Music from Fall 2011 to Ash Wednesday 2012

Except as noted, the 9:00 a.m. Sung Mass is sung by the Girls’ Choir and Parish Choir.  The 11:15 a.m. Solemn Mass, and Solemn Mass on major weekday holy days, is sung by the Parish Choir.  Solemn Evensong & Benediction is sung by the Choir of Men and Boys.  The Youth Choir sings occasionally for special services.

11 September   
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Pray that Jerusalem may have peace - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
For the fallen - Douglas Guest (1916—1996)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Kyrie and Sanctus (Messe de Requiem, Opus 9) - Maurice Duruflé (1902—1986)
Gloria (Missa de Angelis) - Plainsong
Agnus Dei (Missa Morus) - Elliot Z. Levine (b. 1948)
And I saw a new heaven - Edgar Bainton (1880—1956)
For the fallen - Douglas Guest

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Evening Service in F - George Dyson (1883—1964)
How calmly the evening - Edward Elgar (1857—1934)

Today’s choral music is offered to the glory of God and in memory of the victims who died in the attacks in Washington, New York, and Pennsylvania.

18 September   
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord - William H. Harris (1883—1973)
A grateful heart - Mary Plumstead (1905—1980)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis - Giovanni Pierliugi da Palestrina (1525—1594)
Pater noster - Jacob Handl (1550—1591)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Evening Service in A - Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
O Lord, support us - John McCreary (b. 1930)


25 September   
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Teach me, O Lord - Thomas Attwood (1765—1838)
Above all praise and majesty- Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa Misericordia Domini, Opus 192 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839—1901)
Let this mind be in you - Mrs. H.H.A. Beach (1867—1944)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Evening Service - Alistair Coleman (b. 1998)
Prevent us, O Lord - Derek Holman (b. 1931)

2 October   
The Feast of Dedication

Solemn Mass at 10:00 a.m.
Communion Service in A & D - Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Ein Deutches Requiem, Opus 45) - Johannes Brahms (1833—1897)
Behold, the tabernacle of God - William H. Harris (1883—1973)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses - William Smith (1603—1645)
Evening Service in A-flat - Basil Harwood (1859—1949)
Sing we merrily - Sidney Campbell (1909—1974)

9 October   
The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Thee we adore - T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892—1964)
O sacred feast - Healey Willan (1880—1968)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in G - Francis Jackson (b. 1917)
Blessed city, heavenly Salem - Edward C. Bairstow (1874—1946)
O sacred feast - Healey Willan

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. sung by the combined choirs of Boys, Girls, Youth, and Men
Preces and Responses - William Smith (1603—1645)
Evening Service in A - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
For lo, I raise up - Charles Villiers Stanford

At the Solemn Mass and at Evensong & Benediction, the choirs are conducted today
by Richard Tanner, Director of Music at Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, England.

16 October   
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Christ is the word’s true light - W. K. Stanton (1891—1978)
From the rising of the sun - Frederick A. Gore Ouseley (1825—1889)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa syllabica - Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Jesu, the very thought of thee - Paul Halley (b. 1952)
Tantum ergo - Maurice Duruflé (1902—1986)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses - William Smith (1603—1645)
Evening Service in G minor - Henry Purcell (1659—1695)
Teach me, O Lord - William Byrd (1543—1623)

23 October   
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
My eyes for beauty pine - Herbert Howells (1892—1983)
If ye love me - Philip Wilby (b. 1949)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis - Everett Titcomb (1884—1968)
Beati quorum via (Three Motets, Opus 38) - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
If ye love me - Philip Wilby

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Evening Service in B minor - T. Tertius Noble (1867—1953)
O Trinity, most blessed Light - Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)

30 October   
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
O Jesu Christ, meins lebens licht, BWV 118 - J. S. Bach (1685—1750)
Cantate Domino à 4 - Hans Leo Hassler (1564—1612)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa Ich stund an einem Morgen - Jacob Handl (1550—1591)
O Jesu Christ, meins lebens licht, BWV 118 - J. S. Bach
Cantate Domino à 4 - Hans Leo Hassler

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Evening Service in C, Opus 115 - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
Thou visitest the earth - Maurice Greene (1696—1755)

1 November   
All Saints’ Day

Procession & Solemn Mass at 6:30 p.m.
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Kleine Orgelmesse), Hob. XXII/7 - Josef Haydn (1732–1809)
O what their joy and their glory must be - William H. Harris (1883—1973)

The choir is joined in the Haydn Mass this evening by Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano.

