Christmas Music Lists
  • edward.yong
    Posts: 30
    Would it be appropriate to share what music we've programmed for the Christmas services?
    Thanked by 1tomboysuze
  • ryandryand
    Posts: 1,640
    It's different at each mass, as we have a few groups that more-or-less operate independently. For the masses that I am covering, we will do:


    Prelude (all instrumental, soft organ): O Little Town of Bethlehem, Infant Holy, Away in a Manger, Wake from Your Sleep

    Introit: O Come All Ye Faithful

    Psalm & Alleluia from "Respond & Acclaim"

    Offertory: Infant Holy

    Communion: 2 SEP chants: Exsulta, filia Sion (proper for the day) and Hoc Corpus (one of the ad libitum Communions we've been using). Then on to Alma Redemptoris, and an instrumental organ piece if needed.

    Recessional: Joy to the World


    The ordinary that we use is Mass of Renewal by Curtis Stephan. It was chosen by the other musicians before they hired me as a music director. Not my favorite, of course, but gotta work with what's there ... and it is actually beautiful and effective with the right instrumentation. Add the guitars and drums and some groups make a rock concert out of it ... but as we say, brick-by-brick ...
  • musicman923
    Posts: 239
    Processional: O Come All Ye Faithful
    Kyrie: Heritage Mass
    Gloria: Lisa Stafford
    Psalm: Gelineau
    Alleluia: Advent/Christmas Alleluia- David Haas
    Preparation: Silent Night
    Mass Of The Christ The Savior- Schutte
    Communion: Of The Father's Love Begotten and Away In A Manger
    Communion Med: O Holy Night
    Recessional: Hark The Herald Angel's Sing
  • Huxtaby
    Posts: 2
    St Catherine Laboure, Farington, Leyland, Lancashire,UK.

    Missa Normativa in Latin with English readings and carols. Starts at 11pm
    Processional: Adeste Fideles
    Proclamation of Christmas (In English)
    Introit: Dominus dixit ad me
    Ordinary of the Mass: Mass VIII 'De Angelis'
    Alleluia: Alleluia - Dominus dixit ad me
    Preparation: Laetentur caeli followed by Hark! the herald Angels sing.
    Mysterium Fidei and Pater Noster - in Latin - Missal chants
    Communion: In splendoribus followed by Silent Night
    Mass ends with the recessional to place the bambino in the Crib at midnight: Come, come, come to the Manger (English Trad).

    A Blessed Christmas to you all!
  • CharlesW
    Posts: 11,978

    EDIT: Someone in a later post mentioned including locations with these lists. This will be at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Knoxville, TN.

    11:30 p.m. pre-mass music:
    I Wonder as I Wander - Niles
    Wonderful Peace - Nordquist
    Slumber, O Holy Jesu - Wood
    Of the Father's Love Begotten - Wohlgemuth
    Gesu Bambino - Yon
    Ave Maria - Wyman
    Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus - Koepke
    O Holy Night - Adam

    Prelude: Joseph Est Bien Marie - Balbastre
    Entrance: O Come, All Ye Faithful
    ICEL Chant Mass
    Offertory: Still, Still, Still - Luboff
    Communion: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
    Congregational Carols:
    Silent Night
    O Little Town of Bethlehem
    Recessional: Joy to the World
    Postlude: Fugue on the Kyrie - Couperin

  • Adam Schwend
    Posts: 203
    Pre-Mass Carol service:
    Welcome Yule! - Parry
    Angels We Have Heard on High
    In Natali Domini - Praetorius
    Away in a Manger
    In Dulci Jubilo - Arr. Bach
    O Little Town of Bethlehem
    Jesus Christ the Appletree - Poston
    Joy to the World
    Ein ist ein Ros entsprungen - Praetorius
    Silent Night

