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9 June
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
King of glory, King of peace -- J. S. Bach, arr. Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941)
O praise the Lord -- Adrian Batten (c. 1591–c. 1637)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in B-flat -- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
Praise the Lord, O my soul -- Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
O praise the Lord -- Adrian Batten

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. (Sung by an Ensemble from the Parish Choir)
Preces and Responses -- Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Evening Service (fauxbourdons) -- Charles Wood (1866–1926)
Crossing the bar -- C. Hubert H. Parry (1848–1918)

16 June
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Sicut cervus -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
O bone Jesu -- Felice Anerio (1560–1614)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in A minor -- Harold Darke (1888–1976)
Like as the hart -- Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Sicut cervus -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses -- Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Third Service -- Philip Moore (b. 1943)
Prevent us, O Lord -- C. Hubert H. Parry (1848–1918)

23 June
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Cantate Domino -- Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
God be in my head -- Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Mass for Four Voices -- William Byrd (1543–1623)
Sing joyfully -- William Byrd
Cantate Domino -- Hans Leo Hassler

(The Eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist)
Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses - Iain Quinn (b. 1973)
St. David’s Service - Simon Lole (b. 1957)
Who can express the noble acts of the Lord - Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)

      Evensong & Benediction today is sung by the Virginia Girls’ Choir.

30 June
The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (transferred)
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Give us the wings of faith -- Ernest Bullock (1890–1979)
Let us now praise famous men -- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis Sancti Pauli -- Anthony Caesar (b. 1924)
Greater love hath no man -- John Ireland (1879–1962)
Give us the wings of faith -- Ernest Bullock

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses -- William Byrd (1543–1623)
First Service -- Robert Parsons (c. 1535–c. 1572)
Locus iste -- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

7 July
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Repertoire TBA

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa Sancti Nicolai, Hob. XXII:6 -- Josef Haydn (1732–1809)
Jesu, the very thought of thee -- Paul Halley (b. 1952)
O taste and see -- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

      The 9:00 and 11:15 Masses are sung today by the choirs of
      St. John’s and St. James’ Churches, West Hartford, Connecticut.

14 July
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Teach me, O Lord -- Thomas Attwood (1756–1838)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Mass of the Quiet Hour -- George Oldroyd (1887–1956)
Teach me, O Lord -- William Byrd (1543–1623)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

21 July
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Cantata 147) -- J. S. Bach (1685–1750)

Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa secunda -- Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Cantata 147) -- J. S. Bach (1685–1750)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

28 July
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
My eyes for beauty pine -- Herbert Howells (1892–1983)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in F -- Harold Darke (1888–1976)
Thee will I love -- C. Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960), arr. Richard Lloyd (b. 1933)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

4 August
The Feast of the Transfiguration (transferred)
Procession & Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Ave verum corpus -- Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis -- Everett Titcomb (1884–1968)
Christ, whose glory fills the skies -- T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892–1964)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

11 August
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
O for a closer walk with God -- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in D -- Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
Expectans expectavi -- Charles Wood (1866–1926)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

15 August
The Assumption
Procession & Solemn Mass at 6:45 p.m.
Missa brevis C-dur, K. 220 (“Spatzenmesse”) -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Ave Maria -- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

18 August
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Lead me, Lord - Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in F -- Herbert W. Sumsion (1899–1995)
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace -- Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

25 August
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Blessed are the pure in heart -- Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in G -- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
Beati quorum via -- Charles Villiers Stanford

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor

1 September
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Ave verum corpus -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis D-dur, K. 194 -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Chanted congregationally, with cantor