Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BWV 739) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa tertia (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Lux refulget (BL Add MS 36881; ca. XII C.)
Motet at the Communion: O Regem caeli (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Bach)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Tui sunt caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above
The St. Mary’s Choir
