Carols & organ music begin at 11:30 p.m.
Prelude: Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Motet: Of One That Is So Fair and Bright (David J. Hughes, b.1980) [première]
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Motet: Ave Maria (Franz Biebl, 1906-2001)
Hymn: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)
Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Missa O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: Regem natum (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Dieu parmi nous (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Messiaen)
