Christmas Eve: Procession, Blessing of the Crèche and Solemn High Mass
Tuesday, December 24, 2019, 10:00 pm
Colour: Gold Propers p. 273 BAS Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-20
Music
Music of the Mass
Communion Service in F major - Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
(Gloria and Creed - Missa de Angelis)
Offertory Motet
Psallite, unigenito - Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Music at Communion
The Infant King - Basque Noël, arr. E. Pettman
Noël huron - Denis Bédard
The Virgin's Cradle Hymn (Dormi, Jesu) - Edmund Rubbra
Ablutions Motet
Ding, dong! Merrily on high - French trad., arr. Charles Wood
Organ Music:
Chorale Fantasia (Pastoral and Fugue) on "Vom Himmel
hoch, da komm ich her" - Johann Pachelbel
Toccata (from Symphonie No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42) - Charles-Marie Widor