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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.

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Glory be to Jesus; Ave verum coupus (Byrd)

Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; O sacred head surrounded (Bach)

Postlude: Fugue in E flat, BWV 552 (Bach)

Third Sunday of Lent

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Deus meus adiuva me (arr. O'Donnell); Ecce quomodo moritur justus (Handl)

Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; Christ be near at either hand

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

Second Sunday of Lent

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); My eyes for beauty pine (Howells)

Hymns: Dear Lord and father of mankind; The king of love my shepherd is

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

First Sunday of Lent

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Croce); My eyes for beauty pine (Howells)

Hymns: Dear Lord and Father of mankind

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

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Cathedral Choir does not sing this morning, due to the Solemn Novena.

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: Verily I say until you (Tallis); O sacrum convivium (Croce)

Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; Be thou my vision

Postlude: Choral in B minor (Franck)

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Croce); Magnificat in B flat (Stanford)

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

Postlude: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618 (Bach)

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant)

Motets: Jubilate Deo (Mozart); Verily, verily I say unto you (Tallis)

Hymns: Come down O love divine; Hail redeemer king divine

Postlude: Passacaglia in D minor (Buxtehude)

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant)

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

Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; Be thou my vision

Postlude: Prelude in D minor (Stanford)

The Baptism of the Lord

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); Jubilate Deo (Mozart)

Hymns: Come down O love divine; Now thank we all our God

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in F sharp minor (Buxtehude)

Second Sunday of Christmas; Mass for World Peace

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant)

Motet: Myn lyking (Terry)

Hymns: Of the father's heart begotten; We three kings; Joy to the world

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

The Feast of the Holy Family

Mass: Missa de angels (plainchant)

Motet: O magnum mysterium (Victoria); Myn lyking (Terry)

Hymns: Adeste fideles; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (Bach)

The Nativity of the Lord: Mass During the Day

Mass: Mass of St John of God (J. Haydn)

Motets: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)

Carols: Adeste fideles; Ding dong merrily on high; Angels we have heard on high; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: Prelude in G (Stanford)

The Nativity of the Lord: Mass During the Night

The Cathedral Choir will sing carols from 21:30 onwards

Mass: Mass of St John of God (J. Haydn)

Motets: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)

Carols: Adeste fideles; Ding dong merrily on high; Angels we have heard on high; Hark the herald angels sing

Postlude: Prelude in G (Stanford)

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa de angels (plainchant)

Motets: Alma redemptoris mater (Palestrina); Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh)

Hymns: O come Emmanuel; Come O long-expected Jesus

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in D (Schmidt)

Third Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa de angels (plainchant)

Motets: Rorate cæli desuper (Tye); Jesu joy of man's desiring (Bach)

Hymns: O come Emmanuel

Recessional anthem: Alma redemptoris mater (plainchant)

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

Second Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa de angels (plainchant)

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

Hymns: O comfort my people; Come O long-expected Jesus

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in G, op. 37 no. 2 (Mendelssohn)

First Sunday of Advent

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (G. Anerio)

Motets: Rorate cæli desuper (Tye); O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Howells)

Hymns: O comfort my people; Be thou my vision

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

Feast of Christ the King

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (G. Anerio)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); Ego sum panis vivus (Palestrina)

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

Postlude: Toccata & fugue in D minor, BWV 538 (Bach)

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (G. Anerio)

Motets: O Lord give thy Holy Spirit (Tallis); O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Howells)

Hymns: Come down O love divine; The mass is ended

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