Service Music List for 2022




St Stephen's Choir



Mark Quarmby

Director of Music

Huw Bellling

Choral Director

Aleks Mitsios

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 2022 Friday Music Concert Series please go here.

 

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January

 

2 January - no choir

Christmas 2

 
Prelude
Noël sur les Flûtes


Communion
Prelude on 'Forest Green'


Postlude
Fanfare on 'Adeste Fideles'



Louis-Claude Daquin (1694 - 1772)



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



Paul Fey (1998 - )



MQ



MQ



MQ


9 January - no choir

Epiphany 1

 
Prelude
Cornet Voluntary


Postlude
La Réjouissance (Royal Fireworks)



John Travers (1703 - 1758)



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



MQ



MQ


16 January - no choir

Epiphany 2

 
Prelude
Partita on the hymn tune 'Hyfrydol'


Postlude
Prelude and Fugue in G major (from '8 Short') BWV 557



Paul Fey (1998 - )



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



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MQ


23 January - no choir

Epiphany 3

 
Prelude
Prelude in C


Postlude
La Romanesca



Johann Krebs (1713 - 1780)



Antonio Valente (c. 1530 - 1580)



MQ



MQ


30 January - no choir

Epiphany 4

 
Prelude
Voluntary in D


Postlude
Tuba Tune



James Hook (1746 - 1827)



Paul Fey (1998 - )



MQ



MQ



 

February

 

6 February

Epiphany 5

 

Prelude
Variations on 'God Save the Queen'


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Jesu, joy of man's desiring


Communion motet
Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus)


Postlude
Crown Imperial



Christian H. Rinck (1770 - 1846)







J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750)



Franz Schubert (1798) 1828)



William Walton (1902 - 1983)



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13 February

Epiphany 6

 

Prelude
Voluntary No. II in C


Anthem
Blest are the pure in heart


Postlude
Prelude in Classic Style



Georg F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



Henry Walford Davies (1869 - 1941)



Gordon Young (1919 - 1998)



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MQ


20 February

Epiphany 7

 

Prelude
Voluntary Op.5, No. 1 in C


Anthem
Prayer of St Richard of Chichester


Postlude
Toccata in D minor



John Stanley (1712 - 1786)



L J White (1910 - 1949)



Gaston Bélier (1863- 1938)



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MQ


27 February

Epiphany 8

 

Prelude
Choral with 4 Variations in the Style of
Johann Pachelbel on 'Praise to the Lord'


Anthem
Down to the River to Pray


Postlude
Toccata on 'Amazing Grace' 



Paul Fey (1998 - )




arr. Michael Sinshack



Christopher Pardini (1973 - )



MQ







MQ



 

March

 

6 March

Lent 1

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Brother James' Air'


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
O for a closer walk with God


Communion
Turn thy face from my sins


Postlude
Prelude in E minor BWV 555



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)







Charles V Stanford (1852 - 1924)



Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



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MQ


13 March

Lent 2 - Transfiguration

Prelude
Eternal Source of Light Divine


Anthems
Christ is the World's true light


Postlude
Rondo in G



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759) arr. for organ by Phil Lehenbauer



W.K. Stanton (1891 - 1978)



attributed to John Bull (1562 - 1628), arr. by Richard Ellsasser



MQ







MQ


20 March

Lent 3

Prelude
Meditation on Ukrainian Folksong "
Ніч яка місячна" Op. 85


Anthem
Like as the hart


Postlude
Cortège



Vidas Pinkevicius (2022)




Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)



Louis Vierne (!870 - 1937)



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MQ


27 March

Lent 4

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Amazing Grace'


Anthem
If we believe


Postlude
Fantasia in G minor BWV 542 



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



John Goss (1800 - 1880)



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ







MQ



 

April

 

3 April

Lent 5

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Just as I am'


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
God so loved the World


Communion motet
Litany to the Holy Spirit


Postlude
Elegy



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)







John Stainer (1840 - 1901)



Peter Hurford (1930 - 2019)



Paul Fey (1998 - )



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MQ


10 April

Palm Sunday

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'All Glory, Laud and honour'


Anthem
Processional to Calvary - Fling Wide the Gates


Postlude
Prelude on 'All Glory, Laud and honour'



Malcolm Archer (1952 - )



John Stainer (1840 - 1901)



Dale Wood (1934 - 2003)



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MQ


15 April

Good Friday

 

Prelude
Meditation on 'Jesus keep me near the cross'


Communion Setting
Little Organ Mass


Anthem
Were you there?


