Our traditional liturgical music combines the mysterious, ancient beauty of Gregorian chant with the resplendent choral harmonies of later centuries.
During Lent, the music takes on a sombre beauty, allowing for reflection and contemplation. On Easter Day, the glory of the Resurrection is amplified with magnificent, joyful choral and organ music.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 – Ash Wednesday
- Mass: Missa Brevis – Antonio Lotti (1698)
- Motet: Miserere mei – Orlando di Lasso (1585)
- Motet: Lord, teach us how to pray aright – Thomas Tallis (1567)
- Lent Prose
- Chants for the Imposition of Ashes
Sunday, February 26, 2023 – Lent 1
- Mass: Chant mass for Sundays in Lent & Monastic Creed
- Motet: Lord teach us how to pray aright – Thomas Tallis (1567)
Sunday, March 5, 2023 – Lent 2
- Mass: Chant mass for Sundays in Lent & Monastic Creed
- Motet: Jesu, Lord, that madest me – R.R. Terry (1923)
Sunday, March 12, 2023 – Lent 3
- Mass: Chant mass for Sundays in Lent & Monastic Creed
- Motet: Purge me, O God – Thomas Tallis (c.1570)
Sunday, March 19, 2023 – Lent 4 (Lætare)
- Mass: Messe Basse (for women’s chorus) – Gabriel Fauré (1882)
- Motet: Ave verum (for women’s chorus) – Gabriel Fauré (1894)
Saturday, March 25, 2023 Feast of the Annunciation
- Mass: Missa Ave Maris Stella – Jean de Bournonville (c.1585-1632)
- Motet: Ecce concipies – Jacob Handl (1586)
- Motet: Gabriel archangelus (for women’s voices) – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Passion Sunday
- Mass: Chant mass for Sundays in Lent + Monastic Creed
- Motet: O mortal man, remember well – English traditional, arr. R. Vaughan Williams
Sunday, April 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday
- Mass: Missa Brevis – Antonio Lotti (1698)
- Motet: Alas, and did my Saviour bleed? – Urania Psalm Collection
(1761)
Thursday, April 6, 2023 – Maundy Thursday
- Mass: Mass for Four Voices – William Byrd (1592)
- Motet: Ave verum corpus – William Byrd (1605)
- Benediction: O salutaris hostia – Pierre de la Rue (c.1452-1518)
Friday, April 7, 2023 – Good Friday
- Reproaches – Gregorian chant, arr. John Botari
- Faithful Cross – Healey Willan (1938)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 – Easter Vigil
- Mass: Missa Lux et Origo (Gregorian chant)
- Motet: Sicut cervus – G.P. Palestrina (1582)
Sunday, April 9, 2023 – Easter Day
- Mass: Missa Brevis – Andrea Gabrieli (1572)
- Sequence: Victimae paschali laudes (chant)
- Motet: Christ ist erstanden – J.S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 276
- Motet: This joyful Eastertide – Dutch carol (1685), arr. Charles
Wood - Regina Caeli: Adrian Willaert (c.1490-1562)