Music for 2019 - 2020

December 1 The First Sunday of Advent AS/MR
Communion Service (Ashmont Service) – Andrew Sheranian
Psalm 122 G. Woodward
I want to be a Christian – Moses Hogan
Organ
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) - Johann Sebastian Bach –
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) – Johann Sebastian Bach

December 8 The Second Sunday of Advent AS/MR
Missa Papae Marcelli – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Psalm 72:1-8 W. Turton
This is the record of John – Orlando Gibbons
Organ
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 660) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661) - Johann Sebastian Bach –

December 15 The Third Sunday of Advent AS/MR
Missa Octavi Toni – Orlando di Lasso
Psalm 146:4-9 H. Smart
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Henry Purcell
Organ
Variations 1-6 on ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ – Anton Heiller
Variations 7-8 on ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ – Anton Heiller

December 22 The Fourth Sunday of Advent AS/RW
Mass of the Quiet Hour – George Oldroyd
Psalm 24:1-7 J. Robinson
Dixit Maria ad angelum – Hans Leo Hassler
Organ
Partita on ‘Veni, Emmanuel’ – Daniel Pinkham
Toccata on ‘Veni, Emmanuel’ – Andrew Carter

December 22 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols AS AS/MR/RW
"4:00 PM
The truth from above – arr. R. Vaughan Williams
Torches – John Joubert
O magnum mysterium – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Lully, lulla, lullay – Philip Stopford
The Annunciation – Andrew Sheranian
Go tell it on the mountain – arr. Moses Hogan
Sleeps Judea fair – Hugh McKinnon
For unto us a child is born (Messiah) – George F. Handel
In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke

December 24 The Eve of the Nativity AS MR/RW
8:00 pm Missa ad Praesepe – George Malcolm
Psalm 96 C.V. Stanford
Carols repeated from Lesson and Carols –
Organ
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ (BWV 662) – J.S. Bach
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ (BWV 663) – J.S. Bach
Es ist ein Ros – Johannes Brahms
In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) – Johann Sebastian Bach

December 25 The Nativity    RW

No choir

December 29 The First Sunday after Christmas Day    RW

No choir

January 5 The Feast of the Epiphany (Observed) AS/RW
Missa ad Praesepe – George Malcolm
Psalm 72:1-2, 1-17 W. Turton
There shall a star – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Organ
Prelude sur l'Introit de l'Épiphanie – Maurice Duruflé
Toccata (Suite Gothique) – Léon Boëllmann

January 12 The Feast of the Baptism of Christ AS/MR
Messe ‘Cum jubilo’ – Maurice Duruflé
Psalm 89:20-29 R. Massey
Sicut cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Organ
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (BWV 684) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto I in C (BWV 595) – Johann Sebastian Bach

January 19 The Second Sunday after the Epiphany AS/MR
Short Service – Adrian Batten
Psalm 40:1-10 T.A. Walmisley
O sing joyfully – Adrian Batten
Organ
Rhapsody (Opus 17, No. 1) – Herbert Howells
Rhapsody (Opus 17, No. 2) – Herbert Howells

January 26 The Third Sunday after the Epiphany AS/RW
Missa ‘Misericordias Domini’ – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Psalm 139:1-11 H. Skeats
O sacrum convivium – Stephanie Martin
Organ
Andante (Sonata V) – Gustav Merkel
Risoluto (Sonata V) – Gustav Merkel

February 2 The Feast of the Presentation – Candlemas AS/RW
Communion Service in F – Harold Darke
Psalm 84:1-6 A.H. Brewer
Steal away to Jesus – arr. by Patrick Dupré Quigley
Organ
Fantasy (Suite) – Florence Price
Fughetta (Suite) – Florence Price

February 2 The Feast of the Presentation – Evensong AS
with the Choir of All Saints, Worcester
Preces and Responses – Gerre Hancock
Short Service – Orlando Gibbons
Psalm 84 A.H. Brewer
When to the Temple Mary went – Johann Eccard
Organ
Air (Suite) – Florence Price
Toccata (Suite) – Florence Price

February 9 The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany AS/RW
‘Organ-solo Mass’ (K. 259) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Psalm 27:1-7 J. Turle
I’ve been in the storm so long – arr. by Jeffrey Ames
Organ
Adoration – Florence Price
Fugue in G minor – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

February 16 The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany AS/RW
Communion Service in G major – Francis Jackson
Psalm 119:9-16 T. Attwood
I believe this is Jesus – arr. Undine Smith-Moore
Organ
Suite (Messe pour les Convents) – François Couperin
Offertoire (Messe pour les Convents) – François Couperin

February 23 The Last Sunday after the Epiphany AS/RW
Missa brevis – Zoltán Kodály
Psalm 99 P. Whitlock
I want to be ready – Moses Hogan
Organ
Introit (Missa brevis) – Zoltán Kodály
Ite, missa est (Missa brevis) – Zoltán Kodály

February 26 The First Day of Lent: Ash Wednesday AS/MR
sung by the Full Choir at 7:00 PM
Mass for Three Voices – William Byrd
Psalm 103:8-14 I. Atkins
Lord, let me known mine end – Maurice Greene
Organ
O Mensch, bewein dein’ Sünde groß (BWV 622) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott (BWV 721) – Johann Sebastian Bach

