Liturgical Music

Upcoming Liturgical Music Schedule

• September 8

  The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

  (The Summer Choir)

  • Marcel Dupré Ave Maris Stella (Variations 1-3)
  • Healey Willan Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
  • Caccini/Vavilov Ave Maria
  • German Carol arr. Willan Maria Walks Amid the Thorn
  • Dupré Ave Maris Stella (Toccata)

• September 15

  The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

  (The Summer Choir)

  • G.F. Handel Minuet from Water Music
  • Craig Phillips Festival Eucharist
  • John Abdenour How Can I Keep From Singing
  • Handel Hornpipe from Water Music

• September 22

  The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

  (Gentlemen of the Choir)

  • J.S. Bach Prelude in F Major, BWV 540
  • Laurentius Perosi Missa Laudamus Te
  • Charles MacPherson Thou, O God art Praised in Sion
  • Bach Der Herr Segne Euch (Cantata 96)
  • Bach Fugue in F Major, BWV 540

• September 29

  St. Michael and All Angels

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Richard Dering Duo Seraphim
  • Missa Secunda Hans Leo Hassler
  • J.S. Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • J.S. Bach Sinfonia to Cantata 29

• October 6

  Foundation Day

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Anton Bruckner Locus Iste
  • David Hurd I Was Glad
  • Jonathan Dove Missa brevis
  • Olivier Messaien Apparition de l’église éternelle

• October 13

  The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Cesar Franck Cantabile
  • T. Tertius Noble Communion Service in B Minor
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams O How Amiable
  • Vaughan Willliams O Taste and See
  • J.S. Bach Fugue in E Minor, BWV

• October 20

  The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Gabriel Dupont Meditation
  • T. Tertius Noble Communion Service in B Minor
  • Anthony Piccolo O Come Let Us Sing
  • Eugene Gigout Toccata in B Minor

• October 27

  The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Vivaldi/Bach Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593
  • Jonathan Dove Missa Brevis
  • Bob Chilcott Be Thou My Vision
  • Vivaldi/Bach Concert in A Minor, BWV 593

• November 3

  All Saints' Sunday

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Johannes Brahms O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
  • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
  • Victoria O Quam Gloriusum
  • Give Rest, O Christ Kontakion
  • Charles Callahan Toccata on For All the Saints (organ duet).

• November 10

  The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

  (Seraphim and Cherub Choir)

  • Jehan Alain Suspended Gardens
  • Jehan Alain Messe Modal
  • Hildegard von Bingen O Virtus Sapientie
  • Jehan Alain Litanies

• November 10, 3 pm

  Episcopal Actors' Guild Memorial Evensong

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Johannes Brahms O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
  • Charles Callahan Harvard Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
  • Lloyd Weber Pie Jesu
  • Charles Callahan Toccata on For All the Saints (organ duet)

• November 17

  The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Dietrich Buxtehude Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott
  • Guillaime Dufay and Anonymous 13th & 14th C. Early Music Mass Settings
  • Charles S. Brown Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • Georg Muffat Toccata in D Minor

• November 24

  The Solemnity of Christ the King

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • William Mathias Chorale
  • W.A. Mozart Mass in D Major, KV. 184
  • Ch. S. Stanford Te Deum in Bb
  • William Mathias Toccata Giocosa

• December 1

  The First Sunday of Advent

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • J.S. Bach Wachet auf
  • G. Palestrina/arr. Willcocks Matins Responsory
  • (Gregorian, 16th c.) Missa de Angelis
  • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
  • J.S. Bach Wachet auf!
  • Max Reger Fantasia on Wachet auf

• December 8

  The Second Sunday of Advent

  (The Men & Boys and Girls Choir)

  • J.S. Bach Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
  • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
  • Orlando Gibbons This is the Record of John
  • J.S. Bach Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661

• Friday, December 13, 7:30 p.m.

  Christmas Candlelight Concert

  J.S. Bach's Cantata 140 (Wachet auf!), Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, and Michael Hadyn’s Lauft ihr Hirten performed by the Transfiguration Choirs of Men & Boys, Girls Choir, and Camerata with soloists and the Transfiguration Chamber Orchestra.

• December 15

  The Third Sunday of Advent

  (The Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Marilyn Biery Fantasy on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
  • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
  • Henry Purcell Rejoice in the Lord alway
  • Brian Schober Toccata on Veni, Veni Emmanuel

• December 22

  The Fourth Sunday of Advent

  (Gentlemen of the Choir)

  • J.S. Bach Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
  • Herbert Sumsion Mass for Men’s Voices
  • John Stainer How Beautiful Upon the Mountains
  • J.S. Bach Fugue on the Magnificat

• Tuesday, December 24, 4 pm

  Children's Creche Service

  (Cherub Choir)

• Tuesday, December 24, 10 pm

  Carols and Hymns for Choir and Congregation

  (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

  • Matin Responsory (arr. Willcocks) G. Palestrina/arr. Willcocks
  • J.S. Bach O Jesulein süss
  • Michael Haydn Christmas Cantata: Lauft ihr Hirten allzugleich
  • Two Spanish Carols Anonymous
  • Harold Darke In the Bleak Midwinter

• Tuesday, December 24, 10:30 p.m.

  Christmas Eve Procession and Solemn Mass

  (Men and Boys Choir)

  • Marc-Antoine Charpienter Missa de Minuit pour Noel
  • French Carol arr. John Rutter Noel Noevelet
  • O Magnum Mysterium Christopher Morales
  • Louis Vierne Carillon de Westminster

• Wednesday, December 25, 11 am

  Christmas Day

  (The Gentlemen of the Choir)

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Prelude on Greensleeves
  • Herbert Sumsion Mass for Mens Voices
  • J.S. Bach In dulci Jubilo

• December 29

  The First Sunday of Christmas

  Music for Vocal Soloist, Violin, and Congregational Mass Setting

• Sunday, January 5, 2025

  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