Come and Sing Evensong

for 3 hours
St Mary's Church, Haverhill
St Mary's Church, Haverhill, High Street Haverhill Suffolk, CB9 8AX

On Sunday 8th October 2023 we are planning a COME AND SING EVENSONG! at St Mary's Haverhill

The order of the day will be a Rehearsal of the music at 3.00 pm prompt with Tea at 5.00pm followed by Choral Evensong at 6.00 pm

The music chosen is at follows and is taken from the RSCM COME AND SING EVENSONG! selected and edited by Simon Lole and available for The RSCM Shop

Introit: If you love me by Thomas Tallis (page 181)

Precis and responses by John Sanders (page 10)

Psalm 84 O how amiable are thy dwellings chant by Parry (seperate sheet)

Maginificat from King's College Service by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (page 39)

Nunc dimittis from Kings's College Service by Joanna Forbers L'Estrange (page 48)

Anthem: O Thou the central orb by Charles Wood (page 200)

Hymns: Praise to the holiest in the height, And can it be and The day thou gavest, Lord is ended (copies will be provided on day)
You can find recordings of the music on You Tube

If you would like to take part we need to know numbers so please email me [email protected] Telephone 01440 710077 or David Hart [email protected] Telephone 01440 707663 by Wednesday 27th October

Also can you also let us know if you would like a set of music (which will be available on the day) if you have no copy of The RSCM COME AND SING EVENSONG! music book.

There will be a small charge of £5.00 for each singer to cover administration and tea costs payable on the day.

Please come and support this event as it will be good to offer this to other churches in the area who have no choir

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Cavendish, St Mary the Virgin

The church is in one of the prettiest settings of any in Suffolk with half-timbered, thatched cottages clustered round it. The handsome exterior reflects the great wealth of the Middle Ages with its impressive stair turret on the 14th century tower rising above the battlements.

What's special?

Light pours in through the vast east window and in the nave is a lavish 16th century gilded altarpiece of the crucifixion. The 19th and 20th century glass is high quality and there’s an elaborate tomb for Sir George Colt who died in 1570.
The priest would have had a room in the tower with a window looking on to the high altar. He had a fireplace for which a chimney can still be seen at the top of the tower.

How old is it?

A Saxon church stood on the site, then a Norman church; another church was started in the 14th century and in 1381 Sir John Cavendish built the chancel. The north aisle, nave arcade and clerestory were added in the 15th century and the Victorians had another go in 1862.

Famous connections

The inspirational Sue Ryder set up a charitable foundation at her mother’s house in the village that became home to people with physical and mental disabilities. She married Leonard Cheshire who founded the Cheshire Homes and the couple lived in Cavendish.

Sir John Cavendish was Chief Justice of the King’s Bench in the reign of Richard II and beheaded during the Peasants Revolt  of 1381.


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The Revd Mark Woodrow - Rector
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Dr Graham Jenkins - Churchwarden
01787 280030

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Come and Sing Evensong

for 3 hours
St Mary's Church, Haverhill
St Mary's Church, Haverhill, High Street Haverhill Suffolk, CB9 8AX

On Sunday 8th October 2023 we are planning a COME AND SING EVENSONG! at St Mary's Haverhill

The order of the day will be a Rehearsal of the music at 3.00 pm prompt with Tea at 5.00pm followed by Choral Evensong at 6.00 pm

The music chosen is at follows and is taken from the RSCM COME AND SING EVENSONG! selected and edited by Simon Lole and available for The RSCM Shop

Introit: If you love me by Thomas Tallis (page 181)

Precis and responses by John Sanders (page 10)

Psalm 84 O how amiable are thy dwellings chant by Parry (seperate sheet)

Maginificat from King's College Service by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (page 39)

Nunc dimittis from Kings's College Service by Joanna Forbers L'Estrange (page 48)

Anthem: O Thou the central orb by Charles Wood (page 200)

Hymns: Praise to the holiest in the height, And can it be and The day thou gavest, Lord is ended (copies will be provided on day)
You can find recordings of the music on You Tube

If you would like to take part we need to know numbers so please email me [email protected] Telephone 01440 710077 or David Hart [email protected] Telephone 01440 707663 by Wednesday 27th October

Also can you also let us know if you would like a set of music (which will be available on the day) if you have no copy of The RSCM COME AND SING EVENSONG! music book.

There will be a small charge of £5.00 for each singer to cover administration and tea costs payable on the day.

Please come and support this event as it will be good to offer this to other churches in the area who have no choir

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