Opening Processional Hymns:
Hail the day that sees him rise, Llanfair;
Æterne Rex altissime, Gonfalon Royal;
Introit Viri Galilaei Mode VII,
Falsobordone by Healey Willan (1880–1968)
Communion Service in E “Collegium Regale”,
Harold E. Darke (1888–1976)
The Nicene Creed Credo III, Mode V
with the Et Incarnatus to the setting by Tomás Luis de Victoria, (c 1548–1611)
Anthem: Ascendit Deus in jubilatione, by Peter Philips (c 1561–1628)
Words: Ascendit Deus in jubilatione, et Dominus in voce tubæ. Alleluia. Dominus in cælo paravit sedem suam. Alleluia. (God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Alleluia. The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven. Alleluia. (Ps 47:5; Ps 103:19a);
Offertory Hymn: A hymn of glory let us sing
Motet: O clap your hands together, Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Recessional Hymn: The Conqueror mounts in triumph, In Babilone
Postlude Triptych (1997) III. L’Ascensione, Ronald Perera (born 1941)
The Rev’d David Thompson, Celebrant
The Revd. Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff, Preacher;
The Music is by kind permission of the Rector, Vestry and Director of Music at the Church of the Advent
The Choir of The Church of the Advent
Mark Dwyer, DMus, Organist & Choirmaster
Andrew Scanlon, FAGO, Associate Organist & Choirmaster