WELLS CATHEDRAL VOLUNTARY CHOIR REPERTOIRE
Abbreviations:
column 3: Anthems for Choirs AC, Tudor Anthems TA, Carols for Choirs Cfc, Advent
Carols for Choirs Adv
column 4: Mattins M, Eucharist C, Evensong E, Advent to Epiphany *, Introit
I, Wedding W, Funeral F
Anthems & Motets
| Composer | Title or first line | Music Source | Special suitability |
| Anon. | Fader of Heven (S&A) | sheet | |
| ANDREWS | Before dawn | sheet | * |
| ASHFIELD Robert | The Fair Chivalry | sheet | |
| ATTWOOD Thomas | O God, who by the leading of a Star | sheet | * |
| ATTWOOD Thomas | Teach me thy way | AC1 196 | |
| BACH J.S. | Awake us Lord | AC1 34 | |
| BACH J.S. | How shall I fitly greet thee | sheet | |
| BACH J.S. | Jesu joy of man's desiring | sheet | W |
| BACH J.S. | Up Up! My heart with gladness | AC1 206 | W |
| BACH J.S. | God is living | AC1 212 | |
| BACH J.S. | Wachet Auf! (in english) | Adv 211 | * |
| BAINTON Edgar L | And I saw a new heaven | sheet | F |
| BAIRSTOW Edward C | Blessed city, Heavenly Salem | ||
| BAIRSTOW Edward C | I sat down under his shadow | AC1 74 | W |
| BAIRSTOW Edward C | Let all mortal flesh keep silence | AC4 88 | C |
| BALFOUR GARDINER | Evening Hymn | sheet | E |
| BARCROFTE George | O Almighty God | AC1 112 | |
| BATTEN Adrian | Sing we merrily | sheet | |
| BATTEN Adrian | Haste thee, O God | AC1 64 | |
| BAX Arnold | Lord thou hast told | AC4 28 | |
| BENNETT Sterndale | Abide with me | sheet | |
| BENNETT Richard R. | What sweeter music | Cfc3 192 | C |
| BERLIOZ Hector | The shepherds' farewell | Cfc1 142 | * |
| BLOW John | Praise the Lord ye servants | AC1 174 | |
| BOURGEOIS | O strength & stay | AC1 156 | |
| BRAHMS Johannes | Ah thou poor world | AC1 10 | |
| BRAHMS Johannes | How Lovely are thy dwellings | sheet | F W |
| BRITTEN Benjamin | New Year Carol | CfC2 64 | * |
| BRUCKNER Anton | Christus factus est | sheet | |
| BRUCKNER Anton | Locus Iste | sheet | |
| BULLOCK Sir Ernest | Come Holy Ghost | sheet | |
| BULLOCK Sir Ernest | Give us the wings of faith | sheet | |
| BYRD William | Ave verum Corpus | TA44 | C |
| BYRD William | Awake us Lord | AC1 34 | |
| BYRD William | Beati mundo corda | sheet | |
| BYRD William | Justorum Animae | TA 131 | |
| BYRD William | Haec Dies | TA 84 | |
| BYRD William | Laetentur Coeli | TA 137 | |
| BYRD William | Miserere mei | TA157 | C |
| BYRD William | Sing Joyfully | TA287 | |
| BYRD William | Teach me O Lord | TA 298 | |
| CAMPBELL S.S. /SHAW | Praise to God in the highest | AC1 179 | |
| CARTER (Arr.) | Angelus ad Virginem | Adv 24 | * |
| CHILCOTT Bob | Be Thou my vision | sheet | W |
| CHILCOTT Bob | Nova! Nova! | Adv 137 | * |
| CLEOBURY Stephen (Arr.) | Joys Seven | 100 CfC 316 | * |
| COCKERHAM Michael (Arr.) | Be still for the glory of the Lord | sheet | |
| CORNELIUS Peter | The Three Kings | sheet | * |
| CORREA Carlos | O Vos Omnes | AC1 163 | |
| CROTCH William | Lo! Star led chiefs | sheet | * |
| DRAYTON Paul | The Spacious Firmament | sheet | |
| DRAYTON Paul | Jesu Dulcis Memoria | AC4 166 | C |
| DYSON George | Be Strong | sheet | |
| EBELING J.G. | All my heart this night | CFC2 12 | * |
| ELGAR Edward | Ave Verum Corpus | sheet | |
| ELGAR Edward | Fear Not O Land | sheet | |
| ELGAR Edward | The Spirit of the Lord (Apostles) | sheet | |
| ELGAR Edward | Give unto the Lord | sheet | |
| FARRANT Richard | Call to remembrance | TA50 | |
| FARRANT Richard | Lord for thy tender mercy's sake | TA152 | |
| FARRANT Richard | Hide not thy face | ||
| FORD Thomas | Almighty God, which hast me brought | AC1 28 | M |
