11.15am Choral Music Schedule
Mark Dwyer, Organist and Choirmaster
Ross Wood, D. Mus., Associate Organist and Choirmaster
Please silence cellphones and other electronic devices during services.
September 5 - The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa “Iste confessor”
Charles Villiers Stanford: O for a closer walk with God, op 113, no 6
Alessandro Scarlatti: Exsultate Deo
September 12 - The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Roland de Lassus: Missa octavi toni
Thomas Morley: Domine fac mecum
Thomas Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
September 19 - Holy Cross Day (transferred)
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa quarti toni
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Vere languores nostros
Quirino Gasparini: Adoramus te, Christe
September 26 - The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Alonso Lobo: Missa “Petre ego pro te rogavi”
William Byrd: Sing joyfully
Thomas Tomkins: My shepherd is the living Lord
September 29 (Wednesday), 6:30 pm - The Feast of St Michael & All Angels
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa ad fugam
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Venit Michæl archangelus
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Estote fortes in bello
October 3 - The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Simile est regnum cœlorum”
Charles Villiers Stanford: For lo, I raise up, op 145
October 10 - The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa “Pater noster”
William H Harris: Love of love, and Light of light
Dr Christopher Tye: Praise ye the Lord, ye children
October 17 - The Feast of St Luke; Bishop's Visitation
Roland de Lassus: Missa “Bel Amfitrit’ altera”
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ecce sacerdos magnus
Anton Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30
Henry Purcell: Hear my prayer
October 24 - The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Æterna Christi munera
Heinrich Schütz: The Pharisee and the Publican, SWV 444
Thomas Weelkes: O how amiable
October 24, 4:30 pm - Organ Recital by Gail Archer; 5pm - Solemn Evensong & Benediction
Organ Recital:
Olivier Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte
Evensong:
William Smith: Responses
Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia: Magnificat octavi toni
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Nunc dimittis tertii toni
Charles Hubert H Parry: Hear my words, ye people
October 31 - The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Steffano Bernardi: Missa “Præparate corda vestra”
Orlando Gibbons: O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not
Everett Titcomb: O sacrum convivium
November 2 (Tuesday), 6:30 pm - All Souls' Day
Duarte Lôbo: Missa pro defunctis octo vocum
Duarte Lôbo: Audivi vocem de cœlo
Gregorian chant
November 7 - The Feast of All Saints
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “O quam gloriosum"
Thomas Weelkes: O Lord, arise into thy resting place
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum
Choral Evensong at All Saints Church, 10 Irving St, Worcester, 5:00 pm
Sacred Music Series at All Saints Church
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum
William Smith: Responses
Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia: Magnificat octavi toni
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Nunc dimittis tertii toni
Thomas Weelkes: O Lord, arise into thy resting place
November 14 - The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Adrian Batten: A Short Communion Service
Arnold Bax: This Worldes Joie
Duarte Lôbo: Audivi vocem de cœlo
November 21 - The Feast of Christ the King
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa Brevis in C, K 220 “Spatzen-Messe”
Felix Mendelssohn: Erhaben, o Herr, über alles Lob, op 79, no 3
Kenneth Leighton: Let all the world in every corner sing
Henry Purcell: The Lord is King, Z 53
Plainsong & Handbells: Te Deum laudamus
November 28 - The First Sunday of Advent: The Feast of Title & Dedication
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Congratulamini mihi”
Johannes Brahms: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf, op 74, no 2
Johannes Brahms: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, op 45, no 4
November 28, 4:30pm - Organ Prelude Recital by Christian Lane; 5pm - A Service of Lessons & Carols for Advent Sunday
Organ Recital:
Music of Widor and Dupré
Lessons & Carols:
G. P. da Palestrina: Matin & Vesper Responsories
Arnold Bax: This Worldes Joie
Orlando Gibbons: Lord, grant grace
Johannes Brahms: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf, op 74, no 2
Martin Peerson: Blow out the trumpet in Sion
William Byrd: Lætentur cœli
John Tavener: A Hymn to the Mother of God
Francisco Guerrero: Alma redemptoris mater
arr Stephen Cleobury: Joys Seven
December 5 - The Second Sunday of Advent
William Byrd: Mass for four voices
William Byrd: Lætentur cœli
Hugo Distler: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
December 12 - The Third Sunday of Advent (“Gaudete”)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa “Iste confessor”
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Canite tuba
