Solemn High Mass for the Third Sunday of Advent ~ Gaudete Sunday

Music:

• Mass Setting:  Mass of the Quiet Hour ~ George Oldroyd, 1928
• Voluntary:  Veni Emmanuel, from Three Short Preludes ~ Edward Bairstow (d. 1946)
• Introit (choir) ~ Gaudete ~ Mode I
• The Gradual:  Psalm 146 ~ Lauda, anima mea ~ Tone IV.6
• Alleluia ~ Excita Domine ~ Tone VI; v. harm. Healey Willan (d. 1968)
• The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis
• Offertory (choir) ~ Benedixisti ~ Mode IV
• Anthem (choir) ~ O thou, the central orb ~ Charles Wood (d. 1926)
• Communion (choir) ~ Dicite pusillanimes ~ Mode VII
• The Great Antiphons (choir)
• Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V
• Hymn 72 ~ “Hark! the glad sound!” ~ Richmond
• Voluntary:  Prelude in E minor, BuxWV 143 ~ Dieterich Buxtehude (d. 1707)

Preacher: The Rev. Rowena J. Kemp, Rector

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.