| FAURE Gabriel | Sanctus & In Paradisum from Requiem | sheet | C |
| FAURE Gabriel | Tantum Ergo | sheet | C |
| FAURE Gabriel | Cantique de Jean Racine | sheet | |
| FERGUSON Barry | Fairest Lord Jesus | sheet | |
| FERGUSON Barry | People look East | Adv 157 | * |
| FLETCHER Percy | Ring out wild bells | sheet | * |
| FRANK César | Panis Angelicus | sheet | W |
| FRANK César | Psalm 150 | sheet | |
| GIBBONS Orlando | Veni Creator | sheet | |
| GIBBONS Orlando | O Lord in thy Wrath | TA231 | |
| GIBBONS Orlando | Hosanna! To the son of David | TA99 | * |
| GIBBONS Orlando | Record of John | sheet/TA 318 | |
| GIBBONS Orlando | Song 44 | AC1 46 | |
| GIBBONS Orlando | Song 46 | AC1 30 | * |
| GIBBONS Orlando | Three part Amen (Coronation) | sheet | |
| GOLDSCHMIDT Otto | A Tender Shoot | Adv 31 | * |
| GOSS John | O pray for the peace of Jerusalem | AC1 146 | |
| GOUNOD Charles | Ave Maria | ||
| GREENE Maurice | Thou visitest the earth | sheet | Harvest |
| HADLEY Patrick | My beloved spake | sheet | W |
| HANDEL George F. | And the glory of the Lord | Members' copies | * |
| HANDEL George F. | The King shall rejoice | sheet | |
| HARE Ian | Thou O God art praised | AC4 94 | |
| HARRIS William H | All Creatures of Our God | sheet | W |
| HARRIS William H | Come down O love divine | sheet | W |
| HARRIS William H | Faire is the Heaven | AC4 100 | |
| HARRIS William H | Let my prayer come up | sheet | |
| HAYDN Joseph | The heavens are telling | sheet | |
| HENN-MACRAE Douglas | Introit for Feast of Candlemas | sheet | |
| HILTON John | Lord for thy tender mercies' | TA152 | |
| HODDINOTT Alun | Puer natus | AdvC 7 | * |
| HOLROYD Dudley J | Dormi Jesu | sheet | * |
| HOLST Gustav | This have I done for my true love (Tomorrow shall be my dancing day) | sheet | |
| HOLST Gustav | Turn back O man | sheet | |
| HOLST Gustav | St. Cecilia | sheet | |
| HOWELLS Herbert | Behold O God our defender | sheet | |
| HOWELLS Herbert | Here is the little door | sheet | * |
| HOWELLS Herbert | Like as the Hart | AC4 158 | |
| HOWELLS Herbert | O pray for the peace of Jerusalem | sheet | |
| IRELAND John | Greater Love Hath No Man | sheet | |
| IVES Grayston | This is the record of John | Adv 187 | * |
| JACKSON Francis | Lift up your heads | AC4 43 | |
| JACQUES Reginald (Arr.) | Away in a Manger | CfC1 3 | * |
| JOUBERT | O Lord the maker of al thing | sheet | |
| KING | Ave Maris Stella | sheet | * |
| LAURIDSEN Morten | O Magnum Mysterium | sheet | |
| LEDGER Philip | Adam lay y-bounden | sheet | * |
| LE FLEMING | The Lord is my Shepherd | sheet | W |
| LEIGHTON Kenneth | Hymn to the Trinity | AC4 67 | |
| LEIGHTON Kenneth | Let All the World | sheet | |
| LEIGHTON Kenneth | Solus ad victiman | AC1 13 | |
| LLOYD Richard | Drop down ye heavens | Adv 61 | |
| LLOYD WEBBER Andrew | Pie Jesu | sheet | |
| McKIE William | We wait for Thy loving | AC4 77 | W |
| McPHERSON (arr) | Shepherd's Cradle Song | sheet | * |
| MAWBY Colin | Choral Alleluia | sheet | |
| MATHIAS William | A babe is born | sheet | |
| MATHIAS William | Lift up your heads | AC1 81 | |
| MATHIAS William | Make a joyful noise | sheet | |
| MENDELSSOHN Felix | Hear Ye Israel/Be Not Afraid | sheet | |
| MENDELSSOHN Felix | How lovely are the messengers | Adv 92 | * |
| MENDELSSOHN Felix | Sleepers wake! | AC1 192 | * |
| MENDELSSOHN Felix | Verleih uns Frieden | ESM 208 | |
| MESSIAEN Olivier | O Sacrum Conviviume | sheet | |
| MILLINGTON Andrew | Sing we merrily | sheet | I |
| MORGAN Paul | Sing unto the Lord | sheet | I |
| MORRIS | Except the Lord | sheet | |
| MOZART W.A | Ave Verum | sheet | |
