Christmas Cycle 2017

A comprehensive list of the music performed during the Christmas Cycle 2017 – 2018

Sunday, 3 December, 2017
ADVENT SUNDAY
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg

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Rec :
Ad te levavi
Missa in tempore Adventus et Quadragesimae – Michael Haydn
Adam lay ybounden – Ord

The advent of our King – St Thomas
Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes – Bristol
Lo, he comes with clouds descending – Helmsley
Creator of the starry height – Conditor alme
Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding! – Merton

Bach : Chorale Prelude, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645


7.00pm A PROCESSION WITH CAROLS ON ADVENT SUNDAY

Processional :
Bidding Prayer
Our Father
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1st Lesson
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Hymn :
Carol :
2nd Lesson
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3rd Lesson
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4th Lesson
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5th Lesson
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Responsory
Collect
Blessing
Hymn :
Matin Responsory – G.P. da Palestrina
Come, thou Redeemer of the earth – Veni, Redemptor gentium

Christ the Apple Tree – Stanford Scriven

‘Twas in the year that King Uzziah died – harm. Wood
Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding! – Merton
Rorate celi desuper
 – Irish

Es sungen drei Engel – trad. German arr. Irish
Sleepers wake! the watch-cry pealeth – Wachet auf
King Jesus hath a garden – trad. Dutch, harm. Wood

There is no rose of such virtue – Anon.
Come, thou long-expected Jesus – Cross of Jesus
Gabriel’s Message – trad. Basque, arr. Willcocks

Ave Maria – Rachmaninov
On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry – Winchester New
Our Lady’s Dream – Irish

The Cherry Tree Carol – trad. English, arr. Cleobury



O come, O come, Emmanuel – Veni Emmanuel

Organ Postlude : Fantasia on Veni Emmanuel – Alex Rowley
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Sunday, 10 December, 2017
Advent II
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Beverley Johnson)

Congregational setting : An Anglican Folk Mass – Shaw

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The Lord will come and not be slow – St Stephen
Lord, thy word abideth – Ravenshaw
Lo, he comes with clouds descending – Helmsley
Come, thou long-expected Jesus – Cross of Jesus
Hills of the north, rejoice – Little Cornard

7.00pm A Procession with Carols for Advent
(at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt) Congregational setting :
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Sunday, 17 December, 2017
Advent III
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

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Gaudete
Missa super Dixit Maria – Hassler
This is the record of John – Gibbons

Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding – Merton
On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry – Winchester New
O Come, O come, Emmanuel – Veni Emmanuel
When came in flesh the incarnate Word – Walsall
The Kingdom come! on bended knee – Irish

J.S. Bach : Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660
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Advent IV
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Derek Pratt)

Congregational setting : A Folk Mass – Shaw

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Rec :
The advent of our King – St Thomas
On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry – Winchester New
O come, O come, Emmanuel – Veni Emmanuel
When came in flesh the incarnate Word – Walsall
Come, thou long-expected Jesus – Cross of Jesus

Purcell : Rondeau, from “Abdelazar”
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THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
Sunday, 24 December, 2017
11.30pm Solemn Mass of Midnight
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

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Carol at the Crib :
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Dominus dixit
Darke in F
Myn liking – Terry
The infant KingDing, dong! Merrily on highOnce in royal David’s city – Irby
Hark! the herald angels sing – Mendelssohn
While shepherds watched their flocks by night – Winchester Old
It came upon a midnight clear – Noel
O little town of Bethlehem – Forest Green
Silent Night
O come, all ye faithful – Adeste fideles

Widor : Toccata, from Fifth Organ Symphony


Monday, 25 December, 2017
10.30am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

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Carol during Communion :

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Final carol :
Puer natus est
Missa brevis in G-dur, K.140 – Mozart(Antoinette Blyth, Jolene McLeland, Willem Bester, Charles Ainslie)
On this day earth shall ring – Hylton-Stewart
Il est né, le Divin Enfant;;

O come, all ye faithful – Adeste fidelis
Of the Father’s love begotten – Divinum mysterium
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn – Yorkshire
O little town of Bethlehem – Forest Green
Hark! the herald angels sing – Mendelssohn
We wish you a merry Christmas (arr Warrell)

Messiaen : Dieu parmi nous, from La Nativité
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The Choir is on vacation. Choral services resume with an orchestral high mass for the Feast of Candlemass on 4 February, 2018

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Sunday, 31 December, 2017
Christmas I
10.00am Low Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

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Rec :
While shepherds watched their flocks by night – Winchester Old
Of the Father’s love begotten – Divinum mysterium
O little town of Bethlehem – Forest Green
In the bleak mid-winter – Cranham
Desseins éternels – Messiaen
Behold, the great Creator makes – Kilmarnock

Handel : Coro, from “Water Music”
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Sunday, 7 January, 2018
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Congregational setting : Wilson in D

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O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness – Was lebet
Earth has many a noble city – Stuttgart
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning – Epiphany
The people that in darkness sat – Dundee
Andante tranquillo, from “The Capriol Suite” – Warlock
As with gladness men of old – Dix

Rawsthorne : Fanfare
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Sunday, 14 January, 2018
Epiphany II
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Congregational setting : Wilson in D

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The people that in darkness sat – Dundee
Blest are the pure in heart – Franconia
Songs of thankfulness and praise – Salzburg
How glorious is the life above – Brockham
Prelude in the Phrygian Mode – Tallis
Fill thou my life, O Lord my God – Richmond

Vierne : Cathédrales, from Pièces de Fantaisie
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Sunday, 21 January, 2018
Epiphany III
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Congregational setting : Wilson in D

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Rec :
Be thou my guardian and my guide – Abridge
Immortal love for ever full – Bishopthorpe
For the beauty of the eart – Dix
Jesu, gentlest Saviour – Eucharisticus
Chorale Prelude, Liebster Jesu – J.S. Bach
Alleluia, song of sweetness – Alleluia, dulce carmen

Franck : Chorale No 3 in A minor
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Sunday, 28 January, 2018
Septuagesima
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

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Creator of the world, to thee – St Gregory
Fight the good fight with all thy might – Duke Street
O worship the King – Hanover
O Lord Jesus, I adore thee – St Thomas
Lord, her watch thy Church is keeping – Everton

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Sunday, 4 February, 2018
THE FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
(CANDLEMASS)
10.30am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Candle Blessing :
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Nunc dimittis, from the Service in C– Stanford
Suscepimus
Missa Brevis in F (“Jugendmesse”) – Haydn
(Beverley Chiat, Violina Anguelov)
Ave Maria – Arcadelt

Hail to the Lord who comes – Old 120th
O Sion, open wide thy gates – Bristol
O Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! – Was lebet
Shall we not love thee, Mother dear – St Agnes
The heavenly child in stature grows – Tallis

Howells : Rhapsody No 3

7.00pm Solemn Evensong and Benediction
 

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Office hymn :
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Byrd
Stanford in C
There shall a star from Jacob come forth – Mendelssohn

48 (Chant : Robinson)
O Sion, open wide thy gates – Bristol
Songs of thankfulness and praise – St Edmund

Mendelssohn : Andante tranquillo, from Sonata No 3 in A major
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Sunday, 11 February, 2018
Quinquagesima
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Tony Hogg)

Congregational setting : Wilson in D

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Rec :
O Holy Ghost, thy people bless – St Timothy
Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost – Charity
Love divine, all loves excelling – Love Divine
Breathe on me, Breath of God – Trentham
Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove – Hawkhurst

J.S. Bach : Prelude in D major, BWV 532
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Sunday, 24 December, 2017
Advent IV
10.00am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Derek Pratt)