The Parish Choir sings each Sunday at the 11:15 a.m. Solemn Mass.  (Solemn Mass includes Gregorian Chant propers and Anglican Chant psalmody.)  The Choir of Men & Boys sings each Sunday at the 6:00 p.m. Solemn Evensong & Benediction.  (Evensong & Benediction includes Anglican Chant or plainsong psalmody.)  The Girls’ Choir sings with adult voices each Sunday at the 9:00 a.m. Sung Mass.  (Sung Mass includes a congregational setting of the ordinary). The Youth Choir (high school students) sings for special services as indicated.

6 September: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Dear Lord and Father of mankind: C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1918)
• O salutaris Hostia: Jehan Alain (1911—1940)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Communion Service in G: Percy Whitlock (1903—1946)
• An hymne of heavenly love: Paul Callaway (1909—1995) In memoriam Paul Callaway, on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth.
• O salutaris Hostia: Jehan Alain (1911—1940)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. (Gentlemen of the Choir)

• Evening Service in C: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872—1958)
• O Christ, who art both light and day: Richard Falk (1952—1990)

13 September: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• O for a closer walk with God: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
• Jesu, grant me this, I pray: Christopher Robinson (b. 1936)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa brevis, Opus 57: William Mathias (1932—1992)
• All creatures of our God and King: William H. Harris (1883—1973)
• Jesu, grant me this, I pray: Christopher Robinson (b. 1936)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. (First Evensong of Holy Cross Day)

• Evening Service in D: A. Herbert Brewer (1865—1928)
• Salvator mundi: Thomas Tallis (c. 1505—1585)

 

20 September: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810—1876)
• Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake: Richard Farrant (c. 1530—1580)

 
Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa Aeterna Christi munera: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
• Praise the Lord, O my soul: Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
• Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810—1876)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service in F: George Dyson (1883—1964)
• O Trinity of blessed Light: John E. West (1863—1929)

27 September: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• There is a balm in Gilead: arr. Harry T. Burleigh (1866—1949)
• Litany to the Holy Spirit: Peter Hurford (b. 1930)

 
Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa syllabica (1977/1997): Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
• Pater noster: Jacob Handl (1550—1591)
• O salutaris Hostia: Robert McCormick (b. 1978)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service in A: Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
• Sing we merrily: Sidney Campbell (1910—1974)

29 September: The Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas)

Sung Mass at 6:30 p.m. (Youth Choir)

• Duo seraphim: Richard Dering (c. 1580—1630)
• O Trinity, most blessed light: Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

4 October: The Feast of the Dedication

Solemn Mass at 10:00 a.m.

• Missa brevis D-dur, KV 194 “Piccolomini”: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756—1791)
• Greater love hath no man: John Ireland (1879—1962)
• Behold, O God our defender: Herbert Howells (1892—1983)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Preces and Responses: Richard Ayleward (1626—1669)
• Evening Service in F: Harold Friedell (1905—1958)
• Locus iste: Anton Bruckner (1824—1896)

11 October: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Purest and highest: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
• Song of the Tree of Life: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872—1958)

 
Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa Congratulamini mihi: Francisco Guerrero (1528—1599)
• Thou, O God, art praised in Sion: Malcolm C. Boyle (1902—1976)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service in C: Stanford
• O thou sweetest source of gladness: Charles Wood (1866—1926)

18 October: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Here, O my Lord: Percy Whitlock (1903—1946)
• Laudate nomen Domini: Christopher Tye (1505—1572)

 
Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Communion Service in D, Opus 45: Kenneth Leighton (1929—1988)
• Let all the world in every corner sing: Leighton
• Here, O my Lord: Percy Whitlock (1903—1946)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Preces and Responses: Richard Ayleward (1626—1669)
• Evening Service in G: Herbert W. Sumsion (1899-1995)
• Evening Prayer (Hänsel und Gretel): Engelbert Humperdinck (1854—1921)

25 October: The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m. (Youth Choir, Girls’ Choir & Parish Choir)

• O sing joyfully: Adrian Batten (c. 1591—1637)
• When the Lord turned again: Batten

 
Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Messe Es-dur (Cantus Missae): Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839—1901)
• Sing we merrily: Sidney Campbell (1910—1974)
• When the Lord turned again: Batten

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service (Collegium Regale): Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
• Behold, the tabernacle of God: William H. Harris (1883—1973)

1 November: All Saints’ Day

Procession & Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Lo, round the throne a glorious band: Henry G. Ley (1887—1962)
• O quam gloriosum: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)

 
Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa brevis (1996): McNeil Robinson (b. 1943)
• O quam gloriosum: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)
• Deep river: arr. Roy Ringwald (1910—1995)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. (Parish Choir)

• O Trinity of blessed Light: John E. West (1863—1929)
• Preces and Responses: Philip Radcliffe (1905—1986)
• Evening Service in E minor: Leo Sowerby (1895—1968)
• Give us the wings of faith: Ernest Bullock (1890—1979)
• O salutaris Hostia: Robert McCormick (b. 1978)