| MOZART W.A. | Laudate Dominum | sheet | |
| MUDD Thomas | Let thy merciful ears | TA147 | |
| NAYLOR Edward W. | Eastern Monarchs | sheet | * |
| NEAR Gerald | These is no rose | Adv 184 | * |
| ORD Boris | Adam Lay Y-Bounden | Cfc2 10 | * |
| OUSELEY F.A. GORE | From the rising of the sun | AC1 49 | |
| PALESTRINA G.P.da | Matins Responsory | Cfc2 68/Adv 130 * | |
| PARRY C.Hubert H. | I was glad when they said | sheet | |
| PARSONS Robert | Ave Maria | TA 32 | |
| PART Arvo | Bogoroditsye dyevo | Adv 46 | * |
| PHILIPS Peter | Ascendit Deus | TA 22 | |
| PITONI Guiseppe O | Cantate Domino | AC1 44 | I W |
| POSTON Elizabeth | The apple tree | Adv 113 | * |
| POULENC Francis | Salve Regina | ESM 275 | |
| PLUMSTEAD | Close Thine Eyes | sheet | |
| PURCELL Henry | Rejoice in the Lord alway | sheet | W |
| PURCELL Henry | Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts | sheet | F |
| PURCELL Henry | Man that is born of woman | sheet | F |
| PURCELL Henry | O God The King of Glory | AC1 136 | |
| RACHMANINOV Sergei | To Thee O Lord | AC1 203 | F |
| RAVENSCROFT Thomas | Remember O thou man | Adv 170 | * |
| REDFORD | Rejoice in the Lord alway | sheet | W |
| RHEINBURGER Joseph G. | Benedictus Dominus | ex Guildford | |
| RIDOUT Alan | A pure river of water | AC4 63 | |
| RUDOLPH Glenn | Veiled in darkness | Adv 199 | * |
| RUTTER John | All Things Bright & Beautiful | sheet | W |
| RUTTER John | A Gaelic Blessing | sheet | W |
| RUTTER John | O Clap your hands | AC4 53 | |
| RUTTER John | St. Patrick's Blessing | sheet | |
| RUTTER John | The Lord bless you and keep you | sheet | W |
| RUTTER John | The Lord is my shepherd | sheet | W |
| RUTTER John | Christ the Lord is risen again | AC4 33 | |
| RUTTER John | Nativity carol | Cfc2 16 | * |
| RUTTER John | Star carol | Cfc3 157 | * |
| RUTTER John (arr) | Twelve days of Christmas | sheet | * |
| RUTTER John | Wexford carol | Cfc3 69 | * |
| SCHUBERT Franz | Ave Maria | sheet | W |
| SCHUBERT Franz | Holy, Holy, Holy | sheet | |
| de SEVERAC Deodat | Tantum Ergo | sheet | |
| SHEPHARD Richard | Jesu Dulcis Memoria | sheet | |
| STAINER John | How Beautiful upon the Mountains | sheet/Adv 87 | F W* |
| STAINER John | I Saw The Lord | sheet | |
| STANFORD Charles V. | Beati quorum via | sheet | |
| STANFORD Charles V. | Coelos Ascendit | sheet | |
| STANFORD Charles V | Justorum animae | sheet | |
| STANFORD Charles V. | O For A Closer Walk | AC1 142 | |
| STANFORD Charles V. | Ye Choirs of new Jerusalem | AC1 215 | |
| STRAVINSKY Igor | Ave Maria | ESM 323 | W |
| TALLIS Thomas | Verily, I Say Unto You | AC1 208 | C |
| TALLIS Thomas | If Ye Love Me | TA122 | |
| TALLIS Thomas | O nata lux | TA248 | |
| TALLIS Thomas | Salvator Mundi | TA 273 | |
| TANNER Stephen | Christ the Lord is risen again | sheet | |
| TAVERNER John | The Lamb | sheet | * |
| TCHAIKOVSKY Pyotr Ilyich | Hymn to the Trinity | sheet | |
| TERRY Richard Runciman | Myn Liking | Cfc2 84 | * |
| TURNER C. Kenneth | O Trinity | AC1 159 | |
| TYE Christopher | A sound of angels | AC1 7 | * |
| TYE Christopher | O come ye servants of the Lord | AC1 120 | |
| VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS R | The truth from above | Cfc2 202/Adv 194* | |
| VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS R | Antiphon/ 5 Mystical Songs | sheet | |
| VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS R | O Taste & See | sheet | C |
| VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS R | O how amiable | sheet | |
| VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS R | All people that on earth | sheet | |
