Musical Services at the Cathedral - Advent & Christmas

The Cathedral of the Madeleine

Advent-Christmas Music List

 

Friday 16 December

Friday of the Third Week of Advent

730 pm Christmas Carol Service                    The Cathedral Choir

Rorate caeli                                            Plainsong, Mode I

O Come, O Come Emmanuel                      Veni Emmanuel

Rorate caeli                                         Francisco Guerrero

O Emmanuel                                              Ēriks Ešenvalds

Hark! A Thrilling Voice is Sounding                          Merton

Ave Maria                                                Anton Bruckner

A Spotless Rose                                      Herbert Howells

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day               John Gardner

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen         God Rest You Merry

The Sussex Carol                                   English Traditional

Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child               Kenneth Leighton

Away in the Manger                                        Cradle Song

Nativitie                                                   Russell Woollen

O magnum mysterium                         Cristóbal de Morales

Hodie Christus natus est                               Luca Marenzio

O Come, All Ye Faithful                               Adeste Fideles

The First Nowell                                                   Nowell

 

Saturday 17 December O Sapientia

Saturday of the Third Week of Advent

 

Sunday 18 December O Adonai                             Year A1

The Fourth Sunday of Advent                               Week IV

1100 am Mass                                                        The Cathedral Choir

Missa ‘Ego flos campi’ K, S, A           Juan Gutierrez de Padilla

Ave Maria                                                Anton Bruckner

O Emmanuel                                              Ēriks Ešenvalds

Rorate caeli                                                          Mode I

Ecce virgo concipiet                                               Mode I

The King Shall Come                                    Morning Song

People Look East                                               Besancon

500 pm Vespers and Benediction                   The Cathedral Choir

Creator of the Stars of Night            Conditor alme siderum

Rorate caeli                                                   William Byrd

Magnificat secundi toni                               John Karl Hirten

Ave verum                                                    William Byrd

Rejoice! Rejoice Believers                                  Llangloffan

 

Monday 19 December O Radix Iesse

Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent

730 pm Christmas Carol Service The Cathedral Choir

 

Tuesday 20 December O Clavis David

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent

 

Wednesday 21 December O Oriens

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent

 

Thursday 22 December O Rex gentium

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent

1215 pm Britten A Ceremony of Carols The Choristers

 

Friday 23 December O Emmanuel

Friday of the Fourth Week of Advent

1215 pm Britten A Ceremony of Carols The Choristers

 

Saturday 24 December

The Solemnity of the Nativity

400 pm Christmas Carol Service The Cathedral Choir

600 pm Vigil Mass                                   The St. Nicholas Choristers

Missa puerorum G, A                   Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

A Radiant Light                                            Richard Proulx

Still, Still, Still                                               Austrian Carol

All the Ends of the Earth                                        Mode I

O Come All Ye Faithful                                Adeste Fideles

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing                          Mendelssohn

 

Sunday 25 December

The Solemnity of the Nativity

1100 pm Vigil       The Cathedral Choir and Chamber Orchestra

Rorate caeli                                            Plainsong, Mode I

O Come, O Come Emmanuel                      Veni Emmanuel

Rorate caeli                                         Francisco Guerrero

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day               John Gardner

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen         God Rest You Merry

The Sussex Carol                                   English Traditional

Concerto grosso fatto per la notte di natale, Op. 6 no. 8

                                                            Arcangelo Corelli

1200 Midnight Mass The Cathedral Choir and Chamber Orchestra

Messe G-dur, D167 G, S, A                          Franz Schubert

Cantique de Noel                                         Adolph Adam

The Blessed Son of God                  Ralph Vaughan Williams

Dominus dixit                                                      Mode II

In splendoribus                                                   Mode VI

1200 Noon Mass The Cathedral Choir and Chamber Orchestra

Missa solemnis in C KV 337 G, S, A                W. A. Mozart

For Unto Us a Child is Born                            G. F. Handel

Hallelujah                                                       G. F. Handel

Puer natus                                                         Mode VII

Viderunt omnes                                                    Mode I

500 pm Vespers and Benediction                   The Cathedral Choir

Of the Father's Love Begotten                Divinum mysterium

Hodie Christus natus est                               Luca Marenzio

Magnificat primi toni                                        David Bevan

O magnum mysterium                         Cristobal de Morales

Nunc dimittis                                                 Gustav Holst

Angels We Have Heard On High                               Gloria

 