2 November: All Souls’ Day

Solemn Requiem Mass at 6:30 p.m. (Chamber Ensemble from Parish Choir)

• Missa pro defunctis à 4 - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

8 November: The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Expectans expectavi: Charles Wood (1866—1926)
• God so loved the world: Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)

 
Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Communion Service in A and F, Opus 12: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
• Expectans expectavi: Charles Wood (1866—1926)
• God so loved the world: Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service in B minor: T. Tertius Noble (1867—1953)
• Save us, O Lord: Edward C. Bairstow (1874—1946)

14 November: For the Departed

Solemn Requiem Mass at 11:00 a.m. (Parish Choir)

• Missa pro defunctis à 4 - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
  Sung for the Annual Meeting of the Guild of All Souls

15 November: The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Lead me, Lord: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810—1876)
• Peccantem me quotidie: Cristóbal de Morales (1500—1553)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa ad imitationem moduli Vinum bonum: Orlande de Lassus (1532—1594)
•  Vigilate: William Byrd (1543—1623)
• Peccantem me quotidie: Cristóbal de Morales (1500—1553)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Preces and Responses: Bernard Rose (1916—1996)
• Evening Service in C: Bryan Kelly (b. 1934)
• God be in my head: John Rutter (b. 1945)

22 November: The Feast of Christ the King

Procession & Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m. (Youth Choir, Girls’ Choir & Parish Choir)

• King of glory, King of peace: William H. Harris (1883—1973)
• Pueri Hebraeorum: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)

Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa brevis: Zoltán Kodály (1882—1967)
•  A New Song (1997): James MacMillan (b. 1959)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Preces and Responses: Bernard Rose (1916—1996)
• Evening Service in B minor: Hugh Blair (1864—1932)
• Let the people praise thee, O God: William Mathias (1934—1992)

26 November: Thanksgiving Day

Sung Mass at 10:30 a.m. (Parish Choir)

• Draw us in the Spirit’s tether: Harold Friedell (1905—1958)
• Sing, my soul, his wondrous love: Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

29 November: The First Sunday of Advent

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come: Paul Manz (b. 1919)
• Never weather-beaten sail: Thomas Campion (1567—1620)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa Petre ego pro te rogavi: Alonso Lobo (1555—1617)
• E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come: Paul Manz

Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols at 6:00 p.m. (Combined Choirs)

• Matins Responsory: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525—1594)
• Come, thou long-expected Jesus: Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
• Vigilate: William Byrd (1543—1625)
• Never weather-beaten sail: C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1918)
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: Edward Elgar (1857—1934)
• Creator of the stars of night: arr. Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
• Angelus ad Virginem: arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939)
• A New Song (1997): James MacMillan (b. 1959)
• Vesper Responsory: Palestrina

6 December: The Second Sunday of Advent

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Never weather beaten-sail: C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1918)
• Zion, at thy shining gates: arr. George Guest (1924—2002)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae: Healey Willan (1880—1968)
• Never weather beaten-sail: C. Hubert H. Parry

Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols at 6:00 p.m. (Combined Choirs)

• Matins Responsory: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525—1594)
• Come, thou long-expected Jesus: Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
• Vigilate: William Byrd (1543—1625)
• Never weather-beaten sail: C. Hubert H. Parry
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: Edward Elgar (1857—1934)
• Creator of the stars of night: arr. Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
• Angelus ad Virginem: arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939)
• A New Song (1997): James MacMillan (b. 1959)
• Vesper Responsory: Palestrina

13 December: The Third Sunday of Advent

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• People, look East: arr. Barry Ferguson (b. 1942)
• Canite tuba: Francisco Guerrero (1528—1599)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa super Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland: Johann Kasper Ferdinand Fischer (1656—1746)
• People, look East: arr. Barry Ferguson
• Canite tuba: Francisco Guerrero

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service in G, Opus 81: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
• O thou, the central orb: Charles Wood (1866—1926)

20 December: The Fourth Sunday of Advent

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• A tender shoot: Otto Goldschmidt (1829—1907)
• Ave Maria (à 4): Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m. (Sopranos and Altos of the Parish Choir)

• Messe basse: Gabriel Fauré (1845—1924)
• I sing of a maiden: Patrick Hadley (1899—1973)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. (Gentlemen of the Choir)

• O Clavis David: Mode II
• Evening Service in G: Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
• Remember, O thou man: Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582—1635)

24 December: The Eve of the Nativity

Procession & Sung Mass at 6:30 p.m. (Boy and Girl Choristers, Youth Choir & Adults)

• Sussex Carol: arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
• Candlelight Carol: John Rutter (b. 1945)

Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:00 p.m. 9Parish Choir)

• Messe de minuit pour Noël: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643—1704)
• What sweeter music: John Rutter
• O magnum mysterium: Francis Poulenc (1899—1963)

25 December: The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Procession & Solemn Mass at 10:30 a.m. (Parish Choir)

