Service Music List for 2021




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 2021 Friday Music Concert Series please go here.

 

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January

 

3 January - no choir

Christmas 2

 
Prelude
Variations on 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'


Communion
Prelude on 'What child is this?'


Postlude
'Now Thank We All Our God' from Cantata No. 79



D. Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)



Paul Manz (1919 - 2009)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ



MQ



MQ


10 January - no choir

Epiphany 1

 
   

 

17 January - no choir

Epiphany 2

 
   

 

24 January - no choir

Epiphany 3

 
   

 

31 January - no choir

Epiphany 4 - Pastoral Care

 
Celesta Prelude
Pastorale (from Cantata no. 156)

Organ Prelude
Pastorale Symphony (from 'Messiah')


Items
Pastorale on 'Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us'
Prelude on 'The King of Love My Shepherd is'
Prelude on 'Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us' (piano)
Pastorale BWV 590 (harpsichord)


Postlude
Choral Song



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)


G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)
Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)
Larry Shackley (1956 - )
J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



S.S. Wesley (1810 - 1876)



MQ


MQ



MQ
MQ
MQ
MQ



MQ



 

February

 

7 February - Holy Communion
Choral Scholars in Gallery

Epiphany 5

 

Preludes

Waltz in A (from Op. 69 (Celesta)
Voluntary in F, Op.5, No.5


Anthem
Jesu, joy of man's desiring


Hymns
The God of Abram Praise
O Christ, the Healer


Communion motet
Lead me Lord



Postlude
Pastorale in G




Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Robert Broderip



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)








S Wesley (1810 - 1876)



C Wesley (1757 - 1834)




NT
MQ
















NT


14 February

Epiphany 6/Transfiguration

 

Prelude
O Nata Lux (celesta)
Prelude No. 6 in D minor (48, Book 1)


Anthem
Jesus, Walking in His City


Hymns
There's a light upon the mountains
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Christ whose glory fills the sky


Postlude
Nun danket alle Gott



Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)
J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



Patricia Warren









J.H. Knecht (1752 - 1817)



MQ
MQ













NT


21 February

Lent 1

 

Preludes
Erbarm' dich mein, O Herre Gott (celesta and organ)


Anthem
Miserere


Hymns
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Lord Jesus, think on me
Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us


Postlude




J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)













MQ













NT


28 February - full choir in gallery

Lent 2

 

Prelude
'Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott"


Anthem
A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester


Postlude
Allemande from French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814



Johann Krebs (1713 - 1780)



L J White (1910 - 1949)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ







NT



 

March

 

7 March - new organ console
Full Choir back in stalls

Lent 3

 

Prelude
Erbarm' dich mein, O Herre Gott BWV 721


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Teach me, O Lord


Communion
If ye love me


Postlude
Fantasia in G minor BWV 542



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)







Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838)



Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ















NT


14 March

Lent 4

Prelude
Adagio from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 654


Anthem
God so loved the World


Postlude
Cortège



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



John Stainer (1840 - 1901)



Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)



NT







MQ


21 March

Lent 5

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


Anthem
There's a wideness in God's mercy


Postlude
Toccata in D Minor Op. 59



Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)



Maurice Beaven (1921 - 2006)



Max Reger (1873 - 1916)



MQ







NT


28 March

Palm Sunday

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'All Glory, Laud and honour'


Anthem
All Glory, Laud and Honour


Postlude
Postlude on 'All Glory, Laud and honour'



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



arr. J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



Malcolm Archer (1952 - )



NT







MQ



 

April

 

2 April

Good Friday

 

Prelude
Were you there?


Anthem
Miserere
Little Organ Mass

Postlude
O Mensch, bewein dein' Sünde groß



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)


J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750)











NT


 

 

4 April

Easter Day

 

Prelude
Grand Choeur Dialogué


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
The strife is o'er


Communion motet
God so loved the World


Postlude
Hallelujah Chorus



Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)







Henry Ley (1887 - 1962)



John Stainer (1840 - 1901)



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



Brass+organ NT















Brass+organ MQ


11 April

Easter 2

 

Prelude
Prelude on "Crucifer"


Anthem
O Sons and Daughters


Postlude
Toccata on 'O Sons and Daughters'



Phil Lehenbauer (1960 - )



Hymn arrangement



Lynnwood Farnam (1885 - 1930)



NT







MQ


18 April

Easter 3

 

Prelude
Allegro (from Organ Concerto)


Anthem
This Joyful Eastertide


Postlude
Improvisation sur le Te Deum



Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)



Charles Wood (1866 - 1926)



Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939)



MQ







MQ


25 April

Easter 4 - ANZAC Day

 

Prelude
Elegy


Anthem
Greater Love


Postlude
Toccata Gallipoli



George Thalben-Ball (1896 - 1987)



John Ireland (1879 - 1962)



Huw Belling



MQ







NT



 

May

 

2 May

Easter 5

 

Prelude
Chant de Paix


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
If ye love me


Communion motet
O Taste and See


Postlude
Praeludium in G Major



Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991)







Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)



Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)



Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 - 1697)



MQ















NT


9 May - NO CHOIR

Easter 6 - Mothers' Day

 

