Helmsley Chamber Choir
Helmsley Chamber Choir sing at Choral Evensong on the first Sunday of each month at 6pm. They rehearse on Wednesday evenings from 7:30pm.
Some examples of the repertoire sung by the choir recently include:
Introits and Anthems
Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake (Farrant/Hilton)
If ye love me (Tallis)
Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Bach)
O sing joyfully (Batten)
Almighty and everlasting God (Gibbons)
Ave verum (Mozart)
Ave verum (Byrd)
Ave Maria (Victoria)
Christe, adoramus te (Monteverdi)
Exsultate just (Viadana)
Thou knowest, Lord (H. Purcell)
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace (Wesley)
View me Lord (Lloyd)
Canticles
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor (Walmisley)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E minor (D. Purcell)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B minor (Noble)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from the Short Service (Gibbons)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from the Fourth Evening Service (Batten)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from the Short Evening Service in the Dorian Mode (Tallis)
Preces and Responses
Smith
Reading
Ayleward
Tomkins
Byrd
If you are interested in joining the choir, then please contact the choirmaster for further information.
Email: keithjohnson565@hotmail.com
Choral Evensong
Choral Evensong is a beautiful evening service held at 6pm on the first Sunday of the month. It is a traditional language Book of Common Prayer Evensong and provides the opportunity to hear the Helmsley Chamber Choir and our Harrison and Harrison pipe organ. In addition to the introit, responses, psalm, canticles and anthem sung by the choir, there are four congregational hymns and a concluding organ voluntary.
Sunday Eucharist
The Sung Eucharist with music is held at 9:30am every Sunday.
The Organ
The present pipe organ was rebuilt by Harrison and Harrison in 1931 with an oak case by Leslie Moore. This rebuild incorporated the majority of the original pipework from the earlier Walker Organ dating back to 1868.
The organ can be heard each week at the 9:30am Sunday Eucharist and also at Choral Evensong on the first Sunday of the month at 6pm.