Calendar of Liturgies & Choral Music 2024-2025
To see previous years' Music Schedules see Archived Music Schedules.
Sunday, September 8: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies - Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service “Collegium Regale” - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
I was Glad - Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
Mother of God, Here I Stand - John Tavener (1944-2013)
Sunday, September 15: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
My Eyes for Beauty Pine - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Choral High Mass
Missa Brevis “Sancti Joannis de Deo” (Little Organ Mass) - Franz Joseph Hadyn (1732-1809)
Expectans expectavi - Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Beati quorum via - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Sunday, September 22: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
All Manner of Thing - Sarah MacDonald (b.1968)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in G - Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
I Love All Beauteous Things - Judith Weir (b.1954)
Here, O My Lord - Percy Whitlock
Sunday, September 29: Saint Michael and All Angels
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Above Him Stood the Seraphim - Richard Dering (c.1580-1630)
Choral High Mass
Messe Solennelle, Op. 67 - Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Factum est silentium - Richard Dering (c.1580-1630)
Estote fortes in bello - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
Sunday, October 6: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Sung congregationally
Choral High Mass
Mass for Four Voices - William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
Verleih uns Frieden - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Ave Verum - Stephanie Martin (b.1962)
Choral Evensong, 4 p.m.
Salve Regina - Robert Pearsall (1795-1856)
Preces & Responses - Jessica French (b.1984)
Evening Service in C - Bryan Kelly (b.1934)
Let all the Peoples Praise Thee - William Mathias (1934-1992)
Sunday, October 13: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Vox Ultima Crucis - William H. Harris (1883-1973)
Choral High Mass
Mass for Four Voices - Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Behold, Thou Hast Made My Days - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
O How Amiable - Thomas Weelkes (1573-1623)
Sunday, October 20: The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love - Sarah MacDonald (b.1968)
Choral High Mass
Missa Eliensis - Arthur Wills (1926-2020)
Behold, O God, Our Defender - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Love Bade Me Welcome - David Hurd (b.1950)
Sunday, October 27: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m
Litany to the Holy Spirit - Peter Hurford (1930-2019)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in G - Bryan Dunnewald (b.1995)
Beatus Vir - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Give Me Jesus - Larry Fleming (b.1936)
Friday, November 1: All Saints’ Day
Solemn High Mass 7 p.m.
Missa O quam gloriosum - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
And I Saw a New Heaven - Edgar Bainton (1880-1956)
Audivi vocem de caelo - Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Saturday, November 2: All Souls’ Day
Solemn Requiem Mass 11 a.m.
Messe de Requiem, Opus 48 - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Sunday, November 3: All Saints’ Sunday
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Sung Congregationally
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in A minor - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
The Souls of the Righteous - Geraint Lewis (b.1958)
These are They Which Follow the Lamb - John Goss (1800-1880)
Choral Evensong & Benediction
Salve Regina - Josquin des Prez (c.1450/55 - 1521)
Preces and Responses - William Smith (1603 -1645)
The Second Service - William Byrd (c.1540 -1623)
The Beatitudes - Arvo Pärt (b.1935)
O salutaris hostia - Josquin des Prez
Sunday, November 10: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Give to Jehovah - Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in F - Florence Price (1887-1953)
How Can I Keep from Singing - Robert A. Harris (b.1938)
Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee - Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Sunday, November 17: The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28)
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee - Georg Neumark (1621-1681)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in F - Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
Dona Nobis Pacem - Mark Butler (b.1965)
Prayer to Jesus - George Oldroyd (1886-1956)
Sunday, November 24: Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Choral High Mass
Missa Brevis - Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Judge Eternal - Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
King of Glory, King of Peace - T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1694)
Sunday, December 1: First Sunday of Advent
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Sung Congregationally
Choral High Mass
Missa Quadragesimalis, MH 552 - Michael Hadyn (1737-1806)
I Look From Afar - Anthony Piccolo (b. 1946)
Never Weather-Beaten Sail - Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
Choral Evensong & Benediction 4 p.m. (Sung with the Saint Mark’s Singers)
Alma redemptoris mater - Mode V
Preces and Responses - Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Evening Service in D - George Dyson (1883-1964)
How Lovely are the Messengers - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
O salutaris hostia - Malcolm Archer (b.1952)
Sunday, December 8: Second Sunday of Advent
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
There’s a Voice in the Wilderness Crying - arr. Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
Choral High Mass
Canterbury Mass - Anthony Piccolo (b. 1946)
Deus tu converntens - Joseph Fux (1660-1741)
Wach auf, du werte Christenheit - Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
A Procession of Advent Lessons & Carols, 4 p.m.
Matin Responsory - Richard Marlow (1939-2013)
An Introduction to ‘Hark! The Glad Sound’ - Judith Bingham (b.1952)
Hymn to the Virgin - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Advent Carol - Joanna Forbes L’estrange (b.1971)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ave Maria - Robert Parsons (1535-1572)
E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quicky Come - Paul Manz (1919-2009)
We Wait for Thy Loving-kindness, O God - William McKie (1901-1984)
Sunday, December 15: Third Sunday of Advent
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Zion Hears the Watchman Singing - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Choral High Mass
Missa canonica, WoO 18 - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
O Thou, the Central Orb - Orlando Gibbons (1853-1625)
Rejoice in the Lord Alway - 16th cent. anonymous English
An Advent Pageant, 4 p.m.
Sunday, December 22: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Ave Maria - Simon Lindley (b.1948)
Choral High Mass
Missa Dixit Maria - Hans Leo Hassler (1594-1612)
Ave Maris Stella - Lajos Bárdos (1899-1986)
Alma Redemptoris Mater - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525/26-1594)
Saint Mark’s Boys & Girls Choir, 1 p.m.
Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Tuesday, December 24: Christmas Eve
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 4 p.m.
Sussex Carol - arr. David Willcocks (1919-2015)
The Truth From Above - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - John Gardner (1917-2011)
Angelus ad virginem - Matthew Martin (b.1976)
There is No Rose of Such Virtue - Simon Preston (1938-2022)
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol - John Rutter (b. 1945)
Bethlehem Down - Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Choral & Organ Prelude, 10:30 p.m.
Solemn High Mass, 11 p.m.
Messe de minuit pour Noël, H.9 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
O magnum mysterium - William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
There is No Rose of Such Virtue - Jonathan Lane (b.1958)
Wednesday, December 25: Christmas Day
Choral High Mass, 10 a.m.
Missa Princeps Pacis - William Lloyd Webber (1914-1982)
The Blessed Son of God - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Holly and the Ivy - H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Sunday, December 29: The First Sunday after Christmas
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Sung Congregationally
Choral High Mass
Mass of the Quiet Hour - George Oldroyd (1887-1956)
Coventry Carol - 15th cent. English
What Cheer? - William Walton (1902-1983)
Sunday, January 5: The Second Sunday after Christmas
Family Mass (Sung) 9 a.m.
Sung Congregationally
Choral High Mass
Missa in honorem Sancti Josephi, Op. 21 - Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
Look up, Sweet Babe - Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Here is the Little Door - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Evensong & Benediction for the Eve of the Epiphany, 4 p.m.
Alma Redemptoris Mater - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525/26-1594)
Preces and Responses - Lucy Walker (b.1998)
Truro Service - Gabriel Jackson (b.1962)
The Three Kings - Peter Conelius (1824-1874)
O salutaris hostia - Stephanie Martin (b.1962)