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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.

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: If ye love me (Tallis); Sicut cervus (Palestrina)

Hymns: All creatures of our God and king; Christ be near at either hand

Postlude: Choral in B minor (Franck)

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Jubilate Deo (Lassus); Sicut cervus (Palestrina)

Hymns: Praise to the Lord; Hail redeemer king divine

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

The Baptism of the Lord

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant VIII)

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

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

Postlude: Toccata, from Symphony V (Widor)

Second Sunday of Christmas

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant VIII)

Motets: A tender shoot (Goldschmidt); Magi viderunt stellam (Victoria)

Hymns: The first nowell; We three kings of Orient

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in D (Schmidt)

Feast of the Holy Family

Mass: St Johannes de Deo (Haydn)

Motets: Ding dong merrily on high (arr. Wood); Magi viderunt stellam (Victoria)

Carols: Adeste fideles; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: In dulci jubilo (Bach)

The Nativity of the Lord: Mass during the Day

Mass: Missa brevis St Joannis De Deo (Haydn)

Carols: The first nowell; O little town of Bethlehem; Ding dong merrily on high; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: Toccata, from Symphony V (Widor)

The Nativity of the Lord: Mass during the Night

The Cathedral Choir willl sing carols before the mass, from about 21:30.

Mass: Missa brevis St Joannis De Deo (Haydn)

Carols: The first nowell; O little town of Bethlehem; Ding dong merrily on high; Hark the herald angels sing

Motet: Magi viderunt stellam (Victoria)

Postlude: Toccata, from Symphony V (Widor)

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh); Zion hears the watchmen's voices (Bach)

Hymns: O come Emmanuel; Alma redemptoris mater

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in D (Schmidt)

Third Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: Alma redemptoris mater (Palestrina)

Hymns: O comfort my people; Love divine, all loves excelling; Alma redemptoris mater

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

Second Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: Rorate cæli desuper (Tye); Zion hears the watchmen's voices (Bach)

Hymns: O comfort my people; Alma redemptoris mater

Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 (Bach)

First Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: Sicut cervus (Palestrina); Alma redemptoris mater (Palestrina)

Hymns: Lo he comes with clouds descending; Alma redemptoris mater

Postlude: Prelude in C minor, BWV 537 (Bach)

 

Feast of Christ the King

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (Anerio)

Motets: Jubilate Deo (Lassus); Magnificat in B flat (Stanford)

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

Postlude: Toccata, from Symphony V

 

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (Anerio)

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

Hymns: Christ is made our sure foundation; Love divine, all loves excelling

Postlude: Allegretto in B minor (Guilmant)

 

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Introit: Requiem æterum (Anerio)

Mass: Missa cum jubilo (plainchant IX)

Motets: O quam gloriosum (Victoria); O sacrum convivium (Croce)

Hymn: Now thank we all our God

Postlude: Prelude in D minor (Stanford)

 

Feast of All Saints

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: I heard a voice from heaven (Goss); O quam gloriosum (Victoria); Ave verum corpus (Elgar)

Hymns: For all the saints; Lord of all hopefulness

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in E flat, BWV 552 (Bach)

 

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); Ave verum corpus (Mozart)

Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; Holy God we praise thy name

Postlude: In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 (Bach)

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Croce); Ave verum corpus (Elgar)

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

Postlude: Toccata, from Symphony V (Widor)

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Exsultate justi in Domino (Viadana); O sacrum convivium (Croce)

Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; Holy God we praise thy name

Postlude: Trio-sonata in C, BWV 529: 2nd movement (Bach)

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Jubilate Deo (Lassus); Exsultate justi in DOmino (Viadana)

Hymns: The king of love my shepherd is; All my hope on God is founded

Postlude: Psalm-prelude, set 2 no. 3 (Howells)

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Mass for three voices (Byrd)

Motets: Sicut cervus (Palestrina); Jubilate Deo (Lassus)

Hymns: Praise to the Lord; Now thank we all our God

Postlude: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 (Bach)