    Mass at Midnight:
    O Come All Ye Faithful - Wilcocks
    Introit: Dominus dixit (GR)
    Kyrie: Mass for Three Voices - Byrd
    Gloria: Missal Chant
    Credo: Missal Chant
    Offertory: Laetentur caeli (GR)
    Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Wilcocks
    Sanctus: Missal Chant
    Agnus Dei: Mass for Three Voices - Byrd
    Communion: In splendoribus (GR)
    The First Noel
    O Magnum Mysterium - Victoria
  • hartleymartin
    Posts: 1,447
    I don't know yet. We're sight-reading a fair bit of it on the night. The polyphonic setting of the mass ordinary we've rehearsed, but a lot of it will "just happen" on the night.
  • redsox1
    Posts: 217
    Choral Literature (Prelude and Mass)
    And the Glory of the Lord-Handel
    The Angel Gabriel-Lovelace
    A Spotless Rose-Howells
    O Magnum Mysterium-Handl (Gallus) with brass
    In the Bleak Midwinter-Darke
    A Sound of Angels-Tye
    Who Comes? (from Three Carols)-Nestor
  • ref_scottref_scott
    Posts: 90
    Festival of Carols with string players and organ
    Carols arranged by David Willcocks
    Aria's from the Messiah

    Midnight and Morning Masses
    Mass for Three Voices - Byrd
    Midnight: Gregorian Proper
    Mass During the Day: Byrd's Gradualia

    O come all ye faithful - Willcocks
    Hodie Christus natus est - Byrd
    O magnum mysterium for Double choir - Gabrieli
    Es ist ein Rosensprungen - Praetorius
    Hark! the Herald Angels sing - Willcocks
  • francis
    Posts: 10,821
    usual carols

    and then

    God's Son To Us This Day Is Born - Praetorius

    On the 28th : Coventry Carol
  • edward.yong
    Posts: 30
    EF Midnight Mass, St Joseph's Church, Victoria Street, Singapore.

    Pre-Mass Carols
    Angels We Have Heard On High
    The First Noël
    Joy To The World
    Hark The Herald Angels Sing
    O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forest)
    Ding Dong Merrily On High

    Solemn Proclamation of Christmas (from one of the earlier threads in this forum)

    Processional: Adeste Fideles
    Propers from the Graduale Romanum
    Kyrie - Missa super Dixit Maria (Haßler)
    Gloria - Missa super Dixit Maria (Haßler)
    Credo III
    Offertory I - Quem Pastores Laudavere (arr. Vaughan Williams)
    Offertory II - Nato Canunt Omnia (Sarum chant)
    Sanctus - Missa super Dixit Maria (Haßler)
    Agnus - Missa super Dixit Maria (Haßler)
    Communion - Ave Verum (Peñalosa)
    Marian Antiphon - Alma Redemptoris à 4 (Palestrina)
    Recessional - In Dulci Jubilo à 4 (M Praetorius)

    Veneration of the Christ child - Christe Redemptor Omnium (Antiphonale Monasticum)
  • fernandogilfernandogil
    Posts: 38
    Christmas Day Mass 12:00
    Nuestro Señor del Calvario,
    Orizaba, Veracruz, México
    (Spanish mass)

    Introito: Puer natus
    Kyrie: Acto Penitencial III (Misa Jubilar - Mons. Valentin Miserachs Grau)
    Gloria: from Misa Jubilar
    Alleluia: Dies Sanctificatus
    Symbolum Apostolorum (In spanish, VI mode)
    --- ¨Qui conceptus¨ polyphonic setting by Fernando Gil
    Offertory: Gaudete
    Sanctus - from Misa Jubilar
    Agnus - from Misa Jubilar
    Communion: Adeste Fideles (elab. Marco Frisina)
    Recessional / Veneration of the Christ child: Como estrella en claro cielo (arr. Proulx)

