Sunday 1^st                    11 am Choral Eucharist – 1^st Sunday of Advent

Organ voluntary:           Cecilia McDowall, O Oriens

Mass setting:                 Bruckner, Mass in E minor

Gradual:                       Judith Weir, Drop down, ye heavens from above

Communion:                 Byrd, Vigilate

Organ voluntary:           J. S. Bach, Prelude in B minor BWV 544i

 

                                                               6 pm Advent Carol Service

Organ voluntaries:        J. S. Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659

                                    Jeanne Demessieux, Chorale prelude on ‘Rorate caeli’

Carols:                         Palestrina, Matin responsory

                                    Plainsong, The Advent Prose

                                    Wise, Prepare ye the way of the Lord

                                    James Macmillan, A new song

                                    Victoria, Alma redemptoris Mater a8

Organ voluntary:           J. S. Bach, Prelude in E minor BWV 548i

 

Sunday 8^th                    11 am Choral Eucharist – 2^nd Sunday of Advent

Organ voluntary:           Francois Couperin, Tierce en taille

Mass setting:                 Imogen Holst, Mass in A minor

Gradual:                       Wood, O thou the central orb

Communion:                 Gibbons, This is the record of John

Organ voluntary:           J. S. Bach, Concerto in A minor after  Vivaldi BWV 593i

 

Sunday 15^th                  11 am Choral Eucharist – 3^rd Sunday of Advent

Organ voluntary:           Buxtehude, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BuxWV 211

Mass setting:                 Haydn, Missa in Angustiis ‘Nelson Mass’

Gradual:                       Young Church Nativity

Communion:                 Bruckner, Virga Jesse floruit

Organ voluntary:           Buxtehude, Prelude in G minor BuxWV 149

  

Sunday 22^nd                 11 am Choral Eucharist – 4^th Sunday of Advent

Organ voluntary:           Brahms, Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen Op. 122 No. 8

Mass setting:                 Victoria, Missa alma redemptoris Mater

Gradual:                       Purcell, Rejoice in the Lord alway

Communion:                 Elizabeth Maconchy, There is no rose of such virtue

Organ voluntary:           Mendelssohn, Organ sonata in F minor Op. 65 No. 1 (i.  Allegro serioso)

 

                                    6 pm Services of IX Lessons & Carols

Organ voluntaries:        J. S. Bach, Prelude in C major BWV 547i

                                    Ireland, The Holy Boy

                                    Buxtehude, In dulci jubilo BuxWV 197

                                    Messiaen, Desseins éternels (La Nativité du Seigneur)

Carols:                         Vaughan Williams, This is the truth sent from above

                                    Warlock, Adam lay ybounden

                                    Kerensa Briggs, A tender shoot

                                    Handel, For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

                                    Elizabeth Maconchy, There is no rose of such virtue

                                    Jacques, Away in a manger

                                    Bertie Baigent, This endris night

                                    Cornelius, The Three Kings

                                    Schütz, Dank sagen wir alle Gott (Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi)

Organ voluntary:           Dupré, Sept pièces Op. 27 (vii. Final)

 

Tuesday 24^th                  11 pm Choral Eucharist – Midnight Mass

Organ voluntary:           Mozart, Andante für eine  Walze in eine kleine Orgel K. 616

Introit:                         Felix Mendelssohn, Weihnachten

Mass setting:                 Palestrina, Missa hodie Christus natus est

Gradual:                       John Rutter, Dormi Jesu

Communion:                 Fanny Mendelssohn, Gebet in der Christnacht

Organ voluntary:           J. S. Bach, Fugue in D major BWV 532ii

 

Wednesday 25^th                  10 am Choral Eucharist – Christmas Day

Organ voluntary:           J. S. Bach, Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr BWV 662

Introit:                         Mendelssohn, Weihnachten

Mass setting:                 Palestrina, Missa hodie Christus natus est

Gradual:                       Elizabeth Poston, Jesus Christ the apple tree

Communion:                 John Rutter, Dormi Jesu

Organ voluntary:           J. S. Bach, Toccata in F major BWV 540i

 

Sunday 29^th                  11 am Choral Eucharist – 1^st Sunday of Christmas

Organ voluntary:           Richter, Intermezzo

Mass setting:                 Croce, Missa sexti toni

Gradual:                       Pearsall, In dulci jubilo

Communion:                 Willcocks, Infant holy, infant lowly

Organ voluntary:           J. S. Bach, In dulci jubilo BWV 729