Music that stirs the soul … offering choral singing to everyone in the Diocese of Manchester 
The Diocese of Manchester and St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London are working together to bring beautifully inspiring music to local churches. Please join us for a series of choral concerts led by the talented Sing my Soul Choral Scholars. All are invited to these services, with no need to book.
| Wed 2nd Oct | 8 pm | Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Sat 5th Oct | 1 pm | Great Sacred Music at St Stephen’s Audenshaw |
| 2 pm | Choral Evensong: Come and Sing the Anthem at St Stephen’s Audenshaw | |
| Sun 6th Oct | 4.30 pm | Come and Sing at Oldham Parish Church |
| Wed 9th Oct | 8 pm | Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Wed 16th Oct | 8 pm | Choral Evensong (Come and Sing / bring a friend) at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Wed 23rd Oct | 8 pm | Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Sun 27th Oct | 4.30 pm | Come and Sing at Oldham Parish Church |
| Wed 30th Oct | 8 pm | Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Sat 2nd Nov | 1 pm | Great Sacred Music at St Stephen’s Audenshaw |
| 4 pm | All Souls Requiem at St Hilda’s, Audenshaw | |
| Wed 6th Nov | 8 pm | Choral Evensong at St Paul's Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Sun 10th Nov | 7 pm | 'Dreamspace' performance in Sacred Trinity, Salford |
| Wed 13th Nov | 8 pm | Choral Evensong (Come and Sing/ bring a friend) at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Wed 20th Nov | 8 pm | Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Wed 27th Nov | 8 pm | Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Sat 30th Nov | 1 pm | Great Sacred Music at St Stephen’s Audenshaw |
| 2 pm | Evensong at St Stephen’s Audenshaw | |
| Sun 1st Dec | 4.30 pm | Come and Sing at Oldham Parish Church |
| Wed 4th Dec | 8 pm | A Christmas Celebration at St Paul’s Withington |
| 8.30 pm | Refreshments | |
| Fri 6th Dec | 6.30 pm | A Christmas Celebration at Holy Innocents Fallowfield |
Autumn Term Music List: St Stephen’s and St Hilda’s, Audenshaw
Saturday 5th October
Theme: Harvest
Choir: Look at the world – John Rutter
Hymn: Come, ye thankful people, come
Choir: Harvest Carol – June Nixon
Choir: Thou visitest the earth – Maurice Greene
Choir: Benedicite in G – Francis Jackson
Hymn: For the fruits of all creation (East Acklam)
Choir: All good gifts (from ‘Godspell’) – Stephen Schwartz arr. John LeAvitt
Saturday 2nd November
Theme: All Saints
Choir: O quam gloriosum – Victoria
Hymn: For all thy saints, O Lord (Mount Ephraim)
Choir: Hark! I hear the harps eternal – Trad. hymn arr. Alice Parker (Lawson-Gould)
Choir: Give us the wings of faith – James Whitbourn (Chester Music)
Choir: Christus est stella – Will Todd (OUP)
Hymn: For all the Saints (Sine Nomine)
Choir: When the Saints go marching in – arr. John Rutter (OUP)
Saturday 2nd November
Mass setting: Requiem Victoria
Motet: Justorum animae Stanford
Saturday 30th November
Theme: Advent
Choir: Jesus Christ the apple tree – Elizabeth Poston
Hymn: O come, O come Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel)
Choir: E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz
Choir: A spotless rose – Becky McGlade
Choir: A tender shoot – Kerensa Briggs
Hymn: Long ago, prophets knew (Personent Hodie)
Choir: People, look East – Christopher Steel
Autumn Term Music List: St Paul’s Withington
Wednesday 2nd October
Readings: 1 Maccabees 3.42-end, Mark 15.33-41
Introit: Hail gladdening light Wood
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 93
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Anthem: Abendlied Rheinberger
Hymn: Lord of all hopefulness (Slane)
Wednesday 9th October
Readings: 1 Maccabees 7.1-20, John 13.21-30
Introit: The Call Lloyd
Responses: Forbes L’Estrange
Psalm 119.129-136
Canticles: Noble in B minor
Anthem: Upon your heart Eleanor Daley
Hymn: Now thank we all our God (Nun danket)
Wednesday 16th October
Readings: 2 Maccabees 7: 1-19, John 15: 18-end
Introit: Almighty and everlasting God Gibbons
Responses: Tomkins
Psalm 136
Canticles: Short Service Gibbons
Anthem: Sing joyfully Byrd
Hymn: Glory to thee, my God (Tallis’ Canon)
Wednesday 23rd October
Readings: Micah 3, John 17.20-end
Introit: Oculi omnium Wood
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 13
Canticles: Walmisley in D minor
Anthem: Love bade me welcome Judith Weir
Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling (Blaenwern)
Wednesday 30th October
Readings: Habakkuk 1: 1-11, John 19: 31-end
Introit: Holy is the true light Harris
Responses: Forbes L’Estrange
Psalm 119: 33-40
Canticles: Lucy Walker
Anthem: Give us the wings of faith Whitbourn
Hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Wednesday 6th November
Readings: Isaiah 2. 1-11, Matthew 2.16-end
Introit: Justorum animae Stanford
Responses: Tomkins
Psalm 112
Canticles: Sumsion in A
Anthem: And I saw a new heaven Bainton
Hymn: Abide with me (Eventide)
Wednesday 13th November
Readings: Isaiah 6, Matthew 5.21-27
Introit: In Remembrance Eleanor Daley
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm 119. 81-88
Canticles: Stanford in G
Anthem: Standing as I do before God Cecilia McDowall
Hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
Wednesday 20th November
Readings: Isaiah 10.20-32, Matthew 8. 1-13
Introit: When in our music God is glorified Stanford
Responses: Forbes L’Estrange
Psalm 73. 1-3, 16-25
Canticles: Wood in E flat no. 2
Anthem: A Hymn to St Cecilia Howells
Hymn: Angel voices ever singing (Angel voices)
Wednesday 27th November
Readings: Isaiah 19, Matthew 10.16-33
Introit: King of glory, King of peace Grayston Ives
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm 121
Canticles: Ben Parry in G
Anthem: Christus vincit James MacMillan
Hymn: How shall I sing that majesty (Coe Fen)