Monday 26 December

The Feast of St. Stephen, First Martyr

Second Day Within the Octave of Christmas

515 pm Mass                                                                                                   

Mass VIII G                                                        Plainsong

Community Mass S, A                                  Richard Proulx

All the Ends of the Earth                                        Mode I

See amid the Winter’s Snow                                  Humility

Joy to the World                                                  Antioch

 

Tuesday 27 December

The Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

Third Day Within the Octave of Christmas

515 pm Mass                                                                                                   

Mass VIII G                                                        Plainsong

Community Mass S, A                                  Richard Proulx

All the Ends of the Earth                                        Mode I

While Shepherds Watched                          Winchester Old

Angels We Have Heard on High                                Gloria

 

Wednesday 28 December

The Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs

Fourth Day Within the Octave of Christmas

515 pm Mass                                                                                                   

Mass VIII G                                                        Plainsong

Community Mass S, A                                  Richard Proulx

All the Ends of the Earth                                        Mode I

O Come All Ye Faithful                                Adeste Fideles

By All Your Saints                                        St. Theodulph

 

Thursday 29 December

Fifth Day Within the Octave of Christmas

515 pm Mass                                                                                                   

Mass VIII G                                                        Plainsong

Community Mass S, A                                  Richard Proulx

All the Ends of the Earth                                        Mode I

Lo, How a Rose                        Es Ist Ein’ Ros’ Entsprungen

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing                          Mendelssohn

 

Friday 30 December

The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Sixth Day Within the Octave of Christmas

515 pm Mass                                                                                                   

Mass VIII G                                                        Plainsong

Community Mass Acclamations S, A               Richard Proulx

All the Ends of the Earth                                        Mode I

Angels from the Realms                               Regent Square

Good Christians All Rejoice                            In dulci jubilo

 

Saturday 31 December

Seventh Day Within the Octave of Christmas

 

Sunday 1 January

Octave of Christmas

The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

600 pm Vigil Mass                                                 The Cathedral Choir

Missa ‘O magnum mysterium’ G, A     Tomas Luis de Victoria

Ave Maria                                                Anton Bruckner

A Spotless Rose                                      Herbert Howells

Salva sancta Parens                                                Mode II

Exsulta                                                               Mode IV

Te Deum laudamus                                             Plainsong

O Come All Ye Faithful                                Adeste Fideles

The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky                   Eisenach

 

Sunday 8 January

The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

1100 am Mass                                                        The Cathedral Choir

Mass XVI K                                                       Plainsong

Messe Solennelle G, S                                     Jean Langlais

Mass IX A                                                         Plainsong

Nativitie                                                   Russell Woollen

Reges Tharsis                                                William Byrd           

Ecce advenit                                                         Mode II

Vidimus stellam                                                   Mode IV

The First Nowell                                     The First Nowell

As With Gladness Men of Old                                      Dix

500 pm Vespers                                                    The Cathedral Choir

How vain the cruel Herod’s fear          Hostis Herodes impie

Tribus miraculis                                       Hans Leo Hassler

Magnificat primi toni                                        David Bevan

Ab oriente venerunt magi                                 Jacob Handl

Nine otpushchayeshi                            Sergei Rachmaninoff

How Brightly Beams                              Wie schon leuchtet

 

Monday 9 January

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

1200 Noon and 515 PM Masses           The Cathedral Choristers

Mass VIII G, S, A                                                Plainsong

The Baptism of Christ                                   Peter Hallock

Corpus Christi Carol                                Benjamin Britten

Dilexisti iustitiam                                               Mode VIII

Omnes qui in Christo baptizati estis                         Mode II

Justice You Love                                               Mode VIII

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise                            Salzburg

When John Baptized by Jordan’s River            Rendez a Dieu