THE COMPANION TO THE EDINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL

texts and translations for TUESDAY 24 AUGUST
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Solemn Evensong
INTROIT Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Buckley Say to them that are fearful:
‘Behold your God will come with vengeance,
even God with a recompense, he will come and save you.’
Interveniat pro nobis May he intercede for us,
quaesumus Domine, we beseech thee, Lord,
sanctus Lucas Evangelista. holy Luke Evangelist.
ANTHEM In ieiunio et fletu, orabant sacerdotes, With fasting and weeping the priests were praying:
Tallis Parce, Domine, parce populo tuo Spare, O Lord, spare thy people,
et ne des hereditatem tuam in perditionem: and cast not thine inheritors into ruin;
inter vestibulum et altare between the vestibule and the altar
plorabant sacerdotes, dicentes: the priests were crying aloud, saying:
Parce populo tuo. Spare thy people.
Compline see page 18 for full order of service
ANTIPHON Salve regina, mater misericordiae: Hail queen, mother of mercy:
plainsong vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae. To you do we call, in exile, the children of Eve.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes To you do we sigh, mourning and weeping
in hac lacrimarum valle. in this vale of tears.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra, Come therefore, our advocate,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. turn those merciful eyes of yours towards us.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, And after this our exile, show us Jesus,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. the blessed fruit of your womb.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis virgo Maria. O clement, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary.
BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE TUESDAY 24 AUGUST
Humility
Solemn Evensong 8.00pm Nave
PRELUDE Chimes Bernard Rose (1916–1996)
INTROIT Strengthen ye the weak hands David Buckley (b.1976)
PRECES Humphrey Clucas (b.1941)
PSALM 139 Barnard, Brough
READING Isaiah 2: 5–19
CANTICLE Magnificat (Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense)
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
READING John 13: 1–20
CANTICLE Nunc dimittis (Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense)
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
CREED
RESPONSES Humphrey Clucas (b.1941)
ANTHEM In ieiunio et fletu Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585)
PRAYERS
HYMN Give me the wings of faith (225) San Rocco
BLESSING
VOLUNTARY Rhapsody No 3 in C sharp minor Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Compline 9.15pm Nave
PRELUDE Voluntary No 2 in A minor Thomas Weelkes (c.1575–1623)
PSALMS 52 & 138 plainsong
ANTIPHON Salve regina plainsong
My words are spirit and life, not to be weighed by man’s understanding.
They are not to be quoted for vain pleasure, but are to be heard in
silence, and received with all humility and love.
THOMAS À KEMPIS—THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
Yet lowly still vouchsafe to looke on me,
Such lowlinesse shall make you lofty be. EDMUND SPENSER
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