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CHRISTMAS MUSIC 2006

                                            CHRISTMAS EVE

                                            Sunday, December 24

                                        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,

                                                          an anthem, motet, and familiar carols.
                                              I. Prelude: “Puer natus est nobis,” from Sonata for Organ
                                                     “Puer natus est” (1990), Harvey Burgett
                                                  Anthem: A Christmas Carol, Charles Ives (arr. Paul C. Echols)
                                                  Motet: Queramus cum pastoribus, Pedro de Cristo
                                             II. Andante: “Viderunt omnes,” from Sonata for Organ
                                                      “Puer natus est,” Harvey Burgett
                                                   Sussex Carol: On Christmas Night, Ralph Vaughan Williams
                                                   Organ chorale: In dulci jubilo, from Fridolin Sichers Tablaturbuch
                                        12:00  MIDNIGHT MASS
                                                    Chant:  Proclamation of the Birth of Christ; Gloria and Sanctus,

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

                                                    Agnus Dei from Missa brevis, Andrea Gabrieli
                                                    Motet: Hodie Christus natus est, Giovanni Gabrieli
                                                    Motet: O Jesu mi dulcissime, Giovanni Gabrieli

         CHRISTMAS DAY

          Monday, December 25

11:15 a.m.  MASS WITH CHOIR

            Chant:  Introit Puer natus, Alleluia,
                  Communion Viderunt omnes; Gloria and Sanctus,

                  Missa VIII “De Angelis”

            Agnus Dei from Missa brevis, Benjamin Britten
            Motet: Puer natus est, William Byrd
            Motet: O magnum mysterium; Carol: The Fader of Heaven
                  (1961), Peter Maxwell Davies
             Organ chorale preludes: Puer natus in Bethlehem,
                  Johann Sebastian Bach and Dietrich Buxtehude

Click here for music for Choral Vespers for Epiphany,

            January 7, 2007.

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