Sunday 4th December: ADVENT II

MASS:
Missa Transeunte Domino   Handl.
Laetentur caeli   Byrd.
Veni Jesu Rex optime Dering.

VESPERS:
Creator alme siderum  Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 5   Anon.
Veni Domine   Croce.

 

Wednesday 7th December: First Vespers of the Immaculate Conception

VESPERS:
Ave maris stella   Hassler.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 8   Bevan.
Ave Maria à 5   Lassus.
Alma Redemptoris mater à 8   Lassus.
Versets: Magnificat Secundi Toni   Weckmann.        

 

Thursday 8th December: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (with period instruments)

MASS:
Verset on Ave maris stella Op. 18 No. 8   Dupré.
Missa Osculetur me   Lassus.
Ave Maria à 8   Victoria.
Beata es virgo MariaG. Gabrieli.
Magnificat primi toni (203)  Buxtehude.

 

Sunday 11th December: ADVENT III (Gaudete)

MASS:
Prelude: Wachet auf (645)  Bach.
Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo   Haydn.
Gaudeamus omnes   H. Praetorius.
Benedixisti Domine   G. Gabrieli.
Prelude & Fugue in A major (536)  Bach.

VESPERS & PROCESSION:
Creator alme siderum   Washington.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 5   Bevan.
Ecce concipies   Handl.
Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (661)  Bach.

                       

Sunday 18th December: ADVENT IV

MASS:
Missa Conditor alme siderum   Animuccia.
Rorate caeli desuper   Byrd.
Ave Maria   Gombert.

VESPERS:
Creator alme siderum   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 2   Bevan.
Ecce apparebit Dominus   Vivanco.

 

Thursday 22nd December: Christmas Carol Service and Benediction, 7.30pm
with the Choir of the London Oratory and the Oratory Junior Choir

                       

Saturday 24th December: Midnight Mass of Christmas (with orchestra)

MASS:
Carols for choir and congregation.
Nicolaimesse   Haydn.
Ehre sei Gott (Christmas Oratorio)  Bach.  
O magnum mysterium   Palestrina.
Fantasia: In dulci jubilo (729) Bach.

 

Sunday 25th December: THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD

MASS:
Coronation Mass (K. 317)  Mozart.
Verbum caro   Sheppard.
In dulci jubilo   trad. arr. Pearsall.
Final: Symphonie I   Vierne.

VESPERS:
Jesu redemptor omnium   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 5   Anon.
Quem pastores laudavere   14th cent. German.
Alma Redemptoris   Palestrina.
Personent hodie   Piae Cantiones arr. Holst.
Noël: Quand Jesus naquit à Noël   Balbastre.