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