Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus [The Christmas Sequence] (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Ad tantae nativitatis (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: Noël No. X (Louis-Claude Daquin, 1694-1772)
Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Unto Us Is Born A Son (tune from Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Willcocks)
Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above
