December 2007

 2 December Advent Sunday

9.30am Holy Eucharist St Cecilia Girls’ Choir

Adam lay ybounden Ord, arr. Rose

Hymns 616, 64, 72

11.00am ADVENT PROCESSION WITH CAROLS

The Choir of Men & Boys with the St Cecilia Girls' Choir

Music by Ledger, Guest, Piccolo, Vaughan Williams, Cleobury

December 7, 8 & 9

 MADRIGAL DINNERS

 St Paul's Madrigal Singers

9 December The Second Sunday of Advent

9.30am Holy Eucharist St Cecilia Girls’ Choir

Wash me throughly Handel

Hymns 76, 444, 657

11.00am Choral Matins

according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

Choir of Men & Boys

This is the record of John Gibbons

Hymns 76, 67, 74

16 December The Third Sunday of Advent

9.30am Holy Eucharist Choir of Men & Boys

Ave verum corpus Elgar

Hymns 73, 54, 597

11.00am Choral Eucharist Girls and Men

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Piccolo

The Lamb Tavener

Hymns 73, 60, 54, 597

23 December The Fourth Sunday of Advent

9.30am Holy Eucharist Choir of Men & Boys

Zion hears the watchmen's voices J.S. Bach

Hymns 438, 265, 56

11.00am Choral Matins Girls and Men

Ave Maria Josquin

Hymns 278, 265, 438

24 December

CHRISTMAS EVE

8.00pm Choral Eucharist & 11.00pm Solemn High Mass

Choir of Men & Boys with the St Cecilia Girls’ Choir

Choral Prelude, beginning 30 minutes before each service:

As with gladness men of old English traditional carol, arr. Willcocks

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Piccolo

And the Glory of the Lord Handel

Today the virgin Tavener

Ave Maria Josquin

A babe is born Mathias

Music for the Eucharist:

Missa Sancti Nicholae Haydn

For unto us a child is born Handel

Ding dong! Merrily on high French 16th century tune, harm. Wood

A sound of angels Tye

The Lamb Tavener

Past Three O' Clock English traditional carol, arr. Willcocks

Hymns 83, 93, 78, 111, 87

25 December

CHRISTMAS DAY

10.00am Holy Eucharist

Hymns 83, 78, 87

30 December The First Sunday of Christmas

9.30am Holy Eucharist Boys' and Girls' voices

A New Year carol Britten

Hymns 102, 93, 98

11.00am A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS

The Choir of Men & Boys with the St Cecilia Girls’ Choir

The Lord at first did Adam make Guest

All this time Walton

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Gardner

There is no rose Anon c.1420

A babe is born Mathias

Here is the little door Howells

Organ Voluntary - Dieu Parmi Nous Messiaen