Calendar of Liturgies & Choral Music through Christmastide 2025-2026
To see previous years' Music Schedules see Archived Music Schedules.
Sunday, September 7: The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies – Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in A & D – Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
O God, My Heart is Ready – Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
Sing Joyfully – William Byrd (1540-1623)
Sunday, September 14: Holy Cross Day
Family Mass
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in E – Horatio Parker (1863-1919)
Let This Mind be in You – Amy Beach (1867-1944)
O Savior of the World – Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (1825-1899)
Sunday, September 21: St. Matthew, Evangelist
Family Mass
Day by Day – David Halls (b. 1963)
Choral High Mass
Missa Brevis – McNeil Robinson (1943-2015)
O Sing unto the Lord – Peter Aston (1938-2013)
Teach Me, O Lord – William Byrd (1540-1623)
Sunday, September 28: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
Eins bitte Ich vom Herren – Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Choral High Mass
Canterbury Mass – Anthony Piccolo (b. 1946)
I Love the Lord – Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012)
Elohim hashivenu – Salamone Rossi (1570- c.1630)
Sunday, October 5: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
Sung Congregationally
Choral High Mass
Missa Octavi Toni – Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1594)
O Lord, Increase Our Faith – Henry Loosemore (? -1670)
Love Bade Me Welcome – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Choral Evensong, 4 p.m.
Salve Regina – Felice Anerio (c.1560-1614)
Preces and Responses – Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Evening Canticles in E – Henry Murrill (1909-1952)
Great is the Lord – Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Sunday, October 12: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
Vox Ultima Crucis - William H. Harris (1883-1973)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in D – Everett Titcomb (1884-1968)
The Secret of Christ – Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Steal Away – Spiritual, arr. Nicholas White (b. 1967)
Sunday, October 19: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
My Eyes for Beauty Pine - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Choral High Mass
Missa Brevis in C, K. 220 “Sparrow” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Geistliches Lied – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes – Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)
Sunday, October 26: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
O How Amiable – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Choral High Mass
Missa “Ego flos campi” – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c.1590 – 1664)
O How Amiable – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Deep River – Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
Sunday, November 2: All Saint’s Sunday
Family Mass
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Choral High Mass
Missa “O quam gloriosum” – Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 – c. 20–27 August 1611)
Lo, Round the Throne a Glorious Band – Henry G. Ley (1887-1962)
Justorum animae – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Choral Evensong & Benediction, 4 p.m.
Salve Regina – Joshua Hartman (b.1990)
Preces and Responses – Cecilia McDowall (b.1951)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Short Service) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Bring Us, O Lord – William Harris (1883-1973)
O salutaris hostia – Pierre de la Rue (c.1452–1518)
Monday, November 3: All Soul’s (transferred)
Solemn Requiem Mass, 7 p.m.
Messe de Requiem, Opus 9 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Sunday, November 9: The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
Eternal Light – Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in C and F – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Amazing Grace – Ēriks Ešenvalds (b.1977)
Give Us the Wings of Faith – Ernest Bullock (1890-1979)
Sunday, November 16: The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Family Mass
All Manner of Thing - Sarah MacDonald (b.1968)
Choral High Mass
Mass for 5 Voices – William Byrd (1540-1623)
O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Cantate Domino – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Sunday, November 23: The Last Sunday after Pentecost - Christ the King
Family Mass
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Choral High Mass
Communion Service in E (Collegium Regale) – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Thou, O God, Art Praised in Sion – Malcolm Boyle (1902–1976)
Exultate Deo – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Sunday, November 30: The First Sunday of Advent
Family Mass
Sung Congregationally
Choral High Mass
Missa Quadragesimalis, MH 552 – Michael Hadyn (1737-1806)
I Was Glad – Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695))
Never Weather-Beaten Sail – Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Sunday, December 7: The Second Sunday of Advent
Family Mass
Sung Congregationally
Choral High Mass
Missa “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c.1656-1746)
O Thou the Central Orb – Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Zion Hears the Watchman Singing – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
A Procession of Advent Lessons & Carols, 4 p.m.
Matins Responsory – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
The Cherry Tree Carol – Stephen Cleobury (1948-2019)
Vox clara ecce intonat – Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
A Spotless Rose - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
O Radiant Dawn – James MacMillan (b.1959)
Angelus ad Viginum – Andrew Carter (b. 1939)
E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quicky Come - Paul Manz (1919-2009)
We Wait for Thy Loving-kindness, O God - William McKie (1901-1984)
Sunday, December 14: The Third Sunday of Advent
Family Mass
Wake, Awake – Franz Tunder (1614-1667)
Choral High Mass
Messe “Cum Jubilo” Op. 11 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, SWV 301 – Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Ave Maria – Franz Xavier Biebl (1906-2001)
Sunday, December 21: The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Family Mass
Ave Maria - Simon Lindley (b.1948)
Choral High Mass
Hardwick Mass – Gary Davison (b. 1961)
I Sing of a Maiden – Patrick Hadley (1899-1937)
Magnificat – Larry King (1932-1990)
A Ceremony of Carols, 1p.m.
Featuring The Boys and Girls Choir of Saint Mark’s
Wednesday, December 24: Christmas Eve
A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, 4 p.m.
Sussex Carol - arr. David Willcocks (1919-2015)
Adam lay ybounden – Boris Ord (1897-1961)
I Sing of a Maiden – Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
Illuminare, Jerusalem – Judith Weir (b. 1954)
Balulalow – Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Prayer for a New Mother – Richard Shephard (1949-2021)
Out of Your Sleep – Anthony Milner (1925-2002)
Sir Christèmas – William Mathias (1934-1992)
Choral & Organ Prelude, 10:30 p.m.
Solemn High Mass, 11 p.m.
Missa ad Praesepe – George Malcolm (1917-1997)
Gloria in excelsis - Thomas Weelkes (c. 1576-1623)
O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 – c. 20–27 August 1611)
Thursday, December 25: Christmas Day
Choral High Mass, 10 a.m.
Missa Princeps Pacis – William Lloyd Webber (1914-1982)
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing in – Simon Preston (1938-2022)
Sing Lullaby – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Sunday, December 28: The First Sunday after Christmas
Family Mass (Sung), 9 a.m.
Sung congregationally
Choral High Mass, 11 a.m.
Mass of the Quiet Hour – George Oldroyd (1886-1951)
Love Came Down at Christmas – Richard Lloyd (1933-2021)
Benedicamus Domino - Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Sunday, January 4: The Second Sunday after Christmas
Family Mass (Sung), 9 a.m.
Sung congregationally
Choral High Mass, 11 a.m.
Missa in honorem Sancti Josephi, Op. 21 - Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
No Small Wonder - Paul Edwards (b. 1955)
There Is No Rose – John Joubert (1927-1991)
Choral Evensong & Benediction
Alma Redemptoris Mater - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525/26-1594)
Preces and Responses - Lucy Walker (b.1998)
Evening Service in G – Francis Jackson (1917-2022)
O Ye Little Flocks – John Amner (1579-1641)
O salutaris hostia - Stephanie Martin (b.1962)