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Music List - November and December 2022

Friday 25th November 2022

6.15pm            Choral Evensong

Responses      Ayleward

Hymn               152

Psalm              148

Canticles          Magnificat octavi toni – Lassus

                         Nunc dimittis tertii toni – Palestrina

Anthem            O God, the King of glory – Purcell

Voluntary          Invention no. 1 in C – J. S. Bach

Sunday 27th November 2022

The First Sunday of Advent

11.15am          Choral Eucharist

Hymns             9, 15, 5, 16

Service            Missa secunda – Hassler

Psalm              122

Motet               Rorate coeli – Palestrina

Voluntary         Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 – J. S. Bach

3.30pm            Advent Carols in Procession

Friday 2nd December 2022

6.15pm                Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)

Responses          Tallis

Hymn                   1

Psalm                  42

Canticles             Magnificat primi toni – Lassus

                            Nunc dimittis – Tye

Anthem               Rorate coeli – Rheinberger

Voluntary             Meditation op. 167, no. 3 – Rheinberger

Sunday 4th December 2022

The Second Sunday of Advent

11.15am              Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lay Vicars Choral)

Hymns                 6, 12, 495, 500

Service                Missa brevis – Palestrina

Psalm                  72: 1-7, 18-19

Motet                    A tender shoot – Goldschmidt

Voluntary              Nun danket alle Gott – Karg-Elert

3.30pm                 Choral Evensong (Girls and Lay Vicars Choral)

Responses           Clucas

Hymns                  3(ii), 1, 18

Psalm                   11

Canticles              The Short Service – Gibbons

Anthem                 Rejoice in the Lord always – anon.

Voluntary               Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist – BWV 671 – J. S. Bach

Friday 9th December 2022

7.00pm                  Cathedral Choir Concert

                              Messiah – Handel

Saturday 10th December 2022

7.00pm                  Cathedral Choir Concert

                              Messiah – Handel

Sunday 11th December 2022

The Third Sunday of Advent

11.15am                Choral Eucharist (Girls and Lay Vicars Choral)

Hymns                   12, 11, 443, 468

Service                  Missa O quam gloriosum est – Victoria

Psalm                    The Great O Antiphons

Motet                      Lo, how a rose e’er blooming – Praetorius arr. Stobart

Voluntary                Prelude and Fugue in D minor – Walther

3.30pm                   Choral Evensong with Installation of the Archdeacon 

                                                                             (Boys and Lay Vicars Choral)

Responses             Neary

Hymns                    499, 1, 13

Psalm                     12

Canticles                 Magnificat sexti toni – Reid

                                Nunc dimittis tertii toni – Palestrina

Anthem                   Canite tuba – Guerrero

Voluntary                 Fugue on Magnificat sexti toni – Pachelbel

Friday 16th December 2022

6.15pm                    Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)

Responses              Reading

Hymn                       1

Psalm                       94

Canticles                  Magnificat septimi toni – Guerrero

                                 Nunc dimittis tertii toni – Victoria

Anthem                    People look east – Besançon melody arr. Stobart

Voluntary                  Invention no. 4. In D minor – J. S. Bach  

Sunday 18th December 2022

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

11.15am                    Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lay Vicars Choral)

Hymns                       21, 161(t.385), 19, 186

Service                      Missa octavi toni – Lotti

Psalm                        80: 1-8, 18-20

Motet                         Dixit Maria – Hassler

Voluntary                   Theme and Variations – Andriessen

4.00pm                       Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Friday 23rd December 2022

6.15pm                       Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)

Responses                 Sumsion

Hymn                          1

Psalm                          93

Canticles                     Magnificat primi toni – Soriano

                                    Nunc dimittis – Tye

Anthem                       Hymn to the Virgin – Britten

Voluntary                     Nachspiel – Kittel

Saturday 24th December 2022

Christmas Eve

4.00pm                        Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Sunday 25th December 2022

Christmas Day

11.15am                      Choral Eucharist (full choir and orchestra)

Introit                           Hodie Christus natus est – Sweelinck

Hymns                         30, 29, 42, 34

Service                         Missa brevis in D – Mozart

Psalm                           96-98

Motet                            For unto us a child is born (from Messiah) – Handel

Voluntary                      Toccata from Symphony no. 5 - Widor