Postlude
O Mensch, bewein dein' Sünde groß



Paul Fey (1998 - )



Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)



Wiliam R Price



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



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MQ


17 April

Easter Day

 

Prelude
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God


Communion setting
Kyrie (Messe Solennelle)
Gloria
Sanctus & Benedictus


Anthem
Easter Hymn


Postlude
Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)



Benedetto Marcello (1686 - 1739)



Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
Michael Dudman (1938 - 1994)
Philip Matthias (1954 - )



Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



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24 April

Easter 2

 

Prelude
'Allegro' from Concert No.1 in C


Anthem
The strife is o'er


Postlude
Trumpet Tune in G



Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)



Henry Ley (1887 - 1962)



Paul Fey (1998 - )



MQ







MQ



 

May

 

1 May

Easter 3

 

Prelude
Voluntary in D


Anthem
If ye love me


Baptism motet
Down to the River to Pray


Postlude
Trumpet Tune in G



James Hook (1746 - 1827)



Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)



Michael Sinshack



Paul Fey (1998 - )



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MQ


8 May

Easter 4 - Mothers' Day

 

Prelude
Largo e spiccato (2nd movement)
from Concerto in D minor BWV 596


Anthem
Psalm 23


Postlude
Chorale Prelude on the Easter Hymn,
'The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done'



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




Howard Goodall (1958 - )



Healey Willan (1880 - 1968)




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MQ



15 May

Easter 5

Prelude
Andante variations (last movement)
from Organ Concert Op. 4, No. 1


Anthem
And I saw a new heaven


Postlude
Allegro (3rd movement)
from Concerto in D minor BWV 596




G.F Handel (1685 - 1759)




Edgar Bainton (1880- 1956)



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





MQ








AM




22 May

Easter 6

Prelude
Voluntary in D minor


Anthem
Greater Love


Postlude
Intrada Festiva



William Croft (1678 - 1727)



John Ireland (1879 - 1962)



Paul Fey (1998 - )



AM







MQ


29 May

Sunday after Ascension

 
Prelude
Prelude on 'Hail the day that sees him rise'


Anthem
Choral Hymn for Ascensiontide


Postlude
Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn BWV 630



Malcolm Archer (1952 - )



Henry Ley (1887 - 1962)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ







AM



 

June

 

5 June

Pentecost & Platinum Jubilee

 

Prelude
Nun bitten wir den heilgen Geist


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Every time I feel the Spirit


Communion motet
If ye love me


Postlude
Fugue on 'God Save the Queen'



Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)







W.L. Dawson (1899 - 1990)



Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)



Max Reger (1873 - 1916)



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MQ


12 June

Trinity

Prelude
Prelude in E flat (St Anne) BWV 552


Anthem
The heavens are telling


Postlude
'St Anne' Fugue in E flat BWV 552



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



Johannes Haydn (1732 - 1809)



J S Bach (1685 - 1750)



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NT


19 June

Pentecost 2

 

Prelude
Concerto on 'Praise to the Lord, the Almighty'


Anthem
The Lord Bless You and Keep You (SATB)


Postlude
Fugue on BACH in B flat, Op. 60, No. 1



Paul Fey (1998 - )



John Rutter (1945 - )



Robert Schumann  (1810 - 1856)



MQ







AM


26 June

Pentecost 3

 

Prelude
Prelude on 'Repton' 


Anthem
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind


Postlude
Alleluias


Robert Hobby (1962 - )



Charles H.H. Parry (1848 - 1918)



Noel Rawsthorne (1929 - 2019)


Greg Cunningham







Greg Cunningham


 

July

 

3 July

Pentecost 4

 

Prelude
Peaceful Meditation


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Cantate Domino


Communion motet
Ave verum corpus


Postlude
Dorian Toccata BWV 538




Paul Fey (1998 - )







