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Sunday 5 April is the first Sunday of the month, which means the Choir of St. John’s Shaughnessy will offer the traditional Anglican service of Choral Evensong. They will be joined by singers from Christ Church Cathedral, St James Anglican Church, and MOTET to celebrate the greatest feast day of the Christian liturgical year.

This month’s music list:

Introit: Samuel Scheidt, Surrexit Christus hodie
Responses: Bernard Rose
Psalm 113: Stanley Vann
Canticles: Charles V Stanford, Evening Service in G, Op.81
Anthem: Charles V Stanford, Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
Voluntary: Louis Vierne, ‘Final’ from Symphony No.1

Though many churches are busy with Holy Week services, the celebration of the Resurrection at Easter merits the greatest outpouring of praise and thanksgiving. Come hear combined choirs singing Stanford’s powerful Ye choirs of new Jerusalem and the organ sounding the brilliant and celebratory Final of Vierne’s Organ Symphony at the apex of your Easter experience. Find hope and joy even amidst the terrors of this world, and find strength in words spoken across millennia still giving us purpose today.

Programme:

HYMNS: SNC 2, 216, 240

RESPONSES: KENNETH LEIGHTON (1929-88)

PSALM: 114, 115

CANTICLES: CHARLES WOOD (1866-1926) EVENING SERVICE IN D

ANTHEM: C.H.H. PARRY (1848-1918) HEAR MY WORDS, YE PEOPLE

 Join us for an organ crawl
featuring three magnificent pipe organs
in the Fraser Valley! 

Join us for a musical journey through the Fraser Valley! We will be visiting three stunning pipe organs, with opportunities to both hear and play each instrument.

Schedule:

10:00 am – 11:30 am: Westminster Abbey (34224 Dewdney Trunk Road, Mission)

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Good Shepherd Church (2250 150 Street, Surrey)

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Maranatha Canadian Reformed Church (12300 92 Avenue, Surrey)

RSVP: Please rsvp to mailchimp@rcco.bc.ca by April 18, 2026 if you are interested in joining so that we have an idea of how many people to expect. If you are interested in carpooling, please indicate whether you can provide a ride or need one, and let us know which area you’ll be coming from. We look forward to seeing you there!

Programme:

O GRACIOUS LIGHT (BRADLEY ELLINGBOE)

PSALM 100 (ELEANOR DALEY)

CANTICLES: MAGNIFICAT AND NUNC DIMITTIS (HERBERT MURRILL)

ANTHEM: THEY SHALL SOAR LIKE EAGLES (LAURA MANZO)

2pm: Silent movie short accompanied on the mighty Wurlitzer by Abraham Ross.

3pm: Orgelkit workshop.

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 film The Lodger was his first critical and commercial success. This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city. Accompanied live by organist Koos van Nieuwkoop on the historic Wurlitzer organ.