Mark Dwyer, Organist and Choirmaster
Ross Wood, D. Mus., Associate Organist and Choirmaster
Cellphones, Blackberries, and other electronic devices are strictly forbidden in the church during services.
September 6 - The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Harold Darke: Communion Service in F
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum (Vesperæ solennes de confessore, K 339)
Dr Christopher Tye: Praise ye the Lord, ye children
September 13 - The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Andrea Gabrieli: Missa Brevis
Luca Marenzio: O quam gloriosum
Déodat de Sévarac: Tantum ergo sacramentum
September 20 - The Solemnity of the Holy Cross
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Missa Sanctæ Crucis, op 151
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Nos autem gloriari oportet
Roland de Lassus: Adoramus te, Christe
September 27 - The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Claudio Monteverdi: Missa “In illo tempore”
William Byrd: Sing joyfully
Gallus Dressler: Lobet den Herren
September 27, 4:30 pm - Organ Recital by Mark Dwyer; 5pm - Solemn Evensong
in conjunction with the American Guild of Organists, Boston Chapter
Kenneth Leighton: Second Service, op 62
Richard Ayleward: Preces & Responses
William Byrd: Sing joyfully
James MacMillan: A New Song
September 28 (Monday), 6:30 pm - Eve of the Feast of St Michael & All Angels
Steffano Bernardi: Missa “Præparate corda vestra”
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stetit angelus
Constanzo Festa: Dominator cœlorum
October 4 - The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Roland de Lassus: Missa super “Osculetur me”
Clemens non Papa: Ego flos campi
Healey Willan: Rise up, my love, my fair one
October 11 - The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Josef Rheinberger: Cantus Missæ in E-flat, op 109
Anton Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30
Felix Mendelssohn: Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht, op 79, no 2
October 18 - The Feast of St Luke (Sopranos & Altos)
Benjamin Britten: Missa Brevis
John Ireland: Ex ore innocentium
Jean Baptiste François Lallouette: O mysterium ineffabile
October 25 - The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Francis Jackson: Communion Service in G
Eric Whitacre: hope, faith, life, love
Melchior Vulpius: Jesus sprach zu dem Blinden
October 25, 4:30 pm - Organ Recital by Douglas Major; 5pm - Solemn Evensong & Benediction (sung by the Parish Choir)
Charles Villiers Stanford: Evening Service in B-flat, op 10
Martin Neary: Preces & Responses
John Sheppard: In manus tuas
November 1 - The Feast of All Saints
Rodney Lister: Kyrie “Gloria tibi Trinitas”
John Taverner: Missa “Gloria tibi Trinitas”
Thomas Tomkins: O sing unto the Lord
Edward Elgar: They are at rest
November 2 (Monday), 6:30 pm - All Souls' Day
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa pro defunctis com sex vocibus
Gregorian Chant
November 8 - The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Steffano Bernardi: Missa “Præparate corda vestra”
William Byrd: Ego sum panis vivus
William Byrd: Sacerdotes Domini
November 15 - The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Brevis
Ildebrando Pizzetti: Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini
William Byrd: Civitas sancti
November 22 - The Feast of Christ the King
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa Brevis in D, KV 194, for soli, chorus & orchestra
Peter Philips: Ecce vicit Leo
George Frederick Handel: Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Herbert Howells: Te Deum “Collegium Regale”
November 29 - The First Sunday of Advent: The Feast of Title & Dedication
Claudio Monteverdi: Missa da capella a sei voci
William H. Harris: Bring us, O Lord God
Thomas Weelkes: O how amiable
November 29, 4:30pm - Organ Prelude Recital by Harry Lyn Huff; 5pm - A Service of Lessons & Carols for Advent Sunday
G. P. da Palestrina: Matin & Vesper Responsories
Ildebrando Pizzetti: Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini
Felix Mendelssohn: Heilig, heilig ist Gott, der Herr Zebaoth, op posth
George Frederick Handel: And the glory of the Lord (Messiah, HWV 56)
William Byrd: Rorate cæli desuper
Pierre Villette: Hymne à la Vierge
Ernest Bullock: St. John Baptist
Elizabeth Maconchy: There is no rose
Charles Wood: O thou the central Orb
December 6 - The Second Sunday of Advent
Roland de Lassus: Missa quinti toni super “Pilons pilons lorge”
Heinrich Schütz: Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 378
William Byrd: Rorate cæli desuper
December 13 - The Third Sunday of Advent (“Gaudete”)
Healey Willan: Missa Brevis No. XI “Sancti Johannis Baptistæ”
Ernest Bullock: St. John Baptist
Thomas Tallis: Audivi, media nocte
December 20 - The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Ave maris stella”
Nicholas Maw: The angel Gabriel
Pierre Villette: Hymne à la Vierge
December 24, Christmas Eve (Thursday) - 10:15pm, Prelude by The Advent Choir; 11:00pm, Procession & Solemn Mass
George Malcolm: Missa ad Præsepe
Herbert Howells: Long, long ago
Peter Philips: O beatum et sancrosanctum diem
December 27 - Feast of St John, Apostle & Evangelist (Cantor)
