Monthly Music List
DECEMBER 2025
Sunday 21st December 10:00 a.m. – The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mass setting: Missa XVII
Adventus et Quadragesimae
Gospel Acclamation –
O Rex Gentium NEH 503(6)
(instead of Propers Gospel Acclamation)
Hymns:
3
Come, thou long expected Jesus
184
Shall we not love thee, Mother dear (Tune: Sheet St Agnes ‘Dykes’)
161
For Mary, Mother of the Lord (Tune 385 St Botolph)
9
Lo, he comes with clouds descending
Anthem: Mary’s Carol – Andrew Fletcher
Asperges
Salve Regina
Postlude:
Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme BWV 645 – J.S. Bach
Wednesday, 24th December 9:00 p.m. – The first Mass of Christmas
Mass setting: Ireland in C
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Gloria
Hymns:
32
O little town of Bethlehem
29
It came upon a midnight clear
35
Silent night, holy night
26
Hark! The herald angels sing (first three verses)
Anthem:
In the bleak mid-winter - Harold Darke
Voluntary: Variation X from
Variations sur Un Noël – Marcel Dupré
Thursday 25th December 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day
Mass setting: Sumsion in F
Hymns:
24
Christians awake! Salute the happy morn
34
Once in royal David's city
22
Away in a manger
30
O Come, all ye faithful (omit v4)
Anthem:
A spotless rose – Herbert Howells
Angelus
Voluntary: Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
Sunday 28th December 10:00 a.m. – The Holy Innocents
Mass setting: White in E flat
Hymns:
203
When Christ was born in Bethlehem (Tune 385)
40
What child is this
28
In the bleak mid-winter
39
Unto us a boy is born!
Anthem:
O little one sweet – J.S. Bach (CFC)
Angelus
Voluntary: Grand Chœur: Sortie pour Noël – César Franck
Organist George Nicholls
January 2026
Sunday 4th January 10:00 a.m. – The Second Sunday of Christmas
Mass setting: Darke in A minor
Hymns:
48 Bethlehem, of noblest cities
33 Of the Father’s heart begotten
21 A great and mighty wonder
258 O Christ the same
Anthem: A new year carol – Benjamin Britten
Angelus
Voluntary: In dir ist Freude BWV 615 – J.S. Bach
Tuesday 6th January 7.15 p.m. – The Feast of the Epiphany
(With St George’s Edgbaston)
Mass setting: White in E flat
Hymns:
52 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
50 From the eastern mountains(Tune: 338 Evelyns)
40 What child is this
56 Songs of thankfulness and praise
Anthem: From the rising of the sun – Ouseley
Voluntary: Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Épiphanie – Maurice Duruflé
Organist: Philip Ypres Smith
Sunday 11th January 10:00 a.m. – The Baptism of Christ
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour – Oldroyd
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
12 On Jordans bank the Baptist’s cry
470 To the name that brings salvation
51 Hail, thou source of every blessing
55 Hail to the Lord’s anointed
Anthem: Litany to the Holy Spirit – Hurford
Angelus
Voluntary: Fugue in C major BWV 545 – J.S. Bach
Sunday 18th January 10:00 a.m. – The Second Sunday of Epiphany
Mass setting: Missa XVII Adventus et Quadragesimae
Hymns:
332 All hail the power of Jesu’s name
353 Dear Lord and Father of mankind
341 Blest are the pure in heart
466 Thou whose Almighty word
Anthem: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? French trad. arr Willcocks
Angelus
Voluntary: Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Épiphanie – Maurice Duruflé
Sunday 25th January 10:00 a.m. – The Conversion of Paul
Mass setting: White in E flat
Hymns:
486 We have a gospel to proclaim
146 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty
294 Just as I am
377 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Anthem: From the rising of the sun – Ouseley
Angelus
Voluntary: Prelude in C major BWV 545 – J.S. Bach
Sunday 25th January 6:00 p.m. – Epiphanytide Carol Service
Introit: Gaudete – Traditional
Hymns:
49 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
We three kings of Orient are (arr. Fletcher)
48 Bethlehem, of nobliest cities
47 As with gladness men of old
Anthems:
Here is the little door – Herbert Howells
Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
A spotless Rose – Herbert Howells
Voluntary: TBC
Organist: Thomas Howell
Choir Rehearsals
Thursdays: 7:15 p.m.
Sundays: 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday 6th January 6.15 p.m.
Director of Music: Angela Sones
E-mail: angelasones@hotmail.co.uk
Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville
E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz