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Please enter the Temple via Tudor Street.

Sung by the Temple Church Choir

Organ prelude: Komm, heiliger Geist (Buxtehude)
Introit: Come holy ghost (Tallis)
Psalm 145 
Te Deum: (Stanford in B Flat)
Benedictus: (Walford Davies Temple chant) 
Anthem: The Lord will come (Thalben Ball)
Organ voluntary: Komm, heiliger Geist BWV 651 (Bach)

This service will be live-streamed on the Church's YouTube Channel.

This recital will be live-streamed on the Church's YouTube Channel.

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Sung by the Temple Singers

Organ prelude: Dies’ sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot BWV678 (Bach)
Introit: O Lord the maker (Mundy)
Responses: Smith 
Psalm 33 (1-12) 
Deutsches Magnificat (Schutz)
Nunc dimittis (Tallis a 5 ​​​​​​)
Anthem: Purcell I was Glad 
Organ voluntary: Toccata in C BWV564 (Bach)

The History of the Temple Church, 850 extraordinary years: from the design of the Round Church (1163), perhaps the first Gothic building built in England, to match the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; through the tumultuous years of Magna Carta (1214-1215), whose hero William Marshal was buried in the Round, where his effigy still lies; the building of the Chancel (1240), a glorious hall-church planned as the burial-place of Henry III and his Queen; the 17^th and 18^th century roles of the Church and Temple in the development of our modern rule of law and in the foundation, independence and constitution of America; to the Blitz (1941) and the post-War repair of the Church. Robin is glad to answer questions about The Da Vinci Code too!  

This is a beautiful, historic and numinous place, in the therapeutic calm of the Temple just yards from the bustle of Fleet Street. To be here in the 12^th century was to be “in” Jerusalem, at the centre of the world. The Temple and its Church were central to the formation of Magna Carta, the first great bill of citizens’ rights that constrained the power of the government. It is still, over 800 years later, the professional home of the lawyers who protect those rights. It is rightly known as the Cradle of the Common Law.  

Sung by the Temple Singers

Organ prelude: Prelude in E flat BWV552 (Bach)
Introit: Prevent us O Lord (Byrd) 
Psalm 8 
Setting: Missa bel amfitrit altera (Lassus)
Anthem:  Ave Maria (Parsons)
Organ voluntary: Fugue in E flat BWV552 (Bach)

Sung by the Temple Singers

Organ prelude: Harmonies du soir (Karg-Elert)
Introit: O Praise the Lord (Batten)
Responses: Smith
Psalm 24 
Canticles: 5th service (Tomkins)
Anthem: Lobet den Herrn BWV 230 (Bach)
Organ voluntary: Lauda Sion (Karg-Elert)

The History of the Temple Church, 850 extraordinary years: from the design of the Round Church (1163), perhaps the first Gothic building built in England, to match the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; through the tumultuous years of Magna Carta (1214-1215), whose hero William Marshal was buried in the Round, where his effigy still lies; the building of the Chancel (1240), a glorious hall-church planned as the burial-place of Henry III and his Queen; the 17^th and 18^th century roles of the Church and Temple in the development of our modern rule of law and in the foundation, independence and constitution of America; to the Blitz (1941) and the post-War repair of the Church. Robin is glad to answer questions about The Da Vinci Code too!  

This is a beautiful, historic and numinous place, in the therapeutic calm of the Temple just yards from the bustle of Fleet Street. To be here in the 12^th century was to be “in” Jerusalem, at the centre of the world. The Temple and its Church were central to the formation of Magna Carta, the first great bill of citizens’ rights that constrained the power of the government. It is still, over 800 years later, the professional home of the lawyers who protect those rights. It is rightly known as the Cradle of the Common Law.  

Sung by the Temple Church Choir 

Introit: Seek ye the Lord (Thalben-Ball)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalm: 28 
Te Deum: (Johann Christian Bach)
Jubilate: Plainsong
Anthem: Blessed City (Bairstow)
Organ voluntary: Dedication march (William Lloyd Webber)

Sung by the Temple Singers

Organ prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV662 (Bach)
Introit: Hail gladdening light (Wood)
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Leighton)
Anthem: My soul there is a country (Parry)
 

The History of the Temple Church, 850 extraordinary years: from the design of the Round Church (1163), perhaps the first Gothic building built in England, to match the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; through the tumultuous years of Magna Carta (1214-1215), whose hero William Marshal was buried in the Round, where his effigy still lies; the building of the Chancel (1240), a glorious hall-church planned as the burial-place of Henry III and his Queen; the 17^th and 18^th century roles of the Church and Temple in the development of our modern rule of law and in the foundation, independence and constitution of America; to the Blitz (1941) and the post-War repair of the Church. Robin is glad to answer questions about The Da Vinci Code too!  

This is a beautiful, historic and numinous place, in the therapeutic calm of the Temple just yards from the bustle of Fleet Street. To be here in the 12^th century was to be “in” Jerusalem, at the centre of the world. The Temple and its Church were central to the formation of Magna Carta, the first great bill of citizens’ rights that constrained the power of the government. It is still, over 800 years later, the professional home of the lawyers who protect those rights. It is rightly known as the Cradle of the Common Law.  

Sung by the Temple Singers

Organ prelude: Lamento (Matthew Martin)
Introit: O hearken thou (Roxanna Panufnik)
Setting: Missa brevis in D (Mozart)
Psalm: 120 
Anthem: O sacrum convivium (Tallis)
Organ voluntary: Fugue (Matthew Martin)

Sung by the Temple Church Choir 

Organ prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Sweelinck)
Introit: Locus iste (Bruckner)                        
Responses: (Rose)                
Psalm: 122                         
Canticles: (Jackson in G )
Anthem: Blessed City, heavenly Salem  (Bairstow)
Organ voluntary: Andante maestoso (William Lloyd Webber)

The History of the Temple Church, 850 extraordinary years: from the design of the Round Church (1163), perhaps the first Gothic building built in England, to match the round Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; through the tumultuous years of Magna Carta (1214-1215), whose hero William Marshal was buried in the Round, where his effigy still lies; the building of the Chancel (1240), a glorious hall-church planned as the burial-place of Henry III and his Queen; the 17^th and 18^th century roles of the Church and Temple in the development of our modern rule of law and in the foundation, independence and constitution of America; to the Blitz (1941) and the post-War repair of the Church. Robin is glad to answer questions about The Da Vinci Code too!  

This is a beautiful, historic and numinous place, in the therapeutic calm of the Temple just yards from the bustle of Fleet Street. To be here in the 12^th century was to be “in” Jerusalem, at the centre of the world. The Temple and its Church were central to the formation of Magna Carta, the first great bill of citizens’ rights that constrained the power of the government. It is still, over 800 years later, the professional home of the lawyers who protect those rights. It is rightly known as the Cradle of the Common Law.  

Sung by the Temple Church Choir

Organ prelude: Rhapsody (Darke)
Introit: God be in my head (Rutter)
Psalm: 43
Te Deum: (Vaughan Williams in G )
Jubilate: (Plainsong)
Anthem: Et in terra pax (Vivaldi)
Organ voluntary: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV715 (Bach)