The Parish Choir of All Saints, Fulham
The Parish Choir of All Saints Church, Fulham sings for the 10.30am Eucharist and 6pm Evensong Sunday services at the church, and is regarded as one of the best choirs of its tpe in the countr. At these services it performs a wide range of music, both popular cathedral-stle repertoire and more unusual music – from striking South American baroque works to South African choral dances and new commissions by contemporar composers.
In addition to these sung services, the choir also sings on other occasions – from the top of the church tower on Ascension Day, at the dawn Vigil on Easter Sunday, and for numerous carol services and concerts. In recent years they have broadcast live on BBC1 (Christmas Day) and Radio 4. They also tour Britain and abroad, most recently visiting Ely, Bur St Edmunds, Lincoln, Wells, Chichester, Ireland, Canterbur, Winchester, Durham and France among many others. They have hosted workshops with Andrew Nethsingha, (Westminster Abbey, St John’s College, Cambridge), Martin Near (Westminster Abbey, Winchester Cathedral), Stephen Jackson (BBC Symphony Chorus) and David Hill, (BBC Singers, St John’s College, Cambridge). Entr is by audition with the direcor of music; he is always keen to hear from interested singers in all voice parts.
Junior All Saints Singers (JASS)
Junior All Saints Singers (JASS) is All Saints’ children’s choir. The choir rehearses ever Monday evening during term time (excluding half term) and leads the worship once a month at the 9.30am Family Service and occasional special services.
There are no auditions – all that is required is an eagerness to sing and a commitment to attend the weekly rehearsal and monthly service. The direcor of music strives to develop the children’s vocal technique and instil a sense of responsibilit for the choir’s leadership of the Family Service liturgy, while working on a varied and appealing repertoire. If you are interested in joining, please contac the direcor of music.
Direcor of Music: Jonathan Wikeley
Direcor of JASS: Sam Poppleton
Assistant Organist: Emma Howarth
Conducing Scholar: Elliott Park
10.30am Congregational Eucharist
Voluntar: Serenade Bourgeois
Hymns: 362 Austria, 369 Binchester, 296 St Helen, 113, Savannah
(Herrnhut), 120 Maccabeus
Mass setting: St Albans Mass Archer
Voluntar: Symphonie ✙ 5 (v, Toccata) Widor
6pm Congregational Evensong
Voluntar: Prelude on ‘Melcombe’ Parry
Hymns: 112 St Albinus, 104 Salzburg
Psalm: 30, 1–5
Voluntar: Nun danket alle Gott Karg-Elert
Sunday 23 April Third Sunday of Easter
St George
9:30am Family Eucharist sung by JASS
Hymns: Thine be the glor, I danced in the morning
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Menuet Saint-George
O taste and see Vaughan Williams
Hymns: 162 Melita, 105 Chislehurst, 115 Noël Nouvelet, 124 St Fulbert
Psalm:116, 1–3, 10–17 Robinson
Mass setting: St Albans Service Archer
Let all mortal flesh keep silence Bairstow
Voluntar: Festival March on ‘St George’ Fletcher
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Organ Concerto Op. 4 no. 1 (ii, Andante) Handel
Introit: Locus iste Bruckner
Hymns: 107 Vulpius, 488 Jerusalem
Responses: Leighton
Psalm: 48 Goss
Magnificat: Short Service Gibbons
Nunc dimittis: Holst
My soul, there is a countr Parry
Voluntar: Voluntar ✙ 1 in C Greene
Sunday 30 April Fourth Sunday of Easter
9:30am Family Service
Hymns: I heard the voice of Jesus say, There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Pastorale Whitlock
Had I the cloths of heaven Archer
Hymns: 376 Kingsfold, 459 Crimond, 282 Pastor pastorum, 375 Lord of the Dance
Psalm: 23 Wikeley
Mass setting: St Albans Service Archer
Surrexit pastor bonus L’heritier
Voluntar: Prelude in G BWV 568 J.S. Bach
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Meditation Hurford
Introit: Night Prayer Huw Morgan
Hymns: 480 St Stephen, 117 Ellacombe
Responses: Leighton
Psalm: 29 Ley
Canticles: Noble in B minor
And I saw a new heaven Bainton
Voluntar: Norwegian Dance Grieg
Sunday 7 May Fifth Sunday of Easter Coronation Weekend
9:30am Family Service
Hymns: Seek ye first, And did those feet in ancient time
10.30am Festival Choral Eucharist Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Flourish for an Occasion Harris
God save our sov’reign, Charles Purcell
Zadok, the priest Handel
Hymns: 334 Old One Hundredth, 205 Westminster Abbey, 374 St Peter, 488 Jerusalem
Mass setting: Mass in C major K317 ‘Krönungsmesse’ Mozart
O Lord, grant the king a long life Child
Voluntar: Orb and Sceptre ‘Coronation March’ Walton
6pm Festival Choral Evensong
Voluntar: Lento Franck
Hymns: 381 Ewing, 368 Cwm Rhondda
Responses: Leighton
Psalm: 141 King, Charles
Canticles: Stanford in A
Easter Hymn Mascagni
Voluntar: Symphonie ✙ 5 (v, Toccata) Widor
Friday 12 May
4:30–5:30pm. Music by the Bridge children’s workshop
Sung by the Parish Choir
7:15pm. Family piano trios ‘From Baroque to Broadway’. Alice, Hannah and Olivia Chadwick-Jones.
