Music will all be provided and taken to the cathedral for you, along with folders; you don’t have to worry about this.

Saturday 13th April 2024

1.00pm Rehearsal

3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 24
1 Samuel 2.1–8
Matthew 28.8–15
Canticles: Stanford in C
Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Stanford
Hymn: ‘The Lamb’s high banquet’ (NEH 101 t.128ii)

Sunday 14th April 2024

9.30am Rehearsal

10.30am SUNG EUCHARIST
Setting: The Canterbury Service – Barker
Acts 3.12–19
1 John 3.1–7
Luke 24.36–48
Anthem: Good Christians all rejoice and sing – Archer
Hymns: ‘Christ is the king’ (A&M 486), ‘Glorious things’ (A&M 641), ‘Rejoice, the Lord is king’ (A&M 769)
Organ voluntary: Finale from Organ Symphony no. 1 – Vierne

2.00pm Rehearsal

3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 65
Deuteronomy 7.7–13
Revelation 2.1–11
Canticles: Gloucester Service – Shephard
Anthem: Arise in us – Shaw
Hymns: ‘Now is eternal life’ (NEH 114), ‘Ye choirs of new Jerusalem’ (NEH 124)
Organ voluntary: Carillon de Westminster – Vierne

As explained on the sign-up form, it is your responsibility to book accommodation for this trip. There are several places around Bury St Edmunds that are within walking distance to the Cathedral. I’m booked into the ‘Premier Inn Bury St Edmunds North’… I’ll let you decide if that’s a reason to book there or elsewhere!

It would make sense for us to travel in as few cars as possible, but again, it’s up to you to make these arrangements; we won’t be taking a minibus for this trip.

For those of you who are regular singers with St Stephen’s, please take your own robes with you. It would be lovely if you could wash your whites in advance too.

For those of you joining us as guests, please let me know you approximate height and I’ll bring all the spare robes hopefully enough for everyone. If you have robes from elsewhere, it might be worth bringing those with you too, just in case.

Where ever you’re coming from, don’t forget your black shoes!