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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Stoke by Clare, St John the Baptist

Set back from Tudor houses in the historic village street, this is a lovely medieval building with castellated tower, nave and aisles and the Elwes Chapel on the north side.

What's special?

Rare wall painting uncovered in 1948, thought to have been a reredos for the south aisle altar but covered up by the Ten Commandments in the Reformation. It features Christ on a rainbow with God above, St Peter with his keys led by the Virgin Mary, and the Seven Deadly Sins including Gula the drunkard escorting the souls of the damned into the jaws of hell. The hairstyles are late medieval Flemish.

How old is it?

Between 1124 and 1415, the church was part of a Benedictine Monastery. The monks were responsible for Stoke College and for diverting the River Stour to its present course. This would have been the priory church with no pews in the nave. The tower up to the clock is 13th century, the rest 15th and 16th century.

Famous connections

Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury 1559-75, began his career here. He was the last Dean of the College of Secular Priests at Stoke by Clare before the Reformation and took charge of Elizabeth I on the death of her mother Anne Boleyn. The Pulpit is ‘traditionally known as Matthew Parker’s Pulpit, although it dates right back to the 1400s and is one of the smallest in England – only 20 inches diameter!

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The Revd Mark Woodrow

The Vicarage
14 High Street
Clare

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Rector
01787 277515
Tom McKenny PCC Secretary
01787 277654

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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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