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Rorate cœli
December 19 - The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa quarti toni
Robert Parsons: Ave Maria
Francisco Guerrero: Alma redemptoris mater
December 24, Christmas Eve (Friday) - 10:15pm, Prelude by The Advent Choir; 11:00pm, Procession & Solemn Mass
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor for soli and double chorus
William Byrd: This day Christ was born
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
December 26 - Feast of St Stephen (Organ)
*Healey Willan: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
December 31, New Year's Eve (Friday) - 5:00pm, A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols by Candlelight
Thomas Tomkins: Glory be to God in the highest
Howard Skempton: Adam lay y-bounden
Peter Warlock: Balulalow
Richard Dirksen: Arise, shine, for your light is come
Leo Sowerby: A great and mighty wonder
Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Alan Gibbs: The Salutation Carol
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
William Byrd: This day Christ was born
Herbert Howells: Sing lullaby
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Salve, puerule, H 414
January 2 - The Second Sunday after Christmas Day
Claudio Monteverdi: Missa “In illo tempore”
William Byrd: O magnum mysterium
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Wither’s Rocking Hymn
January 6 - The Epiphany (Thursday), 6:30pm
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “O magnum mysterium”
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium
Herbert Howells: Here is the little door
January 9 - The Baptism of Our Lord
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Congratulamini mihi”
Francisco Guerrero: Sicut cervus desiderat
Luca Marenzio: Tribus miraculis
January 16 - The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Herbert Howells: Office of the Holy Communion “Collegium Regale”
Herbert Howells: Behold, O God, our defender
Herbert Howells: O salutaris hostia
January 23 - The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Philippe Rogier: Missa “Ego sum qui sum”
Johannes Brahms: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, op 29, no 1
William Byrd: Surge illuminare
January 23, 4:30 pm - Organ Recital by Dan McKinley; 5pm - Solemn Evensong & Benediction
Organ Recital:
Julius Reubke: Sonata on Psalm 94
Evensong:
Bernard Rose: Responses
Herbert Howells: St Paul’s Service
Adrian Willært: Sancte Paule apostole
January 30 - The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Annual Parish Meeting to follow)
William Mathias: Missa brevis, op 64
Arvo Pärt: The Beatitudes
John Blow: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
February 6 - The Solemity of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Herbert Howells: Nunc dimittis (St Paul’s Service)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa “Ave Maria”
Thomas Tallis: Videte miraculum
Jonathan Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars
February 13 - The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
Jakob Handl: Missa super “Un gay bergier”
William Mundy: Adolescentulus sum ego
Adrian Batten: Let my complaint come before thee
February 20 - The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
(An Instructed Eucharist)
*Healey Willan: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
February 27 - The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Simile est regnum cœlorum”
William H Harris: Love of love, and Light of light
Richard Dering: Jubilate Deo
February 27, 4:30 pm - Organ Recital by James Busby; 5pm - Solemn Evensong & Benediction
William Byrd: Responses
William Byrd: The Second Service
William Byrd: O lux beata Trinitas
March 6 - The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
Bernard Stevens: Mass for Double Choir
Andrew Ager: O nata lux de lumine
Thomas Tallis: O nata lux de lumine
March 9 - Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, 6:30 pm
Plainsong: Missa “Cunctipotens genitor Deus” (Mass IV)
Thomas Tallis: In jejunio et fletu
Thomas Tomkins: Almighty and everlasting God
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus
Gregorian chants
March 13 - The First Sunday in Lent
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa brevis
Francisco Guerrero: Hei mihi, Domine
Thomas Tallis: Salvator mundi
March 20 – The Second Sunday in Lent
Anonymous: Messe de Toulouse
William Byrd: Quomodo cantabimus, parts I & II
March 27 – The Third Sunday in Lent
William Mundy: Kyrie “Cunctipotens genitor Deus”
Thomas Tallis: Missa “Salve intemerata”
Richard Dering: Ave verum corpus
Thomas Tallis: Verily, verily, I say unto you
March 27, 4:30 pm – Organ Recital by Balint Karosi
5:00 pm – Solemn Evensong & Benediction sung by the Parish Choir
6:00 pm – Supper & Lecture by Mark Dwyer
Henry G. Ley: A Prayer of King Henry VI
Richard Ayleward: Responses
Charles Villiers Stanford: Evening Service in B-flat
William Byrd: Ave verum corpus
April 3 – The Fourth Sunday in Lent (Lætare Sunday)
Pierre Certon: Missa “Sus le pont d’Avignon”
Johannes Brahms: Lass dich nur nicht nichts dauren, op 30
Melchior Vulpius: Jesus sprach zu dem Blinden
April 8 (Friday, 7:00 p.m.)