*Healey Willan: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
December 31, New Year's Eve (Thursday) - 5:00pm, A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols by Candlelight
Francis Poulenc: Hodie Christus natus est
Peter Warlock: Adam lay ybounden
Peter Philips: O beatum et sancrosanctum diem
Peter Wishart: Alleluya, a new work
H. Walford Davies: O little town of Bethlehem
Nicholas Maw: The angel Gabriel
arr Andrew Carter: A maiden most gentle
Herbert Howells: Long, long ago
Richard Rodney Bennett: Lullay mine liking
arr David Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
January 3 - The Second Sunday after Christmas Day
Andrea Gabrieli: Missa Brevis
Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
Harold Darke: In the bleak midwinter
January 6 - The Epiphany (Wednesday), 6:30pm
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “O magnum mysterium”
Clemens non Papa: Magi videntes stellam
Anonymous: Coventry Carol
January 10 - The Baptism of Our Lord
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa ad Fugam
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Tribus miraculis
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus
January 17 - The Confession of St Peter
Alonso Lobo: Missa “Petre ego pro te rogavi”
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Constitues eos
Francisco Guerrero: Petre ego pro te rogavi
January 24 - The Conversion of St Paul
Richard Rodney Bennett: Missa Brevis
Cristóbal de Morales: Paulus Apostolus
Richard Dering: Ave verum corpus
January 24, 4:30 pm - Organ Recital by Barry Turley; 5pm - Solemn Evensong & Benediction
Bernard Rose: Responses
Giles Swayne: Magnificat
Gustav Holst: Nunc dimittis “Westminster Cathedral”
H. Balfour Gardiner: Evening Hymn
January 31 - The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Annual Parish Meeting to follow)
William Byrd: Kyrie (Mass for Three Voices)
Dr Christopher Tye: The Mass “Euge Bone”
Heinrich Schütz: Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich, SWV 373
Thomas Tomkins: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
February 7 - The Solemity of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gustav Holst: Nunc dimittis “Westminster Cathedral”
Josquin Desprez: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariæ
Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria, gratia plena
William Byrd: Senex puerum portabat
February 14 - The Last Sunday after Epiphany
Kenneth Leighton: Mass for Double Choir, op 44
Charles Wood: O thou the central Orb
Thomas Tallis: O nata lux de lumine
February 17 - Ash Wednesday, 6:30pm
Plainsong: Missa de Angelis
William Byrd: Miserere mei, Deus
Cristóbal de Morales: Emendemus in melius
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus
February 21 - The First Sunday in Lent
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa quarti toni
Philippe Rogier & Thomas Morley: Laboravi in gemitu meo
Francisco Guerrero: Hei mihi, Domine
February 28 - The Second Sunday in Lent (The Parish Choir)
Baldassare Galuppi: Mass in C Major
Cristóbal de Morales: Peccantem me quotidie
Déodat de Séverac: Tantum ergo sacramentum
February 28, 4:30 pm - Organ Recital by Robert Richter; 5pm - Solemn Evensong & Benediction
Sung by The Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys, The Cathedral of All Saints, Albany
Woodrow Bynum, Director of Music
Robert Richter, The Lloyd Cast Organ Fellow
March 7 - The Third Sunday in Lent
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Simile est regnum cœlorum”
Francis Poulenc: Vinea mea, electa
Henry Purcell: Remember not Lord, our offences, Z 50
March 14 - The Fourth Sunday in Lent (“Lætare”)
Guillaume Dufay: Missa “Se la face ay pale”
Johannes Brahms: Wenn ein stärker Gewappneter, op 109, no 2
Roland de Lassus: Ave verum corpus
March 21 - The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa ad Fugam
Edmund Rubbra: Amicus meus, op 72
Herbert Howells: Salvator mundi I (Requiem)
March 28 - Palm Sunday
Josquin Desprez: Missa “Pange lingua”
Juan Ginés Pérez de la Parra: Gloria, laus et honor
Edmund Rubbra: Unus ex discipulis, op 72
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O vos omnes
March 31 (Wednesday), 7:00pm - Tenebrae
Gregorian Chant
Edmund Rubbra: Amicus meus, op 72
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Eram quasi Agnus innocens
Edmund Rubbra: Unus ex discipulis, op 72
April 1 (Thursday), 6:3opm - Maundy Thursday
Josquin Desprez: Missa “Pange lingua”
Roland de Lassus: Ave verum corpus
Richard Dering: Ave verum corpus
April 2 (Friday), 6:30pm - Good Friday
Gregorian chant
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Reproaches
Herbert Howells: Salvator mundi I (Requiem)
April 3 (Saturday), 6:30pm - The Great Vigil of Easter
David Briggs: Messe pour Notre Dame
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus
Roland de Lassus: Regina cæli à 6
Johann Hermann Schein: Maria Magdelena et altera Maria
April 4 - Easter Day
David Briggs: Messe pour Notre Dame
Roland de Lassus: Regina cæli à 6
Johann Hermann Schein: Maria Magdelena et altera Maria
April 11 - The Second Sunday of Easter
Harold Darke: Communion Service in F
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Quia vidisti me, Thoma?
