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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 Advent

Organ prelude: Prelude in G, op. 37 no. 2 (Mendelssohn)

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh); O radiant dawn (MacMillan)

Hymns: O come Emmanuel; Alma redemptoris

Organ postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 (Bach)

Third Sunday of Advent

Organ prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Bach)

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Rorate caeli (Tye); Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh)

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

Organ postlude: Prelude in E minor (Bruhns)

Second Sunday of Advent

Organ prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Buxtehude)

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motet: Rorate caeli (Tye)

Hymns: O comfort my people; Come thou redeemer of the earth; Alma redemptoris mater

Organ postlude: Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 (Bach)

First Sunday of Advent

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

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh); Rorate caeli (Tye)

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

Organ postlude: Toccata in D minor, BWV 538 (Bach)

Solemnity of Christ the King

Organ prelude: Prelude in G, op. 101 no. 6 (Stanford)

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Lead me, Lord (Wesley); Magnificat (O'Donnell)

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

Organ postlude: Toccata in D minor, BWV 538 (Bach)

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Largo, from Sonata no. 2 in C minor (Bach)

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (plainchant/Anerio)

Motets: I heard a voice from heaven (Goss); Sanctus (Fauré)

Hymn: Who are they like stars appearing; God is love, his the care

Organ postlude: Fugue, from Sonata no. 2 (Hindemith)

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Bach)

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (plainchant/Anerio)

Motets: Beatitudes (Glenstal); Requiem aeternam (Anerio)

Hymn: For all the saints; Be thou my vision

Organ postlude: Choral in B minor (Franck)

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Brahms)

Introit: Requiem aeternam (Anerio)

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (plainchant/Anerio)

Motets: I heard a voice from heaven (Goss); Beatitudes (Glenstal)

Hymn: Christ be near at either hand

Organ postlude: O Mensch bewein dein' Sünde groß (Bach)

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Ruhig bewegt, from Sonata no. 2 (Hindemith)

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: O bone Jesu (Palestrina); Ave verum corpus (Elgar)

Hymns: O praise ye the Lord; Tell out my soul the greatness of the Lord

Organ postlude: Fugue, from Sonata no. 2 (Hindemith)

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Prelude op. 101 no. 6 (Stanford)

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: O bone Jesu (Palestrina); Iste confessor (Scarlatti)

Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; O Mary of graces

Organ postlude: Lebhaft, from Sonata no. 2 (Hindemith)

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Vater unser (Buxtehude)

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: Cibavit illos (Tye); Ave verum corpus (plainchant)

Hymns: O praise ye the Lord; Tell out my soul the greatness of the Lord

Organ postlude: Toccata in B minor (Gigout)

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Tierce en taille, from Messe pour les Couvants (Couperin)

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); Iste confessor (Scarlatti)

Hymns: All people that on earth do dwell; O Mary of graces

Organ postlude: St Patrick's Breastplate, from Sonata Celtica (Stanford)

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele (Brahms)

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant VIII)

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

Hymns: Praise to the Lord; Hail redeemer king divine

Organ postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Andante tranquillo, from Sonata in A op. 65 no. 3 (Mendelssohn)

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant VIII)

Motets: Ave Maria (Arcadelt); Anima Christi (Frisina)

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

Organ postlude: Prelude in B minor, BWV 544 (Bach)

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr' dahin, BWV 616 (Bach)

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant VIII)

Motets: Lead me, Lord (Wesley); Magnificat (O'Donnell)

Hymns: Praise to the holiest in the height; Hail redeemer king divine

Organ postlude: Prelude in G minor (Buxtehude)

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Tierce en taille (Du Mage)

Mass: Missa de angelis (plainchant VIII)

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

Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven O Mary of graces

Organ postlude: Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV 733 (Bach)

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: From sonata in A, op. 35 no. 3 (Mendelssohn)

Mass: Mass for three voices (Byrd)

Motets: Cibavit illos (Tye); O strength and stay (arr. Harris)

Hymns: Praise my soul the king of heaven; The mass is ended, all go in peace

Organ postlude: Fugue in E flat, BWV 552 (Bach)

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Sonata in E minor, BWV 528 - second movement (Bach)

Mass: Mass for three voices (Byrd)

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

Hymns: All my hope on God is founded; Now thank we all our God

Organ postlude: Prelude in E flat, BWV 552 (Bach)

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: Sonata in E minor, BWV 528 - first movement (Bach)

Mass: Mass for three voices (Byrd)

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

Hymns: Holy God we praise thy name; The mass is ended, all go in peace

Organ postlude: Pièce héroique (Franck)

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ prelude: An Wasserflüssen Babylon (Bach)

Mass: Mass for three voices (Byrd)

Motets: O sacrum convivium (Farrant); O strength and stay (arr. Harris)

Hymns: All my hope on God is founded; Now thank we all our God

Organ postlude: Choral in B minor (Franck)