ADVENT TERM 2018 Matthew Searles Assistant Master of the Music Peter Oakley Monastic Organist Richard Lester Associate Organist
Sunday 2 nd September: DOMINICA XXII Ordinarius Missa Brevis (G, AII) G. P. da Palestrina Introitus Miserere mihi (330) Offertorium Super flumina Babylonis G. P. da Palestrina Ordinarius Missa XII (K, S) Communio Ego sum panis vivus Esquivel Alleluia Cantate Domino (330) Voluntary Prelude in B minor, BWV 544 J. S. Bach Sunday 9 th September: DOMINICA XXIII 10:30 Conventual Mass, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament & Benediction Sung by the Abbey Choir Ordinarius Missa Pange lingua (G, A) Josquin de Prés Introitus Iustus es Domine (332) Offertorium Cantate Domine Schutz Ordinarius Missa XI (K, S) Benedictionem O salutaris Hostia Fernand Laloux Alleluia Domine, exaudi (334) Voluntary Offertoire sur les grands jeux (Paroisses) Couperin Sunday 16 th September: DOMINICA XXIV Ordinarius Missa Brevis (G, A) Timothy Bowers Introitus Da pacem, Domine (336) Offertorium Os justi Anton Bruckner Ordinarius Missa II (K, S) Communio Tantum ergo Anton Bruckner Alleluia Timebunt gentes (337) Voluntary Nun freut euch, liben Christen, BWV 734 J. S. Bach Sunday 23 rd September: DOMINICA XXV Ordinarius Missa Secundi Tertii Toni (G, A) Giovanni Croce Introitus Salus populi (339) Offertorium Beati mundo corde William Byrd Ordinarius Missa IV (K, S) Communio O quam suavis est Dominus Peter Philips Alleluia Confitermini Domino (340) Voluntary Allegro giocoso (Sept improvisations) Saint-Saëns Sunday 30 th September: DOMINICA XXVI Ordinarius Missa Quarti Toni (G, A) Tomás Luis de Victoria Introitus Omnia quæ fecit (342) Offertorium Jesu, dulcis memoria Tomás Luis de Victoria Ordinarius Missa X (K, S) Communio O sacrum convivium Tomás Luis de Victoria Alleluia Paratum cor meum (344) Voluntary Menuet gothique (Suite Gothique) Leon Boëllmann
Sunday 7 th October: DOMINICA XXVII Ordinarius The Buckfast Mass (G, A) Matthew Cann Introitus In voluntate tua (346) Offertorium O nata lux Morten Lauridsen Ordinarius Missa XIII (K, S) Communio Ave verum corpus Philip Stopford Alleluia In exitu Israel (348) Voluntary Choral No. 1 en mi majeur César Franck Sunday 14 th October: DOMINICA XXVIII 10:30 Conventual Mass Sung by the Monastic Schola Ordinarius Missa VIII (K, G, S, A) Introitus Si iniquitates (350) Voluntary Toccata in E minor Johann Pachelbel Alleluia Qui timent Dominum (352) Communio Aufer a me (353) Sunday 21 st October: DOMINICA XXIX 10:30 Conventual Mass Sung by Voces Ordinarius Missa Simile est regnum (G, A) Tomás Luis de Victoria Introitus Ego clamavi (354) Offertorium Ad te levavi G. P. da Palestrina Ordinarius Missa XIV (K, S) Communio O quam suavis est Vivanco Alleluia Lauda anima mea (356) Voluntary Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 Dietrich Buxtehude Saturday 27 th October: SS. SIMONIS ET IUDÆ 12:00 Pontifical Mass in Celebration of the Abbey s Millennium Year Sung by the Abbey Choir Ordinarius Missa Solemnis (G, A) Dom Sebastian Wolff O.S.B. Introitus Iudicant sancti gentes (618) Offertorium Te Deum in G Ralph Vaughan Williams Kyrie O Pater Excelse Communio Ave verum corpus Colin Mawby Alleluia Nimis honorati sunt (431) Voluntary Allegro Maestoso (3ème Symphonie, Op. 28) Vierne Sanctus IV Sunday 28 th October: DOMINICA XXX Ordinarius The French Mass (G, A) John Shepherd Introitus Lætentur cor (357) Offertorium Diliges Dominum William Byrd Ordinarius Missa XII (K, S) Communio Ave verum corpus Richard Dering Alleluia Lauda Ierusalem (358) Voluntary Fugue sur le thème du carillon des heures de la cathédrale de Soissons, Op. 12 Maurice Duruflé