Camille Saint-Säens: Ave verum corpus
April 18 - The Third Sunday of Easter
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “O quam gloriosum”
Thomas Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Jesu dulcis memoria
April 25 - The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Edward C. Bairstow: Communion Service in D
Jean L’Heritier: Surrexit pastor bonus
Roland de Lassus: Surrexit pastor bonus
May 2 - The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Kenneth Leighton: Mass for Double Choir, op 44
Kenneth Leighton: Lord, what love is this of thine?
John Sheppard: I give you a new commandement
May 9 - The Sixth Sunday of Easter (“Rogation”)
John Taverner: Leroy Kyrie
John Taverner: Missa “Sancti Wilhelmi Devotio”
Healey Willan: Behold, the tabernacle of God
William Byrd: Non vos relinquam orphanos
John Bennet: All creatures now (Madrigal in Garden)
May 13 (Thursday), 6:30pm - Ascension Day (Tenors & Basses)
Maurice Duruflé: Messe “Cum Jubilo,” op 11
John Locke: Let God arise
Healey Willan: Let all the world
May 16 - The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Claudio Monteverdi: Missa da capella a sei voci
Peter Philips: Ascendit Deus
Thomas Weelkes: All people clap your hands
May 23 - Pentecost
Franz Schubert: Mass in C Major, op 48, for soli, chorus & orchestra
Nathaniel Giles: God who as at this time
Thomas Tallis: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit
May 30 - Trinity Sunday
William Walton: Missa Brevis
Samuel Scheidt: Duo seraphim
Jacob Handl: Duo Seraphim
William Walton: Coronation Te Deum
June 3 (Thursday), 6:30pm - Corpus Christi
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Missa “Ego flos campi”
Thomas Tallis: O sacrum convivium
Thomas Tallis: O salutaris hostia
June 6 - The Second Sunday after Pentecost
William Byrd: Mass for Three Voices
William Byrd: Be unto me, 0 Lord, a tower of strength (Handlo octavo)
William Byrd: Lord hear my prayer
June 11 (Friday), 8:00pm - Spring Concert: “Mass Appeal”
The Choir of The Church of the Advent presents
the complete Missa da capella a sei voci “In illo tempore” of Claudio Monteverdi and the Mass for Double Choir, op 44 by Kenneth Leighton. Suggested donation at the door: $15 / $10
Gala Reception to follow.
June 13 - The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Adrian Batten: A Short Communion Service
Christopher Tye: Sing unto the Lord
George Barcroft: O Almighty God
June 20 - The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa ad Fugam
Christopher Tye: Praise ye the Lord, ye children
Felice Anerio: Christus factus est pro nobis
June 27 - The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Visiting Choir: The Choir of Men and Boys, Trinity-on-the-Green, New Haven, Walden Moore, Organist & Choirmaster; Andy Kotylo, Assistant Organist & Benjamin Straley, Organ Scholar
Harold E. Darke: Communion Service in E, "Collegium Regale"
Sidney Scholfield Campbell: Sing we merrily unto God our strength
Edward Elgar: As torrents in summer
July 4 - The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Cantor: Steven Cosnek, tenor
July 11 - The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Visiting Choir, The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky, e Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky Erich Balling, Organist & Choirmaster; John Linker, Tour Organist & Kathleen Balling, Music Assistant
Francis Jackson: Communion Service in G
John Ireland: Greater love hath no man
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus desiderat
July 18 - The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Cantor: Steven Soph, tenor
July 25 - The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Cantor: Courtney Curtis, soprano
August 1 - The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Cantor: Martin Near, countertenor
August 8 - The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Andrea Gabrieli: Missa Brevis
Thomas Tallis: Audivi vocem de crelo
Johannes Brahms: Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauren, op 30
August 15 - St. Mary the Virgin
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa "Ave maris stella"
Antonio Lotti: Salve Regina
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria
August 22 - The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Baldassare Galuppi: Mass in C Major
John Taverner: In trouble and adversity
William Byrd: Ego sum panis vivus
August 29 - The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Steffano Bernardi: Missa "Preparate corda vestra"
Harold W. Friedell: Draw us in the Spirit's tether
Luca Marenzio: O sacrum convivium
September 5 - The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa "Iste confessor"
Charles Villiers Stanford: O for a closer walk with God, op 113, no 6
Alessandro Scarlatti: Exsultate Deo
September 12 - The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Roland de Lassus: Missa octavi toni
Thomas Morley: Domine fac mecum
Thomas Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
September 19 - Holy Cross Day (transferred)
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa quarti toni
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Vere languores nostros
Quirino Gasparini: Adoramus te, Christe
The Full Choirs return on Sunday morning, September 26.
Michaelmas will be observed on Wednesday, September 29 with a Solemn Mass & Procession sung by The Advent Choir. A Reception follows in Moseley Hall.
All the above services are at 11:15 AM on Sundays and are sung by The Choir of The Church of the Advent unless otherwise indicated.
* to be sung by the congregation