St. Alban the Martyr

Monthly Music List


NOVEMBER 2025


Sunday 30th November 10:00 a.m. – The First Sunday of Advent (Year A)
Mass setting: Missa XVII Adventus et Quadragesimae
Hymns:
11 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
16 Wake, O, wake!
14 The advent of our God
9 Lo! he comes with clouds descending
Anthem: Advent Prose – Rorate Caeli – NEH 501
Salve Regina
Voluntary: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme – BWV 645 – J.S. Bach


DECEMBER 2025



Sunday 7th December 10:00 a.m. – The Second Sunday of Advent
Mass setting: Darke in A minor
Hymns: 
5 Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding
12 On Jordan’s bank
282 Faithful Shepherd, feed me
10 Long ago, prophets knew
Anthem: People look East - Andrew Fletcher
Asperges
Salve Regina
Postlude: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 – J.S. Bach


Sunday 14th 10:00 a.m. December – The Third Sunday of Advent / Gaudete Sunday
Mass setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour – Oldroyd
Sung Lord’s Prayer – Rimsky-Korsakov
Hymns:
186 Tell out my soul
468 Through the night of doubt and sorrow
168 On this high feast day (Tune 288 Diva Servatrix)
55 Hail to the Lord’s anointed
Anthem: This is the record of John – Orlando Gibbons
Asperges
Salve Regina
Voluntary: Toccata on ‘ Veni Emmanuel’– Andrew Carter


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: Toccata –  Variations pour un Noel – 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 – Leyroy Anderson


Sunday 28th December 10:00 a.m.  The Holy Innocents
Mass setting: White in Eb
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: TBC
Organist George Nicholls


Choir Rehearsals

Thursdays: 7:15 p.m.
Sundays: 9:00 a.m.
Christmas Eve: 8:00 p.m.

Director of Music: Angela Sones

E-mail: angelasones@hotmail.co.uk

Music Secretary: Bryce Somerville

E-mail: Bryce@thesomervilles.biz