Preces, Responses & Dismissal (Jackson) — Choir of St Mary's Cathedral

Описание: Choral Evensong from St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh. The Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Matthew Owens, perform unaccompanied choral settings of the Preces (0:01), Responses (1:12), and Dismissal (6:36), all by Gabriel Jackson. All three tracks appear on the 2005 disk 'Gabriel Jackson: Sacred Choral Works', available on iTunes through Delphian Records.

St Mary's is unique in Scotland for maintaining a tradition of daily choral service and prayer. The cathedral choristers—boys as well as girls, who were welcomed into the ranks at St Mary's decades before they were singing in any other UK cathedral—are educated at St Mary's Music School, an independent specialist music school whose pupils are all either choristers or instrumentalists.

[ The Preces, text: ]

P: O Lord, open thou our lips.
R: And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
P: O God, make speed to save us.

R: O Lord, make haste to help us.
P: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

R: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

P: Praise ye the Lord.

R: The Lord's Name be praised.

[ The Responses, text: ]

P: The Lord be with you.
R: And with thy spirit.
P: Let us pray.

R: Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen
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P: O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.

R: And grant us thy salvation.

P: O Lord, save the Queen.

R: And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

P: Endue thy Ministers with righteousness.

R: And make thy chosen people joyful.

P: O Lord, save thy people.

R: And bless thine inheritance.

P: Give peace in our time, O Lord.

R: Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

P: O God, make clean our hearts within us.

R: And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

P: We beseech thee, O Lord: pour thy grace into our hearts, that as we have known the Incarnation of Thy son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion may we be brought unto the glory of His resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord.

R: Amen.

P: O, God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed, give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments and also that by Thee, we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.

R: Amen.

P: Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee O Lord; we pray: and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ.

R: Amen.

[ Dismissal, text: ]

P: The Lord be with you.
R: And with thy spirit.
P: Let us bless the Lord.
R: Thanks be to God!