Since Vatican II described music as “a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art.” (Sacrosanctum Concilium) we take liturgical music seriously.
The Ordinary and Extraordinary forms of the Mass are celebrated in the Parish; Propers and Ordinary are sung when possible.
We are a small Parish, but are blessed to have excellent musicians available at all weekend Masses. Our organist Fraser Pearce (http://www.fraserpearce.co.uk/) has a website. Both Fraser and our cantors Anne Marie and Angela are available for weddings and funerals.
Upcoming Music
5th November 2023- 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XI
Credo I
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Merbecke. Gloria and Our Father, Mozarabic.
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
(Begin sung response to the prayers of the faithful)
Offertory, Ave Maria
Godhead herein hiding
They are waiting for our petitions
Organ Music (9.30 & 11):
Missa Della Domenica
Kyrie Versets,
Toccata Cromatica Per le levatione
Fiori Musicali, Frescobaldi
12th November 2023- 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XI
Credo I
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Merbecke. Gloria and Our Father, Mozarabic.
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Offertory, Ave Maria
Soul of my saviour
They are waiting for our petitions
Organ Music (9.30 & 11):
3,1,10. Dix versets dans les modes gregoriens, Jean Langlais
Paraphrase sur ‘Salve Regina’, Op 6. Jean Langlais
19th November 2023- 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XI
Credo I
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Merbecke. Gloria and Our Father, Mozarabic.
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Offertory, Ave Maria
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
They are waiting for our petitions
Organ Music (9.30 & 11):
Improvised
26th November 2023- Solemnity of Christ the King
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XI
Credo I
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Merbecke. Gloria and Our Father, Mozarabic.
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Christ triumphant ever reigning
Alleluia sing to Jesus
Christus Vincit
Organ Music (9.30 & 11):
Messe pour Les Couvents, Francois Couperin
3rd December 2023- First Sunday of Advent
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XVII
Credo IV
Rorate Caeli
Conditor Alme Siderum
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Penitential Rite 3. Our Father, Mozarabic.
Apostles Creed, O’Keefe
(Begin Ave Maria at the prayers of the faithful)
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Creator of the Stars of Night
O Jesus Christ Remember
Alma Redemptoris Mater
8th December 2023- Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
7pm Solemn Mass (Visiting Singers from Cantores Matris Dei)
Chant Propers
Mass IX
Credo VI
Ave Maria
Ave Verum Corpus
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Organ Music: Magnificat Versets, Suite 1. J.F. Dandrieu
Fugue sur l’hymne Ave Maris Stella. J.F. Dandrieu.
10th December 2023- Second Sunday of Advent
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XVII
Credo IV
Vox Clara Ecce Intonat
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Penitential Rite 3. Our Father, Mozarabic.
Apostles Creed, O’Keefe
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
On Jordan’s banks
We long to see thee so
Alma Redemptoris Mater
17th December 2023- Third Sunday of Advent
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XVII
Credo IV
Veni Veni Emmanuel
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Merbecke. Our Father, Mozarabic.
Apostles Creed, O’Keefe
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Come thou long expected Jesus
Come O devine Messiah
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Organ Music (9.30 & 11):
Fughetta: Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland BWV 699, J.S.Bach
Fughetta: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott BWV 704, J.S. Bach
5pm Solemn Vespers (Visiting Singers from Cantores Matrix Dei)- Evening Prayer of the Church chanted according to the Antiphonale Romanum
24th December 2023- Fourth Sunday of Advent
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant Propers
Mass XVII
Credo IV
Angelus and Virginem
Gaude Dei Genitrix
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Penitential Rite 3. Our Father, Mozarabic.