Giuseppe Pitoni (1657 - 1743)



W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)




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AM



10 July

Pentecost 5

Prelude
Toccata in C, SwWV 283


Anthem
A New Commandment


Postlude
Tuba Tune



 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621)



Michael Deasey



C.S. Lang (1891 - 1971)



AM







MQ


17 July

Pentecost 6

 

Prelude
Voluntary in G


Anthem
O for a closer walk with God


Postlude
Trumpet Tune in D major



Henry Heron (1730 - 1795)



Charles V Stanford (1852 - 1924)



David Johnson (1922 - 1987)



MQ







AM


24 July

Pentecost 7

 

Prelude
Echo Fantasia in the Dorian mode


Anthem
Hear my Prayer


Postlude
Nun danket alle Gott



Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Sigfrid Karg-Elert 1877 -1933)



AM







MQ


31 July

Pentecost 8

 

Prelude
Voluntary in D major, Op. 1, No. 1


Anthem
O Taste and See


Postlude
Prelude in C



Henry Heron (1730 -1795)



Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)



Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770 - 1846)



MQ







AM



 

August

 

7 August

Pentecost 9

 

Prelude
Wir danken Dir, Herr Jesus Christ BuxWV 224


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Sleepers Wake!


Communion motet
Panis Angelicus


Postlude
Prelude in G BWV 568



Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)







F. Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)



César Franck (1822 - 1890)



J.S. Bach (1685-1750)



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MQ


14 August

Pentecost 10

Prelude
Partita on the hymn tune 'Hyfrydol'


Anthem
There's a wideness in God's mercy


Postlude
Prelude and Fugue in G minor BuxWV 149



Paul Fey (1998 - )



Maurice Bevan (1921 - 2006)



Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)



MQ







AM


21 August

Choral Matins - Pentecost 11

 

Prelude
'Adagio' from Sonata No. 2 in C


Preces and Responses
Quarmby


Psalm
150


Canticles
Stanford in B flat
Te Deum & Jubilate Deo


Anthem
I was Glad


Postlude
'Allegro maestoso e vivace and Fugue'
from Sonata No. 2 in C



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Mark Quarmby (AAPB)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)




Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)




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28 August

Pentecost 12

 

Prelude
Voluntary No. 6 in B flat


Anthem
Magnificat in G


Postlude
Praeludium in E minor 



Charles Burney (1726 - 1814)



Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)



Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 - 1697)



MQ







AM



 

September

 

4 September

Pentecost 13 - Fathers' Day

 

Prelude
Basse et dessus de Trompette


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Thou knowest Lord


Communion motet
Just as I am


Postlude
Prelude in Classic Style



Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 – 1749) 







Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)



John Maunder (1858 - 1920)



Gordon Young (1919 - 1998)



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MQ


11 September

Pentecost 14

 

Prelude
Nimrod


Anthems
Thou knowest Lord
Zadok the Priest


Postlude
Elegy



Edward Elgar(1857 - 1934)



Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)



Paul Fey (1998 - )



MQ








MQ


2.30 pm - HymnFest

I was Glad - Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)

Zadok the Priest - G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759)


 
     

18 September

Pentecost 15

 

Prelude
Eternal Source of Light Divine


Anthem
Psalm 23


Postlude
Praeludium in C BWV 531



G. F. Handel (1685 - 1759) arr. for organ by Phil Lehenbauer



Howard Goodall (1958 - )



J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ







AM


25 September

Pentecost 16

 

Prelude
Elegy on 'I Vow to thee my country'
for Queen Elizabeth II


Anthem
In Paradisum


Postlude
Little Fugue in G minor BWV 578



Paul Fey (1998 - )




G. Fauré (1845 - 1924)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ








AM



 

October

 

2 October

Pentecost 17 - Blessing of the Animals

 

Prelude
Choral with 4 Variations in the Style of
Johann Pachelbel on 'Praise to the Lord'


Communion setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
All Things Bright and Beautiful


Communion motet
Ave verum corpus


Postlude
Rondo in G



Paul Fey (1998 - )








John Rutter (1945 - )



W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)



John Bull (1562 - 1628)



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MQ


9 October

Pentecost 18

 

