The Music of St James’s Church
SUNDAY 11th November
Remembrance Sunday
10.55am Requiem Mass
Introit: For the fallen – Guest
Setting: Missa pro defunctis – Cardoso
SUNDAY 18th November
Trinity XXI
10.30am High Mass & Holy Baptism
Setting: Missa Sancta et Immaculata – Guerrero
Motet: I was glad – Purcell
Voluntary: Fantasia in G – Parry
SUNDAY 25th November
Christ the King
10.30am Procession & High Mass
Setting: Missa Papae Marcelli – Palestrina
Motet: Exaudiat te Dominus – Robert White
Voluntary: Allegro maestoso (Sonata in G, Op. 28) – Elgar
SUNDAY 2ndDecember
Advent I
10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa L’hora passa– Viadana
Motet: E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come– Manz
Voluntary: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme, BWV 645 – J. S. Bach
6pm Advent Carol Service
Music as per Order of Service
SUNDAY 9th December
Advent II
10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Octavi Toni– Lassus
Motet: This is the record of John– Gibbons
Voluntary: Nun komm, der heiden heiland, BWV 659 – J. S. Bach
SUNDAY 16th December
Advent III (Gaudete)
10.30am High Mass
Setting: Little Organ Mass– Haydn
Motet: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming– Blackwell
Voluntary: Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV 733 – J. S. Bach
6pm Festival of Lessons & Carols
Music as per Order of Service
SUNDAY 23rd December
Advent IV
10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Simile est regnum– Victoria
Motet: This is the truth sent from above– Vaughan Williams
Voluntary: Cortège et Litanie– Marcel Dupré
MONDAY 24th December
The Nativity of Our Lord
11.30pm Midnight Mass
Setting: Mass in G– Schubert
Motet: O magnum mysterium & Hodie Christus natus est– Poulenc
Voluntary: Toccata– Marcel Lanquetuit
TUESDAY 25th December
The Nativity of Our Lord
10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Brevis in C, KV 220 ‘Sparrow’– Mozart
Motet: Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing– Ledger
Voluntary: Festival Toccata– Percy Fletcher
SUNDAY 30th December
Christmas I
10.30am High Mass
Setting: Missa Brevis– Leighton
Motet: Sing lullaby– Howells
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.