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The Cathedral Choir is on its summer break during the months of July and August.

Fourth Sunday of Advent

This mass is broadcast live on Radio na Gaeltachta.

Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Buxtehude)

Mass: Aifreann (Whelan)

Motets: Rorate caeli desuper (Tye); Canite tuba in Sion (Guerrero)

Hymns: Oíche Nollaig; Alma redemptoris mater (plainchant)

Postlude: Pièce héroïque (Franck)

Third Sunday of Advent

Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Bach)

Mass: Aifreann (Whelan)

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

Hymns: O come Emmanuel; Alma redemptoris mater (plainchant)

Postlude: Fugue in D minor, BWV 532 (Bach)

Second Sunday of Advent

Prelude: Noel (Daquin)

Mass: Aifreann (Whelan)

Motets: A tender shoot (Goldschmidt); Dixit Maria ad angelum (Hassler)

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

Postlude: Toccata, fugue & hymn on Ave Maris Stella (Peeters)

First Sunday of Advent

Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Buxtehude)

Mass: Aifreann (Whelan)

Motets: Behold a virgin bearing him (McDonagh); Canite tuba in Sion (Guerrero)

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

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

Feast of Christ the King

Prelude: Chant de paix (Langlais)

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (plainchant)

Motet: O quam gloriosum (Victoria); Agnus Dei (Pizzetti); Beatitudes (Glenstal)

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

Postlude: Allegro, from Symphony no. 6 in G minor (Widor)

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Largo, from Sonata in C minor, BWV 526

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (plainchant)

Motet: Agnus Dei (Pizzetti)

Hymns: Bí Íosa im' chroíse; O strength and stay; All my trust on God is founded

Postlude: Allegro, from Sonata in C minor, BWV 526

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Andante religioso, from sonata IV (Mendelssohn)

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (plainchant)

Motet: O for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

Hymns: Praise to the holiest in the height; Lead, kindly light; Lord of all hopefulness

Postlude: Vivace, from Sonata in C minor, BWV 526

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Andante transquillo, from sonata III (Mendelssohn)

Mass: Missa pro defunctis (plainchant)

Motets: I head a voice from heaven (Goss); O quam gloriosum (Victoria)

Hymns: God is love, his the care; Christ be near at either hand

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

Thirtieth Sunday in ordinary Time

Prelude: Chant de paix (Langlais)

Mass: Missa quarti toni (Victoria)

Motet: Let us with a gladsome mind (Stanford)

Hymns: Bí Íosa im chroÍse; Lead, kindly light; The mass is ended, all go in peace

Postlude: Mors et resurrectio (Langlais)

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Largo, from Sonata in C minor, BWV 526 (Bach)

Mass: Missa quarti toni (Victoria)

Motets: O taste and see (Vaughan Williams); Oh for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

Hymns: All my hope on God is founded; Be thou my vision

Postlude: Allegro vivace, from Symphony V (Widor)

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Andante, from Sonata in D minor, op. 65 no. 6 (Mendelssohn)

Mass: Missa quarti toni (Victoria)

Motets: Let us with a gladsome mind (Stanford)

Hymns: Lead, kindly light; Praise to the holiest in the height; The mass is ended, all go in peace

Postlude: Hymn d'action de grâce, Te Deum (Langlais)

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Prelude in G (Mendelssohn)

Mass: Missa quarti toni (Victoria)

Motets: Sicut cervus (Palestrina); God so loved the world (Goss)

Hymns: Be thou my vision; Hail redeemer king divine

Postlude: Prelude in F sharp minor (Buxtehude)

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Beatitudes (Glenstal); Magnificat in B flat (Stanford)

Hymns: Praise to the holiest in the height; God is love, his the care

Postlude: Fugue in E flat, BWV 552

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motet: Hide not thou thy face (Farrant)

Hymns: Christ is made our sure foundation; Love divine, all lives excelling; Tell out my soul the greatness of the Lord

Postlude: Prelude in E flat, BWV 552

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa brevis (O'Donnell)

Motets: Cantate Domino (Pitoni); Ave verum corpus (Mozart)

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

Postlude: Toccata, fugue & hymn on Ave Maris Stella (Peeters)

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: If ye love me (Tallis); Teach me, O Lord (Byrd)

Hymn: Praise my soul the king of heaven

Recessional: Let us with a gladsome mind (Stanford)

Postlude: Toccata, fugue & hymn on Ave Maris Stella (Peeters)

Corpus Christi

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: God so loved the world (Goss); Very I say unto you (Tallis)

Hymns: The king of love my shepherd is; Be thou my vision

Postlude: Adagio, from Symphony III (Vierne)

Feast of the Holy Trinity

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: Alta Trinità beata (anon.); If ye love me (Tallis)

Hymns: Sing praise to our creator; Tell out my soul the greatness of the Lord

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

Pentecost Sunday

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit (Tallis); Vidi aquam (Victoria)

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

Postlude: Veni creator Spiritus: dialogue sur les grands jeux (De Grigny)

The Ascension of the Lord

Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainchant)

Mass: Missa orbis factor (plainchant XI)

Motets: God so loved the world (Goss); Ave verum (Mozart)

Hymn: Let the earth rejoice and sing

Postlude: Prelude in F sharp minor (Buxtehude)