Music listings
Mass of Chrism
Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant VIII)
Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant)
Hymns: The king of love my shepherd is; Praise to the Lord; Now thank we all our God
Postlude: Nun danket alle Gott (Karg-Elert)
Passion Sunday
Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)
Motets: Pueri Hebræorum (Handl); O vos omnes (Victoria)
Hymns: All glory, praise and honour; When I behold the wondrous cross
Postlude: Valet will ich dir geben (Bach)
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)
Motets: Ecce quomodo (Handl); Christus factus est (Anerio)
Hymns: Attende Domine; O sacred head
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Bach)
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)
Motets: O bone Jesu (Palestrina); Adoramus te (Viadana)
Hymns: Attende Domine; Glory be to Jesus
Postlude: Partita on Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig (Bach)
Third Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)
Motets: Sicut cervus (Palestrina); O vos omnes (Victoria)
Hymns: The king of love; O sacred head
Postlude: Litanies (Alain)
Second Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)
Motets: Adoramus te (Viadana); Deus meus adiuva me (arr. O'Donnell)
Hymns: Dear Lord and father of mankind; Now thank we all our God
Postlude: Sonata in C minor, BWV 526: 3rd movt (Bach)
First Sunday of Lent
Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant IX)
Motets: Adoramus te (Viadana); Christus factus est (Anerio)
Hymns: The king of love; The mass is ended
Postlude: Choral in B minor (Franck)
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)
Motets: Alma redemptoris (Palestrina); Deus meus adiuva me (arr. O'Donnell)
Hymns: Praise to the holiest in the height; Now thank we all our God
Postlude: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 (Bach)
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Motets: Ave maris stella (Monteverdi); O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Hymns: Christ is made our sure foundation; The mass is ended, all go in peace
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Cathedral Choir does not sing this morning, due to the Redemptorist novena.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Motets: Adoramus te (Viadana); Sicut cervus desiderat (Palestrina); Magnificat (O'Donnell)
Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven
Postlude: Trio-sonata in C minor, BWV 526 - Allegro
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Missa O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Motets: Dixit Maria (Hassler); O for a closer walk with God (Stanford)
Hymns: All creatures of our God and king; Tell out my soul the greatness of the Lord
Postlude: Prelude in G minor (Stanford)
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)
Motets: Beatitudes (Glenstal); My eyes for beauty pine (Howells)
Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; Christ be near at either hand
Postlude: Choral in E major (Franck)
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)
Motets: Bone pastor (Palestrina); Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; Now thank we all our God
Postlude: Prelude & fugue in A minor, BWV 543 (Bach)
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)
Motets: If ye love me (Tallis); My eyes for beauty pine (Howells)
Hymns: Christ be with me; Lord of all hopefulness
Postlude: Psalm prelude, "De profundis" (Howells)
Baptism of the Lord
Mass: Missa l'hora passa (Viadana)
Motets: Beatitudes (Glenstal); Lead me, Lord (Wesley)
Hymns: Holy God we praise thy name; Now thank we all our God
Postlude: Sonata in C minor, BWV 526: 1st movt (Bach)
Second Sunday after Christmas
Mass: Missa de angrlis (plainchant)
Motets: O men from the fields (Cooke); Gabriel's message (Basque traditional)
Hymns: O little town of Bethlehem; The first nowell
Postlude: Psalm prelude, set 2, no. 2 (Howells)
Nativity of the Lord: Mass during the Day
Mass: Missa Brevis St Joannis de Deo (Haydn)
Motets: Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh); O holy night (Adam)
Hymns: Adeste fideles; Hark the herald angels sing
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (Bach)
Nativity of the Lord: Vigil Mass
Carols will be sung by the Cathedral Choir from 21:30 onwards
Mass: Missa Brevis St Joannis de Deo (Haydn)
Motets: Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh); O holy night (Adam)
Hymns: Adeste fideles; Hark the herald angels sing
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (Bach)
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant)
Motets: Canite tuba in Sion (F. Guerrero); Zion hears the watchmen's voices (J. S. Bach)
Hymns: O come Emmanuel; O comfort my people
Postlude: Fugue in E flat (J. S. Bach)