Sunday 14 May Sixth Sunday of Easter
9:30am Family Service
Hymns: And can it be; I, the Lord of sea and sky
10.30am Choral Eucharist Upper voices
Voluntar: Sancus: Orbis facor Dobrinka Tabakova
The Birds Britten
Hymns: 377 St Denio, 333 Michael, 341 Franconia, 466 Moscow
Psalm: 66, 7–18 Plainsong
Mass setting: St Albans Service Archer
Ubi caritas Gjeilo
Voluntar: Fugue in B flat major Clara Schumann
6pm Choral Evensong Upper voices
Voluntar: Meine Seel’ erhebt den Herren Judith Bingham
Hymns: 73 St Francis Xavier, 393 Mannheim
Responses: Neary
Psalm: 87 Plainsong
Canticles: Ashfield in D minor
Abendsegen Humperdinck
Voluntar: The Tree of Peace Judith Weir
Thursday 18 May ASCENSION DAY
7am Ascension Day Service from the church tower Sung by the Parish Choir
Hymns: 130 Llanfair, 134 St Magnus
From the rising of the sun Ouseley
8pm Festival Choral Eucharist
Voluntar: Prelude on a theme of Orlando Gibbons (Song 34) Stanford
Non vos relinquam Byrd
Hymns: 134 St Magnus, 130 (omit * vv) Llanfair, 388 Truro, 271 Hyfrodol
Mass setting: Missa brevis Palestrina
Psalm: 93 Macfarren
Coelos ascendit hodie Stanford
Voluntar: Toccata on ‘Llanfair’ Simon Lole
Sunday 21 May Sunday after Ascension
9:30am Family Service
Hymns: Lord of all hopefulness, We are marching in the light of God
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Impromptu ✙ 2 Coleridge-Taylor
Perspice Christicola (‘The Reading Rota’) Anonymous
Hymns: 130 (omit * vv) Llanfair, 332 Miles Lane, 349 Nativity, 440 (omit * vv) Lobe den Herren
Psalm: 68, 1–10, 32–35 Crotch, Smart
Mass setting: St Albans Service Archer
Coelos ascendit hodie Stanford
Voluntar: Impromptu ✙ 3 Coleridge-Taylor
6pm Festival Choral Evensong, sung by the choirs of All Saints, Fulham and St
John’s, Fulham
Voluntar: Prière à Notre Dame (from ‘Suite Gothique’) Boëllmann
O clap your hands together Gibbons
Hymns: 352 Diademata, 109 Salva festa dies
Responses: Rose
Psalm: 47 Wikeley, after Finzi
Canticles: Stanford in C
God is gone up Finzi
Voluntar: Toccata (from ‘Suite Gothique’) Boëllmann
Sunday 28 May PENTECOST
10.30am Festival Choral Eucharist
Voluntar: Le jardin suspendu Alain
God’s Grandeur Britten
Sung by the Parish Choir
Hymns: 431 Hereford, 336 Angel Voices, 141 Salisbury, 137 Down Ampney
Mass setting: Messe a cappella Mélanie Bonis
Listen, sweet dove Ives
Voluntar: Joie et clarté des corps glorieux (‘Les Corps glorieux’) Messiaen
6pm Festival Choral Evensong
Voluntar: A Fantasy Darke
Introit: If ye love me Tallis
Hymns: 342 Dominica, 431 Hereford
Responses: Neary
Psalms: 67, 133 Luard-Selby, Poston
Canticles: Brewer in D
The Spirit of the Lord Elgar
Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Symphonie ✙ 1 (v, Marche Pontificale) Widor
Sunday 4 June Trinity Sunday
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Choral Scholars
