SUNDAY 19^th November

Second Sunday before Advent

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Mass in E, ‘Collegium Regale” – Darke
Motet: Glorious and powerful God – Stanford
Voluntary: Con moto maestoso (Sonata in A, Op. 65, no. 3) – Mendelssohn

SUNDAY 26^th November

Christ the King

10.30am Procession & High Mass
Setting: Missa Sanctae Margaretae – Gabriel Jackson
Motet: Rex Tremendae & Recordare – Mozart
Voluntary: Improvisation sur le ‘Te Deum’ – Tournemire

SUNDAY 3rd December

Advent I

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Dixit Maria – Hassler
Motet: Virga Jesse – Bruckner
Voluntary: Nun komm, der heiden heiland, BWV 660 – J. S. Bach

3pm Organ Recital – George de Voil & Jozef Gaszka – Organ music for the Advent Season

6pm Advent Lessons & Carols
Nun komm, BWV 659 – J. S. Bach
Vesper Responsory – Palestrina
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anon
Adam lay y bounden – Ord
How beautiful upon the mountains – Stainer
Es ist ein ros’ entsprungen – arr. Cashmore
Thou shalt know him when he comes – Sirett
Fugue in G minor, Op. 7, no. 3 – Dupré

SUNDAY 10th December

Advent II

10.30am High Mass (Upper Voices)
Setting: Missa Brevis – Britten
Motet: There is no rose & Balulalow – Britten
Voluntary: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme, BWV 645 – J. S. Bach

SUNDAY 17th December

Advent III (Gaudete)

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Ecce quam bonum – Clemens non Papa
Motet: Laetentur caeli – Byrd
Voluntary: March on a theme of Handel, Op. 15, no. 2 – Guilmant

6pm Festival of Lessons & Carols
Pastorale (Six pièces) – Franck
Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Bairstow
Noe! Noe! – Bednall
For unto us a child is born – Handel Magnificat (Worcester) – Howells
The three kings – Dove
In the bleak midwinter – Allain
Carillon de Westminster – Vierne

SUNDAY 24th December

Advent IV

10.30am High Mass (Lower Voices)
Setting: Missa XVII ‘Adventus et Quadrigesime’
Motet: Angelus ad virginem – Trad.
Voluntary: Nun komm, der heiden heiland, BWV 661 – J. S. Bach

11.30pm Midnight Mass
Setting: Messe Solennelle – Vierne
Motets: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – Nicholson
Voluntary: Sinfonia (Cantata No. 29) – J. S. Bach, arr. Dupré

MONDAY 25th December

The Nativity of Our Lord

10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Sancti Nicolai – Haydn
Motets: Child of the stable – Rathbone & In dulci jubilo – Pearsall
Voluntary: Toccata on ‘Von Himmel Hoch’ – Garth Edmundson

SUNDAY 31st December

Christmas I

10.30am High Mass (Upper Voices)
Setting: St Ignatius Mass – Laloux (Congregational Gloria)
Motet: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – Rutter
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.