Apostles Creed, O’Keefe
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
O come o come Emmanuel
The Angel Gabriel
Alma Redemptoris Mater
25th December – The Feast of The Nativity of the Lord
11.30pm Carols
The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came
Once in Royal David’s City
O Little Town of Bethlehem
The First Nowell
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
Procession- Adeste Fideles
The Christmas Proclamation
Mass at Midnight
Chant Propers
Kyrie Mass VIII, Gloria Mozarabic, Sanctus and Agnus Mass XVIII
O Christ Redeemer of Our Race, Mode II
Silent Night
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Organ: Noel Grand Jeu et Duo, Daquin
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal)
Chant propers
Mass VIII
Credo III, Et Incarnatus Est, FPearce
Christe Redemptor Omnium (Sussex Carol)
Puer Natus in Bethlehem
Adeste Fideles
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie Mass VIII, Gloria Mozarabic, Sanctus and Agnus Mass XVIII
Adeste Fideles
Away in a Manger
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Organ (9.30 & 11):Noel Grand Jeu et Duo, Daquin
Tocatta All’Offertorio, Domenico Zipoli
31st December – The Feast of the Holy Family
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal: Sunday in the Octave of Christmas)
Chant Propers
Mass VIII
Credo III, Et Incarnatus Est, FPearce
Corde Natus Ex Parentis
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Solemn Te Deum (Plenary Indulgence)
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie Mass VIII, Gloria Mozarabic, Sanctus and Agnus Mass XVIII
O highest Hope of mortals, blest Light of Saints above (Forest Green)
Once in Royal David’s City
Solemn Te Deum (Plenary Indulgence)
Organ: Noel: In Dulce Jubilo BWV 721, J.S. Bach
Pastoral Symphony from ‘Messiah’, Handel
Noel: Joseph est bien Marie, Claude Balbastre
1st January- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
10am Sung Mass and Benediction
Chant Propers
Mass IX
Sequence: Laetabundus
Ecce Novum Gaudium, 17th Century Scottish
Benediction: Veni Creator Spiritus (Plenary Indulgence)
7th January- Solemnity of the Epiphany
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal- Holy Family)
Chant Propers
Mass VIII
Credo III, Et Incarnatus Est, FPearce
O Lux Beata Caelitum
O highest Hope of mortals, blest Light of Saints above (Forest Green)
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie Mass VIII, Gloria Mozarabic, Sanctus and Agnus Mass XVIII
We three kings
Come, come, come to the manger
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Organ: Noel: Joseph est bien Marie, Dandrieu
Noel: Quand Jesus naquid a Noel, Balbastre
13th January- St Kentigern, Bishop
10am Sung Mass and Benediction
Chant Propers
Mass II
Iste Confessor
Organ: Noel Suisse, Daquin
14th January- 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal- Second after Epiphany)
Chant Propers
Mass XI
Credo I
Salvete Christi Vulnera (selected verses)
Alma Redemptoris Mater
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Mass XI. Gloria and Our Father, Mozarabic.
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Creed, Merbecke
God, your glory we have seen in your son, Langlais
Soul of My Saviour
Organ (9.30 & 11): Improvisations
21st January- 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Word of God)
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal-Third after Epiphany)
Chant Propers
Mass XI
Credo I
Domine non sum dignus, Victoria
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Mass XI. Gloria and Our Father, Mozarabic.
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Creed, Merbecke
Holy God we praise they name
Draw nigh and take
Organ (9.30 & 11): Voluntary VI Op. 7, John Stanley
Adagio, Voluntaery VII Op. 7, John Stanley
Voluntary VII Op 5, John Stanley
25th January- Feast of The Conversion of St Paul
7pm Sung Mass TBC
Chant Propers
Mass III
Credo IV
Egregie Doctor Paule
Organ: TBC
28th January- 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30am Sung Latin Mass (1962 Missal- Septuagesima)
Chant Propers
Mass XI
Credo I
Alma Redemptoris Mater
11am Solemn Mass
Chant Propers
Kyrie, Mass XI. Gloria and Our Father, Mozarabic.
Sanctus and Agnus, Mass XVIII
Creed, Merbecke
Lord accept the gifts we offer
O Bread of Heaven
Organ (9.30 & 11):O Gott, du frommer Gott, BVW 767, J.S. Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 559, J.S. Bach
2nd February – The Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas)
7pm Solemn Mass TBC