SUNDAY 30th November

Advent Sunday

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Mass in A minor – Imogen Holst
Motet: I was glad – Purcell
Voluntary: Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542 – J. S. Bach

6pm Advent Carols
Carols: Voluntary: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 – J. S. Bach

SUNDAY 7th December

Advent II

10.30am High Mass
Setting:Missa Dixit Maria – Hassler
Motet: Lo, a rose e’er blooming – Blackwell
Voluntary: Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV 733 – J. S. Bach

SUNDAY 14th December

Advent III (Gaudete)

10.30am Pontifical High Mass
Setting: Missa Alma Redemptoris mater – Victoria
Motet: Alma Redemptoris mater – McDowall
Voluntary: March on a Theme of Handel – Guilmant

SUNDAY 21st December

Advent IV

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Mass in the Dorian mode – Howells
Motet: E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come – Manz
Voluntary: Wachet auf, BWV 645 – J. S. Bach

6pm Festival of Lessons & Carols
Resonet in laudibus – Praetorius
People, look East– Speakman
All wisdom cometh from the Lord – Moore
And the glory of the Lord – Handel
Det hev ei rose sprunge – Ola Gjielo
Quittez, pasteurs – Rutter
Sing Lullaby – Hill
Final (Symphony No. 6) – Vierne

WEDNESDAY 24th December

11pm Midnight Mass

Setting: Mass in D, Op. 86 – Dvořák
Motets: Mary’s Lullaby – Rutter & Shepherd’s Carol – Chilcott
Voluntary: Carillon-Sortie – Mulet

THURSDAY 25th December

The Nativity of Our Lord

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Brevis in D, KV 194 – Mozart
Motets: Quelle est cette odeur agréable – Willcocks & Ding dong, merrily on high – Nicholson
Voluntary: Toccata (Symphony No. 5, Op. 42) – Widor

SUNDAY 28th December

Christmas I

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa O magnum mysterium – Victoria
Motet: The holly and the ivy – Owens
Voluntary: In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729 – J. S. Bach

6pm Choral Evensong (for broadcast on BBC Radio 3)
Introit: Welcome, Yule! – Parry
Responses: Forbes-L’Estrange
Psalms: 149, 150
Canticles: St John’s Service – Dove
Anthem: O magnum mysterium & Quem vidistis pastores dicite – Poulenc
Voluntary: Weihnachten, Op. 145, no. 3 – Reger

George de Voil BA (Oxon.) FRCO
Organist and Director of Music 

This programme is subject to change and is a guide only.