The Collegiate and Parish Church of St Mary, Swansea
Choir Music List: December 2004

 

Sunday 5th December                          Second Sunday of Advent

9.30am Family Eucharist                      CP pr 32, 24, 81, HON 329

A New English Folk Mass

Zion hears the watchmen’s voices   Johann Sebastian Bach

Voluntary: Fugue in G minor            Johann Sebastian Bach

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong                    CP 25, 38, 37                                                         Ps 11 (164)

Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy scripture   William Russell                                       Plainsong Responses

Richard Farrant in A minor

Rejoice in the Lord alway                  Henry Purcell

 

Sunday 12th December                       Third Sunday of Advent

9.30am Sung Eucharist                        CP 34, 37, 29                                                         Mag (265)

Missa de Angelis                                 Plainsong

Laetentur coeli                                    Hans Leo Hassler

Voluntary: Durch Adams Fall           Johann Sebastian Bach

 

6.00pm Evensong                                 CP 26, 38, 607                                                       Ps 12 (136)

Mag (135)                                              Nunc (138)

Lord, we beseech thee                        Adrian Batten

 

Friday 17th December                         O Wisdom

7.30pm The City Carol Service

Ding, dong merrily on high               French 16th Century, arr. Charles Wood

Adam lay ybounden                            Philip Ledger

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day                John Gardner

A maiden most gentle                         French Tune, arr. Andrew Carter

Wassail Carol                                      William Mathias

The Cradle                                            Bryan Kelly

Here is the little door                         Herbert Howells

Voluntary: Dieu parmi nous              Olivier Messiaen

 

Sunday 19th December                       Fourth Sunday of Advent, O Root of Jesse!

9.30am Sung Eucharist                        CP 32, 31, 35                                                         Ps 80, 1-7 (139)

Missa de Angelis                                 Plainsong

Ave Maria                                             Tomás Luis de Victoria

Voluntary: Grand Jeu                         Pierre du Mage

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong                    CP 25, 32, 49        

Dixit Maria                                           Hans Leo Hassler                                                 Plainsong Responses

Short Service                                        Orlando Gibbons

Alma redemptoris mater                     Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

 

Saturday 25th December                    The Nativity of Our Lord

10.00am Festal Eucharist                     CP pr62 (omit 4), 67, 64, r53                                Ps 98 (264)

Harold Darke in E

Today is born Emmanuel                   Michael Praetorius

Voluntary: In dulci jubilo                   Johann Sebastian Bach                                                                                      

Sunday 26th December                       First Sunday of Christmas

9.30am Holy Eucharist                         CP 57, 63, 67                                                         Ps 148, 7-14 (386)

John Merbecke                                     (no anthem)

 

6.00pm Evening Prayer (no choir)     CP 69, 45, 56 (omit 4), 55

 

Rector: interregnum            Archdeacon of Gower: The Venerable Robert Williams, BD, MA

Director of Music: Dr William Reynolds, BMus MA PhD LRSM LTCL ARCO