Music: St. Michael's Parish Choir, Young Voices, St Michael's Singers Sunday 2 December: ADVENT SUNDAY Solemn Mass: 10:00am Organ Voluntery: Organ Wachet Auf (JS Bach) Responsorial Psalm: 25 Anthem: Matin Responsory (Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina) Organ Voluntary: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 645 (JS Bach)
Advent Lessons and Carols: 7:00 pm Organ Voluntary: Overture to the 6th Chandos anthem (GF Handel) Choir: Creator of the stars of night (Hymn 1, Malcolm Archer) Choir: Benedictus in C (CV Stanford) Choir: There is a flower (words John Audelay, music Stanley Vann) Choir: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Hymn 295, Stephen Cleobury) Choir: The Lord will come and not be slow (Hymn 15, Henry Ley) Vesper Responsory: (Palestrina, arr. Philip Ledger) Organ Voluntary: Veni Emmanuel (Hendrik Andriessen) Sunday 9 December:ADVENT II Solemn Mass: 10:00am Organ Voluntary:Fugues on the Magnificat (Johann Pachelbel) Reponsorial Psalm: 85 Anthem: How beautiful upon the mountains (John Stainer) Organ Voluntary: Wachet Auf (Max Reger) Choral Evensong and Benediction: 7:00 pm Organ Voluntary: Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig (JS Bach) Introit: Light a candle of thanksgiving (Martin Setchell) Anthem: Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Faure) Benediction Tantum Ergo: Deodat de SeveracOrgan Meditation on ‘Veni Emmanuel’ (Clifford Harker) Sunday 16 December: ADVENT III Solemn Mass: 10:00am
Organ Voluntary: Schmucke dich O liebe Seele (Max Reger)
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord Always (Redford ADFC)
Organ Voluntary: Gott Sohn ist kommen (JS Bach)
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: 7.00pm
Organ Voluntary: Prelude on Divinum mysterium (John Watkinson) Processional Hymn: Once in Royal David’s city (arr. David Willcocks) Hymn: Of the Father’s heart begotten Choir: A tender shoot (Otto Goldschmit) Young Voices: Ave Maria (Simon Lindley) Hymn: Long ago prophets knew Choir: Magnificat (Faux Bourdons Melchor Robledo) Hymn: What child is this? Choir: I sing of a maiden (Richard Shephard) Choir: The Three Kings (Peter Cornelius/Ivor Atkins) Choir: Gaudete (Traditional arr Esther Jones) Hymn: O come all ye faithful Organ Voluntary: For unto us a child is born (The Messiah GF Handel)
Thursday 20 December CRIB SERVICE – Music Forthcoming
Sunday 23 December : ADVENT IV
Solemn Mass: 10:00am
Organ Voluntary : Benedictus (Max Reger Anthem: There is a flower (Stanley Vann ADFC) Organ Voluntary : Fantasia on ‘Veni Emmanuel” (Alec Rowley)
Monday 24 December: CHRISTMAS EVE
Midnight Mass :11:00pm
Music forthcoming but will include: - Ding dong merrily on high - Missa Brevis (Haydn) - A Festive Eucharist (Noel Rawsthorne) - Organ Voluntary: Nun sei willkommen Jesus (Flor Peeters)
Tuesday 25 December : CHRISTMAS DAY
Mass: 10:00am
Organ Voluntary: Uns ist geboren ein Kinderkein (Flor Peeters) Ding dong merrily on high (arr.Woodward) Away in a manger (arr DV Willcocks) Organ Voluntary: Toccata (Eugene Gigout)
