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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.

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (G. Anerio)

Motets: Locus iste (Bruckner); Jesu joy of man's desiring (Bach)

Hymns: Christ is made our sure foundation; Hail redeemer king divine

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

Commemoration of the Faithful Departed

Introit: from Missa pro defunctis (G. Anerio)

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (G. Anerio)

Motets: I heard a voice from heaven (Goss); Oh for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

Hymn: God is love, his the care

Postlude: Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627 (Bach)

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)

Motets: Sicut cervus (Palestrina); O for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

Hymns: All my hope on God is founded; Christ be near at either hand

Postlude: Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627 (Bach)

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)

Motets: Ave Maria (Arcadelt); Exultate justi (Viadana)

Hymns: Praise my sol the king of heaven; Praise to the holiest in the height

Postlude: Prelude in F sharp minor (Buxtehude)

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)

Motets: Lead me, Lord (Wesley); Sicut cervus (Palestrina)

Hymns: All my hope on God is foundedl The mass is ended

Postlude: Prelude in D minor (Stanford)

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)

Motets: Ave Maria (Arcadelt); Canticle (O'Donnell)

Hymns: Praise my sol the king of heaven; Praise to the holiest in the height

Postlude: Passacaglia in D minor (Buxtehude)

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: If ye love me (Tallis); O for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

Hymns: All creatures of our God and king; hail redeemer king divine

Postlude: Allegro, from Symphony VI (Widor)

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); Beatitudes (Byzantine/Glenstal)

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

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

The Exaltation of the Cross

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: Beatitudes (Byzantine/Glenstal); Canticle (O'Donnell)

Hymns: All creatures of our God and king; Hail redeemer king divine

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

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); Jesu joy of man’s desiring (Bach)

Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; Christ be near at either hand

Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)

Feast of Ss Peter and Paul

Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)

Motets: O quam gloriosum (Victoria); Sicut cervus (Palestrina)

Hymns: For all the saints; Be thou my vision

Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)

Feast of Corpus Christi

Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)

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

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

Postlude: Choral in E major (Franck)

Feast of the Holy Trinity

Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)

Motets: Alta Trinità beata (anon.); Sicut cervus (Palestrina)

Hymns: Sing praise to our creator; Lord of all hopefulness

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

Pentecost Sunday

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Sequence: Veni sancte Spiritus (plainchant)

Motets: O Lord give thy Holy Spirit (Tallis); Veni creator spiritus (plainchant/O'Keeffe)

Hymns: Come down O love divine; Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come

Postlude: Veni creator spiritus (De Grigny)

Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

Introit: Viri Galilæi (plainchant, proper)

Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Motets: If ye love me (Tallis); My eyes for beauty pine (Howells)

Hymn: Let the earth rejoice and sing

Postlude: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625 (Bach)

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant)

Motets: Regina cæli (Soriano); Magnificat in B flat (Stanford)

Hymns: Now the green blade rises; Regina cæli

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

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant)

Motets: Deus meus adiuva me (harm. O'Donnell); O sacrum convivium (Farrant)

Hymns: Alleluia, sing to Jesus; Regina cæli

Postlude: Prelude in G minor (Buxtehude)

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant)

Motets: God reigns (Deiss); Gloria, from Missa brevis (Palestrina)

Hymns: Alleluia, sing to Jesus; Regina cæli

Postlude: Prelude & fugue in D (Schmidt)

Third Sunday of Easter

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant)

Motets: Regina cæli (Soriano); O filii et filiæ (plainchant/O'Donnell)

Hymns: Now the green blade rises; Regina cæli

Postlude: Valée des danses (Wammes): fifth movement

Second Sunday of Easter

The Cathedral Choir is on its Easter break this morning.