Sunday 7th December Advent 2
11 am Sung Eucharist Parish Choir
Hymn: Hark! A herald voice is calling 5
Setting: Darke in A minor
Psalm: 85. 1-2, 8-13
Hymn: Lift up your heads ye mighty gates 8 (t. 128ii)
Hymn: The Lord will come and not be slow 15
Motet: Remember O thou man - Ravenscroft
Hymn: Judge eternal, throned in splendour 490
Organ voluntary: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 - Bach
5 pm Choral Evensong Parish Choir
Hymn: Ye servants of the Lord 18
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 40. 12-19
Canticles: Plainsong
Anthem: Lo how a rose e’er blooming - Praetorius
Hymn: Jesu, Lover of my soul 383
Organ voluntary: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 - Bach
Sunday 14th December Advent 3
11 am Sung Eucharist Parish Choir Men
Organ music: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 - Bach
Hymn: On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry 12
Setting: Plainsong
Psalm: 126
Hymn: The race that long in darkness pined 57
Hymn: Hills of the North rejoice 7
Motet: Alma redemptor Mater - Palestrina
Hymn: Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes 6
Organ voluntary: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - Peeters
5 pm Choral Evensong Chamber Choir
Hymn: Creator of the stars of night 1
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 68. 1-8
Canticles: Fauxbourdon Setting - Andreas
Anthem: E’en so Lord Jesus - Manz
Hymn: Lo he comes with clouds descending 9
Organ voluntary: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 - Bach
Sunday 21st December Advent 4
11 am Sung Eucharist Parish Choir
Hymn: Sing we of the blessed Mother 185
Setting: Sumsion in F
Psalm: 89. 1-4, 19-26
Hymn: For Mary, Mother of our God 161 (t. 385)
Hymn: Long ago, prophets knew 10
Motet: There is no rose - Wright
Hymn: Thy Kingdom come O God 499
Organ voluntary: Magnificat II toni - Weckmann
5 pm Nine Lessons and Carols Parish Choir & Chamber Choir
Choir: Remember O thou man - Ravenscroft
The truth from above - Vaughan Williams
Lord when you came to earth - arr. Rose
Sans day carol - Rutter
The lambkin - Smyth
I saw three ships - arr. Boynton
Carols: Once in Royal David’s City 34
Unto us a child is born
O little town of Bethlehem 32
While shepherds watched their flocks 42
O come all ye faithful 30 (omit v. 7)
Hark the Herald Angels sing 26 (omit v. 4)
Organ voluntary: Dieu parmi nous (La Nativité) - Messiaen
Wednesday 24th December Christmas Eve
11 pm Midnight Mass Parish Choir
Hymn: It came upon the midnight clear 29
Setting: Missa brevis in F - Mozart
Psalm: 96
Hymn: O little town of Bethlehem 32 (omit v. 4)
Hymn: In the bleak midwinter 28
Motets: I saw three ships - Boynton
Hymn: O come all ye faithful 30 (omit v. 3, 4)
Organ voluntary: Final from Symphony no. 1 - Vierne
Thursday 25th December Christmas Day
11 am Sung Eucharist Parish Choir
Hymn: O come all ye faithful 30 (omit v. 3, 4)
Setting: Darke in F
Psalm: 98
Hymn: Unto us a boy is born! 39
Hymn: Once in Royal David’s city 34
Motet: The Lambkin - Smyth
Hymn: Hark! The herald angels sing 26
Organ voluntary: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 - Bach
Sunday 28th December First Sunday of Christmas
11 am Sung Eucharist
Organ music: In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 197 - Buxtehude
Hymn: O little town of Bethlehem 32 (omit v. 4)
Setting: Merbecke
Psalm: 148
Hymn: While shepherds watched their flocks by night 42
Hymn: God rest ye merry gentlemen 25
Hymn: The first Nowell 36
Organ voluntary: Noël Suisse - Daquin