    Postlude: Scherzo para la noche de navidad (Miguel Bernal Jiménez)
    Thanked by 1Claire H
  • Andrew_Malton
    Posts: 1,186
    Lists like these, which are always most interesting and instructive, are and will be all the more so when (as some have done) the location is included. "In such and such a place, language, and culture, this music was used." Because there are members from all over the world here.
    Thanked by 4CHGiffen CharlesW tomboysuze RedPop4
  • Ralph BednarzRalph Bednarz
    Posts: 493
    This is the link to our program SEP and some from the gradual and ICEL Missla chant Mass with the Creed- all is acapella except the carols.
  • donr
    Posts: 971
    Christmas Eve 6pm
    Bell Choir - All Come, All Ye Faithful (right into...)
    Entrance - All Come, All Ye Faithful
    Offertory- Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
    Communion Antiphon - from Lumen Christi Missal
    Communion Hymn - The First Noel
    Meditation if needed - Silent Night
    Recessional - Joy to the World
  • don roy
    Posts: 306
    pre-service
    how blest are you who are poor-taize
    nativity carol o'brian
    speak and we will hear stevens
    away in a manger
    ave maria victoria
    laudate dominum taize
    o little town of bethlehem
    laudate dominum mozart
    mass
    o come all ye faithful
    gloria mass of st anne
    psalm psalms for the church year
    alleluia-mine
    offertory
    with a voice of singing-shaw
    angels we have heard on high
    mass parts mass of st anne
    communion what child is this
    sleeps judea fair mckinnon
    silent night
    close joy to the world
    postlude passacaglia in d minor buxtehude

    this from a florida parish steeped in contemporary 80s music and is currently in transition. my schola did well during the advent vesper service and explains the lack of chant here.
  • canadashcanadash
    Posts: 1,501

    Prior to Mass:
    People Look East
    Lo How a Rose
    Ave Maria: Biebl
    Angel's We Have Heard
    Star Carol: Rutter
    We Three Kings
    Lullay, Lulla
    Christmas Proclamation

    Mass:
    O Come All Ye Faithful
    Hodie Christus Natus Est
    All Mass parts: Missa D'Angelis
    Alleluia: taken from Howell's My Eyes...
    Offertory: O Holy Night
    Chant for Offertory: Laetentur Caeli
    Chant for Communion: SEP p. 30
    Silent Night
    Of the Father's Love Begotten
    Joy to the World (with Trumpet)


  • Joseph Michael
    Posts: 258
    Pre-Mass carols (organ, choir, brass ensemble, congregation)

    Angels from the Realms of Glory - G. Hancock variation on verse 3
    To a Virgin Meek and Mild - arr. David Johnson
    Infant Holy - arr. David Willcocks
    The First Nowell - arr. David Willcocks
    Torches, Torches - John Joubert
    Away in A Manger - arr. David Willcocks
    Go Tell it on the Mountain
    His Praises We'll Sing - Alan Bullard
    The Holly and the Ivy - arr. Richard Shephard
    Lovely Child, Holy Child - arr. David Johnson
    Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
    O Little Town of Bethlehem (FOREST GREEN) - arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Silent Night - arr. Healey Willan

    Mass
    O Come, All Ye Faithful - arr. David Willcocks
    Kyrie - Mass in Honor of St Theresa Healey Willan
    Glory to God - James MacMillan Mass in Honor of Blessed John Henry Newman
    Psalm - arr. T. Marier
    Joy to the World
    Gospel Acclamation - arr. T. Marier
    Angels We Have Heard on High
    Holy - Mass for the City Richard Proulx
    Mystery of Faith - "When we eat this bread..." Chant setting by M. Olbash
    Great Amen - Danish
    Lord's Prayer - arr. T. Marier
    Lamb of God - T. Marier
    Of the Father's Love Begotten - arr. Busarow
    Ave Maria - Gregorian Chant acc. T Marier
    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - arr. David Willcocks
  • donr
    Posts: 971
    What's the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the standard English alphabet?
    Answer the Christmas alphabet has No L

    Merry Christmas everyone
    Thanked by 4ryand Ally tomboysuze RedPop4
  • Ally
    Posts: 227
    Just had a young woman visiting the parish come up and thank me for using the Propers!!! (SEP) What an awesome Christmas gift. Thank you Adam for all your work, and thank you ryand for the accompaniment (which we sang in 4 parts).
    Thanked by 2Claire H RedPop4
  • supernoxic
    Posts: 15
    Noticed something interesting at the National Shrine televised night mass. Instead of using the GR communion In splendoribus sanctorum, as the priest received the men chanted part of the matins responsory Verbum caro factum est to match the text of the missal antiphon.
  • Claire H
    Posts: 370
    Fernando, me interesa mucho leer la lista de música de su parroquia. Mis varios coros de adultos y niños también cantaron “Gaudete” esta navidad – ¿ustedes usaron la versión tradicional? (como aquí: http://www.christmas-carol-music.org/SATB/Gaudete.html )

    Bendiciones!
    Thanked by 1fernandogil
  • mahrt
    Posts: 517
    Midnight Mass: Pre-Mass Carols: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Angels We Have Heard On High; Adeste Fideles, Blessing of the Creche, Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming. At Mass: all the Gregorian propers (Dominus Dixit ad me), Byrd, Mass for Four Voices, Byrd, O Magnum Mysterium.
    Day Mass: All the Gregorian propers (Puer natus est); Victoria, Missa O Magnum Mysterium; Victoria, O Magnum Mysterium.
  • Daniel Bennett PageDaniel Bennett Page
    Posts: 835
    Mount Calvary Church, Baltimore, Maryland
    Anglican Use (Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter)
    Music for 25 December 2012 (Midnight Mass of Christmas)
    Prelude music:
    Carol: O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green, desc. J. Belkot)
    Carol: Lullaby Carol (G. Shaw, text: F. Chesterton)
    Organ: Greensleeves (Vaughan Williams)
    Carol: What child is this (Greensleeves)
    Organ: In dulci jubilo (Dupre)

    Solemn Proclamation of Christmas

    Solemn High Mass with Procession and Blessing of the Creche
    Propers: Gregorian (Palmer/Burgess)
    Ordinary: Missa O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
    Creed: III (fauxbourdon 'Et incarnatus')
    Carol: How far is it to Bethlehem (G. Shaw, text: F. Chesterton)
    Carol: I sing of a maiden (P. Hadley)
    Hymns:
    O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fidelis)
    Silent night (Holy Night)
    Angels we have heard (Gloria)
    While shepherds watched their flocks (Winchester Old, desc. A. Gray)
    Hark! the herald angels (Mendelssohn)
    Organ: In dulci jubilo (Buxtehude)
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • Pedro d'Aquino
    Posts: 128
    Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City
    Missale Romanum (1962)
    NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: FIRST MASS AT MIDNIGHT

    Musical Prelude (11:35 p.m.)
    Chant/Victoria: Christe Redemptor omnium (alternating stanzas)
    Hymn: O Little Town of Bethlehem (with congregation)
    Prose from Paris Gradual (chant): Votis Pater annuit (schola)
    Praetorius: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (choir)
    Hymn: Silent Night (with congregation)
    Chant: Hodie Christus natus est (Mag. ant. at 2d Vespers of Christmas)
    Carol: Ther is no rose of swych vertu (ATB or SAT)
    Procession to the Creche [Hymn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (with congregation)]
    Blessing of the Creche

    MISSA CANTATA (12 midnight)
    Proper: Gregorian (Dominus dixit)
    Ordinary: Missa Quæramus cum pastoribus, Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1533)
    Motet at the Offertory: Quæramus cum pastoribus, Pedro de Cristo (c.1540-1618)
    Motets at the Communion: Ad tantæ Nativitatis, Pastores dicite quidnam vidistis, Cristóbal de Morales
    Ite, missa est (Mass II, Mode V)
    Marian Ant. Alma Redemptoris Mater, Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
    Hymn: Adeste fideles
    Postlude: Noël Grand Jeu et duo, Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

    NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: THIRD MASS DURING THE DAY
    MISSA CANTATA (10:00 a.m.)
    Proper: Gregorian (Puer natus est)
    Ordinary: Missa Puer qui natus, Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
    Motet at the Offertory: Ad tantæ Nativitatis, Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1533)
    Motet at the Communion: Pastores dicite quidnam vidistis, Cristóbal de Morales
    Ite, missa est (Mass II, Mode V)
    Marian Ant. Alma Redemptoris Mater (Simple tone, Mode V)
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • fernandogilfernandogil
    Posts: 38
    @Claire H:

    Hi Claire!

    Así es, usamos esa melodía para el Gaudete, el arreglo de Robert J. Batastini que se consigue en GIA

    (Translation: Right! we used that setting with the arrangement by Robert J. Batastini wich GIA sells)
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