Service Music List for 2017




St Stephen's Choir



Mark Quarmby

Director of Music

Huw Bellling

Choral Director

Nico Tjoelker

Organ Scholar



Enquiries: mark@ssms.org.au
or phone the church office on 02 9221 1688
Music listed subject to change - correct at time of uploading

For details of the 2017 Friday Music Concert Series please go here.

 

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January

 

1 January - No choir

Christmas 1 - New Year's Day

 
Prelude
Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217


Postlude
Now thank we all our God


Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)


BM



MQ

8 January - no choir

Baptism of the Lord

 
Prelude
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam


Solo
People need the Lord


Postlude
Prelude and Chaconne, BuxWV 137


Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)



Greg Nelson & Phil McHugh



Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)


MQ



Ruth



BM

15 January - no choir

Epiphany 2

 
Prelude
Andante (3rd movt) Sonata No. 6 in D, Op. 65


Solo
Strike the Viol


Postlude
Nun danket alle Gott


Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)



Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)


BM



Nathan Bryon



MQ

22 January - Messiah Choir

Epiphany 3

 
Prelude
Jesu Joy of Man's desiring


Anthems
And the Glory
Glory to God
Surely he hath borne our griefs
Hallelujah


Postlude
Trumpet Tune in E Flat


J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



G F Handel (1685 - 1759)
G F Handel (1685 - 1759)
G F Handel (1685 - 1759)
G F Handel (1685 - 1759)



David Johnson (1922 - 1987)


Peter Kneeshaw










Peter Kneeshaw

29 January - no choir

Epiphany 4

 
Prelude
Adagio from BWV 564


Solo
Quia fecit mihi magna


Postlude
Trumpet Minuet


J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



Alfred Hollins (1865 - 1942)


Peter Kneeshaw



Geoffrey Carman



Peter Kneeshaw


 

February

 

5 February

Epiphany 5

 

Prelude
'Prière a Notre Dame' from Suite Gothique, Op. 25


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Lead me Lord


Communion motet
Organ music


Postlude
Processional


Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)







S Wesley (1810 - 1876)







William Mathias (1934-1992)


BM











BM



BM

12 February

Epiphany 6

 

Prelude
Variations from Organ Concerto Set 1, Op.4, No.1


Anthem
Teach me, O Lord


Postlude
Rigaudon


G.F Handel (1685 -1759)



Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838)



André Campra (1660 - 1744)


MQ







MQ

19 February

Epiphany 7

 

Prelude
Allegro (from Organ Concerto)

Anthem
Grieve not, the Holy Spirit


Postlude
Hornpipe - from the 'Water Music Suite'


Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)


T Tertius Noble (1867 - 1953)



G.F. Handel (1685 - 1759)


MQ






NT

26 February

Transfiguration

 

Prelude
Voluntary in C major (Book 2, No.3)


Anthem
The Spirit of the Lord


Postlude
Fugue in Bb Major, BWV 545b


Starling Goodwin (c.1713 - 1774)



Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)


MQ







NT

 

March

 

5 March

Lent 1

 

Prelude
'Adagio' from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Thou knowest Lord


Communion
Just as I am


Postlude
Fantasia in G minor BWV 542


J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)







Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)


NT







Black 482



MQ



MQ

5 March - 3pm

Bible Society 200th Anniversary Service

Prelude
'Adagio' from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564


Anthems
Lead me Lord
Now thank we all our God


Postlude
Improvisation on the Te Deum


J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)



S Wesley (1810 - 1876)
J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)



Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939)


NT








MQ

12 March

Lent 2 - Welcome to Scholars

Prelude
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier


Anthem
Psalm 121
Now thank we all our God


Postlude
Praeludium in E minor ('Big')


J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)



Chant
J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)



N. Bruhns (1665 - 1697)


MQ








NT

19 March

Lent 3

 

Prelude
Berceuse


Anthem
God so loved the World


Postlude
Plein jeu & Caprice sur les grands jeux from
Suite du Deuxième Ton


Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)



John Stainer (1840 - 1901)



L.N. Clérambault (1676 - 1749)



MQ







NT


26 March

Lent 4

 

Prelude
Variations on 'O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden'


Anthem
My eyes for beauty pine


Postlude
Toccata on 'Amazing Grace'


Johann Kittel (1732 - 1809)



Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)



Christopher Pardini (1973 - )


NT



Black 235



MQ


 

April

 

2 April

Lent 5

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Forty Days and Forty Nights'


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Psalm 130


Communion motet
Just as I am


Postlude
Variations on 'O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden'


Malcolm Archer (1952 - )







Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)



John Maunder (1858 - 1920)



Johann Kittel (1732 - 1809)


MQ















NT

9 April

Palm Sunday

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'All Glory, Laud and honour'


Anthem
On the way to Jerusalem


Postlude
Postlude on 'All Glory, Laud and honour'


Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



John Maunder (1858 - 1920)



Malcolm Archer (1952 - )


NT







MQ

14 April

Good Friday

 

Prelude
Herzlich thut mich verlangen


Anthem
Were you there?


Postlude
O Mensch, bewein dein' Sünde groß


Johann Krebs (1713 - 1780)



Wiliam R Price



J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)


NT







MQ

2.30pm - Olivet to Calvary

16 April

Easter Day

 

Introit
Were you there?


Prelude

Grand Chœur Dialogué


Anthem
The Strife is O'er


Postlude
Hallelujah Chorus


Wiliam R Price



Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)



Henry Ley (1887 - 1962)



G F Handel (1685 - 1759)






NT and brass







MQ and brass

23 April

Easter 2

 

Prelude
Pastorale on 'Saviour, like a Shepherd lead us'


Anthem
Above all praise


Postlude
Grand Chœur in B flat


Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924)


MQ







MQ

30 April

Easter 3 - Harvest Festival

Prelude
Chorale Prelude on 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'


Anthem
Thou visitest the earth


Postlude
Tuba Tune


Robert Smith (1922 - )



Maurice Greene (1696 - 1755)



C.S. Lang (1891 - 1971)


MQ







NT


 

May

 

7 May

Easter 4

 

Prelude
Sarabande on 'The Lord's My Shepherd'


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
The Lord is my Shepherd


Communion motet
Organ music


Postlude
Præludium in D Major BuxWV 139


June Nixon (1942 - )







Howard Goodall (1958 - )







D. Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)


MQ















NT

14 May

Easter 5

 

Prelude
Chorale Fantasia on Freu dich sehr, O meine Seele


Anthem
The Call


Postlude
Toccata on the Easter hymn 'O Sons and Daughters'


JL Krebs (1730 - 1780)



Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)



Lynwood Farnam (1885 - 1930)


NT







MQ

21 May

Easter 6 - Sunday before Ascension

Prelude
Prière du Christ montant vers son Père


Anthem
Let all the World

Postlude
Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn BWV 630


Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)



Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)


J S Bach (1685 - 1750)


MQ






NT

28 May

Sunday after Ascension - WRANS Parade

Prelude
Méditation


Anthem
Greater Love


Postlude
Tiento de Batalla


Louis Vierne



John Ireland (1879 - 1962)



Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (1561 - 1627)


MQ







NT


 

June

 

4 June

Pentecost

 

Prelude
Nun bitten wir den Heilgen Geist


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Every time I feel the Spirit


Communion motet



Postlude
Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott BWV 651


Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)







W.L. Dawson (1899 - 1990)







J S Bach (1685 - 1750)


NT















MQ

11 June

Trinity Sunday - Choral Matins

Prelude
First movement from Trio No. 3 in D minor BWV 527


Introit
Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus)


Preces and Responses
Tallis


Psalm
150


Canticles
Stanford in B flat
Te Deum & Jubilate Deo


Anthem
The heavens are telling


Postlude
Fugue in E flat BWV 552


J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



Franz Schubert (1798) 1828)



Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)




Johannes Haydn (1732 - 1809



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)


NT
























MQ

18 June

Pentecost 2

 

Prelude
Voluntary in G major Op. 5, No. 4


Anthem
God so loved the world


Postlude
Caprice sur les Grands Jeux (2e Suite)


Robert Broderip (c. 1758 - 1808)



John Stainer (1840 - 1901)



Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749)


MQ







NT

25 June

Pentecost 3

 

Prelude
Voluntary in E flat major, No. 1


Anthem
God is our hope and strength


Postlude
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161


George Green (fl. c.1775)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)


MQ







NT


 

July

 

2 July

Pentecost 4

 

Prelude
Voluntary in D, No. 10


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Blessed be the God and Father


