6 Magnificat Collegium Regale WoodSecond Lesson Acts 1: 1 - 14Nunc Dimittis Collegium Regale WoodAnthem Zadok the Priest HandelOffertory Hymn 246i Holy Father, cheer our wayVoluntary (R Frowde) Spiritoso from Organ Concerto in B flat Op 7 No 3 Handel

Zadok the Priest George Frederic Handel (1685–1759)

Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon king.And all the people rejoiced, and said: God save the King! Long live the King!May the King live for ever. Alleluia. Amen.

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Sunday 25th June 2017 St John the Baptist - Patronal Festival

8.30 am Holy Communion

11.00 am Choral Matins Hymn 234ii Christ, whose glory fills the skies

Responses Smith Psalm 12 page 358 SmartFirst Lesson Deuteronomy 11: 1 - 15 Te Deum MathiasSecond Lesson Matthew 10: 24 - 39 Jubilate MathiasAnthem Alleluia, I heard a voice WeelkesHymn 336 Angel-voices ever singingSermonOffertory Hymn 373 How shall I sing that majestyVoluntary (J Mark) Postlude No. 5 in G Stanford

Alleluia! I heard a voice Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623)

Alleluia.I heard a voice as of strong thunderings, saying, Alleluia.Salvation and glory and honour and power be unto the Lordour God and to the Lamb for evermore.Alleluia.[Revelation 5]

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Sunday 25th June 2017 St John the Baptist - Patronal Festival

3.30pm Choral Eucharist sung by the Gentlemen The congregation is encouraged to join in the sung responses and the Nicene Creed at this service.

Hymn 168 (t.288) On this high feast day honour we the BaptistSetting Messe ‘Cum Jubilo’ DurufléEpistle Isaiah 40: 1 - 11 Gradual Hymn 12 On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cryGospel Luke 1: 57 - endThe Nicene Creed (NEH page 562)SermonOffertory Hymn 302 O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst prayHymn 287 Glory, love and praise and honourVoluntary (C Jackson) Grand Jeux from Suite Brève Langlais

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www.chapelroyal.orge-mail: chapelroyal@hrp.org.uk

Telephone: 020 3166 6515

The Choral FoundationThe Chapel Royal

Hampton Court PalaceEast Molesey, Surrey

KT8 9AUTelephone: 020 3166 6516

choral.foundation@hrp.org.ukRegistered Charity Number: 1142075

Sunday lunchtime music recitals take place in the Chapel Royal each week for the visitors to Hampton Court Palace. They start at 1 pm and last 30 minutes.

4 June RHUL Founder’s Choir (Alexander Turner – Director)11 June Charlotte Maclet (violin)18 June Martin Hindmarsh (tenor) & Rufus Frowde (piano)25 June King’s College School, Wimbledon2 July Elizabeth Rossiter (piano) and Rufus Frowde (organ)9 July Karl Gietzmann (countertenor) and Rufus Frowde (piano)16 July Rufus Frowde and Jamie Mark (organ duet)

Please be aware that the lunchtime music recitals are for Hampton Court Palace admission ticket holders and those who have attended the 11.00 service.

Unfortunately it is not possible to attend only the music recital without a palace ticket or HRP membership.