Music listings
Mass of the Lord's Supper
Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant)
Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); Super flumina Babylonis (Palestrina)
Hymn: The king of love my shepherd is
Procession to Altar of Repose: Pange lingua gloriosi (plainchant)
At Altar of Repose: Tantum ergo (Bruckner)
Passion Sunday
Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)
Motets: Christus factus est (Anerio); Salvum fac populum tuum (Bruckner)
Hymns: All glory praise and honour; O sacred head
Postlude: Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 (Bach)
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)
Motets: Love divine, all loves excelling; Tantum ergo (Bruckner)
Hymns: Attende Domine et miserere; O sacred head surrounded
Postlude: Toccata in D minor, BWV 538 (Bach)
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)
Motets: Deus meus adiuva me; Super flumina Babylonis (Palestrina)
Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; Now thank we all our God
Postlude: Dialogue, from Messe pour les Paroisses (Couperin) — Organist: Florence Epiney
Third Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)
Motets: Ave verum corpus (Elgar); Sicut cervus (Palestrina)
Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; Christ be near at either hand
Postlude: Partita on Sei gegrüßet Jesu gütig, BWV 768 (Bach)
Second Sunday of Lent
The Cathedal Choir does not sing today, due to the Solemn Novena.
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)