Prelude
Le Cygne


Anthem
A New Commandment


Postlude
Prelude and Fugue in F (8 Short)



Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)



arr. Michael Deasey



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ







MQ


16 May - Choral Scholars

Sunday after Ascension

Prelude
Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn BWV 630


Anthem
Proclaim the Story


Postlude
Festival Voluntary



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1636-1704)



Flor Peeters (1903 - 1986)



NT







NT


23 May

Pentecost

Prelude
Nun bitten wir den heilgen Geist


Anthem
If ye love me


Postlude
Veni Creator Spiritus



Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)



Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)



Eugenio Fagiani (1972 - )



MQ







NT


30 May

Trinity

 
Prelude
Andante from 3rd Trio Sonata in D minor BWV 527


Anthem
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones


Postlude
Fugue in E flat (St Anne) BWV 552



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



George Oldroyd (1887 - 1956)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



NT







NT



 

June

 

6 June

Pentecost 2

 

Prelude
Idyll


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Let all the World


Communion motet
Lead me Lord


Postlude
Toccata on 'Lasst uns erfreuen'



Graham Twist (1958 - )







Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)



S Wesley (1810 - 1876)



Nicholas Choveaux (1904 - 1995)



NT















MQ


13 June

Pentecost 3

Prelude
Prelude on 'O Love that wilt no let me go'


Anthem
Thou visitest the earth


Postlude
Tuba Tune



Robert Powell (1932 - )



Maurice Greene (1696 - 1755)



C. S. Lang (1891 - 1971)



MQ







NT


20 June

Pentecost 4

 

Prelude
Prelude in F


Anthem
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind


Postlude
Toccata on 'Amazing Grace'



Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847)



Charles H.H. Parry (1848 - 1918)



Chris Pardini (1973 - )



NT







MQ


27 June - CANCELLED

Pentecost 5 - Choral Matins

 

Prelude
Arioso in F


Preces and Responses
Quarmby


Psalm
150


Canticles
Stanford in B flat
Te Deum & Jubilate Deo


Anthem
Let all the World


Postlude
Carillon de Westminster


.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



Mark Quarmby (AAPB)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)




Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)



Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)


NT




















MQ


 

July

 

4 July - CANCELLED

Pentecost 6

 

Prelude



Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
The Call


Communion motet
Just as I am


Postlude












Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)



John Maunder (1858 - 1920)


























11 July - CANCELLED

Pentecost 7

Prelude



Anthem
There's a wideness in God's mercy


Postlude








Maurice Bevan (1921 - 2006)


















18 July - CANCELLED

Pentecost 8

 

Prelude



Anthem
I was Glad


Postlude








Charles H.H. Parry (1848 - 1918)


















25 July - CANCELLED

Pentecost 9

 

Prelude



Anthem
Panis angelicus


Postlude








César Franck (1822-1890)



















 

August

 

1 August - CANCELLED

Pentecost 10

 

Prelude



Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Ave verum corpus


Communion motet
Ave Verum


Postlude












W A Mozart (1756 - 91)



Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)


























8 August - CANCELLED

Pentecost 11

 

Prelude



Anthem
Grieve not the Holy Spirit


Postlude








T Tertius Noble (1867 - 1953)


















15 August - CANCELLED

Pentecost 12

 

Prelude



Anthem
Turn back O Man


Postlude








Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)


















22 August - CANCELLED

Pentecost 13

 

Prelude



Anthem
Zadok the Priest


Postlude








G F Handel (1685 - 1759)


















29 August - CANCELLED

Pentecost 14

 

Prelude



Anthem
Blessed are the pure in heart


Postlude








Walford Davies (1869 - 1941)



















 

September

 

5 September - CANCELLED

Pentecost 15 - Fathers' Day

 

Prelude



Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem



Postlude



































12 September - CANCELLED

Pentecost 16

 

Prelude



Anthem


Postlude

























2.30 pm - HymnFest - CANCELLED

 

 

 
     

19 September - CANCELLED

Pentecost 17

 

Prelude



Anthem



Postlude



























26 September - CANCELLED

Pentecost 18

 

Prelude



Anthem



Postlude




























 

October

 

3 October - CANCELLED

Pentecost 19

 

Prelude



Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem



Communion motet



Postlude











































10 October - CANCELLED

Pentecost 20

 

Prelude



Anthem



Postlude



























17 October - Choral Scholars

Pentecost 21

 

Prelude
Prelude on the Te Deum


Items
The Lost Chord
He was despised (Messiah)


Hymns
Praise to the Lord (Lober den Herrn)
Tell out my soul (Woodlands)


Postlude
Prince of Denmark's March



Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)



Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)








Jeremiah Clarke (1674 - 1707)



Phill O'Neill (Trumpet)
MQ


Phill O'Neill (Trumpet)
Ellena Hicks (alto)








Phill O'Neill (Trumpet)
MQ

24 October - Choral Scholars

Pentecost 22

 

Prelude
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier

Anthem
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring


Items
The Swan
O Divine Redeemer
Prelude (Cello Suite No. 3 in C) BWV 1009


Postlude
Nun danket alle Gott



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)


