Editor's Note
These Preces and Responses are compiled from the liturgical music written by Coleridge-Taylor drawn largely from, and to intended complement, his Op. 18. Exact sources of the music are listed below.
 
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O Lord, open thou our lips. /And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
O God, make speed to save us. / O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; / As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen
Praise ye the Lord. / The Lord’s name be praised.
 
The lord be with you. / And with thy spirit.
 
Let us pray. / Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
[The Lord’s Prayer]
O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. / And grant us thy salvation.
O Lord, save the Queen. / And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.
Endue thy ministers with righteousness. / 
And make thy chosen people joyful.
O Lord, save thy people. / And bless thine inheritance.
Give peace in our time, O Lord. / Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
O God, make clean our hearts within us. / And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
[Amens for Collects]
 
 
Jubilate Deo: “serve the Lord with gladness”
 
Jubilate Deo: “and come before his presence with”
Nunc Dimittis: “As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen”
Now Late on the Sabbath Day: “behold there was a great earthquake”
By the Waters of Babylon: “Sing us one of the songs of Sion”
Te Deum Laudamus: “Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. O Lord let thy mercy”
In Thee, O Lord: “Amen”
Benedictus: “And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us”
Te Deum: “We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants”
Jubilate Deo: “O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands”
Jubilate Deo: “and the sheep of His pasture”
 
Lift Up Your Heads: “It is the Lord strong and mighty, ev’n the Lord mighty in battle”
 
Te Deum Laudamus: “Also the Holy Ghost, the comforter”
O Ye That Love The Lord (I), Now Late on the Sabbath Day (II), In Thee, O Lord (III), Nunc Dimittis (IV): “Amen”
 
 
First performed at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, 30 vii 2022.