| VIADANA Lodovico | Exsultate justi | ESM 344 | |
| VICTORIA | O quam gloriosum | sheet | |
| WAGNER Richard | O Christ, O blessed Lord | AC1 117 | C |
| WAGNER Richard | Brautlied (Bridal March) from Lohengrin | sheet | W |
| WALFORD DAVIES Henry | God be in my Head | sheet | W F |
| WALFORD DAVIES Henry | The Holly & The Ivy | Cfc2 196 | * |
| WALKER Fredrik | Lead Kindly Light | sheet | |
| WALTON William | Set me as a seal | sheet | W |
| WALTON William | Litany (Drop, drop, slow tears) | sheet | |
| WARLOCK Peter | Bethlehem Down | sheet | * |
| WEELKES Thomas | Alleluis I heard a voice | TA 1 | |
| WEELKES Thomas | When David heard | TA343 | * |
| WEELKES Thomas | Hosanna to the son of David | TA 113 | * |
| WESLEY Samuel Sebastian | Exultate Deo | sheet | |
| WESLEY Samuel Sebastian | Blessed be the God and Father | sheet | W |
| WESLEY Samuel Sebastian | Lead me Lord | AC1 78 | W |
| WESLEY Samuel Sebastian | Thou wilt keep him | sheet | F |
| WHITLOCK Percy | Be still my soul | sheet | |
| WHITLOCK Percy | Hear O my Lord | sheet | F |
| WILLCOCKS David | Of the Father's heart begotten | Cfc2 128 | * |
| WOOD Charles | O thou the central orb | AC4 9/Adv 149 | |
| WOOD Charles | Hail! Blessed virgin | Cfc2 50 | * |
| WOOD Charles | Hail Gladdening light | sheet | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |||
| ARCHER Malcolm | Advent Wreath Prayer 3 | Adv 16 | * |
| ed: Stephen Cleobury - Advent Antiphon | O key of David | Adv 5 | * |
| ed: Stephen Cleobury - Advent Antiphon | O Morning Star | Adv 6 | * |
| ed: Stephen Cleobury - Advent Antiphon | O Emmanuel | Adv 7 | * |
| ed: Mary Berry - Advent Antiphon | O Virgo Virginum | Adv 10 | * |
| EVENSONG CANTICLE SETTINGS | |||
| ANDREAS Carolus | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis (plainsong) | all sheet | |
| ATKINS | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in G | ||
| BREWER | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittisin D | ||
| BRICE Tim | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis | ||
| BUXTERHUDE Dietrich | Magnificat | ESM 84 | |
| COCKERHAM Michael | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in Ab | sheet | |
| DYSON George | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in F | ||
| DYSON George | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in D | ||
| GIBBONS Orlando | Short Service | ||
| GOODALL Howard | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in G | ||
| HOLROYD Dudley | Magnificat/NuncDimittis in D | ||
| HOLROYD Dudley | Lighten our darkness | ||
| HOWELLS Herbert | Coll. Reg. | ||
| IRELAND John | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis | ||
| JACKSON Francis | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in G | ||
| KELLY Brian | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in C | ||
| LLOYD Richard | Hereford Service | ||
| MOORE Philip | Magnificat (3rd Service) | ||
| MORLEY Thomas | Short Evening Service | ||
| MURRILL Herbert Henry J | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in E | ||
| NOBLE Tertius. | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in B minor | ||
| ODAM George | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in F | ||
| PARSONS Robert | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis | ||
| ROOTHAM Cyril Bradley | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in G | ||
| SMART Henry | Magnificat in B flat | ||
| STAINER John | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in B flat | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in B flat | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in A | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in C | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in G | ||