• Mass in F: Charles Wood (1866—1924)
• In the bleak midwinter: Harold Darke (1888—1976)
• Infant holy, infant lowly: arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)

27 December: The First Sunday after Christmas

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Ding, dong! merrily on high: French carol; harm. Charles Wood (1866—1926)
• Virgin’s Cradle Hymn: Edmund Rubbra (1901—1986)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Mass of the Quiet Hour: George Oldroyd (1887—1956)
• Ding, dong! merrily on high: French carol; harm. Charles Wood (1866—1926)
• Virgin’s Cradle Hymn: Edmund Rubbra (1901—1986)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. (Gentlemen of the Choir)

• Evening Service with Fauxbourdons:   Thomas Morley (1557/58—1602)
• Coventry Carol: Sixteenth century English

3 January: The Second Sunday after Christmas

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• O magnum mysterium: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)
• Up! good Christian folk, and listen: harm. G. R. Woodward (1848—1934)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Communion Service in D minor (Christ’s Hospital): Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872—1958)
• O magnum mysterium: Tomás Luis de Victoria
• Up! good Christian folk, and listen: harm. G. R. Woodward

A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols for Christmas (Boy and Girl Choristers with Adults)

• Sussex Carola: rr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
• Adam lay ybounden: Peter Warlock (1894—1930)
• The holly and the ivy: Traditional English; arr. H. Walford Davies (1869—1941)
• Joys seven: Traditional English; arr. Stephen Cleobury (b. 1948)
• Away in a manger: Normandy tune; arr. Reginald Jacques (1894—1969)
• Candlelight Carol: John Rutter (b. 1945)
• Noël nouvelet : French carol, arranged by Stephen Jackson (b. 1951)
• A babe is born: William Mathias (1934—1992)

6 January: The Epiphany

Procession & Solemn Mass at 6:30 p.m.

• Missa O magnum mysterium: Tómas Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)
• O leave your sheep: arr. Kenneth Leighton (1929—1988)

10 January: The Baptism of Our Lord

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• The Shepherds’ Farewell: Hector Berlioz (1803—1869)
• Magi videntes stellam: Clemens non Papa (c. 1510—1555/56)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa Morus (1983): Elliot Z. Levine (b. 1948)
• A spotless Rose: Herbert Howells (1892—1983)
• The Shepherds’ Farewell: Hector Berlioz (1803—1869)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Sussex Carol: arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
• Preces and Reponses: Richard Ayleward (1626—1669)
• Evening Service in D: Goerge Dyson (1883—1964)
• Christ, whose glory fills the skies: T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892—1964)

17 January: The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Tribus miraculis: Luca Marenzio (c. 1553—1599)
• Jubilate Deo: Orlande de Lassus (1532—1594)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa octo vocum: Hans Leo Hassler (1564—1612)
• Tribus miraculis: Luca Marenzio (c. 1553—1599)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. (Gentlemen of the Choir)

• Evening Service in G: Charles Wood (1866—1926)
• Great Lord of Lords: Wood

24 January: The Conversion of St. Paul

Procession & Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• How lovely are the messengers (St. Paul): Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1948)
• Holy is the true light: William H. Harris (1883—1973)

Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Messe solennelle: Louis Vierne (1870—1937)
• I was glad: C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1918)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)

• Evening Service in A: T. Tertius Noble (1867—1953)
• Give us the wings of faith: Mark Blatchly (b. 1960)

 

31 January: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• The Father’s Love: Simon Lole (b. 1957)
• Lord, thou hast told us: Arnold Bax (1883—1953)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Communion Service in G: Francis Jackson (b. 1917)
• The Spirit of the Lord: Edward Elgar (1857—1934)
• Lord, thou hast told us: rnold Bax (1883—1953)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service in G: Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
• Insanae et vanae curae: Josef Haydn (1732—1809)

2 February: The Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas)

Candlemas Ceremonies & Solemn Mass at 6:30 p.m. (Combined Choirs with Orchestra)

• Nunc dimittis: Tone III with fauxbourdons by Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
• Hail, gladdening light: Charles Wood (1866—1926)
• Messe e-moll: Anton Bruckner (1824—1896)
• Ave Maria: Bruckner

7 February: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• From the rising of the sun: Frederick A. G. Ouseley (1825—1889)
• The Best of Rooms: Gerald Near (b. 1942)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Missa Bell’ amfitrit altera: Orlande de Lassus (1532—1594)
• Glorious and powerful God: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
• The Best of Rooms: Gerald Near (b. 1942)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.

• Evening Service (Jesus College, Cambridge): William Mathias (1934—1992)
• Evening Hymn: Henry Purcell (1659—1695)

14 February: The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.

• Christ, whose glory fills the skies: T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892—1964)
• O nata lux: Thomas Tallis (c. 1505—1585)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.

• Communion Service in A minor: Harold Darke (1888—1976)
• Judge eternal: Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
• O nata lux: Thomas Tallis

• Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525—1594)
• Super flumina Babylonis: Palestrina

Music for March through June, 2009