St. Alban the Martyr

Monthly Music List

NOVEMBER 2024


Sunday 17th November 10:00 a.m. – Ordinary Time 33
Mass setting: Sumsion in F
Hymns:
231 Who are these like stars appearing
185 Glorious things of thee are spoken (Tune: Abbot’s Leigh)
282 Faithful shepherd feed me
372 He who would valiant be
Anthem: O Come, ye servants of the Lord – Christopher Tye
Marian Anthem: Angelus
Voluntary: Defeating Lucifer – Hewitt-Jones


Sunday 24th November 10:00 a.m. – Christ the Universal King
Mass setting: Darke in E
Hymns:
263 All creatures of our God and King
394 Let all the world
305 Soul of my saviour
Anthem: Lift up your heads – Coleridge-Taylor
Procession:
269 (part II) O Salutaris hostia
521 Laud, O Sion, thy salvation
268 (part II) Tantum ergo
Marian Anthem: Angelus
Voluntary: Toccata, BWV 564 – J.S. Bach


Sunday 24th November 6:00 p.m. – Solemn Choral Evensong & Benediction
Responses: Ayleward
Canticles:Wood in E flat no.2
Hymns:
443 Rejoice, the Lord is King
[Sheet] Christ Triumphant (Tune: Guiting Power)
Anthem:Lift up your heads – Coleridge-Taylor
Voluntary: March on a theme by Handel in F "Lift up your heads" – Guilmant


DECEMBER 2024


Sunday 1st December 10:00 a.m. – Advent Sunday
Mass setting: Missa de Angelis
Hymns:
11 O Come, O come Emmanuel
5 Hark, a herald voice is calling
14 The Advent of our God
9 Lo! He comes with clouds descending
Anthem: Adam lay ybounden – Boris Ord
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina
Voluntary: Toccata on Veni Emmanuel – Andrew Carter


Sunday 8th December 10:00 a.m. – Advent 2
Mass setting: White in Eb
Hymns:
12 On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry
16 Wake, O wake
501 Advent Prose
10 Long ago, Prophets knew
Anthem: The truth from above – Vaughan Williams
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina
Voluntary: Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme – J. S. Bach


Sunday 15th December 10:00 a.m. – Advent 3 (Gaudete Sunday)
Mass setting: Darke in A minor
Hymns:
14 The Advent of our King
1 Creator of the stars of night
295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
7 Hills of the north rejoice
Anthem: Gaudete - Anon
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina
Voluntary: Chorale Prelude on Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 – J. S. Bach


Sunday 22nd December 10:00 a.m. – Advent 4
Mass setting: Missa de Angelis
Hymns:
3 Come thou long expected Jesus
186 Tell out my soul
161 For Mary, Mother of our Lord
11 O come, O come, Emmanuel!
Anthem: Mary’s Carol – Andrew Fletcher
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina
Voluntary: Noel Suisse – Louis-Claude Daquin


No Choral Evensong on Sunday 22nd December


Tuesday 24th December 9:00 p.m. – First Mass of Christmas
Mass setting: Darke in F
Hymns:
34 Once in Royal David’s city
29 It came upon a midnight clear
35 Silent night! Holy night!
26 Hark! the herald angels sing
Anthem: Lully, Lulla, Lullay – Philip Stopford
Marian Anthem: Angelus
Voluntary: Toccata on Vom Himmel Hoch – Garth Edmundson


Wednesday 25th December 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day
Mass setting: Ireland in C
Hymns:
24 Christians awake! Salute the happy morn
32 O little town of Bethlehem
31 O little one sweet, O little one mild
30 O come, all ye faithful
Anthem: In the Bleak mid-winter – Harold Darke
Marian anthem: Angelus
Voluntary: Sleigh ride – Leroy Anderson


Sunday 29th December 10:00 a.m. – Christmas 1 (The Holy Family)
Mass setting: Darke in F
Hymns:
21 A great and mighty wonder
20 From east to west, from shore to shore (Tune II)
22 Away in a manger
25 God rest ye merry gentlemen
Anthem: Quelle est cette odeur agreable? – Willcocks
Marian anthem: Angelus
Voluntary: TBC


Choir Rehearsals

Sundays: 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on 24th November

Thursdays:  7:15 p.m.

Director of Music: Angela Sones

E-mail: angelasones@hotmail.co.uk

Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville

E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz