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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Organ Recital: Charles Andrews
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DESCRIPTION:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)\n- Prelude in E flat\, BWV 5
 52\n\nSigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)\n- Freu dich sehr\, o meine Seele\, o
 p 65\n\n- Lauda Sion salvatorem (‘Cathedral Windows’\, op 106)\n\nMarc
 el Dupré (1886-1971)\n- Pange lingua (‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’\, op 
 38)\n\n- Prelude & fugue in B\, op 7\n\n\nCharles Andrews is Organist of t
 he Temple Church and professor of organ and Organ co-ordinator at the Roya
 l College of Music\, continuing a long-standing connection between the two
  institutions. Charles studied at the RCM with David Graham\, Sophie-Véro
 nique Cauchefer-Choplin\, John Barstow and John Blakely with the aid of a 
 Douglas & Kyra Downie Award\, achieving the Harold Darke Memorial Prize fo
 r organ.\n\nBefore joining the Temple Church\, Charles was Associate Direc
 tor of Music at All Saints\, Margaret Street\, one of London’s most pres
 tigious music departments\, from 2011-16. Recently\, four live performance
 s with Temple Church Choir have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3\, including 
 the first performance of Carmina tempore viri by Kenneth Hesketh (nominate
 d for an Ivor Novello Award) in 2021. Engagements for 2026 include a recit
 al at St Bavo\, Haarlem in the Orgelstad concert series. A solo recital of
  British music\, recorded at the Temple Church\, was released in October 2
 025 and is available from the Temple Church shop or here\, https://orcd.co
 /templeorgan100 \n\nCharles’s playing can be heard at several weekly ser
 vices and concerts at the Temple Church\, continuing the virtuoso traditio
 n of such predecessors as George Thalben-Ball and John Birch. \n\nThe Temp
 le Church organ\nThe organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the 
 Castle of Glen Tanar\, Aberdeenshire\, and installed in 1954 in the rebuil
 t church (following war damage)\, the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ ca
 se was designed by W. E. Godfrey and installed in 1966 and is modelled on 
 drawings of the Temple’s Father Smith organ of 1688\, showing the crests
  of Inner and Middle Temple. The organ was rebuilt in 2013 by Harrison and
  Harrison of Durham and has 66 stops over four manuals. \n\nFuture recital
 s – Wednesdays at 1.15 pm\n10 June – Ben Collyer (Manchester Cathedral
 ) \n17 June – George Inscoe (St Paul’s Cathedral) \n24 June – Martin
  Ford (The Guards’ Chapel\, Westminster)\n1 July – Pingping Chen (Roya
 l College of Music)\n8 July – Gavin Phelps (Oundle Recital Award)
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SUMMARY:Choral Evensong
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DESCRIPTION:Sung by the Temple Church Choir\n\nOrgan prelude: Freu dich se
 hr\, o meine Seele (Karg-Elert)\nIntroit: The Call (Lloyd) \nResponses: C
 lucas \nPsalm 28 (Turle) \nCanticles: Noble in B minor\nAnthem: Blessed 
 City (Bairstow) \nOrgan voluntary: Lauda Sion (Karg-Elert)
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SUMMARY:Choral Mattins
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DESCRIPTION:Sung by the Temple Singers\n\nOrgan prelude: Canzonetta op 47\
 , no 3 (Reger)\nIntroit: God be in my head (Rutter)\nResponses: Byrd\nPsal
 m 37 vv 1-11\nTe Deum: Boyce in A \nBenedictus: chant by Elgar\nAnthem: O
  hearken thou (Elgar)\nOrgan voluntary: Toccata Duodecima (Muffat)
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SUMMARY:Courtney Pine presents Song (the Ballad Book)
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DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to welcome to Temple Church ground-breaking 
 saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist\, Courtney Pine CBE for an intimate 
 show with MOBO award-winning pianist\, Zoe Rahman.\n\nThe widely celebrate
 d\, multi award-winning musician has played some of the largest stages in 
 the world with a career spanning four decades and now shares his 16th stud
 io album\, SONG (The Ballad Book)\, created alongside Rahman\, with us.\nA
 t the cutting edge of the UK jazz scene and constantly pushing boundaries\
 , Pine has worked with Tate Modern and UNESCO\, is a professor of Music at
  Westminster University\, and is a widely respected TV and radio broadcast
 er – together with his CBE and OBE for services to music!
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Organ Recital: Benjamin Collyer (Manchester Cathedral)
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DESCRIPTION:Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)\n\nSymphonie-Passion\, op 23\n\ni.	L
 e Monde dans l’attente du Sauveur\nii.	Nativité\niii.	Crucifixion\niv.	
 Résurrection\n\n\nBenjamin Collyer is Sub-Organist at Manchester Cathedra
 l. Prior to commencing his current role\, Ben was the Acting Assistant Dir
 ector of Music at St Alban's Cathedral\, the Assistant Director of Music a
 t St Michael's\, Cornhill and the very first Organ Fellow of Sinfonia Smit
 h Square\, London.\nBen was a student at Chetham's School of Music under C
 hristopher Stokes and Graham Caskie\, and then studied Music at the Univer
 sity of Oxford\, graduating in 2021.\nBen held organ scholarships at Chris
 t Church Cathedral\, Oxford and then at St Paul's Cathedral\, while he beg
 an studies for a Masters in Performance.\nIn 2023\, Ben graduated from the
  Royal College of Music with a distinction in Organ performance. \nOn top 
 of his cathedral work\, Ben enjoys a varied career as an orchestral organi
 st and pianist. He regularly performs with the BBC Daily Service Singers\,
  and works with professional orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic\, t
 he Liverpool Philharmonic and Manchester Baroque.\n\n\nThe Temple Church o
 rgan\nThe organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the Castle of G
 len Tanar\, Aberdeenshire\, and installed in 1954 in the rebuilt church (f
 ollowing war damage)\, the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ case was desi
 gned by W. E. Godfrey and installed in 1966 and is modelled on drawings of
  the Temple’s Father Smith organ of 1688\, showing the crests of Inner a
 nd Middle Temple. The organ was rebuilt in 2013 by Harrison and Harrison o
 f Durham and has 66 stops over four manuals. \n\n\nFuture recitals – Wed
 nesdays at 1.15 pm\n17 June – George Inscoe (St Paul’s Cathedral) \n24
  June – Martin Ford (The Guards’ Chapel\, Westminster)\n1 July – Pin
 gping Chen (Royal College of Music)\n8 July – Gavin Phelps (Oundle Recit
 al Award)\n \nMarcel Dupré’s Symphonie-Passion			Programme notes by B
 en Collyer\n\nMarcel Dupré was a prominent French organist famed for his 
 incredible improvisatory skills. He performed over 2\,000 recitals in his 
 lifetime and was noted for his ability to perform hugely complex works fro
 m memory. He composed a large number of organ pieces\, which were often ba
 sed on his improvisations. The Symphonie-Passion (op 23) was born in just 
 this way\, as a series of improvisations during his 1921 tour of the US. E
 ach movement explores a different plainsong theme\; two of these are Chris
 tmas melodies (Jesu redemptor omnium – movement 1\, and Adeste fideles 
 – movement 2). The other two are Easter melodies (Stabat mater dolorosa 
 – movement 3\, and Adoro te devote – movement 4). \nThree years after 
 his tour\, he put pen to paper and published the Symphonie-Passion. This a
 mbitious work narrates the life of Jesus Christ over four movements.\n\n
 •	Movement 1 – ‘Le Monde dans l’attente du Sauveur’ The world aw
 aiting the Saviour\nThe piece begins with agitated chords in an unstable m
 eter – five quavers in each bar. The harmonies are very dark and ominous
 \, with huge swelling sections contrasted by quiet\, introspective moments
 . It conveys the despair and hopelessness of mankind before Jesus’ birth
 . We first catch a glimpse of the plainsong theme\, Jesu redemptor omnium 
 (Jesus\, redeemer of all) in the quiet middle section\, where the tune is 
 initially played on a solo oboe\, before being lost to chaos once more. Fi
 nally\, the theme explodes in a triumphant outburst of colour. The Saviour
  has arrived.\n\n•	Movement 2 – ‘Nativité’ \nThe second movement 
 takes us to the stable\, where Christ has just been born. The meditative o
 boe tune at the beginning is tinged with a sense of foreboding (at least\,
  that’s what I think!) almost foreshadowing what is to come. Halfway thr
 ough\, the mood completely changes and we hear a jolly new theme played by
  the 8’ and 4’ flutes. I’ve always imagined this section representin
 g the wise men plodding along the long path to the stable – perhaps gett
 ing gradually more annoyed with each other as they progress! Finally\, we 
 hear that all too famous tune Adeste fideles (O come\, all ye faithful) ar
 rive in the pedal part\, which is then explored in fragments. The movement
  finishes with a moment of stasis\; distant triads sound on the solo flute
 s\, almost like a call to battle. Christ’s fate is calling.\n\n•	Movem
 ent 3 – ‘Crucifixion’ \nThis movement is quite scary. The pedals giv
 e us a sinister descending motif\, surrounded by rich\, dark chords in the
  manuals. This motif is then explored over a huge crescendo which lasts un
 til almost the end of the piece. It really does get very loud towards the 
 end\, just as Jesus’ pain grew and grew while he was being tortured. The
  climax of this movement is reached when the organ screams a series of fra
 gmented\, dissonant chords\, surrounded by silence – Christ gives up the
  ghost. Before we move on to the final movement\, we hear a sparse\, mourn
 ful exploration of the plainsong theme Stabat mater dolorosa (The sorrowfu
 l mother stood). Mary is standing at the foot of the cross\, having seen h
 er son die. \n\n•	Movement 4 – ‘Résurrection’\nThe final movement
  of this Symphony is one gigantic crescendo\, starting with bubbling quave
 rs on the quiet foundation stops of the organ. The plainsong theme Adoro t
 e devote (I adore you devoutly) begins almost as a whisper\, gradually gro
 wing in intensity over the course of the movement. The theme turns into hu
 ge toccata\; an outpouring of love and devotion for Christ\, who has just 
 risen from the dead. Finally\, everything goes a bit bonkers. The last pag
 e of this piece is fiendish to play\, as there are so many different thing
 s going on! \n\nI do hope you enjoy this fantastic work as much as I do!
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SUMMARY:Choral Evensong
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DESCRIPTION:Sung by the Temple Church Choir\n\nSung by the Temple Church C
 hoir\n\nOrgan prelude: Rhapsody in E (Darke)\nIntroit: Seek ye the Lord (T
 halben Ball)  \nResponses: Clucas \nPsalm 72 vv 1-8 (Walmisley) \nCant
 icles: Fifth service (Tomkins)\nAnthem: Let thy hand be strengthened (Hand
 el) \nOrgan voluntary: Fantasia in G (Parry)
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SUMMARY:Holy Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Said service according to the Book of Common Prayer
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SUMMARY:Holy Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Said service according to the Book of Common Prayer\nPlease en
 ter the Temple via Tudor Street
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SUMMARY:Choral Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Sung by the Temple Singers\n\nOrgan prelude: Schmücke dich\, 
 o liebe Seele (Brahms)\nSung by the Temple Singers\n\nIntroit: O hearken t
 hou (Roxanna Panufnik) \nSetting: Missa entre vous filles (Lassus) \nPsa
 lm 120 (Garrett) \nMotet:) O sacrum convivium (Hassler)
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Organ Recital: Charles Andrews (Temple Church)
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DESCRIPTION:Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)\n\nSuite\, op 5\n\ni.	Prélude\ni
 i.	Sicilienne\niii.	Toccata\n\n\nCharles Andrews is Organist of the Temple
  Church and professor of organ and Organ co-ordinator at the Royal College
  of Music\, continuing a long-standing connection between the two institut
 ions. Charles studied at the RCM with David Graham\, Sophie-Véronique Cau
 chefer-Choplin\, John Barstow and John Blakely with the aid of a Douglas &
  Kyra Downie Award\, achieving the Harold Darke Memorial Prize for organ.\
 n\nBefore joining the Temple Church\, Charles was Associate Director of Mu
 sic at All Saints\, Margaret Street\, one of London’s most prestigious m
 usic departments\, from 2011-16. Recently\, four live performances with Te
 mple Church Choir have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3\, including the first
  performance of Carmina tempore viri by Kenneth Hesketh (nominated for an 
 Ivor Novello Award) in 2021. Engagements for 2026 include a recital at St 
 Bavo\, Haarlem in the Orgelstad concert series. A solo recital of British 
 music\, recorded at the Temple Church\, was released in October 2025 and i
 s available from the Temple Church shop or here\, https://orcd.co/templeor
 gan100 \n\nCharles’s playing can be heard at several weekly services and
  concerts at the Temple Church\, continuing the virtuoso tradition of such
  predecessors as George Thalben-Ball and John Birch. \n\nThe Temple Church
  organ\nThe organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the Castle of
  Glen Tanar\, Aberdeenshire\, and installed in 1954 in the rebuilt church 
 (following war damage)\, the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ case was de
 signed by W. E. Godfrey and installed in 1966 and is modelled on drawings 
 of the Temple’s Father Smith organ of 1688\, showing the crests of Inner
  and Middle Temple. The organ was rebuilt in 2013 by Harrison and Harrison
  of Durham and has 66 stops over four manuals.
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SUMMARY:Choral Evensong sung by the Bar Choral Society
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DESCRIPTION:Canticles: (Walmisley in D minor)\nAnthem: Greater love (Irela
 nd)\n\nThis service will be live-streamed on the Church's YouTube Channel.
  Link below
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SUMMARY:Holy Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Said service according to the Book of Common Prayer
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SUMMARY:Holy Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Said service according to the Book of Common Prayer\nPlease en
 ter the Temple via Tudor Street
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SUMMARY:Choral Mattins
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DESCRIPTION:Sung by the Temple Church Choir\n\nOrgan prelude: Cantabile (W
 idor\, Symphonie no 6)\nIntroit: Lord\, I trust thee (Handel) \nResponses
 : Clucas \nPsalm 49 vv 1-8 (Walmisley) \nTe Deum: J C Bach \nJubilate: 
 plainsong\nAnthem: Let all the world (Vaughan Williams)\nOrgan voluntary: 
 Final (Widor\, Symphonie no 6)
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SUMMARY:Bar Choral Society: A Celebration of Benjamin Britten
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DESCRIPTION:The Bar Choral Society\nGreg Morris music director\nFrancois C
 loete organist\nThe Bar Choral Society is based in the Temple with singers
  drawn from across the legal system. For their summer concert\, the cheris
 hed amateur choir offers the following programme:\n\nBritten: Te Deum in C
 \n\nBritten: Rejoice in the Lamb\n\nBritten: Hymn to the Virgin\n\nFinzi: 
 Lo! The full final sacrifice\n\nIreland: Greater Love
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SUMMARY:Choral Evensong
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DESCRIPTION:Sung by the Temple Singers\n\nOrgan prelude: Praeludium in E (
 Buxtehude)\nIntroit: O come in one to praise the Lord (Tallis)\nResponses:
  Byrd \nPsalm 136 1-8 (Ashfield) \nMagnificat: Deutsches Magnificat (Sch
 ütz) \nNunc dimittis: Byrd (Gradualia\, 1605) \nAnthem: Die Himmel erz
 ählen die Ehre Gottes (Schütz)
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SUMMARY:Holy Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Said service according to the Book of Common Prayer
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SUMMARY:Holy Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Said Service according to the Book of Common Prayer\nPlease en
 ter the Temple via Tudor Street
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URL:https://www.templechurch.com/events/services
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SUMMARY:Choral Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Sung by the Temple Church Choir\n\nIntroit: Be thou my vision 
 (Chilcott) \nSetting: Little organ mass (Haydn) \nPsalm: Psalm 100 (Stan
 ford) \nMotet: The Lord bless you and keep you (Rutter)
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SUMMARY:Spem in Alium - the 40 voice spectacular
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DESCRIPTION:The Temple Singers\nThomas Allery\, conductor\n\nThomas Tallis
 ’s monumental motet Spem in alium nunquam habui praeter in te\, Deus Isr
 ael (I have never placed my hope in any other but in You\, O God of Israel
 ) stands as one of the most extraordinary achievements in choral music. Ra
 rely performed\, it is a breathtaking feat of contrapuntal imagination\, c
 onceived for an astonishing forty independent vocal lines arranged into ei
 ght choirs of five voices each.\n\nComposed around 1572–73\, Spem in ali
 um is believed to have been first performed at Nonsuch Palace\, the Earl o
 f Arundel’s summer residence\, whose octagonal hall and surrounding balc
 onies likely inspired Tallis’s bold spatial design. The music unfolds as
  sound travels through space - surging from choir to choir\, surrounding t
 he listener in waves of resonance. Towering passages for all forty voices 
 alternate with intimate exchanges among smaller groups\, while musical ide
 as leap across the ensemble.\n\nThe result is a profoundly immersive\, alm
 ost architectural experience: a living sculpture of sound that envelops bo
 th ear and imagination.\n\nThis concert is supported by a consortium of do
 nors\, and is given to mark the retirement of The Revd Robin Griffith-Jone
 s\, Master of Temple Church.\n\nFull Programme\n\nJosquin des Prez (c.1450
 -1521): Qui Habitat (24 voices) 6'00"\nGabriel Jackson (1962-): Cecila Vir
 go (24 voices) 8'00"\nJohn Tavener (1944-2013): Hymn to the Mother of God 
 (12 voices) 2'30"\nCharles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): Latin Magnificat
  in B flat\, Op 164 (8 voices) 11'00"\nDavid Bednall (1979-): Lux Orta est
  Iusto (40 voices) 8'00"\nEric Whitacre (1970-): Lux Aurumque (8 voices) 4
 '00"\nAndrea Gabrieli (1533-1585): Maria stabat ad monumentum (6 voices) 5
 '00"\nJohn Taverner (1490-1545): Dum transisset Sabbatum (6 voices) 8'00"\
 nThomas Tallis (c.1505-1585): Spem in Alium (40 voices) 9'00"
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SUMMARY:The King Shall Rejoice: A Baroque Coronation
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DESCRIPTION:Temple Church Choir\nThe Temple Players\nThomas Allery\, condu
 ctor\n\nThe Temple Church Choir\, one of London’s foremost liturgical en
 sembles\, ignites a display of royal splendour in the magnificent historic
  surroundings of Temple Church. At the heart of the programme are Handel
 ’s glorious Coronation Anthems\, including the electrifying Zadok the Pr
 iest and the majestic Let thy Hand be strengthened\, works written to cele
 brate the power\, pageantry\, and ceremony of the British monarchy.\n\nAlo
 ngside these\, the concert features a rich selection of Baroque music comp
 osed for royal occasions\, bringing to life the brilliance and grandeur of
  the age. Set within the soaring acoustics and centuries-old walls of Temp
 le Church\, this performance promises an evening of ceremonial brilliance\
 , dramatic contrasts\, and resplendent choral sound - where history\, arch
 itecture\, and music converge in spectacular fashion.\n\nProgramme\n\nG F 
 Handel (1685-1759): Overture to Solomon\nFrancesco Durante (1684-1755): Ma
 gnificat\nG F Handel: Let thy Hand be strengthened\nWilliam Boyce (1711-17
 79): Symphony no. 1\nWilliam Boyce: The King shall rejoice\nG F Handel: Za
 dok the Priest
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LOCATION:The Temple Church\, London
URL:https://www.templemusic.org/concerts/the-king-shall-rejoice-a-baroque-
 coronation
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