CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH

                                        11:30 p.m. A VIGIL OF SCRIPTURE & MUSIC
                                        Church opens at 10:45 p.m.
                                        The music preceding the midnight Mass includes organ pieces,

                                                        motets, and familiar carols.
                                                  Organ: from Sonata for Organ "Puer natus est,"
                                                       Harvey Burgett (b. 1944):

I. Prelude: "Puer natus est nobis"

II. Andante: "Viderunt omnes"

Motet: Queramus cum pastoribus,

Pedro de Cristo (ca.1545-1618)

Noël, une Vierge pucelle,

Nicolas Le Bègue (1630-1702)
Motet: Gloria in excelsis Deos,

Sethus Calvisius (1556-1615)
Sussex Carol: On Christmas Night,

                                                        Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
                                        12:00 MIDNIGHT MASS
                                                   Chant: Proclamation of the Birth of Christ, Gloria and Sanctus

from Missa VIII "De Angelis," Alleluia, Communion
In splendoribus, Puer natus in Bethlehem

Agnus Dei: Missa "O magnum mysterium" (1980),

Tomás Luis de Victoria (ca.1548-1611)
Motet: O magnum mysterium,

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet: Resonet in laudibus,

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)

Noël, Puer nobis nascitur,

Pierre Dandrieu (d.1733)

Organ: Chorale variations Vom Himmel hoch,

Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)

CHRISTMAS DAY

Sunday, December 25

11:15 a.m. MASS OF THE DAY

Chant: Introit Puer natus, Gloria and Sanctus from

Missa VIII “De Angelis,” Alleluia,
Communion Viderunt omnes

Agnus Dei: Chichester Mass (1980),

William Albright (1944-1998)

Motet: Puer natus est,

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Motet: O magnum mysterium; Carol:

The Fader of Heven (1961), Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934)

Organ: Chorale preludes Puer natus in Bethlehem,

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),

Dietruch Buxtehude (ca.1637-1707)

Chorale prelude Vom Himmel hoch,

Johann Sebastian Bach

Click here for music for Choral Vespers for Epiphany,

Sunday, January 8, 2012.

The Choir of Corpus Christi Church

Marion Beckenstein, Lesley Zlabinger, sopranos

Phyllis Farmer, Scott Fraser, altos

Michael Denos, David Ronis, tenors

Thomas Baler, Phillip Gleason, Robert Kuehn, basses

Louise Basbas, Director of Music and Organist