Voluntar: O lux beata trinitas Amy Summers
Hymns: 146 Nicaea, 159/270 St Patrick’s Breastplate/Gartan,
343 Redhead No. 46, 373 Coe Fen
Psalm: 8 Corfe (from Lawes)
Mass setting: Woodard Service Shephard
Verily, verily, I say unto you Tallis
Voluntar: Fugue in E flat BWV 552b ‘St Anne’ J.S. Bach
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Moderato (from ’13 Prières’ Op. 64) Alkan, arr. Franck
Laus Trinitati Hildegard von Bingen
Hymns: 475 Darwall’s 148th , 159/270 St Patrick’s Breastplate/Gartan
Responses: Neary
Psalms: 93 & 150 Macfarren, Stanford
Canticles: Murrill in E
Hail, gladdening Light Wood
Voluntar: Andantino (from ’13 Prières’ Op. 64) Alkan, arr. Franck
Monday 5 June Boniface
5pm Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral Sung by the Parish Choir
Responses: Rose
Psalms: 89, 41–50 Clucas
Canticles: Murrill in E
Beati quorum via Stanford
Friday 9 June
7:15pm. Music by the Bridge. I was glad. The Choir of All Saints Fulham sings music connected to royalty and coronations.
Sunday 11 June First Sunday after Trinity
9:30am Family Eucharist & Admission to Holy Communion sung by JASS
Hymns: Brother, sister, let me serve you; Let us build a house
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Antienne dans le mode ecclésiastique Gigout
A Hymn for Saint Cecilia Howells
Hymns: 231 All Saints, 439 Gerontius, 480 Manchester, 167 Aurelia
Psalm: 112 Knight
Mass setting: Woodard Service Shephard
Hear my prayer, O Lord Purcell
Voluntar: Toccata Gigout
5pm Three Choirs Festival Choral Evensong sung by the choirs of All Saints, Fulham; St Luke’s, Chelsea; and St Matthew’s, Kensington at St Luke’s, Chelsea.
Hymns: 148 Leoni, 208 St Catherine’s Court
Responses: Rose
Psalm: 147 Grayston Ives
Magnificat: for Double Choir Stanford
Nunc dimittis: Holst
Viri Galilei Gowers
Sunday 18 June
9:30am Family Service
Second Sunday after Trinity
Hymns: Make me a channel of your peace, Give me oil in my lamp
10.30am Choral Eucharist
Voluntar: Prelude on Song 1 Philip Moore
The Call Jonathan Wikeley*
Lower voices
Hymns: 346 Richmond, 355 Song 1, 369 Binchester, 408 Blaenwern
Psalm: 100 Plainsong
Mass setting: Woodard Service Shephard
Plus bele que flor/✗ant revient/L’autrier joer/Flos filius
Anonymous, Montpellier ms
Voluntar: Prelude and Fugue in D minor attrib. J.S. Bach
6pm Choral Evensong
Voluntar: Meine Seel’ ehebt den Herren J.S. Bach
The Call Jonathan Wikeley*
Hymns: 339 Slane, 372 Monks Gate
Responses: Sherborne Elliot Park*
Psalm: 43 Plainsong
Canticles: Dyson in C minor
Seek him that maketh the seven stars Elgar
Voluntar: Fuga sopra Magnificat J.S. Bach
Lower voices
* The introit was written for the choir of All Saints Fulham by Jonathan Wikeley, and receives its premiere here today. The Preces and Responses were written by Elliott Park, this year’s conducting scholar.