Prelude
Vater unser im Himmelreich


Anthem
Now Thank We All Our God


Postlude
Now Thank We All Our God



Georg Böhm (1661 - 1733)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



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



AM







MQ


16 October

Pentecost 19

 

Prelude
Andante from Sonata No. 6 Op. 65 in D


Anthem
Hear my Prayer


Postlude
Dorian Toccata in D minor BWV 538



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



MQ







AM


23 October

Pentecost 20

 

Prelude
Chorale Prelude on Gott, durch deine Güte BWV 600 


Anthem
How lovely are thy dwellings


Postlude
Grand Chœur



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



J. Brahms (1833 - 1897)



Théordore Dubois (1837 - 1924)



AM







MQ


30 October

Pentecost 21 - Reformation Sunday

 
Prelude
Prière à Notre-Dame

Anthem
Libera me


Postlude
Toccata in B minor



Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897)


G. Fauré (1845 - 1924



Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)



MQ






AM



 

November

 

6 November

All Saints' Day

 

Prelude
Before the Image of a Saint


Anthem
In Paradisum


Second anthem (scholars)
O sacrum convivium!


Postlude
Toccata on 'Lasst uns erfreuen'



Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)



G. Fauré (1845 - 1924))



O. Messiaen (1908 - 1992)



Nicholas Choveaux (1904 - 1995)



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MQ


13 November

Sunday after Remembrance Day

 
Prelude
Meditation on 'Abide with Me'


Anthem
A Harvest of Joy


Postlude
Danse Macabre



Paul Fey (1998 - )



Courtney Cousins



Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) arr. Edwin Lemare



MQ







AM


20 November

Scottish Battalion

 

Prelude
Bagpipes


Anthem
And I saw a new heaven


Postlude
Bagpipes







Edgar Bainton (1880- 1956)


















27 November

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

 
Prelude
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645


Anthem
Sleepers Wake!


Postlude
Bagpipes



J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)



F. Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)







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December

 

4 December

Advent 2 - Holy Communion

 

Prelude
Es ist ein' Ros entsprungen


Communion Setting
Dudman + Matthias


Anthem
Magnificat (not performed due to Covid)


Communion Motet
Es ist ein' Ros'


Postlude
Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn BWV 601



Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)







Elsa Susnjara



Michaël Prætorius (1571–1621)



 J. S. Bach (1685 - 1570)



MQ















AM


11 December

Advent 3

 
Prelude
Fantasia on"Nun komm der Heiden Heiland"


Anthem
Deck the Halls


Postlude
Variations on 'Veni Emmanuel'



Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)



arr. Mark Hanson



Paul Fey (1998 - )



AM







MQ


18 December

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

 

Prelude
Impromptu for Harp Op. 86


Carols
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
The Lamb
This Little Babe
Magnificat
What Strangers are these?
O Holy Night


Postlude
Ukrainian 'Carol of the Bells'



Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)



Mack Wilberg (1955 - )
John Tavener (1944 - 2013)
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Elsa Susnjara (2004 - )
Richard Purvis (1913 - 1994)
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)



arr. Stephen McNeff



Harp
Rowan Phemister


Organ
Unaccomp
Harp
Organ
Organ and Harp
Organ and Harp



Brass


24 December - 8 pm & 11pm

Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols

 

Prelude
Impromptu for Harp Op. 86


Carols
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Magnificat
What Strangers are these?
O Holy Night




Postlude
Ukrainian 'Carol of the Bells'



Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)



Mack Wilberg (1955 - )
Elsa Susnjara (2004 - )
Richard Purvis (1913 - 1994)
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)





arr. Stephen McNeff



Harp
Rowan Phemister


Organ
Organ
Organ and Harp
Organ and Harp





Brass


25 December

Christmas Day

 

Prelude
Impromptu for Harp Op. 86


Carols
This Little Babe
O Holy Night



Postlude
Ukrainian 'Carol of the Bells'



Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)



Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)




arr. Stephen McNeff



Harp
Rowan Phemister


Harp
Organ and Harp




Brass


1 January - No Choir

Christmas 1

 

     
     

 

 




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Mark Quarmby

Director of Music

Huw Bellling

Choral Director

Aleks Mitsios

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 2022 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