Special Lenten Devotion in Poetry & Music: The Poetry of George Herbert with Organ Meditations
April 10 – The Fifth Sunday in Lent
William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices
Claudio Monteverdi: Adoramus te, Christe
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Vere languores nostros
April 17 – The Sunday of the Passion or Palm Sunday
Guillaume Dufay: Missa “Se la face ay pale”
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Pueri Hebræorum
Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea
Blasius Ammon: Tenebræ factæ sunt
April 20 – Service of Tenebræ
Wednesday, 7:00 PM
Gregorian chants
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Vere languores nostros
Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O Domine, Jesu Christe
April 21 – Maundy Thursday
Thursday, 6:30 PM
Guillaume Dufay: Missa “Se la face ay pale”
Roland de Lassus: In monte Oliveti
John Sheppard: I give you a new commandement
April 22 – Good Friday
Friday, 6:30 PM
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Reproaches
Claudio Monteverdi: Adoramus te, Christe
Gregorian chants
April 23 – Holy Saturday – The Great Vigil of Easter
Saturday, 6:30 PM
Christopher Tye: The Mass “Euge bone”
Anonymous, formerly Desprez: Regina cœli lætare
Roland de Lassus: Regina cæli à 6
Pierre de la Rue: Sicut cervus
April 24 – The Sunday of the Resurrection or Easter Day
John Taverner: Leroy Kyrie
Christopher Tye: The Mass “Euge bone”
Anonymous, formerly Desprez: Regina cœli lætare
Roland de Lassus: Regina cæli à 6
1 May - The Second Sunday of Easter
(sung by the Parish Choir)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Brevis
Williamk H. Harris: Most glorious Lord of life
Felice Anerio: Angelus autem Domini
8 May – The Third Sunday of Easter
Roland de Lassus: Missa “Bell’Amfitrit’ altera”
Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
Charles Villiers Stanford: O for a closer walk with God
15 May – The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Kenneth Leighton: Mass for Double Choir, op 44
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Choral Flourish
Roland de Lassus: Surrexit pastor bonus
20 May – Spring Concert
Friday, 8:00 PM, $15 / $10 at the door; gala reception follows
The “Vs” — Music of Tomas Luis de Victoria & Ralph Vaughan Williams
Missa O quam gloriosum and Motets: O quam gloriosum, Vere languores
Mass in G Minor and motets: A Choral Flourish, O clap your hands together
22 May – The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “O quam gloriosum”
William H. Harris: Behold, the tabernacle of God
Anton Bruckner: Locus iste a Deo factus est
29 May – The Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogation)
Harold Darke: Communion Service in E “Collegium Regale”
Leonhard Lechner: Novit Dominus dies immaculatorum
Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Thomas Vautor: Mother, I will have husband (Madrigal in the garden)
2 June – Ascension Day (Orchestra)
Thursday, 6:30 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Coronation Mass for soli, chorus, and orchestra, K 317
Ruggiero Giovanelli: Jubilate Deo
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O clap your hands together
5 June – The Sunday after the Ascension
Benjamin Britten: Missa Brevis
William H. Harris: King of Glory
Francis Poulenc: Ave verum corpus
12 June – Pentecost
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa ”Ascendens Christus”
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis
Nathaniel Giles: God who as at this time
19 June – Trinity Sunday
Rodney Lister: Kyrie “Gloria tibi Trinitas”
John Taverner: Missa “Gloria tibi Trinitas”
Peter Philips: Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas
Edward C. Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh
Edward Elgar: Te Deum in F, op. 34, no 1
23 June – Corpus Christi
Thursday, 6:30 PM
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Simile est regnum cœlorum”
Peter Philips: Ave verum corpus
Peter Philips: Ave Jesu Christe
26 June – The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Erika Vogel, Soprano, Cantor; Bianca Garcia, Flute
July 3 – The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Steven Cosnek, Tenor, Cantor
July 10 – The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Clare McNamara, Mezzo, Cantor; Patrick Kane, Oboe
July 17 – The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Simile est regnum cœlorum”
Cristóbal de Morales: Simile est regnum cœlorum
Henry Purcell: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z 58b
July 24 – The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Jakob Handl: Missa super “Un gay bergier”
Adrian Batten: Let my complaint come before thee
William Byrd: Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes
July 31 – The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Brevis
Luca Marenzio: O sacrum convivium
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ego sum panis vivus
August 7 – The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
William Byrd: Mass for Three Voices
William Byrd: Be unto me, O Lord, a tower of strength
William Byrd: Lord hear my prayer
August 14 – The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Ave maris stella”
John Taverner: Ave Maria
Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and everlasting God
August 21 – The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Alonso Lobo: Missa “Petre ego pro te rogavi”
Francisco Guerrero: Petre ego pro te rogavi
Dr Christopher Tye: Praise ye the Lord, ye children
August 28 – The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Andrea Gabrieli: Missa Brevis
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Nos autem gloriari oportet
Ludovico Grossi da Viadana: Adoramus te, Christe
September 4 – The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Claudio Monteverdi: Missa “In illo tempore”
Harold W. Friedell: Draw us in the Spirit’s tether
Claudio Casciolini: Panis angelicus
September 11 – The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Music by The Broken Consort – Medieval and New Music for the Mass
September 18 – Holy Cross Day (transferred)
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Missa Brevis in G, “Sanctæ Crucis” op 151
Roland de Lassus: Adoramus te, Christe
Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (formerly attributed to Palestrina:) O bone Jesu
The Full Choirs return on Sunday morning, September 25.
Michaelmas will be observed on Thursday, September 29 with a Solemn Mass & Procession sung by The Advent Choir. A Reception follows in Moseley Hall.
All the above services are at 11:15 AM on Sundays and are sung by The Choir of The Church of the Advent unless otherwise indicated.
* to be sung by the congregation