Liturgical Music

During the fall through spring, we update this section with the schedule of our choirs, as well as liturgical pieces that will be sung at mass.

Upcoming Liturgical Music Schedule

  • January 7

    The First Sunday after the Epiphany

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • J.S. Bach Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV 684
    • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
    • Karen Marrolli Come Before the Table
    • Warren Swenson Toccata on St. Patrick's Breastplate
  • January 15

    The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Moses Hogan Give me Jesus (performed by Stacey Robinson, bass)
    • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
    • Charles Brown Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    • Carl Haywood Improvisation on "We Shall Overcome"
  • January 21

    The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Kevin McCarter Facets
    • W.A. Mozart Piccolimini Mass KV 258
    • S.S. Wesley Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace
    • Percy Fletcher Festival Toccata
  • January 28

    The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Girolomo Frescobaldi Canzona
    • Antonio Lotti Mass for Three Voices
    • William Byrd Surge Illuminare
    • David See Prelude on Aberystwyth
  • February 4

    Candlemas

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Dietrich Buxtehude Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
    • Orlando Gibbons Nunc dimittis
    • H.L. Hassler Missa Secunda
    • Johannes Eccerd When to the Temple Mary Went
    • Dietrich Buxtehude Toccata in F# Minor
  • February 11

    The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • J.S. Bach Prelude in G Major, BWV 541
    • Richard Shepherd The Transfiguration
    • W.A. Mozart Piccolomini Mass, KV 258
    • J.S. Bach Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
  • February 14, 6:30 pm

    Ash Wednesday

    (Gentlemen of the Choir)

    • Buxheimer Orgelbuch Kyrie Eleison Angelicus
    • Anonymous 13th c. A Simple Mass
    • S.S. Wesley Si iniquitates
    • Ave verum Plainchant
    • Johannes Ciconia Con Lacrime
  • February 18

    The First Sunday in Lent

    (Seraphim Choir)

    • Cesar Franck Cantabile
    • Gabriel Faure Tantum ergo
    • Cesar Franck Piece Heroique
  • February 25

    The Second Sunday in Lent

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • J.S. Bach Prelude in F Minor, BWV 543
    • William Byrd Mass for Four Voices
    • Richard Farrant Call to Remembrance
    • Bach Fugue in F Minor, BWV 543
  • March 3

    The Third Sunday in Lent

    • J.S. Bach Dies sint die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 679
    • William Byrd Mass for Four Voices
    • Richard Farrant Call to Remembrance
    • Bach Prelude in C Major, BWV 547
  • March 10

    The Fourth Sunday in Lent

    (Men & Boys and Girls Choir)

    • Andrea Gabrieli Ricercare
    • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
    • Heinrich Schutz Also hat Gott die Welt Geliebt
    • Nicolas Bruhns Preludium in E Minor
  • March 17

    The Fifth Sunday in Lent

    (Men & Boys and Girls Choir)

    • Herbert Howells Master Tallis's Testament
    • Howells Missa Collegium Regale
    • Howells Like as the Hart
    • Herbert Murrill Carillon
  • March 24

    Palm Sunday

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • J.S. Bach Valet ich will dir Geben, BWV 535 & 536
    • T.L. de Victoria Hossana Filio David
    • William Byrd Mass for Four Voices
    • Antonio Lotti Crucifixus
    • Thomas Tallis Lamentation (part 1)
  • March 28 6:30 pm

    Maundy Thursday

    (The Gentlemen of the Choir)

    • J.S. Bach O Lammes Gott, unschildig, BWV 656
    • J.S. Bach Mache Dich, mein Herze, rein
    • Ola Gjeillo Ubi caritas
    • William Byrd Mass for Three Voices
  • March 29, 12 pm

    Good Friday

    • Plainchant The Gospel of John
    • T.L de Victoria The Reproaches
    • Traditional Plainchants
  • Saturday, March 30, 7 pm

    The Vigil of Easter

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Plainchant
    • G.P Palestrina Sicut cervus
    • William Mathias Gloria and Sanctus
    • Samuel Scheidt Surrexit Christus Hodie
    • Dutch carol arr. Charles Woods This joyful Eastertide
    • Charles Tournemire Victimae Pascali Laudes
  • March 31

    Easter Sunday

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • W.A. Mozart Church Sonatas for Strings and Organ, KV 224 & 263
    • W.A. Mozart Piccolomini Mass
    • Edward Bairstow Sing Ye to the Lord
    • Dutch carol arr. Ch. Wood This Joyful Eastertide
    • W.A. Mozart Ave Verum
    • Ch. M. Widor Toccata from Symphony V
  • April 7

    The Second Sunday of Easter

    (The Seraphim Choir)

    • J.F. Dandrieu O fillii et fileae
    • Leo Delibes Messe Basse
    • Francois Couperin Christo Resurgenti
    • Theodore Dubois Alleluia
  • April 14

    The Third Sunday of Easter

    (The Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Marcel Dupré Variations on a Noel
    • W.A. Mozart Piccolomini Mass, K. 258
    • Lindley Now the Green Blade Riseth
    • Caroline Shaw As the Swallow
    • Marcel Dupré Variations on a Noel
  • April 21

    The Fourth Sunday of Easter

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • J.S. Bach Sheep May Safely Graze
    • Jonathan Dove Messe brevis
    • Brian Schober From Glory to Glory
    • Bach Prelude in D Major, BWV 532
  • April 28

    The Fifth Sunday of Easter

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • J.S. Bach Prelude in Eb Major, BWV 522
    • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
    • John Ireland Greater Love
    • J.S. Bach Fugue in Eb Major, BWV 522
  • May 5

    The Sixth Sunday of Easter

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck Unter der Linden Grüne
    • Harold Darke Communion service in F
    • Thomas Tallis If Ye Love Me
    • Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the Appletree
    • John Bull Rondo
  • May 12

    The Seventh Sunday of Easter

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Oliver Messiaen Prayer of Christ Ascending to His Father
    • Jonathan Dove Missa Brevis
    • Orlando Gibbons O God, the King of Glory
    • Olivier Messiaen Outburst of Joy From a Soul Before the Glory of Christ, Which is its Own Glory
  • May 19

    Pentecost

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • J.S. Bach Komm heiliger Geist, BWV 559
    • W.A. Mozart Mass in D Major, KV 194
    • W.A. Mozart Veni Sancte Spiritus
    • J.S. Bach Fantasia Super Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 651
  • May 26

    Trinity Sunday

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Marc-Antione Charpentier Prelude to the Te Deum
    • W.A. Mozart Mass in D, K. 194
    • David Hurd I was Glad
    • Flor Peters Toccata from Suite Modale, op. 43
  • June 2

    Corpus Christi

    (The Transfiguration Summer Choir)

    • Healey Willan Missa de Sancte Maria Magdalena
    • Dietrich Buxtehude Cantate Domino
    • Claudia Caciolini Panis angelicus
    • J.S. Bach Fugue in D Major
  • June 9

    The Third Sunday after Pentecost

    (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

    • Jean Titelouze Pange Lingua
    • William Byrd Mass for Three Voices
    • Lodovico Viadona Ave verum Corpus
    • Eugene Gigout Granc Choeur Dialogue
  • Sunday June 9, 7:30 pm Concert

    Five Centuries of Choral Masterpieces

    The Transfiguration Choir of Men and Boys & Girls, Anabelinda DeCastro, organ and Claudia Dumschat, conductor. Music by Hans Leo Hassler, William Byrd, W.A. Mozart, Charles Stanford, Herbert Howells, Franz Biebl, Richard Shephard, Brian Schober, and Jonathan Dove.

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