Singing Psalms through the Night
Kerkennacht starts on Saturday June 24 in Utrecht east this year and with something special in the English Church. The three churches around the Wilhelminapark begin at 18.00 with an ecumenical Vesper in the Antonius Chapel of the Roman Catholic St. Aloysius Church. At 19:00 the doors will be open in this church as well as the Protestant Wilhelmina Church and the Anglican Holy Trinity Church.
Two churches close their doors at 22.30 but not Holy Trinity Church. There we will sing (as in Job 35 and Acts 16) Psalms through the Night. The choir of our church, with the cooperation of others, will be singing all the Psalms in the great variety of ways we know in the Netherlands during the 12 hours after opening the doors on Saturday evening at 19:00. Undoubtedly, Jesus also sang psalms in the synagogue and at home.
Come listen, come singing, look around in the church and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea: be our guest at every hour of the night and into the morning. The church night is closed at 07:30 with Choral Mattins on Sunday morning.
Church night from hour to hour:
- 19.00 Utrechtse Vrouwen School of Gregorian liturgy
Among others Psalm 94 – 104 – 112 – 145 - 20.00 Monks sing Gregorian Psalms
Psalm 42 – 34 – 51 – 78 – 65 - 21.00 Choir of Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Psalms in Anglican Chants and an Anthem
Hymn in English and a Dutch Psalm - 22.00 Psalms as they sound in the synagogue (Hebrew)
- 23.00 Choir of Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Psalms in Anglican Chants and an Anthem
Hymn in English and a Dutch Psalm - 24.00 Poems about Psalms by Oeke Kruythof
- 01.00 Choir of Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Psalms in Anglican Chants and an Anthem
Hymn in English and a Dutch Psalm - 02.00 Choir of Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Psalms in Anglican Chants and an Anthem
Hymn in English and a Dutch Psalm - 03.00 C S Lewis’ interpretation of the Psalms
- 04.00 Choir of Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Psalms in Anglican Chants and an Anthem
Hymn in English and a Dutch Psalm - 05.00 Poems about Psalms by Ella Schoonhoven
- 06.00 Choir of Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Psalms in Anglican Chants and an Anthem
Hymn in English and a Dutch Psalm - 07.30 Choral Mattins by the Holy Trinity Church Choir
O praise God in his holiness, Weldon (Ps.150)
Ebdon Responses
Venite (Ps.95) and Psalm 119 (vv.33-72)
Te Deum and Jubilate (Ps.100) in Bes, Stanford
Ascribe to the Lord (Ps.33-96-115), Wesley
Holy Trinity Anglican Church is located in van Limburg Stirumplein near the Wilhelminapark in Utrecht East. From Saturday 21:00 you can park your car for free near the church door. The church is surrounded by a beautiful fence to which you can lock the bicycle. Public transport (including bus line 8) brings you within walking distance of the church.
See you soon! On behalf of the choir and sincerely,
Henk Korff
Musicutrecht@gmail.com
065-313 00 86