SUNDAY 24th November

Christ the King

10.30am Procession & High Mass
Setting: Missa brevis – Dove
Motet: Let all the world – Leighton
Voluntary: Flourish for an occasion – Harris

SUNDAY 1st December

Advent I

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Mass in A minor – Imogen Holst
Motet: A spotless rose – Howells
Voluntary: Nun komm, der heiden heiland, BWV 660 – J. S. Bach

6pm Advent Lessons & Carols
Nun komm, BWV 659 – J. S. Bach
Vesper Responsory – Palestrina
Hymn of St Columba – Britten
There is no rose – Joubert
Ave Maria – Elgar
The word made flesh – Wilby
I wonder as I wander – Rutter

SUNDAY 8th December

Advent II

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa simile est regnum – Victoria
Motet: How lovely are the messengers – Mendelssohn
Voluntary: Nun komm, der heiden heiland, BWV 661 – J. S. Bach

SUNDAY 15th December

Advent III (Gaudete)

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Messe Solennelle – Vierne
Motet: Alma redemptoris mater – Victoria
Voluntary: March on a Theme of Handel – Guilmant

SUNDAY 22nd December

Advent IV

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Canonica – Brahms
Motet: Angelus ad virginem – Willcocks
Voluntary: Wachet auf, BWV 645 – J. S. Bach

6pm Festival of Lessons & Carols
Weinachten, Op. 145, no. 3 – Reger
O magnum mysterium – Poulenc
Illuminare Jerusalem – Weir
Seven joys – Cleobury Magnificat in G – Stanford
Quittez, pasteurs – Rutter
King Jesus hath a garden – Cleobury
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – Filsell

TUESDAY 24th December

11pm Midnight Mass
Setting: Keble Missa Brevis – Stopford
Motets: Coventry Carol – Allain & O Holy Night – Adam
Voluntary: Sortie on ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ – David Briggs

WEDNESDAY 25th December

The Nativity of Our Lord

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Brevis in C, KV 258 ‘Spaur’ – Mozart
Motets: Rocking – David Hill & Sussex Carol – Ledger
Voluntary: Sleigh Ride – Anderson, arr. Trotter

SUNDAY 29th December

Christmas I

10.30am High Mass (Upper Voices)
Setting: Missa VIII Congregational Gloria)
Motet: Coventry Carol – Trad.
Voluntary: In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729 – J. S. Bach

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

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