Music for 2006

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24th Dec SUN Advent 4 CHOIR

 

Mic 5.1-4, Heb 10.5-10, Lk 1.39-44

  • Mass setting : Orbis factor
  • Motet: Dixit Maria The Angel said to Mary (Hassler)
  • Hymns: Hail to the Lord's anointed, The Angel Gabriel from Heaven came
17th Dec SUN Advent 3 CANTOR

 

Zeph. 3.14-18, Phil 4.4-7, Lk 3.10-18
  • Mass setting : CD Smith (Mass Shalom)
  • Hymns: O Come, O come Emmanuel, Come thou long expected Jesus, On Jordan's Bank
3rd Dec SUN Advent 1 CHOIR

 

Jer 33.14-16, 1Thess 3.12-4.2, Lk 21.25-28,34-36

  • Mass setting : Mass XVIII
  • Motet: Advent Prose (Rorate Caeli)
  • Hymns: Lo he comes with clouds descending, Bread of the world in mercy broken, Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Picardy)
26th Nov SUN Christus Rex

 

Solemn Mass with Orchestra
Dan 7.13-14, Rvl 1.5-8, Jon 18.33-37

  • Introit: Dignus est Agnus Worthy is the lamb (Gregorian)
  • Mass setting : Sparrow Mass (W.A.Mozart)
  • Motet: Worthy is the Lamb (Handel)
  • Hymns: All hail the power of Jesus' name, Holy Father, God of might (Connolly)
19th Nov SUN Sunday 33 in Ordinary time Year B

 

Dan 12.1-3, Heb 10.11-14,18, Mk 13.24-32

  • Mass: Mass for four voices (Byrd)
  • Motet: Denn er hat seinen Engeln Then he will set his angels over you (Mendelssohn)
  • Hymns: Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour (Bryn Calfaria) , Christ is the world's redeemer, Eagle's wings (!!)
12th Nov SUN Sunday 32 in Ordinary time Year B

 

1 Kng 17.10-16, Heb 9.24-28, Mk 12.38-44

  • Mass: CANTOR: CD Smith Mass Shalom
  • Hymns: Take my life and let it be, Hail thou once despised Jesus, Gift of finest whea)
5th Nov SUN Sunday 31 in Ordinary time Year B

 

Deut 2.2-6, Heb 7.23-28, Mk 12.28-34

  • Mass: Give us peace (Connolly)
  • Motet: Super flumina Babylonis by the waters of Babylon (Palaestrina), Jesus Remember me (Taize)
  • Hymns: The God of Abraham Praise (Yigdal), Christ be our light
2nd Nov THURS All Souls : 7 pm Solemn Mass

 

Is 25.6-9, Rm 5.5-11, Mk 15.33-39,16.1-6
  • Introit: Requiem Aeternam (Fauré)
  • Mass: Requiem (Fauré)
  • Motet: Pie Jesu (Fauré)
  • Hymns: Jesus Remember me (Taize), Abide with me
1st Nov SUN All Saints (CANTOR) 7 pm

 

Rvl 7.24,9-14, 1 Jn 3.1-2, Mk 5.1-12

  • Mass setting : CD Smith Mass Shalom
  • Hymns: For all the saints, Ye watchers and ye Holy ones, Eat this bread (Taize)
29th Oct SUN Sunday 30 in Ordinary time Year B

 

Jer 31.7-9, Heb 5.1-6, Mk 10.46-52

  • Mass: CD Smith Mass Shalom
  • Hymns: The God of Abraham Praise (Yigdal), Lord enthroned in Heavenly splendour (Bryn Calfaria), Crown him with many crowns
30 Jul SUN Sunday 17 in Ordinary time Year B CHOIR

 

2 Kngs 4.42-44, Eph 4.1-6, Jn 6.1-5

  • Mass: L'hora Passa (Viadana)
  • Asperges: Magalhães
  • Psalm: Gelineau
  • Dedication Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria (Victoria)
  • Hymns: Gift of finest wheat,
  • Communion Motet: O Taste and see (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
  • Postlude: TBA
23 Jul SUN Sunday 16 in Ordinary time Year B CHOIR

 