March 1 The First Sunday of Lent AS/RW
Communion Service in the Phrygian Mode – Charles Wood
Psalm 51:1-13 W. Morley
Hymn to God – Eleanor Daley
Organ
Choral Dorien & Choral Phrygien – Jehan Alain
Prelude and Fugue in A minor – Johannes Brahms

March 8 The Second Sunday of Lent AS/RW
Communion Service in G minor – Searle Wright
Psalm 33:12-22 J. Randall
O sacrum convivium – Thomas Tallis
Organ
Soliloquy – David Conte
Adoro de devote – Healey Willan

March 15 The Third Sunday of Lent AS/MR
Mass for Four Voices – William Byrd
Psalm 95:6-11 F.H. Champneys
Gute nacht (Jesu, meine Freude) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ
Prelude in G minor – Johannes Brahms
Fugue in G minor – Johannes Brahms

March 22 The Fourth Sunday of Lent AS/RW
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo – Franz Josef Haydn
Psalm 23 C. Hylton Stewart
I want Jesus to walk with me – arr. Moses Hogan
Organ
Prelude and Fugue in G major – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Prelude in C minor (BWV 546) – Johann Sebastian Bach

March 29 The Fifth Sunday of Lent AS/MR
Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd
Psalm 130 C. Hylton Stewart
Salvator mundi – Thomas Tallis
Organ
Fantasia in C minor (BWV 537) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in C minor (BWV 537) – Johann Sebastian Bach

HOLY WEEK

April 5 Palm Sunday AS/RW
Communion Service in D major – Everett Titcomb
Psalm 22:1-11 C. Hylton Stewart
Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings) – Samuel Barber
Organ
Variations on ‘Wondrous love’ – Samuel Barber
Improvisation on ‘Wondrous love’ –

April 9 Maundy Thursday AS/RW
at 7:00 PM
Armenian Mass – Andrew Sheranian
Psalm 78:14-20, 23-25 C.B. Rootham
Ubi caritas et amor – Maurice Duruflé
Ave verum – William Byrd
Organ
Institution de l’Eucharistie (Livre du Saint Sacrement) – Olivier Messiaen

April 10 Good Friday AS/MR
at 7:00 PM
Psalm 22:1-21 Plainsong –
The Passion according to St. John
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis – Antonio Lotti
Were you there? – arr. Norman Luboff

April 11 The Great Vigil of Easter AS/RW
at 7:00 PM
Communion Service in A minor – Harold Darke
Sing ye to the Lord – Edward Cuthbert Bairstow
Organ
Final (Symphonie I) – Louis Vierne

April 12 Easter Day AS/RW
Krönungsmesse, K. 317 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Psalm 118:14-17, 22-24 P. Whitlock
Hallelujah (Messiah) – George F. Handel
Organ
Sarabande for the morning of Easter – Herbert Howells
Fugue sur le nom d’Alain – Maurice Duruflé

April 19 The Second Sunday of Easter AS/MR
Communion Service in D ‘Christ’s Hospital’ – R. Vaughan Williams
Psalm 118:19-24
P. Whitlock Sing joyfully – William Byrd
Organ
Toccata (BWV 538) — Johann Sebastian Bach –
Fugue in D minor ‘Dorian’ (BWV 538) – Johann Sebastian Bach

April 26 The Third Sunday of Easter AS/RW
Mass in G major – Franz Schubert
Psalm 116:10-17 C.H. Lloyd
Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Organ
Berceuse – Louis Vierne
Praeludium in E minor – Nicolas Bruhns

May 3 The Fourth Sunday after Easter AS/RW
Communion Service in B minor – T. Tertius Noble
Psalm 23 C. Hylton Stewart
Jubilate Deo in C – Benjamin Britten
Organ
Canzona (Sonata in C minor) – Percy Whitlock
Fantasia in G minor (BWV 542) – Johann Sebastian Bach

May 10 The Fifth Sunday after Easter AS/MR
Missa Trahe me post te – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Psalm 66:1-8 E.J. Hopkins
Trahe me post te – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Organ
Prelude in A minor (BWV 543) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in A minor (BWV 543) – Johann Sebastian Bach

May 17 The Sixth Sunday after Easter AS/RW
Communion Service in F major – Herbert Sumsion
Psalm 148:7-14 H. Aldrich
O sacrum convivium – Olivier Messiaen
Organ
Prière – César Franck
Toccata in G – Théodore Dubois

May 24 The Seventh Sunday after Easter AS/RW
Missa Brevis in C ‘Spatzenmesse’ (K. 220) – W. A. Mozart
Psalm 47 J. Davy
God is gone up – Gerald Finzi
Organ
Adagio in E major – Frank Bridge
Final (Symphonie II) – Charles-Marie Widor

May 31 The Day of Pentecost AS/RW
Communion Service in E minor – Harold Darke
Psalm 104:25-32 “Trent”
Hymn to the Holy Spirit – John Tavener
Organ
Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott – Franz Tunder
Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott – Johann Sebastian Bach

June 7 Trinity Sunday MR/RW
Cantus Missae – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Psalm 150 C.V. Stanford
The Lord bless you and keep you – John Rutter
Organ Prelude E-flat major (BWV 552) – Johann Sebastian Bach
No postlude

June 14 Corpus Christi MR/RW
Communion Service in D major – Edward Cuthbert Bairstow
Psalm 34:1-8 T. Attwood
Ego sum panis vivus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Organ
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’ (BWV 655) – Johann Sebastian Bach