Postlude
Rigaudon


George F. Handel (1685 - 1759)







S Wesley (1810 - 1876)



André Campra (1660 - 1744)


MQ











MQ

9 July

Pentecost 5 - Frontier Services

Prelude
Prelude in G


Anthem
NO CHOIR


Postlude
Toccata (from Captain Logan's Fancy)


Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)







Colin Brumby (1933 - )


Peter Kneeshaw







Peter Kneeshaw

16 July

Pentecost 6

 

Prelude
Lord I Make to Thee Confession


Anthem
Thus saith the Lord & And who shall abide


Postlude
Toccata in B minor


Alan Tregaskis (1918 - 1993)



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)


Peter Kneeshaw



Geoffrey Carman



Peter Kneeshaw

23 July

Pentecost 7

 

Prelude
'Allegro' from Organ Concerto


Anthem
Now thank we all our God


Postlude
Nun danket alle Gott


Thomas  Arne (1710 - 1778)



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)


MQ







MQ

30 July

Pentecost 8

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'St Margaret'


Anthem
Jesu, joy of man's desiring


Postlude
Fugue in G minor BWV 542


Robert J Powell (1932 - )



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)


MQ







NT


 

August

 

6 August

Pentecost 9

 

Prelude
Arioso


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
O Taste and See


Communion motet
Panis Angelicus


Postlude
Improvisation on the 'Te Deum'


J S Bach (1685 - 1750)







Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)



César Franck (1822 - 1890)



Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939)


NT















MQ

13 August

Pentecost 10

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Eventide'


Anthem
O for the Wings of a Dove
(Hear my Prayer)

Postlude
Con moto maestoso (from Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 65)


Clay Christiansen (1949 - )



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)


MQ







NT

20 August

Pentecost 11

 

Prelude
Andante tranquillo from Sonata No. 3 in A


Anthem
Jubilate Deo


Postlude
Cortége


Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)



Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)


NT







MQ

27 August

Pentecost 12

 

Prelude
Meditation on 'Santo, Santo, Santo'


Anthem
Give us the wings of faith


Postlude
Praeludium in G Major


Charles Callahan (1951 - )



Ernest Bullock (1879 - 1979)



Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 - 1697)


MQ







NT


 

September

 

3 September

Pentecost 13

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'I need thee every hour'


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind


Postlude
'Toccata' from First Movement (Sonata VI in D minor)'


Neil Harmon (1969 - ))







Charles Parry (1848 - 1918)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)


MQ











NT

10 September

Pentecost 14

 

Prelude
Andante (3rd movement) from Sonata No. 6 in D, Op. 65'


Anthem
Cantate Domino

Postlude
Con moto maestoso (from Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 65)


Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Giuseppe Pitoni (1657 - 1743)


Gordon Young (1919 - 1998)


NT






MQ

2.30 pm - HymnFest

Blessed be the God and Father - S. Wesley (1810 - 1876)

Now vengeance hath been taken - J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)

 

 

17 September

Pentecost 15

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Fairest Lord Jesus'


Anthem
There's a wideness in God's mercy


Postlude
Allegro (1st movt) from Concert in A minor BWV 593


Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



Maurice Beaven (1921 - 2006)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)


MQ







NT

24 September

Pentecost 16

 

Prelude
Voluntary in C


Anthem
I waited for the Lord


Postlude
'Fugue' from Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 65


G.F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)


MQ







NT


 

October

 

1 October

Pentecost 17

 

Prelude
Allegro from Violin Sonata Op. 5, No. 1 in D Major


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Lord for thy tender mercy's sake


Communion motet
Turn thy face from my sins


Postlude
Rigaudon


Arcangelo Corelli (1553 - 1613)







Farrant (16th cent.)



Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838)



André Campra (1660 - 1744)


NT















MQ

8 October

Pentecost 18

 

Prelude
Prière à Notre-Dame from 'Suite Gothique'


Anthem
The heavens are telling


Postlude
Prelude on the 'Te Deum'


Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897)



Johannes Haydn (1732 - 1809)



Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)


MQ







NT

15 October

Pentecost 19

 

Prelude
Trio in G minor


Anthem
Rejoice in the Lord always


Postlude
Choral Song


Josef G Rheinberger (1839 - 1901)



Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)



Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 - 76)


NT







MQ

22 October

Pentecost 20

 

Prelude
Allegro, ma non presto (3rd movt)
(from Organ Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.2)

Anthem
The Lord Bless you and keep you


Postlude
Allegro (3rd movement) from Concerto in A minor BWV 593


George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)



John Rutter (1945 - )



Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741 ), arranged J.S Bach


MQ







NT

29 October

Reformation Sunday

 
Prelude
Choral Prelude on 'Ein feste Burg'


Anthem
Give God the Glory


Postlude
Let the Bright Seraphim


J.G. Walther (1684 - 1748)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



G.F. Handel (1685 - 1759)










Maddie &
Byron

 

November

 

5 November

Sunday after All Saints' Day

 

Prelude
Before the Image of a Saint, Op.142, No.8


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
And I saw a new heaven


Communion motet
Pie Jesu


Postlude
Choral in A minor


Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 -1933)







Edgar Bainton (1880- 1956)



Andrew Lloyd-Webber (1948 - )



César Franck (1822 - 1890)


MQ















NT

12 November

Remembrance Sunday

 
 

30th Battalions Annual Church Parade

 
Prelude
Elegy


Anthem
Greater Love


Postlude
Bagpipes


George Thalben-Ball (1896 - 1987)



John Ireland (1879 - 1962)






MQ









19 November

Pentecost 24

 

Prelude
Praeludium in G 


Anthem
Sleepers Wake!


Postlude
Now thank we all our God


N. Bruhns (1665 - 1697)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)


NT







MQ

26 November

Kirkin' o' the Tartans & St Andrew's Day

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Auld Lang Syne'


Anthem
Kirkin' o' the Tartans


Postlude
Bagpipes


Edwin Lemare (1865 - 1934)



arranged by Mark Quarmby






MQ







Bagpipes


 

December

 

3 December

Advent 1 - Greening the Church

 

Prelude
Candlelight Carol 


Anthem
O Thou the Central Orb


Postlude
Quand Jésus naquit à Noël


John Rutter (1945 - )



Edgar Bainton (1880- 1956)



Claude Balbastre (1724-1799)


MQ







NT

10 December

Advent 2 - Holy Communion

 
Prelude
Nun komm den Heiden Heiland

Communion Setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Choral Hymn for Advent


Communion Motet
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen


Postlude
Nun komm den Heiden Heiland


J S Bach (1685 - 1750)






Henry Ley (1887 - 1962)



TIS 294



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)


MQ














MQ

17 December

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

 

Prelude
Sarabande and Toccata


Carols
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
The Holly and the Ivy
Magnificat in G
Torches
O Holy Night



Postlude
Toccata on 'Angels Song'


Nino Rota (1911 – 1979)



John Gardner (1917 - 2011)
June Nixon (1942 - )
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
John Joubert (1927 - )
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)




Robert Parker


Harp - Jo Baée












Brass and organ

24 December

Advent 4 - Christmas Eve

 

Prelude
Carol of the Manger


Anthem
Magnificat in G


Postlude
In dulci jubilo BWV 729


Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)


MQ







NT

24 December - 11pm

Christmas Eve

 

Prelude
Sarabande and Toccata

Carols
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Magnificat in G
O Holy Night

Postlude
Toccata on 'Angels Song'


Nino Rota (1911 – 1979)


John Gardner (1917 - 2011)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)


Robert Parker


Harp - Jo Baée







Brass and organ

25 December

Christmas Day

 

Prelude
Noël sur les flûtes 

Carols
Torches
The Holly and the Ivy

Postlude
Toccata from Symphony No. 5


Claude Daquin (1694 - 1772)


John Joubert (1927 - )
June Nixon (1942 - )


C.M. Widor (1844 - 1937)


NT






MQ

31 December - No Choir

Christmas 1

 

Prelude
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645)


Postlude
Chorale No. 3 in A minor

J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



César Franck (1822 - 1890)

NT



NT
     

 

 




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Mark Quarmby

Director of Music

Huw Bellling

Choral Director

Nico Tjoelker

Organ Scholar


Enquiries: mark@ssms.org.au
or phone the church office on 02 9221 1688

Music listed subject to change - correct at time of uploading


For details of the 2017 Friday Music Concert Series please go here.


For previous years' music lists, please click on the years below:

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024