Music for the Triduum 2026

Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8pm Thursday, 2nd April
Ubi caritas Ola Gjeilo
O sacrum convivium Cristobal de Morales
Ave verum William Byrd

Good Friday 3pm Friday, 3rd April
Improperium TL da Victoria
Crucifixus (B minor Mass) JS Bach
O vos omnes Pablo Casals
In manus tuas Thomas Tallis

Easter Vigil 8pm Saturday, 4th April
The strife is o’er Vulpius arr. H Ley
This is the day anon.

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Sunday 29th March 2026 Palm Sunday (A)

Entrance: Hosanna filio David plainsong

Procession: 17 All Glory, laud and honour

Offertory motet: Pueri Hebraeorum TL da Victoria

Communion motet: Christus factus est Felice Anerio

Communion hymn: 13 Ah, Holy Jesus, how hast thou offended

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Sunday 22nd March 2026 Lent 5 (A)

Introit: Iudica me Deus (plainsong – choir)

Offertory motet: Ego sum panis vivus Juan Esquivel

Communion motet: O Domine Jesu Christe Cristobal de Morales

Communion hymn: 98 Breath on me, breath of God

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Sunday 15th March 2026 Lent 4 Laetare

Entry hymn: 619 Rejoice the Lord is King

Missa brevis in Eb (K,S/B,A) Piedro di Heredia

Offertory motet: Laudate nomen Christopher Tye

Communion motet: Jesu dulcis memoria TL da Victoria

Communion hymn: 40 Amazing grace

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Sunday, 8th March 2026 Lent 3 (A)

Introit: 757 Vaster far than any ocean

Offertory motet: Ad te levavi Aiblinger

Communion motet: Sicut cervus GP da Palestrina

Communion hymn: 730 This is my body

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Sunday 1st March 2026 Lent 2 (A)

Solemn Latin Mass:

Plainsong Mass XVII

Offertory motet: O nata lux Thomas Tallis

Communion motet: Hic est filius meus dilectas Diego de las Muelas

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Sunday 22nd February 2026 Lent 1

Entry hymn: 392: Lord, who throughout these forty days

Offertory motet: Nolo mortem peccatoris Thomas Morley

Communion motet: Call to remembrance, O Lord Richard Farrant

Communion hymn: 60 Attend and keep this happy fast (T.548)

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Ash Wednesday 18th February 2026

Entry hymn: 219 God of mercy and compassion

Distribution of ashes: Emendemus in melius  Plainsong
Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake     Richard Farrant  (1525-1580)

Offertory hymn: 185 Forty days and forty nights

Communion: If ye love me Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)

Recessional: Psalm 50 Miserere mei, Deus Plainsong

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Sunday, 15th February 2026 6th Sunday (A)

Entry hymn: 109 Christ is made the sure foundation

Kyrie/Sanctus/Agnus Dei: Missa ‘Vidi speciosam’ TL da Victoria

Offertory motet: Teach me, O Lord William Byrd

Communion motet: The God of love Thomas Tallis

Communion hymn: 125 Come down O love divine

Organ: Festival Fanfare Kenneth Leighton

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Sunday 8th February 2026 5th Sunday (A)

Entry hymn: 796 What does the Lord require?

Kyrie/Gloria: 459/460

Offertory motet: Dextera Domini Vinzenz Goller

Communion motet: Ave verum Edward Elgar

Communion hymn: 365 Light of our darkness

Organ: March from ‘Athalie’ Mendelssohn

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