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THE TEMPLE CHURCH

Regular Services and Special Events

February 2020

Wednesday 5 February, 5.45pm

CHORAL EVENSONG IN HONOUR OF THE

ACCESSION OF HM THE QUEEN, 6 February 1952


CHORAL EVENSONG FOR ST VALENTINE’S DAY

Including: ‘If ye love me’ (Tallis), ‘I was glad’ (Parry),

‘Zadok the Priest’ (Handel), ‘Gaelic Blessing’ (Rutter),

‘Trumpet Tune’ (Purcell)

Thursday 13 February, 7.00pm

CONCERT: POULENC GLORIA

Temple Youth Choir, Temple Church Choir, Temple Singers

Tickets £10-£20

For more information and to book: www.templemusic.org


CHORAL EVENSONG

Followed by Inner Temple History Society Lecture

Frederic Reynold QC, High Principle, Low Politics and the

Emergence of the Supreme Court

Tickets are required for the Talk, innertemple.org.uk/supremecourt


CHORAL EVENSONG – ASH WEDNESDAY

This service will be broadcast live for BBC Radio 3

The congregation is asked kindly to be seated by 3.15pm.

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TEMPLE CHURCH DIARY – SPECIAL EVENTS

FEBRUARY

Tuesday 4 February, SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE LAW LECTURE SERIES

5.30 p.m. for 6.00 p.m. The Rt Hon The Baroness Hallett DBE and Tracy

Ayling QC: ‘Is the Presumption of Innocence Alive

and Well?’ 5.30pm for 6pm, followed by a

reception. Students: The reception after the

lecture forms part of the Qualifying Session. (1hr

CPD equivalent). Open to members and public.

Bookings/Cancellation by: 27 January.

For more information and to book:

[email protected]

Wednesday 5 February, CHORAL EVENSONG: In honour of the Accession

5.45 p.m. of HM The Queen (6 February 1952).

Wednesday 12 February, CHORAL EVENSONG: For St Valentine’s Day

5.45 p.m.

Thursday 13 February, CONCERT: POULENC Gloria

7.00 p.m. Temple Youth Choir, Temple Church Choir,

Temple Singers, Roger Sayer director

Tickets: £10 - £20.


www.templemusic.org

Wednesday 19 February, CHORAL EVENSONG

5.45 p.m. Followed by Inner Temple History Society

Lecture. Frederic Reynold QC, High Principle,

Low Politics and the Emergence of the Supreme

Court.

Tickets: £10.55, (£5.45 for students).

To book: innertemple.org.uk/supremecourt

020 7797 8250

Tuesday 25 February, CHORAL EVENSONG

5.45 p.m. This service will be recorded for BBC Radio 3 for

broadcast on Wednesday 25 March for the

‘Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary’. The

congregation is asked kindly to be seated

by 5.30 p.m.

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Wednesday 26 February, CHORAL EVENSONG: ASH WEDNESDAY

3.30 p.m. This service will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

and will replace our usual 5.45pm Evensong

Service. The congregation is asked kindly to be

seated by 3.15 p.m.

MARCH

Wednesday 4 March, CHORAL EVENSONG: FOR ST DAVID’S DAY

5.45 p.m. Special guests: The London Welsh Male Voice

Choir.

Tuesday 10 March, CONCERT: VIVALDI GLORIA

7.00 p.m. The Temple Singers, Temple Players, Thomas

Allery director; Rachel Ambrose Evans soprano;

Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano.

Tickets: £10-£35


www.templemusic.com

Monday 16 March, LECTURE: INNER TEMPLE HISTORY SOCIETY

6.00 p.m. Professor Caroline Barron London and the Temple

in 1270

Tickets: £10.55, (£5.45 for students)

To book: innertemple.org.uk/london 1270

020 7797 8250.

Wednesday 18 March, CHORAL EVENSONG: For St Patrick’s Day

5.45 p.m.

Wednesday 25 March, CHORAL EVENSONG: THE ANNUNCIATION OF

5.45 p.m. THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Sung by the Bar Choral Society

APRIL

Wednesday 1 April, PASSIONTIDE SEQUENCE – THE STORY OF

5.45 p.m. HOLY WEEK

Monday 6 April, A CONCERT FOR PASSOVER

7.00 p.m. Bernstein Chichester Psalms. Temple Church

Choir; Roger Sayer director; West London

Synagogue Choir, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent

director. Tickets: £10 - £25.

To book: www.templemusic.com

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Wednesday 8 April, COMPLINE AND MUSIC FROM TENEBRAE

5.45 p.m.

