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Holy Communion is celebrated on Sundays and weekdays at8am and on Thursdays and Saints’ Days at 12 noon also. Mattins is said on weekdays at 7.40am. Choral services are sung by Lay Clerks & Boy Choristers unless otherwise stated.

In residence:

1-20 The Dean  

21-end Canon Roland Riem


July
5  Saturday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730

Choral Evensong

Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Howells in G

Anthem: Howells  Take him, earth, for cherishing

6  Sunday ~ The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion (The Dean)
0945 MATTINS for Winchester Festival
Responses: Clucas
Te Deum: Stanford in B flat       
Anthem: Parry  My soul, there is a country
Sermon: Canon David Scott
Voluntary: Guilmant  Grand Choeur in D
1100

SUNG EUCHARIST with Holy Baptism (Samuel Hall)
President and Homily: Canon Michael St. John-Channell
Setting: Peeters  Missa Festiva
Voluntary: Peeters  Toccata on Ave maris stella

Refreshments are available in the North Transept after this service ~ all are welcome

1530 Choral Evensong ~ Lay Clerks and Girl Choristers
Responses: Lloyd (Set 2)
Canticles: Leighton  Second Service
Anthem: Bruckner  Os justi
Sermon: The Dean
Voluntary: Reger  Toccata and Fugue in D minor/major   Op.65 Nos 5/6
7  Monday ~ Hedda, Bishop of Winchester, 705
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1430 Intercessions — Education Centre
1730 Choral Evensong ~ Men’s Voices
Responses: Moore 
Canticles: Moore  Fauxbourdon Service No. 1
Anthem: Biebl  Ave Maria
8  Tuesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1100 The Rifles: Ceremony of Remembrance
1300 Lunchtime Recital: Arthur Parkes (cello), Charles Matthews (piano)
1730

Choral Evensong

Responses: Rose
Canticles: Howells  Collegium Regale
Anthem: Harris  Bring us, O Lord God

9  Wednesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
0840 Cathedral Stillness
1730 Evensong (said)
10  Thursday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (said)
2030

WINCHESTER FESTIVAL A Little Late Night Music
Monteverdi Vespers (1610)
Southern Voices with Southern Sinfonia
Alison Hill, Laura Oldfield (soprano), William Kendall, Thomas Hobbs,
John McMunn (tenor), Jimmy Holliday, James Oldfield (bass)
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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11  Friday ~ Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c. 550
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730

Evensong sung by the Nave Choir

Responses: Neary

Canticles: Dyson in F

Anthem: Brahms Geisliches Lied 

12  Saturday ~ FRIENDS FESTIVAL DAY
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1630

FESTIVAL EVENSONG   A.13
Responses: Rose
Canticles: Dyson in D
Anthem: Ireland  Greater love
Sermon: The Very Revd. Michael Till, Dean Emeritus
Voluntary: Howells  Rhapsody No 3

Cathedral closed from 4 pm   

2130 Friends Festival Compline ~ Men’s Voices
13  Sunday ~ FEAST OF THE FOUNDATION; The Eighth Sunday after Trinity
0740 Mattins (said) 
0800 Holy Communion (Canon Roland Riem) 
1100

SUNG EUCHARIST: LITURGY OF THE FOUNDATION ~ Lay Clerks, Boy Choristers and Girl Choristers
President: The Dean   Sermon: The Bishop
Setting: Schubert in G
Motet: Harris  Behold the tabernacle
Communion: Vaughan Williams  The Call
Voluntary: Vierne  Carillon de Longpont

Refreshments and Awards for Leaving Choristers will take place in the Marquee in No 1 Garden

1530 FESTAL EVENSONG
Responses: Moore
Canticles: Sumsion in G
Anthem: Macmillan  Laudi alla Vergine Maria
Sermon: Canon Michael St. John-Channell
Voluntary: Bridge  Allegro Marziale
14  Monday ~ John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1100 Mothers’ Union Festival Service
Cathedral closed from 10 am — 12 noon
1730 Evensong ~ Men’s Voices
Responses: Sharpe 
Canticles: Sumsion in G
Anthem: Parnell  Oculi omnium
15  Tuesday
0000

SUNG EUCHARIST with College of Canons
President and Homily: The Dean
Setting: Mozart  Spatzenmesse  K 220
Voluntary: Mendelssohn  Sonata No 3 (1st movement)

Quire closed to visitors from 10 am - 12.30 pm 

0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1300 Lunchtime Recital: Simon Morley (organ)
1730 FESTAL EVENSONG
Responses: Moore
Canticles: Stanford in C
Anthem: Brahms  How lovely are thy dwellings fair
Voluntary: Whitlock  Toccata (Plymouth Suite)
16  Wednesday ~ Helier, First Saint of Jersey, Martyr, 6th century
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (said)
2100 9.00 for 9.30 FRINGE REVUE: One foot in the Nave – Festival Marquee
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275
17  Thursday ~ SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS FESTIVAL 2008 ~ 17th to 20th July

Please note times of all services
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1000

FESTIVAL MATTINS ~ Lay Clerks and Boy Choristers of Winchester Cathedral
Responses: Moore         
Te Deum: Stanford in B flat
Jubilate: Stanford in B flat
Anthem: Harris  Behold, the tabernacle of God
Voluntary: Stanford  Postlude in D minor, Op 105

Cathedral closed to visitors from 9 am - 11.00 am

1200 Holy Communion (Thursdays and Saints` Days only)
1415

CONCERT ~ The Boys and Gentlemen of the three Cathedral Choirs
with Philip White-Jones (organ)
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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1630 Evensong sung by the Lay Vicars and Boy Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral
Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Blow in G
Anthem: Bairstow Save us, O Lord
1900

