We sang hymns in memory of John Betjeman and other people and places in Bedford Park.
See also: Hymns & Heritage: John Betjeman’s Bedford Park legacy
See also: John Betjeman in Bedford Park – Chiswick Book Festival
12 Noon to 1pm: The John Betjeman Hour
*Some hymns chosen for John Betjeman’s BBC R4 series 50 years ago in 1975,
later published as The John Betjeman Hymnbook.
See more: Hymns & Heritage: John Betjeman’s Bedford Park Legacy
Welsh Hymns (BBC R4 10/08/1975)
368 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
383 Jesus, lover of my soul
377 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Hymns of the Oxford Movement (BBC R4 17/08/1975)
381 Jerusalem the golden
439 Praise to the Holiest in the height
418 O happy band of pilgrims
Mrs CF Alexander & other women hymn-writers (BBC R4 24/08/1975)
264 All things bright and beautiful
092 There is a green hill far away
338 At the name of Jesus
Victorians (BBC R4 07 & 14/09/1975)
197 For all the saints who from their labours rest
435 Onward, Christian soldiers
376 I heard the voice of Jesus say
359 Fight the good fight
Some Poets Laureate (BBC R4 25/07/1976)
476 Through all the changing scenes of life
333 All my hope on God is founded
From the Organ Loft (BBC R4 16/08/1978)
485 Thy hand, O God, has guided
352 Crown him with many crowns
Singing led by singers from: St Michael & Angels Choir, St Peter’s Hammersmith, Christ Church W4
1pm to 2pm: The Bedford Park Hour
Hymns representing people and places in Bedford Park
484 The Church’s one foundation
Sung on 31 May 1879 when the foundation stone of St Michael’s was laid
339 Be Thou My Vision
Irish c 8th Century, representing Ireland and the Yeats Family
331 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
James Clark, painter, ‘The Great Sacrifice’ 1914 + all on our war memorials
334 All people that on earth do dwell
Chosen by Canon Jack Jenner for the 1975 Bedford Park Centenary Film
417 O God our help in ages past
Chosen by Gillian Lynne for ‘Home on Sunday’, BBC One 1988, featuring ArtsEd choir singing in St Michael & All Angels
488 And did those feet in ancient time
Chosen by Gillian Lynne for ‘Home on Sunday’, BBC One 1988, featuring ArtsEd choir singing in St Michael & All Angels.
447 Sing praise to God who reigns above:
In thanks for Fr Kevin & Miriam Morris’s wedding 25 years ago in May 2000 + all who have been married in St Michael & All Angels
353 Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Sung at the funeral in St Michael & All Angels of actor Richard Briers d. 2013
252 The day Thou gavest Lord is ended
Sung at the funerals of Christina Speight d. 2015, Larry Duttson d. 2014
(editors ‘Mainly About Bedford Park People’)
336 Angel-voices ever singing:
Sung at the Thanksgiving Evensong for musician and teacher Rosalind Leney d. 2016
186 Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord
Sung at the funeral of churchwarden and Bedford Park Festival organiser Ted Holloway d. 2018
457 The King of love my Shepherd is
Sung at the funeral of Michael Broom (author ‘Birth of a Parish’) d. 2019
120 Thine be the glory
Sung at the Thanksgiving Mass for ENO tenor and St Michael’s server Kenneth Woollam d. 2020
237 Morning has broken
Sung in memory of Natalie Simons, musician and teacher at Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School
(now Orchard House School) d. 2022
258 O Christ the same through all our story’s pages
Sung at the funeral of Green Days site manager Dean White d. 2022
364 God is love
Sung at the funeral of church photographer, archivist and WW1 Project curator David Beresford d. 2022
263 All creatures of our God and king
Sung at the Funeral Mass of Father Graham Morgan d. 2024