| STONE Robert | The Lord's Prayer | ||
| SUMSION Herbert W | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in G | ||
| TYE / PARSLEY | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in G minor | ||
| WALMISLEY Thos A. | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in D minor | ||
| WALMISLEY Thos A | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in B flat | ||
| WESLEY | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in E | ||
| WOOD Charles | Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis in E flat No 2 | ||
| WOOD Charles | Magnificat/Nunc Dimttis in F | ||
| MORNING CANTICLE SETTINGS | |||
| BRITTEN Benjamin | Jubilate Deo | AC4 140 | |
| BRITTEN Benjamin | Te Deum | sheet | |
| HOLROYD Dudley | Benedicite in D | ||
| HOLROYD Dudley | Jubilate Deo in D | ||
| ODAM George | Benedicite in G | ||
| ODAM George | Te Deum & Jubilate | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Jubilate Deo B flat | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Benedicite in C | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Benedictus in C | Adv 38 | |
| STANFORD Charles V. | Te Deum in B flat | ||
| SUMSION Herbert W | Te Deum in G | ||
| SUMSION Herbert W | Benedicite in B flat | ||
| MASS SETTINGS | |||
| BYRD William | 5 part Mass (Latin) | all sheet | |
| CASSEDA | Mass in E minor | ||
| CHARPENTIER | Mass de minuit (Latin) | ||
| COCKERHAM Michael | Norwegian Mass in E (English) | ||
| DARKE Harold | Communion Service in E | ||
| FAURE Gabriel | Messe Basse | ||
| HAYDN F. Joseph | Missa Sancti Nicolai (Latin) | ||
| HOWELLS Herbert | Communion Collegium Regale | ||
| IRELAND John | Holy Communion Office in C (English) | ||
| MATHIAS William | Communion Service | ||
| PALESTRINA G.P.da | Missa Brevis (Latin) | ||
| PRAETORIUS H. | Angelus ad pastores | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Communion Service in B flat | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Communion Service in C/F | ||
| STANFORD Charles V | Gloria (Coronation Setting 1911) | ||
| VICTORIA | Requiem Mass for 6 Voices | ||
| WILLAN Healey | Missa Brevis | ||
| WILLS | Missa Brevis | ||
| LONGER WORKS (with date sung) | |||
| BRITTEN Benjamin | A Ceremony of Carols | 24Nov96 | Borrowed/library |
| BRITTEN Benjamin | Rejoice in the lamb | 26Apr97 | " " |
| HANDEL George F | Messiah (with arias as readings) | 9Dec00 | Members Own copies |
| HAYDN F. Joseph | Te deum for Marie Therese | 26Apr97 | sheet |
| MENDELSSOHN | Ave Maria | 10Oct98 | sheet |
| PARRY C Hubert.H. | Blest pair of sirens | 26Apr97 | sheet |
| STAINER John | Crucifixion | 20Apr00 | Borrowed/Wedmore PCC |
| VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS R | Towards the unknown region | 02Jun00 | |
| PRECES & RESPONSES | |||
| AYLEWARD Richard | 1626-1669 | ||
| BYRD William | c1543-1623 | ||
| CLUCAS Humphrey | ?living (©1964) | ||
| EBDON Thomas | living | ||
| LLOYD Richard | living | ||
| READING John | d1692 | ||
| ROSE Bernard | |||
| TOMKINS Thomas | 1572-1656 | ||
| SMITH William | 1603-1645 | 5 part (with Stone Lord's Prayer & Holroyd Evening Collect) | |
| TALLIS Thomas | c1505-1585 | Festal Responses | |
| TANNER Stephen | 1994 | ||
| (also in stock but not currently in use: Morley, Smith 4 part, Philip Moore, John Brooks) | |||
| FINAL RESPONSES | |||
| HOLROYD Dudley J | Eucharist | ||
| LUNT Helen | Eucharist | ||
| NAYLOR Edward | Mattins/Evensong | (ferial) |