6 November   
The Sunday after All Saints’

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
O quam gloriosum - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)
Gaudent in coelis  - Tomás Luis de Victoria

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa O quam gloriosum  - Tomás Luis de Victoria
O quam gloriosum - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Gaudent in coelis  - Tomás Luis de Victoria

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Magnificat secundi toni - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Nunc dimittis tertii toni - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Estote fortes in bello - Tomás Luis de Victoria

Today’s choral music is sung in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Victoria’s death.

13 November   
The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Fear not, O land    - Edward Elgar (1857—1934)
Sing, my soul, his wondrous love - Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa Eliensis - Arthur Wills (b. 1926)
Fear not, O land - Edward Elgar
Sing, my soul, his wondrous love - Ned Rorem

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses - Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
Evening Service in B minor - T. Tertius Noble (1867—1953)
Save us, O Lord - Edward C. Bairstow (1846—1974)

20 November   
The Feast of Christ the King

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
King of glory, King of peace - William Harris (1883—1973), after J. S. Bach
O King all glorious - Healey Willan (1880—1968)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis C-dur, K. 220 (“Spatzenmesse”) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756—1791)
King of glory, King of peace - William Harris (1883—1973), after J. S. Bach
O King all glorious - Healey Willan (1880—1968)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6 p.m.
Preces and Responses - Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
Evening Service in D - A. Herbert Brewer (1865—1928)
Let all the world in every corner sing - Eric Thiman (1900—1975)

24 November   
Thanksgiving Day

Sung Mass at 10:30 a.m.
Here, O my Lord - Percy Whitlock (1903—1946)
Draw us in the Spirit’s tether - Jack H. Ossewaarde (1918—2004)

27 November   
Advent Sunday

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
The Lord will come and not be slow - arr. Henry G. Ley (1887—1962)
Never weather-beaten sail - Thomas Campion (1567—1620)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in F - Harold Darke (1888—1976)
Lift up your heads - William Mathias (1934—1992)
Never weather-beaten sail - Thomas Campion

Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols at 6:00 p.m. sung by the combined Boys, Girls, Youth, and Parish Choirs
Matins Responsory - Richard Marlow (b. 1939)
Come, thou long-expected Jesus - Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
A Child’s Prayer - James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Never weather-beaten sail (Songs of Farewell) - C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1918)
Fear not, O land - Edward Elgar (1857—1934)
Lift up your heads - William Mathias
Angelus ad Virginem - arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939)
Seek him that maketh the seven stars - Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
We wait for thy loving-kindness -William McKie (1901—1984)

4 December   
The Second Sunday of Advent

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Never weather-beaten sail - Charles Wood (1866—1926)
Oculi omnium - Charles Wood

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae - Healey Willan (1880—1968)
Never weather-beaten sail (Songs of Farewell) - C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1918)
Oculi omnium - Charles Wood

Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols at 6:00 p.m. sung by the combined Boys, Girls, Youth, and Parish Choirs
Matins Responsory - Richard Marlow (b. 1939)
Come, thou long-expected Jesus - Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
A Child’s Prayer - James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Never weather-beaten sail (Songs of Farewell) - C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1918)
Fear not, O land - Edward Elgar (1857—1934)
Lift up your heads - William Mathias (1934—1992)
Angelus ad Virginem - arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939)
Seek him that maketh the seven stars - Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
We wait for thy loving-kindness - William McKie (1901—1984)

11 December

The Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
How lovely are the messengers (St. Paul) - Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847)
And they shall beat their swords - James Davy (b. 1980)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale) - Herbert Howells (1892—1983)
How lovely are the messengers (St. Paul) - Felix Mendelssohn
And they shall beat their swords - James Davy

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6 p.m.
Evening Service in G - Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
People, look East - arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934)

18 December   
The Forth Sunday of Advent

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
I sing of a maiden - Patrick Hadley (1899—1973)
There is no rose - Graham J. Ellis (b. 1952)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Mass in F - Charles Wood (1866—1926)
I sing of a maiden - Patrick Hadley

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. sung by an Ensemble from the Parish Choir
Evening Service in F (Collegium Regale) - Charles Wood
Jesus Christ the apple tree - Elizabeth Poston (1905—1987)

24 December   
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Procession & Sung Mass at 6:30 p.m. sung by the combined choirs of Boys, Girls, Youth, and Men
Infant holy, infant lowly - arr. Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
Suo gân - arr. George Guest (1924—2002)

Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:00 p.m. sung by the Parish Choir
Mass in G minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872—1958)
O magnum mysterium - Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Dormi Jesu - John Rutter (b. 1945)

25 December   
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Procession, Solemn Mass, & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 10:30 a.m. sung by the Parish Choir
Missa secunda - Hans Leo Hassler (1564—1612)
Ding dong! merrily on high - arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)
The Infant King - arr. David Willcocks

1 January    
The Feast of the Holy Name

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
In the bleak midwinter - Harold Darke (1888—1976)
Coventry Carol - Sixteenth century English

