SALLY BEAMISH: St. Catharine's Service

St. Catharine’s Service (2001) For mixed choir SSAATB and organ

St. Catharine’s Service I. Magnificat II. Nunc Dimittis (2001) For mixed choir SSAATB and organ

N.M.O. 12874

PROGRAMME NOTE St. Catharine’s Service In loving memory of my grandmother, Una Helen Stuart Snow Sally Beamish 2009 I. Magnificat II. Nunc Dimittis

Commissioned by the choir of St Catharine’s College Cambridge with the help of funds generously donated by John and Dale Reed, The first performance was in the Chapel of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, as part of Evensong, on March 2nd, 2006, directed by Edward Wickham, with Matthew Cook, organ. The second performance, also in the chapel, was on March 3rd as part of the Kellaway Chamber Music Series.

The settings are inspired by ancient Celtic Quern songs – songs for grinding corn.

Sally Beamish 2009

SCORING For SSAATB and organ Duration: 8’ Copyright © 2009 by Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Oslo.

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Printed in Norway

In loving memory of my grandmother, Una Helen Stuart Snow

St. Catharine's Service I. Magnificat

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  7

S.1



 

A.1

 

       

mf

ff



   



   f          mf

            

    

            

    

mf

my spi - rit doth re - joice in



spi - rit doth re - joice

f

God

mf

my spi - rit doth re - joice in

my Sa - viour

f

God

my Sa - viour

 





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





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

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B.



Org.





Ped.



my spi - rit doth re - joice in God



ff           

T.



And my spi - rit doth re - joice

Lord

A.2



And my spi - rit doth re - joice

 

S.2

ff             

mf

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









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

 

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 







3

  14

S.1

S.2





A.2

B.



Ped.

in

 

ff

God my

Sa

-

     

viour



       

 

    



 

            



 







































Org.

f

       

ff

my spi - rit doth re - joice

   

in



re - joice



in



Sa

-

God my





God my



viour



Sa

-

       

re - joice



God my

       in

my spi - rit doth

T.

ff

my spi - rit doth re - joice

my Sa - viour

A.1

                    f

viour



Sa

-

viour





ff











 



 

















4

mp mf p                             

22

S.1

For

S.2

Org.

Ped.



low - li - ness

of his hand - mai - den:

                           

 

                           

 

For

B.

the

   

T.

re - gar - ded

 

For

A.2

hath

mf

                          For

A.1

he

    

he

he

he

hath

re - gar - ded

hath

re - gar - ded

hath

re - gar - ded

the

the

the

low - li - ness

low - li - ness

low - li - ness

for be



of his hand - mai - den:



of his hand - mai - den:



of his hand - mai - den:

 

































































 











































mf



mf

5

   32

S.1

 

 

from

hence - forth

hold,

       mf

S.2

for be - hold,





A.1

      



B.



Ped.

shall call me

bles sed.

ge - ne - ra - tions

shall call me

bles - sed.

                    all

ge - ne - ra - tions

shall call me

bles - sed.

                           hence - forth

ge - ne - ra - tions

shall call me

bles - sed.

 









































 



    



 







 

Org.

ge - ne - ra - tions

mf

from

T.

all

for be - hold, all

mf



f

                           

for be - hold,



A.2

                    

mf



         

f

    









                               

6

mf f                

   

 

              

   

 

41

S.1

For

S.2

For

A.1

A.2

T.

B.











 









he

he



hath

hath



mag

-

-

ni - fied









   

 

me:

      

mag



ni - fied



me:



p

and











    and











    and











    and

  

Ped.

that is migh - ty



      

Org.

that is migh - ty

      

ff

poco allargando



   

   

 

 

ho - ly

 

ho - ly

 

ho - ly

  ho - ly

poco allargando

    p



                                      mp 

 



 

 

   



 







49

S.1

S.2

A.2

Ped.



on them that fear him:

is

on them that fear him:



 

     



 

       is his name.



 

      



 

is

T.

is

               And his mer - cy

is

Org.



f

cresc

And his mer - cy

     

A.1

B.

               mp



is

  

his

his

his

name.

name.

name.

in tempo

 

cresc

ho

ho

ho

ho



-

-

-

-

 

 



mp



through - out



all

  

through - out

all

   ge - ne -

   ge - ne -

ly







   

   

 ly



    ho - ly

   





  

  

ly

mp



  

through - out

ly

all

mp

ho - ly

ho - ly

poco allargando

             

 

  



                        

7

poco allargando

in tempo

is

is

is

his

his

his

         

       

  

ge - ne -

 

      

8

   



56

S.1

ra



S.2

-

ra

ra

-











































ff

-

tions.

name.