J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



C. Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) arr. Fox



MQ






Noah Oshiro (cello)
Georgia Cooper (soprano)




MQ


31 October - Choral Scholars

Pentecost 23 - All Saints & Reformation Sunday

Prelude
Chorale Prelude on 'Ein feste Burg'

Anthem
When the Saints Go Marching In


Items
Gavotte en Rondeau (Partita 3 in E BWV 1006)
‘Si, tra I ceppi’ from ‘Berenice’


Postlude
Toccata in D minor BWV 565



J. G. Walther (1684 - 1748)


James Black (1856 -1938) arr. Sharon/Raugh



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
G.F. Handel (685 - 1759)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ






Tracy Wan (violin)
Callum Cook (bass)



MQ



 

November

 

7 November - Choral Scholars

Pentecost 24

 

Prelude
Amazing Grace


Items
Air on a G String
Arioso
Panis Angelicus


Anthem
Lord, I trust thee


Communion motet
Lead me, Lord


Postlude
Grand Chœur 



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
C. Franck (1822 - 1890)



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



S.S. Wesley (1810-1876)



Théordore Dubois (1837 - 1924)



MQ



Alastair Duff-Forbes
(violin)
Ben Sweeney











MQ


14 November

Sunday after Remembrance Day

Prelude
Elegy


Anthems
Pie Jesu
God is our Hope and Strength


Item
Nimrod


Postlude
Largo from 'Xerxes'



George Thalben-Ball (1896 - 1987)



Andrew Lloyd-Webber (1948 - )
J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



E. Elgar (1857 - 1934)



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



Phill O'Neill (trumpet)



Natasha Gesto + Alex Young




Phill O'Neill (trumpet)



Phill O'Neill (trumpet)


21 November - Choral Scholars

Frontier Service

 

Prelude
Prelude from Five Bagatelles Op.23a


Anthem
I will Lift Up My Eyes


Items
O Rest in the Lord
Fantasy Piece No.1 Op. 73


Postlude
Sonata for clarinet & piano, 2nd & 3rd movts



Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)



Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)



F. Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)



Margaret Sutherland (1897 - 1984)



Sirius Ensemble
Ian Sykes (clarinet)
Claire Howard Race (piano)





Elise Nolte (alto)
Sirius Ensemble



Sirius Ensemble


28 November - Choral Scholars

Advent 1 -
Kirkin' o' the Tartans & St Andrew's Day

Prelude
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BuxWV 211


Anthem
Kirkin' o' the Tartans


Item
For Behold & The People that Walked (Messiah)


Postlude
Bagpipes



Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)



arranged by Mark Quarmby



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1750)







MQ







Daniel Kramer (bass)







 

December

 

5 December - Full Choir resumes

Advent 2 - Holy Communion

 

Prelude
Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen


Anthem
Zion hears the Watchmen singing


Item
Gavotte en Rondeau (Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006)


Communion Motet
Es ist ein' Ros


Postlude
Variations on 'Veni, veni, Emmanuel'



Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



J.S Bach (1685 - 1750)



Hymn



Paul Fey (1998 - )



MQ







Sharon Zhao (violin)







MQ


12 December

Advent 3 - Greening the Church

Prelude
Allegro moderato
(1st movt from Violin Concerto in G Hob VIIa/4)


Anthem
O Christmas Tree


Item
Duet from '12 Duos' for violin


Postlude
Allegretto non troppo—allegro molto vivace
(3rd movement - Concerto in E minor Op 64)


Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)




arr. Michael Pratt



W.A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Leon Chen (violin)
Synthia Luo (piano)







Ella and Sophia Li 



Ella Li (violin)


19 December

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Prelude
Improvisations on carols


Carols
Away in a Manger 
Silent Night 
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Torches
O Holy Night
In the Bleak Midwinter


Postlude
Toccata on 'Angels Song'







Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)
Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)
Charles Wood (1866 - 1926)
John Joubert (1927 - 2019)
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856
Harold Darke (1888 - 1976)



Robert Parker (1960 - 2020)



Harp (Verna Lee)



Harp and organ
Harp and organ


Harp and organ
Harp and organ



Brass and organ


24 December - 8pm & 11pm

Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols

Prelude
Improvisations on carols


Carols
Torches
Silent Night 
In the Bleak Midwinter
O Holy Night


Postlude
Toccata on 'I Saw Three Ships'







John Joubert (1927 - 2019)
Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)
Harold Darke (1888 - 1976)
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856



Charles E. Peery (2011)



Harp (Verna Lee)




Harp and organ
Harp and organ
Harp and organ



Brass and organ


25 December

Christmas Day

 

Prelude
Improvisations on carols

Carols
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Torches
Away in a Manger 
Silent Night 


Postlude
Toccata on 'Angels Song'






Charles Wood (1866 - 1926)
John Joubert (1927 - 2019)
Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)
Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



Robert Parker (1960 - 2020)



Harp (Verna Lee)



Harp and organ
Harp and organ
Harp and organ



Brass and organ


26 December - No Service

Christmas 1

 

     
     

 

 




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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 2018 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