As the time approaches, let me kick off the service music lists. With a crowded Simbang Gabi/Las posadas schedule, I'm shifting my attention to the twelve days. Here's our modest beginning:
St David of Wales, Richmond Calif.
Midnight Mass Prelude, Dec. 24 11:30 Hodie Christus natus est Heinrich Schütz This day Christ was born William Byrd Bogoroditse dievo Sergei Rachmaninov O magnum mysterium Ann Callaway Today the Virgin comes to the cave John Tavener
Christmas proclamation "O come" ADESTE Kyrie xvii C, Gloria viii de angelis Ps. (John Goss in G, refrain to ANTIOCH's last strain) Alleluia Dominus dixit (verse in English to Asola's falsobordone) Noel: Verbum caro factus est Ann Callaway 2024 Sanctus & Agnus xvii In splendoribus (American Gradual), "Silent night" STILLE NACHT, "O little town" ST LOUIS "Hark the herald" MENDELSSOHN
Christmas Day, Dec. 25 11:00 AM "Angels we have heard" GLORIA Kyrie xvii C, Gloria viii de angelis Ps. (John Goss in G, refrain to ANTIOCH's last strain) Alleluia Dominus dixit (verse in English to Asola's falsobordone) Noel: Verbum caro factus est Ann Callaway 2024 Sanctus & Agnus xvii In splendoribus (American Gradual), "It came upon the midnight" CAROL "Joy" ANTIOCH
St. Steven's Day, Dec 26 6:30 PM Voluntary with renaissance wind band: Victoria Alma Redemptoris Mater (1. pars) "Good King Wenceslas" TEMPUS ADEST Kyrie xvii C Gloria from Hassler Missa Dixit Maria Sederunt? (Perotin's, or depending on choir turnout maybe Pearsall's) Alleluia Video caelos (verse in English to Asola's falsobordone) Voluntary voluntary: Victoria: Alma Redemptoris Mater (2. pars) Sanctus & Agnus xvii Video coelos (Plainsong Gradual) "Good Christian friends" IN DULCI JUBILO Postlude: Gabrieli Canzon in g, Ch 194
Holy Family, Dec. 29 11:00 AM "Angels from the realms of glory" REGENT SQUARE Kyrie xvii C, Gloria viii de angelis Ps. (Brahms sym 1 choral, with "How lovely") Alleluia mode v (verse in English to Asola's falsobordone) Wie Lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Ein deutsches Requiem) Sanctus & Agnus xvii Fili, quid fecisti? (American Gradual), "What child is this" GREENSLEEVES "God rest you merry, gentlemen"
New Year's Day/Mary, Mother of God Jan. 1, 11:00 AM "Sing we of the blessed Mother" OMNE DIE Kyrie xvii C, Gloria viii de angelis Ps. (Brahms sym 1 choral, with "How lovely") Alleluia mode v (verse in English to Asola's falsobordone) Britten: A New Year's Carol Sanctus & Agnus xvii Exulta (American Gradual), "Lo how a rose" ES IST EIN ROS' "Sing of Mary" PLEADING SAVIOUR
St. Aelred, Bishop GA (Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter)
Mass in the Night, 9:00pm (choral Mass) Prelude of carols begins at 8:30pm
Ordinaries: Englished Mass IX (Communion Service Four) Prelude: half hour of carols, followed by Louis Dité "Stille Nacht" Blessing of creche, sung Christmas proclamation Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful Introit: Graduale Romanum w/ fauxbourdon Gloria Patri Gradual: Graduale Romanum Alleluia: Graduale Romanum Verset on "Resonet in Laudibus" during gospel procession Credo: recto tono, accompanied Offertory: Graduale Romanum Offertory Hymn: Angels We Have Heard on High Communion: Graduale Romanum, sung by the ladies only Communion Other: - "Of the Father's Love Begotten" Wohlgemuth - Silent Night during ablutions Recessional: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (descant and Willcocks organ reharm v. 3) Postlude: Pachelbel Fugue and Fantasia on "Vom Himmel Hoch"
Christmas Day, 10:00am (cantor and organ)
Ordinaries: Englished Mass IX (Communion Service Four) Prelude: same as above Procession: Angels We Have Heard on High Introit: Palmer and Burgess Plainchant Gradual Gradual: St. Peter Gradual Alleluia: St. Peter Gradual Credo: recto tono, accompanied Offertory: Palmer and Burgess Plainchant Gradual Offertory Hymn: Good Christian Men, Rejoice Communion: Palmer and Burgess Plainchant Gradual Recessional: Joy to the World Postlude: same as above
Don't have the energy to type out the rest of the octave right now.
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