Liturgical Music

Upcoming Liturgical Music Schedule

• Sunday, January 5

  The Second Sunday of Christmas

  Scenes from Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors interspersed in the Mass& Healey Willan's Missa de Sancte Maria Magdalena

• January 12

  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
  • Peter Hallock Jesus autem hodie
  • William Alan Pausch This Baptizing Day
  • Dietrich Buxtehude Toccata in D Major

• January 19

  The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • William B. Cooper Pastorale
  • Arr. William Dawson Aina That Good News!
  • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
  • arr. Lena McLin Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You Round
  • Carl Haywood Improvisation on "We Shall Overcome"

• January 26

  The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • Edward Elgar Nimrod
  • William Byrd Mass for Three Voices
  • William Byrd Surge Illuminare
  • J.S. Bach Prelude in C Minor, BWV 546

• February 2

  Candlemas

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • J.S. Bach Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen
  • Orlando Gibbons Nunc dimittis
  • H.L. Hassler Missa Secunda
  • Johannes Eccerd When to the Temple Mary Went
  • Johann Pachelbel Toccata in D Minor

• February 9

  The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

  • Joseph Corfe I Will Magnify Thee
  • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
  • S.S. Wesley Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace
  • Percy Fletcher Festival Toccata

• February 16

  The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

  • W.A. Mozart Adagio in C
  • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
  • Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
  • C.P.E. Bach Sonata in C Major, No. 3

• February 23

  The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

  • T. Tertius Noble Elegy
  • T. Tertius Noble Communion Service in B Minor
  • Ned Rorem Arise, Shine
  • Noble Final in D

• March 2

  The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • Richard White Prelude and Fugue on Ratisbon
  • Richard Shepherd The Transfiguration
  • W.A. Mozart Piccolomini Mass, KV 258
  • Eugene Gigout Grand Choeur Dialogue

• March 5, 6:30 pm

  Ash Wednesday

  (Gentlemen of the Choir)

  • J.S. Bach O Mensh bewein dein Sünde grosse, BWV 622
  • William Byrd Mass for Three Voices
  • Cristobal Morales Emendemus in melius
  • Ave verum Plainchant
  • Bach Kyrie, Vater in Ewigkeit

• March 9

  The First Sunday in Lent

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • Johann Pachelbel O Mensch bewein dein Sünde gross
  • Mozart Kyrie in F Major
  • Byrd Sanctus and Agnus Dei from the Mass for Four Voices
  • Palestrina Sicut Cervus
  • Bach/Vivaldi Concerto in C Major, Allegro

• March 16

  The Second Sunday in Lent

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • J.S. Bach Prelude in F Minor, BWV 543
  • W.A. Mozart God is our Refuge
  • Mozart Kyrie in F Major, K. 33
  • William Byrd Sanctus and Agnus Dei from the Mass for Four Voices
  • Richard Farrant Call to Remembrance
  • Bach Fugue in F Minor, BWV 543

• March 23

  The Third Sunday in Lent

  • Herbert Howells Master Tallis’s Testament
  • Howells Missa Collegium Regale
  • Howells Like as a Hart
  • William Mathias Fanfare

• March 30

  The Fourth Sunday in Lent

  (The Seraphim Choir)

  • Jehan Alain Chorale Dorien
  • Jehan Alain Messe Modale
  • Gabriel Fauré Tantum Ergo
  • Camille Saint-Saëns Prelude and Fugue in Eb Major

• March 30, 4 pm

  Mozart Festival Concert #1: The Young Mozart

  (Matei Varga, piano, The Transfiguration Choir of Men and Boys & Girls)

  • Mozart 9 years old God is our Refuge
  • 10 years old Kyrie in F Major
  • 12 years old Kyrie in F Major.Veni, Sancte Spiritus
  • 19 years old Piano Sonata in E-flat major, K. 282
  • 19 years old Piano Sonata in G major, K. 283
  • 21 years old Piano Sonata in C major, K. 309

• April 6

  The Fifth Sunday in Lent

  (Men & Boys and Girls Choir)

  • Andrea Gabrieli Ricecare
  • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
  • Heinrich Schütz Also Hat Gott die Welt geliebt
  • Nicolas Bruhns Preludium in E Minor

• April 13

  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
  • Pablo Casals O Vos Omnes

• April 17, 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

• April 18, 12 pm

  Good Friday

  • Plainchant The Gospel of John
  • T.L de Victoria The Reproaches
  • Traditional Plainchants

• Saturday, April 19

  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

• April 20

  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
  • Mozart Regina Coeli, K. 108
  • Dutch carol arr. Ch. Wood This Joyful Eastertide
  • W.A. Mozart Ave Verum
  • Ch. M. Widor Toccata from Symphony V

• April 27

  The Second Sunday of Easter

  • Marcel Dupré Variations on a Noel
  • W.A. Mozart Piccolomini Mass
  • Simon Lindley Now the Green Blade Riseth
  • Marcel Dupré Variations on a Noel

• April 27, 4:00 pm

  Mozart Festival Concert #2: Mozart in Minor Keys

  (Matei Varga, piano with guest violinist Minnie Li)

  • Mozart Piano Sonata K 310, in A minor
  • Violin and Piano Sonata K 304, in E minor (with Minnie)
  • Piano Sonata K 457, in C minor

• Friday, May 2 6:30 - 9:30 pm

  Annual Choir Benefit at Houghton Hall

  Tickets will be available for purchase shortly.

• May 4

  The Third Sunday of Easter

  (Seraphim Choir)

  • J.F. Dandrieu O Filii et file
  • Leo Delibes Messe Basse
  • Francois Couperin Christo Resurgenti
  • Theodore Dubois Alleluia

• May 11

  The Fourth Sunday of Easter

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • Bobby McFerrin Psalm 23
  • W.A. Mozart Piccolomini Mass
  • Caroline Shaw Psalm 84 As The Swallow
  • Nico Muhly Very Fast Music (from Patterns)

• May 18

  The Fifth Sunday of Easter

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • W.A. Mozart Fantasy in F Minor, K 608
  • Mozart Piccolomini Mass
  • Mozart Credo
  • Mozart Fantasy in F Minor, K. 608

• May 25

  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
  • John Bull Rondo

• June 1

  The Seventh Sunday of Easter

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • Oliver Messiaen Prayer of Christ Ascending to His Father
  • T.Tertius Noble Communion Service in B Minor
  • Paul Halley Bring Us O Lord
  • Brian Schober From Glory to Glory
  • Olivier Messiaen Outburst of Joy From a Soul Before the Glory of Christ, Which is its Own Glory

• June 8

  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

• Friday, June 13, 7:30 pm

  Mozart Festival Concert #3

  (Transfiguration Choir of Men and Boys & Girls, The Transfiguration Chamber Ensemb Anabelinda DeCastro, organ and Claudia Dumschat, conductor.)

  • Mozart ​Piccolomini Mass, K. 258
  • Piano Concert, K. 488

• June 15

  Trinity Sunday

  (Choir of Men & Boys and Girls)

  • Marc-Antione Charpentier Prelude to the Te Deum
  • Anonymous Early Music Mass
  • Plainchant Te Deum
  • Flor Peters Toccata from Suite Modale, op. 43