AJer 23.1-6, Eph 2.13-18, Mk 6.30-34

  • Mass: Pater Noster (Palaestrina)
  • Psalm: Gelineau
  • Dedication Motet: Flocks in Pastures (J.S.Bach from Cantata 208); with flute trio
  • Hymns: Dear Lord and father of mankind, Gather us in
  • Communion Motet: O Taste and see (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
  • Postlude: TBA
16th Jul SUN Sunday 15 in Ordinary time Year B CANTOR

 

Amos 7.12-15, Eph 1.3-4, Mk 6.7-13 (Rodney Smith cantoring)

  • Mass: CD Smith Mass Shalom
  • Psalm: Gelineau
  • Hymns: Blessed Jesus at your word, Gift of finest wheat, Peace prayer of St Francis
  • Postlude: In dir ist Freude; J.S.Bach (played by James Dixon)
16th April SUN EASTER DAY

 

Solemn Mass of the Resurrection with Orchestra

  • Mass setting : Missa Brevis in b flat (W.A.Mozart)
  • Sequence and Gospel accl.: Gregorian
  • Lustration: Sicut Cervus (Palaestrina)
  • Motet: Greater Love hath no man (Ireland)
  • Hymns: O filii et filiae, Christ the Lord is risen today
15th April SUN EASTER VIGIL

 

7pm Solemn VIGIL Mass of the Resurrection

  • Mass setting : de Angelis (Gregorian)
  • Lustration: Sicut Cervus (Palaestrina)
  • Motet: O Praise God in his holiness (Stanford)
  • Hymns: At the Lamb's high-feast we sing, Through the Red Sea brought at last
12th April FRI 3pm GOOD FRIDAY

 

  • Silence during the prostration
  • Veneration of the cross: Crucemn tuam adoramus, Domine (Gregorian), O vos omnes (Casals), Popule Meus (Victoria), Jesus Remember me (Taize), O Bone Jesu (Ingregeri)
  • Ante-Communion: Domine non-sum dignus Victoria
  • Hymns: My Loving Saviour (during the Passion reading), Soul of my saviour (communion)
11th April SUN MAUNDY THURSDAY

 

Solemn reception of the Holy Oils, and Mass of the Last Supper

  • Mass setting : Gregorian Mass XI
  • Mandatum: Mandatum novum da vobis (Liber usualis), Ubi Caritas (Durufle), Where there is charity and love (Connolly)
  • Motet: Verily, Verily I say unto you (Tallis)
  • Sanctus: Proulx
  • Hymns: My song is love unknown
  • At the altar of repose: Ave Verum (Mozart)
11th April TUES TENEBRAE AND RECONCILIATION (2nd rite)

 

Sung by Ensemble Luceat directed by Edmond Park

  • Victoria Responsories
9th April SUN PASSION SUNDAY

 

  • Introit: Hosianna dem Sohne David (Gesius)
  • Mass setting : Gregorian Mass XVIII
  • The Sung Passion according to St Mark
  • Motet(dedication) : Adoramas te Christe ( Dubois)
  • Hymns: Alll Glory Laud and Honour, Glory be to Jesus
  • Motet (Communion): Vexilla Regis
2nd April SUN LENT V

 

  • Mass setting : TBA
26th March SUN LENT IV (LAETARE)

 

  • Mass setting : Missa Dixit Maria (Hassler)
19th March SUN LENT III

 

  • Mass setting : Missa Misericordia Domini (Langlais)
  • Motet: Tu pauperum refugium
12th March SUN LENT II

 

  • Cantor Sunday
5th March SUN LENT I

 

  • Mass: Orbis Factor
  • Motet: Domine non sum dignus (Victoria)
1st March SUN ASH WEDNESDAY

 

  • Mass: Mass four four voices (Byrd)
  • Motet during the imposition: Miserere Mei (Allegri)
  • Motet: Domine non sum dignus (Victoria)
26th Feb SUN Sunday 8 in Ordinary time Year B

 

  • Mass: Communion Service in A (Darke)
  • Motet: Teach me O lord the way of your statutes (Byrd)
19 th Feb SUN Sunday 7 in Ordinary time Year B

 

  • Solemn Mass with Choir
12th Feb SUN Sunday 6 in Ordinary time Year B

 

  • Cantor Sunday
5th Feb SUN Sunday 5 in Ordinary time Year B

 

  • Mass: MIssa O Quam Gloriosum (Victoria)
  • Motet: We wait for thy loving-kindness (McKie)
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