Click here for our pewsheet beginning Sunday 14 July.
Music
Pewsheet for Week Beginning 7 July 2019
Choirs and Music, Evensong, PewsheetsClick here for our pewsheet beginning Sunday 7 July.
Please join us next week on Sunday July 14th at 6.30pm to hear the traditional and beautiful service of Evensong sung in our tranquil church. If you are not accustomed to this service, it is one that has been sung regularly in Church since the Sixteenth Century, and was based on the Services held daily in the medieval church. Music will include:
- Preces and Responses by Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 1656)
- Like as the Hart by Herbert Howells (1892 -1983)
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F by George Dyson (1883 – 1964)
- Psalm 73
- Two hymns – How sweet the name of Jesus sounds and The day thou gavest Lord is ended
This will be followed by drinks and nibbles and with a collection towards the refurbishment of our buildings.
Choral Evensong August 25 2019
Choirs and Music, Evensong, Special Services
We are delighted to welcome back Eric Spencer and his choir Quinquagesima to sing a joint Evensong with Worth Choir. Eric was a previous Director of Music at St Nicholas,’ and now lives in South Africa.
Come and listen to this traditional and beautiful service held in the tranquil surroundings of the 11th oldest church in the country. Music will include:
- Almighty and everlasting god, by Orlando Gibbons (1583 -1625)
- My soul there is a country far, by Hubert Parry (1848 -1918)
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D by by George Dyson (1883 – 1964)
- Preces and Responses by Herbert Sumsion (1899 -1995)
Free entry although contributions are always welcome to the upkeep of our buildings. Refreshments afterwards.
Choral Evensong July 14 2019
Choirs and Music, Evensong, Special Services
A rare chance to come and listen to the traditional and beautiful service of Evensong held in the tranquil surroundings of the 11th oldest church in the country. Sung by Worth Choir and Directed by Alex Hiam.
If you are not accustomed to this traditional service, it is one that has been sung regularly in Church since the Sixteenth Century, and was based on the Services held daily in the medieval church. It’s the high proportion of music in Evensong which distinguishes it from other church services.
It is free to come to hear its choral music, performed live and to a high standard. and music will include:
- Preces and Responses by Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 1656)
- Like as the Hart by Herbert Howells (1892 -1983)
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F by George Dyson (1883 – 1964).
Followed by drinks and nibbles and with a collection towards the refurbishment of our buildings.
Music List for April and Easter Services
Choirs and Music, Easter, MusicIf you’d like to know what we are singing up at St Nicholas’ at our forthcoming services, click here for the
music list which covers April, including our Easter services.
Photos from our Piano Recital
Concerts, Music, PewsheetsWe were so lucky to welcome to St Nicholas’, young pianist Katie Yao Morgan who played a piano recital for us on Thursday, after the usual 10.30 Eucharist service.
Katie, a graduate of the Yehudi Menuhin School, now studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and was able to arrange this concert for us in her half-term. Katie played
Beethoven Sonata op.78, Schumann’s Humoreske and Kabalevsky’s Rondo to the universal enjoyment of all watching.
Chichester Cathedral Choir Sing Evensong
Choirs and Music, Evensong, Special ServicesWe were very lucky today to have the wonderful boys and men of Chichester Cathedral Choir to sing Evensong at St Nicholas’, Worth. They were so well-behaved and polite, and of course, made a lovely sound in the acoustics of our ancient building. It was such a treat for all who were there, and thank you to all for giving so generously in the retiring collection. For those who couldn’t make it, please enjoy these photographs.
Music List for October at St Nicholas’
MusicClick here to see the music list for October 2018 at St Nicholas’, Worth.
if you are interested in joining Worth Choir, we rehearse on Fridays 7.30-8.50pm in St Nicholas’ Church, Worth and practise again at 9.30am on Sunday morning, prior to the 10am Sung Eucharist. No specific musical experience is required to join the choir. More important is the enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Please get in touch by emailing musicdirector@worthparish.org.
Pewsheet for Week Beginning 23 September 2018
PewsheetsClick here for the pewsheet beginning Sunday 23 September 2018.