Thursday 9 April, CHORAL COMMUNION: MAUNDY THURSDAY

1.15 p.m. – 1.45 p.m. The Last Supper

Friday 10 April, CHORAL MATTINS: GOOD FRIDAY

11.15 a.m. The Crucifixion

Saturday 11 April, EASTER VIGIL AND FIRST COMMUNION OF

8.00 p.m. EASTER: The Easter Fire

Sunday 12 April, CHORAL COMMUNION: EASTER SUNDAY

11.15 a.m.

Wednesday 22 April, EASTER CAROL SERVICE

5.45 p.m.

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REGULAR SERVICES AND EVENTS

SUNDAY

8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)

11.15 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS and CHORAL

COMMUNION on the second and fourth Sundays

of the month.

WEDNESDAY

1.15 p.m. -1.45 p.m.

ORGAN RECITALS

The Wednesday Lunchtime Recitals will continue with

recitals by Laurence Long (5 February), Charles

Andrews (12 February) and William Fox (19

February). Due to the live broadcast on Wednesday

26 February there will be no organ recital.

THURSDAY

1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said)

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FEBRUARY

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY The Presentation of Christ in the Temple


11.15 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS – The Temple Singers

Organ Prelude Andantino in F (Elgar)

Introit Lumen ad Revelationem (Byrd)

Responses (Reading)

Psalm 48 (Bairstow)

1st Lesson Malachi 3. 1-5

Te Deum (Sumsion in G)

2nd Lesson Luke 2. 22-40

Jubilate (Plainsong)

Anthem Senex puerum portabat (Byrd)

Preacher The Reader

Organ Voluntary Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV611

(J. S. Bach)

2.00 p.m. WEDDING – Cedric Weber and Loretta Pang

4.00 p.m. BAPTISM – Ayla Grace Stanbrook Yahya

TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY

6.00 p.m. SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE LAW LECTURE SERIES

(See page 2 for details).

WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY

1.15 p.m. ORGAN RECITAL – Laurence Long All Saints, Margaret Street

5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG – For the Anniversary of HM The

Queen’s Accession (6 February 1952)

Organ Prelude Rhosymedre (Vaughan Williams)

Responses (Tomkins)

Psalm 121

1st Lesson Joshua 1. 1-10

Canticles (Stanford in A)

2nd Lesson Matthew 22. 16-22

Anthem Zadok the Priest (Handel)

Organ Voluntary Orb and Sceptre (Walton arr. McKie)

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THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY


SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY

4.00 p.m. WEDDING – Rebecca Platt and Justin Wormald

SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY Septuagesima


11.15 a.m. CHORAL COMMUNION – The Temple Singers

Organ Prelude Betrachtung op 174 (Rheinberger)

Mass Missa Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera (di Lasso)

Epistle 1 Corinthians 9. 24-end

Gradual Psalm 9 (Battishill)

Gospel Matthew 20. 1-16

Preacher The Master

Communion Anthem Deus Justus et Salvans (de Wert)

Organ Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV545 (J. S. Bach)

12.45 p.m. BAPTISM – Alexandra Stephanie Elizabeth Cullen

2.00 p.m. BAPTISM – Christopher Edward Charles McLaren


1.15 p.m. ORGAN RECITAL – Charles Andrews The Temple Church

5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG – The Temple Singers

Organ Prelude Romance (W. Lloyd Webber)

Introit If ye love me (Tallis)

Responses (Rose)

Psalm I was glad (Parry)

1st Lesson Song of Songs 8. 6-7

Magnificat (Harwood in A flat)

2nd Lesson 1 Corinthians 13

Nunc Dimittis (Harwood in A flat)

Anthem Zadok the Priest (Handel)

Blessing Gaelic Blessing (Rutter)

Organ Voluntary Trumpet tune from King Arthur (Purcell arr.

Dearnley)

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THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY


7.00 p.m. CONCERT: POULENC Gloria

Temple Youth Choir, Temple Church Choir, Temple Singers.

Roger Sayer, director; Augusta Hebbert, soprano; Charles

Andrews, organ.

Tickets: £10-£20.

For more information and to book: www.templemusic.org

SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY

1.00 p.m. WEDDING – Craig Evans and Charlotte Shanks

SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY Sexagesima


11.15 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS – The Choirmen of the Temple Church

Organ Prelude Poco allegretto (Franck)

Introit Bless the Lord O my Soul (Thalben-Ball)

Responses (Moore)

Psalm 146 (Plainsong)

1st Lesson Job 38. 1-21

Te Deum (Anerio)

2nd Lesson Colossians 1. 15-20

Jubilate (Plainsong)

Anthem Exultate justi (Viadana)

Preacher The Reader

Organ Voluntary Finale op 174 (Rheinberger)

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1.15 p.m. ORGAN RECITAL – William Fox Sub Organist at St Paul’s

Cathedral

5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG – The Temple Singers

Organ Prelude Te lucis ante terminum (Dupré)

Responses (Clucas)

Psalm 119. 137-144 (Alcock)

1st Lesson Exodus 18. 13-26

Magnificat Second Service (Leighton)

2nd Lesson Matthew 25. 31-46

Nunc Dimittis Second Service (Leighton)

Anthem Sing joyfully (Byrd)

Organ Voluntary Harmonies du soir (Karg-Elert)

Followed by Inner Temple History Society Lecture. Frederic

Reynold QC, High Principle, Low Politics and the Emergence of

the Supreme Court. Tickets: £10.55, (£5.45 for students).

To book: innertemple.org.uk/supremecourt or 020 7797 8250



SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY Quinquagesima


11.15 a.m. CHORAL COMMUNION – The Temple Church Choir

Organ Prelude A Verse (Tomkins)

Introit I sat down (Bairstow)

Mass Missa Sanci Nicolai (Haydn)

Epistle 1 Corinthians 13

Gradual Psalm 131

Gospel Luke 18. 31-43

Preacher The Master

Communion Anthem Psalm 51. 12-18 (Macmillan)

Organ Voluntary Kyrie Gott, heiliger Geist, BWV671

(J. S. Bach)

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TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY

5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG – The Temple Church Choir

For the Annunciation of The Blessed Virgin Mary - This service is

being recorded by BBC Radio 3 for broadcast on Wednesday 25

March at 3.30 p.m. The congregation is asked kindly to be

seated by 5.30 p.m.

Introit Tota pulchra es (Duruflé)

Responses (Tomkins)

Psalm 131

1st Lesson Isaiah 7. 10-14

Magnificat (Stanford in A)

2nd

Lesson Luke 1. 26-38

Nunc Dimittis (Stanford in A)

Anthem Ave Maria (Mendelssohn)

Mother of God (Tavener)

Organ Voluntary Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV733 (J. S. Bach)

WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY Ash Wednesday

3.30 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG – The Temple Church Choir

Introit Salvator Mundi (Tallis)

Responses (Tomkins)

Psalm 51 (Macmillan)

1st Lesson Isaiah 1. 10-18

Magnificat Short Service (Weelkes)

2nd Lesson Luke 15. 11-end

Nunc Dimittis Short Service (Weelkes)

Anthem Lord let me know mine end (Greene)

Come let us return (Treseder)

Organ Voluntary Fantasia in C Minor, BWV562 (J. S. Bach)

The congregation is asked kindly to be seated by 3.15 p.m.



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THE TEMPLE CHURCH: FROM THE 12th TO THE

21st CENTURY

The Church’s interior, as we can all see this evening, is as beautiful as ever. Its

ancillary spaces, however, are in decay. We are now preparing to refurbish and re-

beautify the whole ‘envelope’ surrounding the historic interior, and so to equip

the Church for its steadily increasing use – liturgical, musical, cultural and

educational – over the next hundred years, for the benefit of the Inns, our

members and the many thousands of visitors who enjoy the Church and its

events every year.

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Here is the plan:

To recover the 12th century splendour of the Round’s Great Norman Doorway;

to glaze in its porch to provide a steady temperature;

To create steps and a ramp from Inner Temple Lane down to the Doorway’s level; and so to make the Doorway the spectacular entrance

to the Church, all year round, that it once was and should be.

To reconfigure and refurbish the whole long ‘corridor’ of subterranean rooms – currently the choir-school and (woefully inadequate) loos –

that abut the Church’s north wall; and to create there a modern suite of

facilities that need to be next to the Church.

To convert the three tall and airy gables of the roof-space into the choir-school and Church-offices, bringing them all literally under one

roof.

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The current draft plan for the conversion of the Church’s roof spaces.

This is a large and expensive project, likely to take five or more years to

complete. The present preparatory stages are being run by ourselves, within the

Church. We are already in touch with a few prestigious trusts and foundations

that have expressed an interest in supporting us. We will be glad to hear from

any members of the Inns who can advise us on further and less familiar avenues

to pursue.

We look forward to enthusing those around us, in the Temple and beyond, with

the opportunities that this work will open for the far fuller and more effective

use, for the Inns’ and their members’ benefit, of this majestic and numinous

building.

To hear more, please feel free to contact:

The Rev Dr Robin Griffith-Jones The Rev Mark Hatcher

Master of the Temple Reader of the Temple

[email protected] [email protected]

020 7 353 8559 020 7 353 8559

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THE TEMPLE CHURCH Regular Services and Special Events ... · Introit Salvator Mundi (Tallis) Responses (Tomkins) Psalm 51 (Macmillan) 1st Lesson Isaiah 1. 10-18 Magnificat Short Service