Thursday 1 st November: OMNIUM SANCTORUM 12:05 Conventual Mass Sung by the Abbey Choir Ordinarius Missa O quam gloriosum (G, A) Tomás Luis de Victoria Introitus Gaudeamus omnes (619) Offertorium O quam gloriosum Tomás Luis de Victoria Ordinarius Missa IV (K, S) Communio Justorum animæ William Byrd Alleluia Venite, ad me (620) Voluntary Christe Redemptor omnium Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers Sunday 4 th November: DOMINICA XXXI Ordinarius Missa Brevis (G, A) Giovanni Anerio Introitus Ne derelinquas me (360) Offertorium Beati omnes qui timent Dominum Hans Leo Hassler Ordinarius Missa XI (K, S) Communio Beatus vir qui non abiit Hans Leo Hassler Alleluia Verbo Domini (361) Voluntary Chant de Joie Jean Langlais Sunday 11 th November: REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 10:30 Solemn Requiem Mass Sung by the Abbey Choir Ordinarius Requiem (K) Maurice Duruflé Introitus Requiem æternam (669) Offertorium Domine, Jesu Christe Maurice Duruflé Sanctus Missa XVIII (K, A) Communio Lux aeterna Maurice Duruflé Alleluia Requiem æternam (671) Recession In Paradisum Maurice Duruflé Sunday 18 th November: DOMINICA XXXIII Ordinarius Missa Brevis in D (G, A) W. A. Mozart Introitus Dicit Dominus (366) Offertorium O sacrum convivium Thomas Tallis Ordinarius Missa II (K, S) Voluntary Sinfonia (Cantata 29) J. S. Bach arr. Marcel Dupré Alleluia De profundis (367) Sunday 25 th November: CHRISTUS REX 10:30 Pontifical Mass Sung by the Abbey Choir Ordinarius Messe à deux chœurs et deux orgues (G, A) Widor Introitus Dignus est agnus (388) Offertorium Solemn Te Deum Gregorian Kyrie O Pater Excelse Benedictionem O salutaris Hostia Thomas Tallis Alleluia Potestas eius (389) Sanctus Missa XII
Sunday 2 nd December: DOMINICA I ADVENTUS Ordinarius Mass for Double Choir (K, A) Frank Martin Introitus Ad te levavi (15) Offertorium Lætentur cœli William Byrd Sanctus Mass XVII Communio Adam lay y bounden Matthew Martin Alleluia Ostende nobis (16) Voluntary Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 J. S. Bach Sunday 9 th December: DOMINICA II ADVENTUS & Choristers Ordinarius Missa Gaudeamus (K, A) Tomás Luis de Victoria Introitus Populus Sion (18) Offertorium Surge illuminare, Jerusalem Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sanctus Mass XVIII (S) Communio Fuit homo Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Alleluia Lætatus sum (19) Voluntary Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 J. S. Bach Sunday 16 th December: DOMINICA III ADVENTUS Ordinarius Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (K, A) Franz Josef Haydn Introitus Gaudete in Domino (21) Offertorium Gaudete omnes Hieronymous Praetorius Sanctus Mass XVII Communio Canite tuba in Sion Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Alleluia Excita, Domine (23) Voluntary Thema met Variaties Hendrik Andriessen Saturday 22 nd December 15:00 Festival Carol Service Sung by the Abbey Choir Carol Ding dong merrily on high Charles Wood Carol Adam lay ybounden Matthew Martin Carol Quem pastores laudavere Hieronymus Praetorius Carol Hodie, Christus natus est Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Carol On Christmas Night James Burton Voluntary Finale (Symphonie I) Louis Vierne
Sunday 23 rd December: DOMINICA IV ADVENTUS 10:30 Conventual Mass Sung by the Monastic Schola Offertorium Rorate cæli desuper Gregorian Introitus Rorate cæli desuper (34) Ordinarius Mass XVII (K, S, A) Alleluia Veni, Domine (36) Monday 24 th December: IN NATIVITATE DOMINI Congregation must be seated by 23:15 23:45 Solemn Midnight Mass Sung by the Abbey Choir, televised live on BBC One Ordinarius Messe de Minuit (G, A) Marc-Antoine Charpentier Introitus Dominus dixit ad me (41) Offertorium Quem pastores laudavere Hieronympus Praetorius Ordinarius Mass IX (K, S) Communio Hodie, Christus natus est Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Alleluia Dominus dixit ad me (42) Voluntary Toccata-Gigue on the Sussex Carol George Baker Tuesday 25 th December: IN NATIVITATE DOMINI 10:30 Solemn Mass of Christmas Day Sung by the Abbey Choir Ordinarius Missa Sancti Nicolai (G, A) Franz Joseph Haydn Introitus Puer natus est nobis (47) Offertorium In dulci jubilo R. L. de Pearsall Ordinarius Mass IX (K, S) Communio The Infant King arr. David Wilcocks Alleluia Dies sanctificatus (49) Voluntary In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 J. S. Bach