December 2002 music
Music being sung by the Choir this month is as follows:
1 December: Advent Sunday
Sung Eucharist, 10am (Girls' Choir)
Mathias in C
Rose: Adam lay y-bounden
Bach: Wachet auf, ruf uns die Stimme, BWV 645
The Advent Procession, 6.30pm
Palestrina: Mattins Responsory for the First Sunday in Advent
Vaughan Williams: This is the Truth sent from above
Bruckner: Virga Jesse floruit
arr. Archer: Sans Day Carol
McKie: We wait for Thy loving kindness
8 December: Second Sunday in Advent
Litany and Sung Eucharist, 10am
Viadana arr. Dakers: Missa l'hora passa
Stainer: How beautiful upon the mountains
Leighton: Fantasy on Helmsley
Evensong, 6.30pm
Bainton: And I saw a new Heaven
Bairstow: Prelude on Veni, veni Emmanuel
15 December: Third Sunday in Advent
Sung Eucharist, 10am
Gibbs in A
arr. Fletcher: People look East
Bach: Gelobt seist du, Jesu Christ BWV 723
Choral Evensong, 6.30pm (Mens' voices)
Anon: Angelus ad virginem
Responses: Tallis
Shepherd: First Service
Mathias: Salve Regina
Bach: Prelude in D major, BWV 532
22 December: Fourth Sunday in Advent
Sung Eucharist, 10am
Wood in the Phrygian mode
Bruckner: Ave Maria
Bach: Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 4pm
Details to follow
24 December: Christmas Eve
Sung Eucharist, 11.45pm
Darke in F
Arr. Moore: The Shepherds' cradle song
Darke: In the bleak midwinter
Rutter: Christmas night
Duruflé: Fugue sur le thème du carillon de la cathédrale
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25 December: Christmas Day
Sung Eucharist, 10am
Jackson in G
Mathias: Sir Christémas
Walton: All this time
Arr. Cleobury: Joys Seven
Cook: Pæan on Divinum mysterium
29 December: Sunday after Christmas
The Choir is on holiday