B.



tions.

 

T.





f

A.2

    name.



  





in tempo

tions.

 

  

A.1

ff

 





   

He

hath

shown

strength

f





Ped.

        with his



arm:





name.

in tempo

            

Org.



ff

         



 



           f

            f

 



 

    

       

 

  

9

 















S.2

















A.1

















A.2





























63

S.1

 

T.

B.





                f



marcato

               

he hath scat - tered the proud

in the i - ma - gi - na - tion

                  

Org.

Ped.

     

     

 



  



   

of

their

          

              

 

 

     

10

 















S.2

















A.1

















A.2

















70

S.1

B.



 

T.



 



 

 

He hath

put

ff



     

down the migh - ty



   

from their





hearts.

seat:

mf

          

and hath ex - al - ted the

                         

Org.

Ped.

 

  





       

       







 

          

 



mf



poco rit.

11

a tempo

 







A.1



















A.2



















 



























    mf

  



77

S.1

S.2

T.

B.



 

Ped.





  and



good

           

 



p



         

p



 



  p

the hun - gry

with

f



good

meek.

poco rit.

     

with

the hun - gry

He hath filled

     



 

mf

He hath filled

hum - ble

Org.



           

a tempo





       



  







                    











12

   



  



85

S.1









things:

S.2

  p

He











things:

He

    





the

rich

he

hath

sent

    





 



f

A.1

and

A.2

and

T.

B.



Ped.



rich

he

hath

sent

      and the





 



    





Org.

 

the

and

 

the

rich

he

hath

sent





 



rich

he

hath

sent





              





16'





































emp - ty

emp - ty

emp - ty

emp - ty



a

a

a

a



way.

-



way.

-



-



He





He



way.









-

                      



mp



way.









      

   92

S.1

 

S.2

 

A.1



A.2

T.

B.





13





    ber - ing

his



   





mem -

   



   

re - mem -



re



re



re

-

-

-

mem -

ber - ing

ber - ing

mem -

ber - ing



his



his



his





mer - cy





mer - cy





mer - cy





mer - cy

hath









hath



hath



hath

  

hol - pen his

 

  

 

hol - pen his

  

hol - pen his

  

hol - pen his

ser

-

ser



vant

  

ser



  

vant

-

ser -





































mp



Ped.



 

                    

Org.





 

p

 

 

vant

  vant

           

 

 

 

   

 

14

    99

S.1

Is

  

S.2

Is

  

A.1

Is

  

A.2

Is

B.



Org.





-



ra - el.

   

pro - mised



    



 



ra - el.

f

-



        f





ra - el.



    



     f

   f

pro - mised



A

    A

           pro - mised

   

pro - mised

-

bra -

-

to our fore

    to our fore

-

-

A

       

fa - thers,

A

    

fa - thers,

  

 

 

 

A

bra -

-

  

-

  

-

  

f

he

f

A

as he pro - mised

As he pro - mised

    

fa - thers,

                 

As he pro - mised

   

           

to our fore

f

ra - el.

        

   

As he

As he



Ped.

-

f

As he





-



 

T.

-

    

   

bra -

bra -

bra -

    -

bra -

  

    

































(8')

f

    108

S.1

ham

  

S.2

ham

A.1

A.2

T.

B.

Org.

Ped.



p

   and his

      mf

seed for -

rit.

seed for -

a tempo







ham

and his

      

seed for -

  

  



ham

and his

   

    ham

   

  



ham

   and his

  

seed for -













   p

    

   







e - ver

f

    





    



         be

to the

         







e - ver

be



to the



    

      



f



A

-

men.

a tempo







f

f

                        

ry

f

Glo - ry



-

e - ver

  



Glo - ry

rit.

    



e - ver

        

seed for -



Glo

  

and his



e - ver

  

seed for -



e - ver

         and his

15

  



  

16

 

117

S.1





        ff

S.2

be

to the

ff

   

A.1

Fa - ther

   

and to the

B.

   A 





Ped.



and to the

Son

 

Son



-



Ghost:

ff

and to the Ho - ly

Ghost:



ff          

to the Ho - ly

Ghost:



 -

 

 



  f

As



 A



 -

-



men.

 

 



















men.

A





f

As

men.





   

f





  

and to the Ho - ly



Son





ff

             

A

  



f

and



A

 

the

the

men.

  

Org.

Son



f



and to

       

Fa - ther

T.

     

        

Fa - ther

A.2





            f

  it

  it

   124

S.1

S.2

A.1

 



17

           

   

           

   

f

As

As

it was in the be - gin -

it was in the be - gin -



B.

