Music for the Mass of Christmas Day, 25 December 2008

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Hodie Christus natus est (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603 (Bach)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Carol: Adeste Fideles (arr. David Willcocks)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Carol at the Offertory: Joys Seven (arr. Hughes, after Cleobury)
At the Communion: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: In The Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol at the Communion: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (Bach)

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