Liturgical music this month
Music List: December 2024
Friday 29th November 2024
6.15pm Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)
Responses Tomkins
Hymn 152
Psalm 148
Canticles Purcell in G minor
Anthem Ecce vicit Leo – Philips
Voluntary Aria – Handel
Sunday 1st December 2024
The First Sunday of Advent
11.15am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lay Vicars Choral)
Hymns 9, 15, 5, 16
Service Missa brevis in B flat (Little organ) – Haydn
Psalm 25: 1-9
Motet O thou the central orb – Wood
Voluntary Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
– J. S. Bach
3.30pm Advent Carols in Procession
(Girls and Lay Vicars Choral)
Friday 6th December 2024
6.15pm Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)
Responses Reading
Hymn 1
Psalm 17
Canticles Magnificat quinti toni – Lassus
Nunc dimittis tertii toni – Victoria
Anthem Rorate coeli – Rheinberger
Voluntary Prelude on a Christmas Carol
– W. S. Lloyd Webber
Saturday 7th December 2024
7.00pm Cathedral Choir Christmas Concert 1
Sunday 8th December 2024
The Second Sunday of Advent
11.15am Choral Eucharist (Girls and Lay Vicars Choral)
Hymns 7, 12, 10, 500
Service Leighton in D
Psalm Benedictus
Motet Rorate coeli – Palestrina
Voluntary Nun komm der Heiden Heiland – J. S. Bach
3.30pm Choral Evensong (Boys and Lay Vicars Choral)
Responses Radcliffe
Hymns 13, 1, 18
Psalm 9
Canticles Stanford in B flat
Anthem Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
– Praetorius arr. Stobart
Voluntary Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Brahms
Friday 13th December 2024
6.15pm Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)
Responses Ayleward
Hymn 1
Psalm 90
Canticles Magnificat primi toni – Bevan
Nunc dimittis in B flat – Wood
Anthem We wait for thy loving kindness – McKie
Voluntary The Holy Boy – Ireland
Saturday 14th December 2024
7.00pm Cathedral Choir Christmas Concert 2
Sunday 15th December 2024
The Third Sunday of Advent
11.15am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lay Vicars Choral)
Hymns 3, 11, 168 (t. 288), 499
Service Missa brevis – Palestrina
Psalm The Great O Antiphons
Motet This is the record of John – Gibbons
Voluntary Vom Himmel hoch – J. S. Bach
3.30pm Choral Evensong (Girls and Lay Vicars Choral)
Responses Clucas
Hymns 468, 1, 57
Psalm 50: 1-6
Canticles The Second Service – Gibbons
Anthem People look east - Besançon melody arr. Stobart
Voluntary Noël X – d’Aquin
Friday 20th December 2024
6.15pm Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)
Responses Brown
Hymn 1
Psalm 4
Canticles The Fourth Service – Batten
Anthem Dixit Maria – Hassler
Voluntary Pifa – Handel
Sunday 22nd December 2024
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
11.15am Choral Eucharist (Girls and Lay Vicars Choral)
Hymns 186, 161(t.385), 19, 185
Service Missa brevis in C (organ solo) – Mozart
Psalm 80: 1-8
Motet Hymn to the Virgin – Britten
Voluntary Fuga sopra il Magnificat – J. S. Bach
4.00pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 1
Tuesday 24th December 2024
4.00pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2
Wednesday 25th December 2024
Christmas Day
11.15am Choral Eucharist (Full Choir)
Introit Hodie Christus natus est – Sweelinck
Hymns 30, 35, 29, 34
Service Messe solennelle – Vierne
Psalm 96-98
Motet For unto us a child is born – Handel
Voluntary Toccata on ‘Vom Himmel hoch’ – Edmundson
Sunday 29th December 2024
The First Sunday of Christmas
11.15am Sung Eucharist
Hymns 39, 42, 28, 32
Psalm 148
Voluntary Fugue from Sonata no. 2 – Mendelssohn