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in D - Kenneth Leighton (1929—1988)
Sussex Carol - arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
In the bleak midwinter - Harold Darke

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. chanted congregationally, with Cantor

6 January    
The Epiphany of Our Lord

Procession & Solemn Mass at 6:30 p.m. sung by the Parish Choir
Missa O magnum mysterium - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)
O leave your sheep - arr. Kenneth Leighton (1929—1988)

8 January   
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
This is the record of John - rlando Gibbons (1583—1625)
Jesus autem hodie - Peter Hallock (b. 1924)       

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in F - Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
This is the record of John  - Orlando Gibbons
Jesus autem hodie - Peter Hallock

Epiphany Procession with Lessons & Carols at 6:00 p.m. sung by the combined choirs of Boys, Girls, Youth, and Men
Matin Responsory for Epiphany - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525—1594)
I wonder as I wander - Carl Rütii (b. 1949)
Suo gân - arr. George Guest (1924—2002)
Infant holy, infant lowly - arr. Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
Quem pastores laudavere - arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)
Coventry Carol - Sixteenth century English
Nunc dimittis in G - Herbert W. Sumsion (1899—1995)
Lord of the dance - arr. John Bertalot (b. 1931)
Vesper Responsory for Epiphany - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

15 January       
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Jesu, grant me this I pray - Edward C. Bairstow (1874—1946), after Gibbons
God be in my head - Henry Walford Davies (1869—1941)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in C and F - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852—1924)
Jesu, grant me this I pray - Edward C. Bairstow, after Gibbons
God be in my head - Henry Walford Davies

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. sung by an Ensemble from the Parish Choir
Evening Service in A - Bernard Naylor (1907—1986)
Sunset and evening star - C. Hubert H. Parry (1848—1926)

22 January    
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
O Bread of life from heaven - David Ashley White (b. 1944)
Oratio Patris Condren: O Jesu, vivens in Maria - Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa Morus - Elliot Z. Levine (b. 1948)
Jesus Christ the apple tree - Anthony Piccolo (b. 1953)
Oratio Patris Condren: O Jesu, vivens in Maria - Ned Rorem

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses - John Sanders (1933—2003)
Third Service - Philip Moore (b. 1943)
Litany to the Holy Spirit - Peter Hurford (b. 1936)

29 January   
The Conversion of St. Paul

Procession & Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Give us the wings of faith - Ernest Bullock (1890—1979)
Locus iste - Anton Bruckner (1824—1896)

Procession & Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis Sancti Pauli - Anthony Caesar (b. 1924)
Give us the wings of faith - Ernest Bullock
Locus iste - Anton Bruckner

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses - John Sanders (1933—2003)
Evening Service in F - Harold W. Friedell (1905—1958)
Give us the wings of faith - Mark Blatchly (b. 1960)

2 February   
The Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas)

Blessing of Candles, Procession & Solemn Pontifical Mass at 6:30 p.m.    Parish Choir
Nunc dimittis - Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Missa brevis D-dur, K. 194 (“Piccolomini”) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756—1791)
Give unto the Lord - Edward Elgar (1857—1934)

5 February   
The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
O sing joyfully - Adrian Batten (c. 1591—c. 1637)
O praise the Lord - Adrian Batten

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Mass for Four Voices - William Byrd (1543—1611)
Sing joyfully - William Byrd
O praise the Lord - Adrian Batten

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6 p.m.
Short Service - Orlando Gibbons (1583—1625)
O nata lux - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505—1585)

12 February   
The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

Sung Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Jubilate Deo - Orlande de Lassus (1532—1594)
Gustate et videte - Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450—1517)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Missa brevis - Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1510—1586)
Cantate Domino (à 8) - Claudio Monteverdi (1567—1643)
Gustate et videte - Heinrich Isaac

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m.
Preces and Responses - John Sanders (1933—2003)
Evening Service in D - George Dyson (1883—1964)
I will worship - George Dyson

19 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)
Resplenduit facies eius - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548—1611)

Solemn Mass at 11:15 a.m.
Communion Service in E (Collegium Regale) - Harold Darke (1888—1976)
Be still, my soul    - Percy Whitlock (1903—1946)
Resplenduit facies eius - Tomás Luis de Victoria

Solemn Evensong & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. sung by an Ensemble from the Parish Choir
Second Service - John Sheppard (c. 1515—1558)
O Lord, the maker of all thing - William Mundy (c. 1530—1591)

22 February

Ash Wednesday

Solemn Mass with Imposition of Ashes at 6:30 p.m. sung by the Parish Choir and Youth
Mass for Five Voices - William Byrd (1543—1623)
Super flumina Babylonis - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525—1594)

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