Choral Program for High Mass and Choral Evensong Services
Please note that programs listed below may change without notice.
The hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal, unless otherwise noted.
Music, December 2018
December 2: Advent Sunday C
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Harold Darke, Communion Servie in E
Communion: Besançon carol melody, arr. Barry Ferguson, People look East
Hymns: 197 (Procession), 198, 229, 432
Postlude: J. S. Bach, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661)
5.00 p.m. Advent Carol Service
Matins Responsory, adapted from a Nunc dimittis by G. P. da Palestrina
Psalm 24 (Chant by George Thalben Ball)
Charles Wood (harm.), ’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died
Jacon Handl, Rorate caeli desuper
Herbert Howells, A spotless Rose
Orlando Gibbons, Hosanna to the Son of David
Vulpius, harm. J.S. Bach, The holy Son of God most high
Thomas Ravenscroft, Remember, O thou man
Traditional Dutch melody, harm. Martin Shaw, The Message
Philipp Nicolai, arr. Jacob Praetorius, Up! awake! from highest steeple
Hymns: 19, 343, 11, 12, 9
Postlude: J. S. Bach, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659)
December 9: Advent II
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Joseph Haydn, Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Communion: Plainsong, Drop down, ye heavens, from above
Hymns: 5, 12, 407, 6
Postlude: Johann Caspar Kerll, Canzona 6
December 16: Advent III
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Herbert Sumsion, Communion Service in F
Communion: Anonymous (16th century), Rejoice in the Lord alway
Hymns: 8 (Gonfalon Royal), 16, Father eternal, Ruler of creation, 466
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in G (BWV 541ii)
December 23: Advent IV
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: George Oldroyd, Mass of the Quiet Hour
Communion: Jacob Handl, Ecce concipies
Hymns: And can it be that I should gain, 182, 7, There’s a light upon the mountains
Postlude: George Frideric Handel, Passacaille in G minor
7.30 p.m. - Nine Lessons and Carols
December 24: - Christmas Eve
11.30 p.m. Midnight Mass
Service: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Messe de Minuit
Communion: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Quem vidistis pastores
Hymns: 30, 42, 32, 26
Postlude: Louis-Claude Daquin, Noël Suisse
December 25: Christmas Day
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: John Ireland, Communion Service in C
Communion: John Joubert, Torches
Hymns: 33, 23, 30, 26
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BWV 739)
December 30: Christmas 1
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Healey Willan, Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
Hymns: 29, 41 (Tune: Merton, no. 5), 45 (Tune: Puer nobis nascitur, no. 19ii), 39
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in C (BWV 545ii)
The hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal, unless otherwise noted.
Music, December 2018
December 2: Advent Sunday C
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Harold Darke, Communion Servie in E
Communion: Besançon carol melody, arr. Barry Ferguson, People look East
Hymns: 197 (Procession), 198, 229, 432
Postlude: J. S. Bach, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661)
5.00 p.m. Advent Carol Service
Matins Responsory, adapted from a Nunc dimittis by G. P. da Palestrina
Psalm 24 (Chant by George Thalben Ball)
Charles Wood (harm.), ’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died
Jacon Handl, Rorate caeli desuper
Herbert Howells, A spotless Rose
Orlando Gibbons, Hosanna to the Son of David
Vulpius, harm. J.S. Bach, The holy Son of God most high
Thomas Ravenscroft, Remember, O thou man
Traditional Dutch melody, harm. Martin Shaw, The Message
Philipp Nicolai, arr. Jacob Praetorius, Up! awake! from highest steeple
Hymns: 19, 343, 11, 12, 9
Postlude: J. S. Bach, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659)
December 9: Advent II
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Joseph Haydn, Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Communion: Plainsong, Drop down, ye heavens, from above
Hymns: 5, 12, 407, 6
Postlude: Johann Caspar Kerll, Canzona 6
December 16: Advent III
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Herbert Sumsion, Communion Service in F
Communion: Anonymous (16th century), Rejoice in the Lord alway
Hymns: 8 (Gonfalon Royal), 16, Father eternal, Ruler of creation, 466
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in G (BWV 541ii)
December 23: Advent IV
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: George Oldroyd, Mass of the Quiet Hour
Communion: Jacob Handl, Ecce concipies
Hymns: And can it be that I should gain, 182, 7, There’s a light upon the mountains
Postlude: George Frideric Handel, Passacaille in G minor
7.30 p.m. - Nine Lessons and Carols
December 24: - Christmas Eve
11.30 p.m. Midnight Mass
Service: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Messe de Minuit
Communion: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Quem vidistis pastores
Hymns: 30, 42, 32, 26
Postlude: Louis-Claude Daquin, Noël Suisse
December 25: Christmas Day
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: John Ireland, Communion Service in C
Communion: John Joubert, Torches
Hymns: 33, 23, 30, 26
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BWV 739)
December 30: Christmas 1
10.00 a.m. High Mass
Service: Healey Willan, Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
Hymns: 29, 41 (Tune: Merton, no. 5), 45 (Tune: Puer nobis nascitur, no. 19ii), 39
Postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in C (BWV 545ii)
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