THE CLEMENT McWILLIAM MEMORIAL ORGAN RECITAL
John Scott, St. Thomas’ Church, New York
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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2100

9.00 for 9.30 FRINGE REVUE: One foot in the Nave ~ Festival Marquee
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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18  Friday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1100

FESTIVAL EUCHARIST
Sung by the Boys and Gentlemen of the three Cathedral Choirs
Sermon: The Right Reverend Michael Perham, Bishop of Gloucester
Setting: Vaughan Williams  Mass in G minor
Motet: Messiaen  O sacrum convivium
Voluntary: JS Bach   Toccata and Fugue in F

Cathedral closed to visitors from 9 am - 1 pm

1430

MASTERCLASS ~ Winchester College Chapel 

With John Scott and the Boy Choristers of Salisbury and Winchester Cathedral
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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1630 Choral Evensong sung by the Choir of Chichester Cathedral
Responses: Leighton
Canticles: Archer Chichester Service
Anthem: Parsons Ave Maria
1900

THE FEAST ~ A foretaste of Heaven through the Eucharist sung by the Girl Choristers of Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals and the Gentlemen of the three Cathedral Choirs
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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2100

9.00 for 9.30 FRINGE REVUE: One foot in the Nave ~ Festival Marquee
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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19  Saturday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1100

RECITAL ~ Winchester College Chapel
Alice Neary (cello) works by Bach, Vine, Vasks
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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1630 FESTIVAL EVENSONG sung by the Girl Choristers of Salisbury and Winchester
Cathedrals and the Gentlemen of the three Cathedral Choirs
Responses: Rose
Canticles: Stanford  Latin Magnificat
O’Regan  Nunc dimittis (world prèmiere)
Anthem: Vaughan Williams  Antiphon
Voluntary: Hakim  Agapê
1900

FESTIVAL CONCERT
The Boy Choristers and Gentlemen of the three Cathedral Choirs with Southern Sinfonia including Bach Magnificat, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Handel The King shall rejoice
Ticket Information: Cathedral Box Office (01962) 857275

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20  Sunday ~ The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

This is the last day of the Cathedral Choir year

They return to singing on 13th September
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion  (Canon Michael St. John-Channell)
1100

SUNG EUCHARIST
President: The Dean
Homily: The Revd. Ian Weatherell, Head of the Delhi Brotherhood
Setting: Rheinberger Mass for double choir
Voluntary: Vierne  Final (Symphonie I)      

Refreshments are available in the North Transept after this service ~ all are welcome

1530

Choral Evensong

Responses: Moore
Canticles:   Magnificat: Schütz  Deutsches Magnifica
Nunc Dimittis: Stanford in G
Anthem: Bairstow  Blessed city, heavenly Salem  
Voluntary: Mulet  Carillon-Sortie

21  Monday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (said)
22  Tuesday ~ Mary Magdalene
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1300 Lunchtime Recital: Claire Jones (piano)
1730 Evensong (said)
23  Wednesday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
0840 Cathedral Stillness
1730 Evensong (said)
24  Thursday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (said)
25  Friday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (said)
26  Saturday ~ Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong sung by the Thames Philharmonic Choir
Responses: Costello
Canticles: Bate in A flat
Anthem: Gibbons  Almighty and everlasting God
27  Sunday ~ The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

Choral Services are sung by the Thames Philharmonic Choir
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion (The Revd. Jackie Browning)
0945 MATTINS
Responses: Costello
Te Deum: Vaughan Williams in G       
Anthem: Howells  Like as the hart
Sermon: The Dean
1100

SUNG EUCHARIST
President and Homily: Canon Roland Riem
Setting: Darke in F
Motet: Wood  Expectans expectavi

Refreshments are available in the North Transept after this service — all are welcome

1530

Evensong

Responses: Costello
Canticles: Noble in B minor
Anthem: Mundy  O Lord the maker of all things

28  Monday ~ Sampson, Bishop, Missionary in Guernsey, 565
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong (said)
29  Tuesday ~ Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of our Lord
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1300 Lunchtime Recital: Susan Welland (soprano), and Eunice Pike (piano)
1730 Evensong (said)
30  Wednesday ~ William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
0840 Cathedral Stillness
1730 Evensong sung by the Choir of St. George’s, Nashville 
Responses: Ayleward
Canticles: Howells  New College Service
Anthem: Armes  My beloved spake
31  Thursday
0740 Mattins
0800 Holy Communion
1200 Holy Communion
1730

Evensong sung by the Choir of St. George’s, Nashville 

Responses: Quinn
Canticles: Bairstow in E flat
Anthem: Nicholson  Be strong in the Lord


Please find links below to Events in the Cathedral in the coming months.

General Listing
Themed Lunches - All year

Please note that the details are correct at the time of publication, but if you are intending to reproduce any of this information in any way, it is worth running it past us first.

Services are FREE and do not require tickets unless stated otherwise. Concert Tickets can be obtained from Music at Winchester unless stated otherwise. Tel: 01962 877977; Fax: (01962) 877654, Email: matw@btclick.com; www.musicatwinchester.co.uk

Contacts
General Enquiries: 01962 857200; Fax: 01962 857201
cathedral.office@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
This List: Simon Barwood: 01962 857217; Fax: 01962 857201
simon.barwood@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
Media: Abha Thakor: 01962 624786; Fax: 01962 841815
abha.Thakor@chsewinchester.clara.net

 

Seasonal comments from The Dean in the online Newsletter.

Themed Lunches and Suppers at the Visitors' Centre

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