Sunday 25 June Third Sunday after Trinity
9:30am Family Service
Hymns: Lord Jesus Christ; Christ triumphant, ever reigning
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Choral Scholars
Voluntar: Prelude, Fugue and Variation Franck
Legend Tchaikovsky
Hymns: 76 Breslau, 433 Hanover, 305 Anima Christi, 119 Vulpius
Psalm: 69, 8–11 Barnby
Mass setting: Woodard Service Shephard
Jesu, grant me this, I pray Gibbons
Voluntar: Prelude in C major BWV 547 J.S. Bach
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Choral Scholars
Voluntar: Adagio Bridge
Hymns: 445 Petra, 485 Thornbury
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm: 46 from Luther
Canticles: Dorian Service Tallis
Give almes of thy goods Tye
Voluntar: Air and Gavotte S.S. Wesley
Sunday 2 July Dedication Sunday
9:30am Family Service sung by JASS
Hymns: Seek ye first, Let us build a house
10.30am Festival Choral Eucharist and Licensing of George Meyrick as new Associate Vicar of All Saints, Fulham Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Meditation on ‘Slane’ Thiman
I was glad Parry
Hymns: 205 Westminster Abbey, 484 Aurelia, 208 St Catherine’s Court, 7 Little Cornard
Mass setting: Missa Omnium Sancorum Fulhamensis Elliott Park*
Locus iste Bruckner
Voluntar: Festival Toccata Fletcher
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: vii, from ‘A Little Organ Book in memor of Sir Hubert
Parr’ Darke
Hymns: 245 Ar hyd y nos, 244 Tallis’s Canon
Responses: Don Gillthorpe
Psalm: 50 Clucas
Canticles: Sumsion in G
Laudate Dominum Mozart
Voluntar: Sonata ✙ 4 (ii, Intermezzo) Rheinberger
* This Mass setting was written for the Choir of All Saints, Fulham, by Elliott Park, this year’s conducting scholar, and receives its world premiere here today.
Friday 8 July
7:15pm. Music by the Bridge. Juliette Giovacchini (cello) and Dominika
Maszczynsk (piano) play a selection of much-loved favourites.
Sunday 9 July Fifth Sunday after Trinity
9:30am Family Service
Hymns: I cannot tell, I danced in the morning
10.30am Choral Eucharist and service of Bells Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Carillon Sowerby
✗een of the May Chilcott
Hymns: 376 Kingsfold, 263 (omit * vv) Lasst uns erfreuen, 63 St Bernard, 320 Highwood
Psalm: 145, 8–15 Hanforth
Mass setting: Missa in tempore Paschali (‘Bell Mass’) Jonathan Wikeley
Rejoice in the Lord alway Purcell
Voluntar: Carillon-Sortie Mulet
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Choralvorspiel und Fuge: ‘O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid’ Brahms
O, most merciful Wood
Hymns: 294 Saffron Walden, 427 Laudate Dominum
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalm: 56 Bayley, Thalben-Ball
Canticles: Second Service Leighton
Expecans expecavi Wood
Voluntar: Fanfare for Francis Rawsthorne
Sunday 16 July
9:30am Family Service
Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Hymns: We plough the fields and scatter, Colours of day
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Pastorale (i & ii) J.S. Bach
Thou visitest the earth Greene
Hymns: 52Was lebet, 383 Aberystwyth, 358 Rievaulx, 262 Wir pflügen
Psalm: 65, 8–13 Hopkins
Mass setting: Woodard Service Shephard
Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré
Voluntar: Toccata on ‘Aberstwyth’ David Bednall
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Sicilienne Maria Theresa von Paradis
Hymns: 250 Ellers, 146 Nicaea
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalm: 60 Monk, Carte
Canticles: Hatfield Service Alec Roth
The Monk and his Cat Barber
Voluntar: Elegy Skryabin
Sunday 23 July Seventh Sunday after Trinity
9:30am Family Service
Hymns: Love Divine, Mine eyes have seen the glor
10.30am Choral Eucharist Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Engelberg: Musings Paul Leddington-Wright
My spirit sang all day Finzi
Hymns: 373 Coe Fen, 335 Engelberg, 225 Gran Rocco, 435 St Gertrude
Psalm: 86, 11–17 Wikeley
Mass setting: Woodard Service Shephard
Geistliches Lied Brahms
Voluntar: Rhapsody ✙ 3 Howells
6pm Choral Evensong Sung by the Parish Choir
Voluntar: Sonata 1 (ii, Sehr langsam) Hindemith
Crossing the Bar Wafter-Parry
Hymns: 336 Angel Voices, 252 St Clement
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalm: 67, 70 Luard-Selby, Hine, Aldrich
Canticles: Dyson in D
They that go down to the sea in ships Sumsion
Voluntar: Toccata Whitlock
From 24–30 July the choir will be touring to Southwell Minster. The choir is on holiday until Sunday 3 September 2023.
Frontispiece: Coronation of the Virgin Mary; from a Book of Hours. Paris, c. 1480