Org.

Ped.

   A

       





e

-



- ver

shall

be:

      

  



ver shall

be:





ff

e



 -









-



men.

 











cresc



-

A

  



e - ver shall



men.

  

  



    

A



   



men.



f

and

and



 

   

and



 -



is now,

A

    

is now, and

ff

is now,

ning,

f



is now,

       

   men.



ing,

     

ning,

 

is now,

      

was in the be - gin -

T.

ing,

    

was in the be - gin -

A.2

ff

18

130

S.1

e - ver shall

S.2

  be:

mf

A.1

 

shall

mf

A.2

 

shall

T.

B.

shall



  



 

 

 

be: world



be:



cresc

be: world

 f



be:



world

end.

 



with - out

end.

 



with - out

end.

  



with - out

cresc





-



A

    

 

 



-



   

   A

men.

  





  

end.

  

men.



cresc

men.



-

  

  



A



  

with - out

cresc

world

  men.

   

Ped.



f



A

Org.

rall.

           ff

  

men.

     rall.

  

       

A

-

 A



 A

 A

    





men.

 -



men.

 -



men.

 -



men.

 -

A



fff



men.

 

 

fff

 

 







19

II. Nunc Dimittis

  

Andante con moto

136 q = 88

Soprano









 









     









Alto

Tenor

Bass







Pedals

 S.

Ped.



now



let - test





thou



                                           16' p

 































 











mf

p

140

T.

Org.

Lord,



 

A.

B.





Andante con moto

q = 88   

Organ

p



   

   















thy ser - vant

de - part

  

in peace,



   

ac - cor - ding



  

to

thy word.



                                                      







20

 























145

S.

A.

T.

B.

Org.

Ped.

 S.





Ped.

  

have seen



thy sal - va

-



tion,



which thou

 



hast pre - pared































 























 

                                                           

150

T.

Org.

 

  





A.

B.

     For mine eyes

mf



      be - fore the 





 face

   of



all

  

peo - ple.



    To

be

a





light

to

f























   

f

                                                   

21

 











A.













T.

      ligh - ten the







   

   

   

155

S.

B.

Org.

Ped.

 S.



Ped.

mf



And

   

  

to

be

the



glo - ry

of

thy

peo - ple

Is

-

 

 

p













 











160

 

T.

Org.

Gen - tiles.







                                                         

A.

B.



 



   



Lord,

now let - test



 



   



-



thou



ra - el.

   

  



 

    

thy

 

ser - vant

mf



 



   

de - part



now



  

         Lord,

in

let - test

mf

thou

  

                                                         

8'

p











22

   165

S.



A.

mf



For





mine



eyes

have





seen

thy







sal

B.

Org.

Ped.

 S.





  





  



  

thy

ser - vant

 











de - part

 in

 



mf



For



tion,



 



mine

peace.



eyes







 

thou





hast



pre



f

-

 

pared





T.

Ped.





169

A.

Org.





-





                                             

which

B.



va



peace.

T.

-



  











  

be - fore

 

have seen



thy





sal - va



the

 face

of



all



-



tion,



mp



peo - ple.

 

which thou



hast





f

pre - pared

























 

                                        









23

  







173

S.

A.

T.

B.



To



Ped.

 S.



light

to

face

light

en

   of



mp

  

all

peo - ple.

  

 

 

mp

     

And to mp

 

And to

  



mf

be

a

to

  



light mf





light

to

To



f



the Gen - tiles.





      178

To

 

be

a

 



 

 

T.



the



  

of

thy peo - ple

    



  

the

glo - ry

of

      light en the



    



light

   

en

the

thy peo - ple





Gen - tiles.





Gen - tiles.

  





glo - ry

be

Ped.





 

A.

Org.

a

  

                                                        

be

B.

be





   

f



      be - fore the



Org.



  

mf

   







   







   



  

   

Is mf

-

Is

-

And to





ra - el.

ra - el. f

be

the

   

And to

be

the

glo - ry f

of

glo - ry

of





thy

  

thy

peo - ple

Is

-

   

peo - ple



Is

-



                                                          





16'







24

 































183

S.

A.

T.

B.



     - ra - el. 



-

Ped.

 S.

ra - el.







Org.



  

       

                    







mf

T.

B.

Org.

Ped.



      and to the 



    and

the

 mf

 



and



Son,

and





       

to

        

f





A.

   

  

Glo - ry



mf

f



188



                    

8'

 

mf

Son,

and



   



to

the Ho - ly

   

to

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25

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 

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