Music at St. Peter's

For over 100 years St Peter’s had a traditional robed choir of men and boys and was able to continue in this tradition long after many choirs ceased to exist. St Peters now admits ladies and children (of both sexes) to the choir, and after a few years of experimentation with this it is now the settled format. We continue to uphold the traditional music of the church including all the Advent, Christmas and Easter services as well a regular Choral Evensong. If you are interested in joining please contact the choirmaster or organist, details on the contacts page.

Because of the above, this page is now out of date from hereon, but pending a planned update of the whole website we have left it in place as in indicator of the musical tradition of the church.

Choir CD Events 'On Safari' A Chorister writes

Choir

The choir at Wymondham Abbey, August 1999

St. Peter's has a traditional fully robed choir of some twenty-five or over gentlemen and boys. Many of the men are accomplished musicians of local repute, but this is not a requirement for membership! By their nature boys are to some extent transient - their voices break, and even if they come back as men, they often leave to go to college or to work away from home. There is thus a constant need to recruit new members, of any age. If you, or your son, would like to know more, please contact the Acting Choirmaster, David Wood on 01376 327606. 

CD of Choral Evensong

A compact disc of Choral Evensong at St Peter's is now available. Details from the Acting Choirmaster, David Wood, on 01376 327606 (email davidhwood@stpeters-bocking.net)

Click on the track numbers to hear a short extract.

Organ Voluntary	1	Paean	Kenneth Leighton
	2	Fuga in C	Dieterich Buxtehude
	3	Prelude on 'Rhosymedre'	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Introit	4	God be in my head	Text from the Sarum Primer, Philip Wilby
Responses	5	Moreland responses
Psalms	6	149 and 150	Henry Lawes
			Charles Stanford
First Lesson	7	Exodus Chapter 32 vv 1-6	Read by Janet Wash
Office Hymn	8	We love the place, O God	Words by W Bullock and Sir H W Baker. Tune 'Quam dilecta' Bishop H L Jenner
Magnificat	9	Evening Service in A	Herbert Sumsion
Second Lesson	10	2 Corinthians Chapter 5	Read by Janet Wash
Nunc Demittis	11	Evening Service in A	Herbert Sumsion
	12	Creed
Responses	13	Moreland responses
Anthem	14	My soul there is a country	Words by Henry Vaughan, C H Parry
	15	And I saw a new heaven	Words from revelation 21 vv 1-4, Edgar Bainton
Prayers	16	Lead by Revd Fr Trevor Diaper	Vicar of St Peters
Hymn	17	When all thy mercies, O my God	Words by J Addison, Tune 'Contemplation' Sir FA G Ouseley
Organ Voluntary	18	Konsertfantasi in C minor	Oskar Lindberg

The organist for tracks 1 to 3 and 18 is Alison Baker (www.alisonbaker.org.uk) and for the remainder, Richard Reed.

The choir was conducted by Dr Robert Long

CD © Messina Music, Chelmsford, Essex, England. web site www.messinamusic.co.uk

Events

Choir visit to All Saints, Dickleburgh, July 2000

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'On Safari' 

Over the years the choir has been invited to sing in cathedrals, churches and other venues over a wide area. This usually takes the form of a Saturday choral evensong when the resident choir is being given a hard earned rest. In 1999 these visits were to Coventry Cathedral (in January), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (March), Cressing Temple Barns (June) and Wymondham Abbey (August, for a long weekend with services on Saturday and Sunday). All are welcome to come along and a coach is usually provided at a reasonable cost. More details will appear here as the plans for 2000 develop. Reports on these events will also be included, but if you want to read what one of our younger members thought of Wymondham, read on.

A Chorister writes about the long weekend at Wymondham, August 1999..........

...........and he does, brilliantly! So well that I thought it better not to type up his contribution but to let you see the actual manuscript. It may take some time to download. Oh, if ever you thought they were little angels - well, you didn't, did you? So here's Graham's contribution - click on the picture of Wymondham Abbey.

Graeme writes again, this time about the trip to Wakefield.

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