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The Cathedral Choir takes its summer break during the months of July and August, and returns on the first Sunday of September.

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)

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)