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
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
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
Solemn Latin Mass:
Mass in C RR Terry
O Salutaris hostia Fernand Laloux
Adoramus te, Christe Orlando Lassus
Organ: Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 550 (JS Bach)
Introit: Cantate Domino canticum novum Giuseppe Pitoni
Kyrie/Gloria: 459/460
Offertory hymn: 738 Thou whose almighty word
Communion motet: Salve lux mundi Josquin des Prez
Organ: Toccata Joseph Jongen
Entry hymn: 891 Christ be our light
Kyrie: 459 Gloria: 467
Offertory motet: The Lamb John Tavener
Communion motet: The Lord is my Shepherd Martin How
Communion hymn: 111 Christ is the world’s light
Organ: Prelude, Fugue & Variation César Franck
Entrance hymn: 661 Songs of thankfulness and praise (vv.1,2,5)
Kyrie/Gloria: 459/460
Offertory motet: Tribus miraculis GP da Palestrina
Communion motet: O Lord, give Thy Holy Spirit Thomas Tallis
Communion hymn: 106 Christ be beside me
Organ: Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt) Vivaldi/Bach
Solemn Latin Mass:
Missa de Angelis (K,G,S,B)
Offertory: The Three Kings Peter Cornelius arr. Atkins
Communion: Dormi, Jesu! Edmund Rubbra
Organ: Fantasia on Christmas carols John E West
Midnight Mass:
11.30 BEFORE MASS:
Choir: Creator of the stars of night (arr. John Scott)
All: O come, O come, Emmanuel
Choir: Adam lay Ybounden John Ireland
All: O little town of Bethlehem
Choir: People look east Christopher Steele
All: Lo he comes with clouds descending
12.00: MASS:
Entry – Once in royal David’s city
Choir unacc. v1 (nb we stop for the blessing of the crib after v1 or v2)
Kyrie: Missa ad Praesepe George Malcolm
Offertory: O come, all ye faithful
Sanctus: Gathering Mass Paul Inwood
Agnus dei Mass 18
Communion: O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen
The three kings Peter Cornelius arr. Atkins
All: Silent Night
Final carol: Hark, the herald angels sing
Introit (choir): Rorate coeli desuper (plainsong)
Kyrie: Missa ‘Dixit Maria’ HL Hassler
Offertory motet: Ave Maria Louis Vierne
Communion motet: Ecce concipies Jakob Handl
Communion hymn: 243 Hark! A herald voice is calling
