December 24-25 and 27, 2015


Master of Flémalle, Nativity, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, 1420
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (NRSV, Luke 2:7).
La Nativité du Seigneur
4:00 pm Family Eucharist with Nativity Pageant
19h00 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 608 [Kibbie: lécoutez ; Koopman : YouTube], BWV 751 [Enz: musicMe], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa O magnum mysterium [Madrid : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Introït : Aube nouvelle, Johann Schop (1590-1667)
Motet : O magnum mysterium [texte] [Sixteen : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria
Postlude : In dulci jubilo, BWV 729, [Kibbie : écoutez]  Johann Sebastian Bach
Midnight Mass
11:00 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: What child is this? [Kripfgans:YouTube], Richard Purvis (1913-94)
Setting: Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
Introit: All my heart this night rejoices [text/Rutter: listen], Johann Ebeling (1620[37]-1666[76])
Motet: Whence is that goodly fragrance? [text] [Wilberg: YouTube]                   French, arr. Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
Motet: What Child is this? [text] [YouTube], Traditional, arr. John Stainer (1840-1901)
Postlude:  From heaven high to earth I come [Lucas: YouTube], Garth Edmundson (1900-71)


Feast of the Nativity of the Lord
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers


Prelude: Noël en récit et en taille sur la tierce du positif [Bardon: musicMe], Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
Setting: Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
Introit: I saw three ships [text / listen], arr. William Llewellyn (b. 1925)
Motet: Now may we singen [text]  [Virginia: YouTube], Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Postlude:  Noël suisse [Bardon: musicMe], Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

There is no evensong on Christmas afternoon.
First Sunday after Christmas [Choir Notes]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers Quartet
Prelude: Vom Himmel hoch (From heaven on high), BWV 606 [Kibbie: listen], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Setting: Missa O magnum mysterium [Hill:YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Introit: From heaven on high to earth I come [text/YouTube], Geistliche Lieder, 1539
Motet: O magnum mysterium [text] [Sixteen : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Postlude:  Von Himmel hoch [listen], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
12h45 Eucharistie chantée
Le Quatuor des chanteurs de la cathédrale
Prélude : Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 606 [Kibbie:écoutez], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ordinaire : Missa O magnum mysterium [Hill:YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Introït : Je viens à vous du haut des cieux [YouTube], Geistliche Lieder, 1539           
Motet : O magnum mysterium [texte] [Sixteen : YouTube], Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Postlude : Von Himmel hoch [écoutez], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
4:00 pm Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
(For live streaming via Radio Ville Marie, click here)
Prelude: À la venue de Noël [Olivares: YouTube], Claude Balbastre (1727-99)
Introit: Hodie Christus natus est [text] [Sixteen: YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94)
Preces and Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 85, tone 7.7
Magnificat:  Plainsong tone 6
Nunc dimittis: Plainsong tone 3
Anthem: Dies sanctificatus [text] [Colino:YouTube], Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Postlude:  Joseph est bien marié [YouTube], Claude Balbastre