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First Sunday of Lent

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: Hide not thou thy face (Farrant); Ave verum corpus (Corelli)

Hymns: The Lord's my shepherd; Hail redeemer king divine

Postlude: Symphony V, first movement (Widor)

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: Sicut cervus (Palestrina); Jesu joy of man's desiring (Bach)

Hymns: Dear Lord and father of mankind; God is love, his the care

Postlude: Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 (Bach)

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: Juravit Dominus (Perosi); Exsultate justi in Domino (Viadana)

Hymns: Christ is made our sure foundation; Now thank we all our God

Postlude: Prelude in B minor, BWV 544 (Bach)

Fourth Sunday in ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: Ave verum corpus (Elgar); O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Howells)

Hymns: Praise to the holiest in the height; All my hope on God is founded

Postlude: Psalm-prelude, set 2 no. 2 (Howells)

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: Dixit Maria ad angelum (Hassler); Blessed be the God and father (O'Donnell)

Hymns: Praise to the Lord; Be thou my vision

Postlude: Sonata in C minor, BWV 526, first movement (Bach)

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: Lead me, Lord (Wesley); Ave verum corpus (Elgar)

Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; All my hope on God is founded

Postlude: Symphony V, 1st movement (Widor)

The Baptism of the Lord

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: If ye love me (Tallis); Ave verum corpus (Mozart)

Hymns: Come down, O love divine; Christ be near at either hand

Postlude: Toccata & fugue in D minor, BWV 532 (Bach)

Feast of the Holy Family

Mass: Missa cunctipotens genitor Deus (plainchant IV)

Motet: A tender shoot (Goldschmidt)

Carols: Adeste fideles; Gaudete, Christus est natus; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)

Christmas: Mass during the Day

Mass: Missa brevis in F (Haydn)

Carols: Adeste fideles; Angels we have heard on high; Silent night; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: Dieu parmi nous, from Lá Nativité (Messiaen)

Christmas: Mass During the Night

The Cathedral Choir sings carols from 21:30 onwards.

Mass: Missa brevis in F (Haydn)

Carols: Adeste fideles; Angels we have heard on high; Silent night; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: Dieu parmi nous, from Lá Nativité (Messiaen)

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cunctipotens genitor Deus (plainchant IV)

Motets: Gabriel's message (arr. O'Keeffe); Dixit Maria ad angelum (Hassler)

Hymns: O come Emmanuel; Alma redeptoris mater (plainchant)

Postlude: Toccata in B minor (Gigout)

Third Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cunctipotens genitor Deus (plainchant IV)

Motets: Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh); Canite tuba in Sion (Guerrero)

Hymns: O come Emmanuel; Alma redeptoris mater (plainchant)

Postlude: Pièce héroïque (Franck)

Second Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cunctipotens genitor Deus (plainchant IV)

Motets: Alma redeptoris mater (Palestrina); Zion hears the watchmen's voices (Bach)

Hymns: Come O long-expected Jesus; Alma redeptoris mater (plainchant)

Postlude: Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542 (Bach)

First Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cunctipotens genitor Deus (plainchant IV)

Motets: A tender shoot (Goldschmidt); Canite tuba in Sion (Guerrero)

Hymns: Come O long-expected Jesus; Alma redeptoris mater (plainchant)

Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Bach)

Feast of Christ the King

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (Anerio)

Motets: I heard a voice from heaven (Goss); Magnificat in B flat (Stanford)

Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; Hail redeemer king divine

Postlude: Introduction & passacaglia in D minor (Reger)

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (Anerio)

Motets: O for a closer walk with God (Stanford); Lux aeterna (Anerio)

Hymns: The king of love my shepherd is; Be thou my vision

Postlude: Variations on Veni creator Spiritus (Duruflé)

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (Anerio)

Motets: Beatitudes (Glenstal); O for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

Hymns: O praise ye the Lord; The mass is ended, all go in peace

Postlude: Passacaglia in D minor (Buxehude)

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (Anerio)

Introit: Requiem aeternam (Anerio)

Motets: I heard a voice from heaven (Goss); Lux aeterna (Anerio)

Hymn: The king of love my shepherd is

Postlude: Litanies (Alain)

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis St Joannis de Deo (Haydn)

Motet: Locus iste (Bruckner)

Hymns: Be thou my vision; Christ be near at either hand

Postlude: Prelude in D minor, op. 105 no. 6 (Stanford)

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary time

Mass: For three voices (Byrd)

Motets: A Íosa mhilis (Ahern); Hear the voice and prayer (Tallis)

Hymns: The king of love my shepherd is; God is love, his the care

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in A minor, BWV 543 (Bach)