St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth
Organ music for Mass during March & April 2025
Sunday Mass is 10am, weekday Mass is 9am
2nd March (8th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Before Mass: Sonata, op.28, III: Andante espressivo - Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Offertory: Rhosymedre - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Recessional: Sonata, op.28, I: Allegro maestoso - Sir Edward Elgar
9th March (1st Sunday in Lent)
No organ music
16th March (2nd Sunday in Lent)
No organ music
23rd March (3rd Sunday in Lent)
No organ music
30th March (Laetare Sunday)
Before Mass: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß (BWV 622)
Offertory: Christus, der uns selig macht (BWV 620)
Recessional: Fantasia in C minor (BWV 562)
All music is by J.S.Bach
6th April (5th Sunday in Lent)
No organ music
13th April (Palm Sunday)
No organ music
17th April (Maundy Thursday)
Before Mass: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (BWV 727) - J.S.Bach
Herzlich thut mich verlangen (Op.122, no.10) - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Offertory: Ubi caritas - Julie Ainscough
No recessional organ music
18th April (Good Friday)
No organ music
19th April (Easter Vigil)
Offertory: Christ ist erstanden (BWV 627) - J.S. Bach
Recessional: Incantation pour un jour saint - Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
20th April (Easter Sunday)
Before Mass: Fantasia on 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (BWV 695) - J.S.Bach
Offertory: Christ ist erstanden (BWV 627) - J.S.Bach
Recessional: Symphony no.6, Op.59: Final - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
27th April (Second Sunday of Easter)
Before Mass: Variations sur un Noël (Now the green blade riseth): theme and variations I, III, VI &VIII - Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Offertory: Variations on 'O Filii et Filiae - Jeanne Demessieux - (1921-1968)
Recessional: Offertoire 'O Filii et Filiae' - Jean-François Dandrieu (1684?-1740)
The Abbey Organist is Dr Julie Ainscough
