Liturgical Music Schedule
Epiphany through Palm Sunday 2020
Sunday, January 5 ( The Epiphany of the Lord )
Setting : Missa secunda – Hans Leo Hassler
Motet : O who are they? – Kenneth Kosche
Sunday, January 12 ( The Baptism of the Lord )
Setting : Short communion service ( Phrygian ) – Charles Wood
Motet : Christ, unser Herr zum Jordan kam – Melchior Franck
Sunday, January 26 ( Third Sunday after the Epiphany )
Setting : Missa brevis – PJ Janson
Motet : Almighty and everlasting God – Orlando Gibbons
Sunday, February 2 ( Presentation of the Lord / Candlemas )
Setting : Missa for four voices – William Byrd
Motet : Senex puerum portabat – William Byrd
Canticle : Nunc dimittis : Gradualia I No. 4 – William Byrd
Sunday, February 9 ( Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany )
Setting : Missa brevis for three voices – Stephanie Martin
Motet : Verbum caro factum est – Hans Leo Hassler
Sunday, February 16 ( Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany ) – Duet
Setting : Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena – Healey Willan
Motet : Ave Verum – Gabriel Fauré
Sunday, February 23 ( Last Sunday after the Epiphany ) – Quartet
Setting : Missa primi toni – Costanzo Porta
Motet : Jesu, the very thought of thee – Edward Bairstow
Wednesday, February 26 ( Ash Wednesday )
Note : “In Lent the playing of the organ and musical instruments is allowed only in order to support the singing, with the exception of Laetare Sunday ( fourth Sunday in Lent )”
Setting : Missa brevis – Kenneth Leighton
Motets : Exaltabo te – Orlando di Lasso / Miserere mei, Deus – Orlando di Lasso
Sunday, March 1 ( First Sunday in Lent )
Setting : Missa XII ( Pater cuncta ) – plainsong
Sunday, March 8 ( Second Sunday in Lent )
Setting : Missa II ( Kyrie fons bonitatis ) – plainsong
Sunday, March 15 ( Third Sunday in Lent )
Setting : Missa XVII ( Kyrie salve ) – plainsong
Sunday, March 22 ( Fourth Sunday in Lent / Laetare / Mothering Sunday )
Setting : Simple communion service in F – William Harris
Motet : The Lord is my shepherd – John Rutter
Sunday, March 29 ( Fifth Sunday in Lent )
Setting : Mass I ( Lux et Origo ) – plainsong
Sunday, April 5 ( Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion )
Setting : Missa brevis No. 2 – Healey Willan
Motet : Christus factus est – Anton Bruckner