The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.
Carols & organ music begin at 11:30 p.m.
Prelude: Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Hymn: Once In Royal David’s City (Irby)
Carol: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Carol)
Hymn: Joys Seven (arr. Hughes)
Carol: Il est né, le Divin Enfant (arr. Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Hymn: Riu riu chiu (Mateo Flecha el Viejo, 1481-1553)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Motet: There Is No Rose (anon. English, XV C.)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)
Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Messe solennelle (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: Ubi pascas (Quaeramus, secunda pars) (Mouton)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
