09/25/2025
MUSIC AT ALL SOULS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Season 2025–2026 • September–December 2025
Subject to change
Ruben Valenzuela, Director of Music & Organist
PENTECOST 14
September 14
Setting: Mass in E, Jeffrey Smith
Hymns: 410, 469, 423
Psalm 14 Dixit insipiens, (said)
I was glad when they said unto me, Henry Purcell
Sing my soul his wondrous love, Ned Rorem
Voluntaries
Prelude and Fugue Op. 16, no. 2, Clara Schumann
Praeludium in e minor ‘The Great’, Nicolaus Bruhns
PENTECOST 15
September 21 (Choristers)
Setting: Mass in E, Jeffrey Smith
Hymns: 390, 676, 594
Psalm 79: 1-9 Deus, venerunt, Tone VIII.1
Lead me, Lord, Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Voluntaries
Prelude in E-flat, William H. Harris
Finale (from Miniature Suite for Organ), Healey Willan
PENTECOST 16
September 28
Setting: Mass in E, Jeffrey Smith
Hymns: 625, 582, 575
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 Qui habitat, Matthew Camidge
Dives and Lazarus, arr. Andrew Carter
Here, O my Lord I see thee face to face, Eleanor Daley
Voluntaries
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Healey Willan
Toccata in d minor, Johann Jakob Froberger
PENTECOST 17
October 5
Setting: Mass in E, Jeffrey Smith
Hymns: 541, 659, 593
Psalm 137 Super flumina, Notre Dame
O Lord, increase our faith, Henry Loosemore
Ave verum corpus, Sarah MacDonald
Voluntaries
An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653, J.S. Bach
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
PENTECOST 18
October 12
Setting: Mass in E, Jeffrey Smith
Hymns: 396, WLP 740, 411
Psalm 66: 1-11 Jubilate Deo, C.V. Stanford
Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, Herbert Howells
O sacrum convivium, Thomas Tallis
Voluntaries
The Chosen Tune, Herbert Howells
Voluntary no. 5 in G Major, William Walond
PENTECOST 19
October 19 (Choristers)
Setting: Mass in E, Jeffrey Smith
Hymns: 535, 709, 530
Psalm 119: 97-104 Quomodo dilexi!, Tone VIII.1
Author of life divine, Andrew Reid
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Voluntaries
Vater unser im Himmelreich, Georg Böhm
A Voluntary, William Byrd
PENTECOST 20
October 26
Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan
Hymns: 428, 686, 636
Psalm 65 Te decet hymnus, Gerre Hancock
Lord, thou hast told us, Arnold Bax
O taste and see, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Voluntaries
Ode, Kenneth Leighton
Grand Jeu (from 1er Livre D’Orgue), Pierre Dumage
ALL SOULS' DAY
Burial of the Dead & Eucharist
November 2
Burial Sentences, David Charles Walker
Psalm 121, I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills (from Requiem), Herbert Howells
Psalm 23, The Lord is my shepherd (from Requiem), Howells
Requiem aeternam I (from Requiem), Howells
At the Eucharist:
Setting:
Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan
O King to whom all things do live, Healey Willan
The Kontakion, Stephanie Martin
Hymns 623, 622
EVENSONG
All Saints’ Day (observed)
November 2
Introit, Te lucis ante terminum (2nd setting), Thomas Tallis
Responses, Humphrey Clucas
Phos Hilaron, McNeil Robinson
Psalm 150 Laudate Dominum, C.V. Stanford
Canticles, Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Faburdens), June Nixon
Anthem, Holy is the true light, William H. Harris
Hymns: 34, 618
Voluntary
Sospiri Op. 70, Edward Elgar
PENTECOST 22
November 9
Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan
Hymns: 574, 526, 625
Psalm 145:1-5, 18-22 Exaltabo te, Deus, Tone VIII.1
If ye be risen again with Christ, Orlando Gibbons
The Holy Eucharist, William H. Harris
Voluntaries
De la Mare’s Pavane (from Lambert’s Clavichord), Herbert Howells
Grand Jeu (from Deuxìeme Livre), Louis Marchand
PENTECOST 23
November 16 (Choristers)
Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan
Hymns: 607, WLP 804, 615
Canticle 9 The First Song of Isaiah, Plainsong
God be in my head, Herbert Howells
Alleluia, Stephanie Martin
Voluntaries
Chorale Prelude on Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, George Walker
Fanfare, Kenneth Leighton
CHRIST THE KING • LAST PENTECOST
November 23
Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan
Hymns: 494, 382, 495
Canticle 16 The Song of Zechariah, Plainsong
All hail the power of Jesus’ name, Amy Beach
Ride on King Jesus!, arr. Howard Helvey
Voluntaries
Praeludium und Fuga in e, Johann Pachelbel
Piéce d’orgue BWV 572, J.S. Bach
ADVENT 1
November 30
Setting: Mass 9 ‘Cum jubilo’ & Mass 18, Plainsong
Hymns 57, 53, 62
Psalm 122 Laetatus sum, Tone VIII.1
I was glad when they said unto me, Henry Purcell
Never weather beaten saile, Charles Wood
Voluntaries
Rorate coeli Op. 8, Jeanne Demessieux
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645, J.S. Bach
A PROCESSION OF ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS
Matin Responsory, after Palestrina
Creator of the stars of night, arr. John Scott
This is the truth sent from above, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Little Lamb, William Cutter
Drop down ye heavens from above, Richard Lloyd
Audivi vocem de caelo, Thomas Tallis
There is no rose of such virtue, Stephen Caracciolo
Ave virgo sanctissima, Francisco Guerrero
Vesper Responsory, after Palestrina
ADVENT 2
December 7
Setting: Mass 9 ‘Cum jubilo’ & Mass 18, Plainsong
Hymns: 65, WLP 724, 59
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Deus, judicium, James Turle
This is the Record of John, Orlando Gibbons
A tender shoot, Kerensa Briggs
Voluntaries
A Voluntary, Orlando Gibbons
Conditor alme siderum (versets), Jehan Titelouze
ADVENT 3
December 14
Setting: Mass 9 ‘Cum jubilo’ & Mass 18, Plainsong
Hymns: 68, 76, 72
Canticle 15 Magnificat, Plainsong
Rejoice in the Lord alway, Stephen Sturk
Creator of the stars of night, arr. John Scott
Voluntaries
Veni Redemptor gentium (selected verses) SWV 149, Samuel Scheidt
Chorale Prelude on Richmond, Healey Willan
ADVENT 4
December 21 (Choristers)
Setting Mass 9 ‘Cum jubilo’ & Mass 18, Plainsong
Hymns: 56, 265, 54
Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 Qui regis Israel, Tone VIII.1
A maiden most gentle, Andrew Carter
Ave Maria, Stephanie Martin
Voluntaries
Magnificat tertii toni, Hieronymous Praetorius
Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland BWV 661, J.S. Bach
THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
Christmas Eve
December 24
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT AND EUCHARIST
Ríu, ríu, chíu, Mateo Flecha el Viejo
Watts’ Cradle Hymn, arr. Paul Halley
Voluntaries
Two Christmas Preludes, Byron Adams
• Frölich soll mein Herze springen
• Brich an, O schönes Morgenlicht
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her BWV 700, J.S. Bach
SUNG EUCHARIST OF THE NATIVITY
Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan
Hymns: 83, 82, 111, 87
Psalm 96 Cantante Domino, Tone V.1
Huron Carol, Eleanor Daley
Away in a manger, arr. David Hill
Voluntaries
Two Christmas Preludes, Byron Adams (b. 1955)
• Frölich soll mein Herze springen
• Brich an, O schönes Morgenlicht
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her BWV 700, J.S. Bach
CHORAL EUCHARIST OF THE NATIVITY
Music before the Eucharist
Huron Carol, Eleanor Daley
Away in a manger, arr. David Hill
There is no rose of such virtue, Stephen Caracciolo
At the Eucharist:
Setting: Missa Brevis XII (Christe redemptor omnium),
Healey Willan
Hymns: 83, 82, 111, 87
Psalm 96, Cantate Domino, Tone V.1
Gloria in excelsis Deo, Thomas Weelkes
Dormi Jesu, Matthew D. Nielsen
Voluntary
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her BWV 700, J.S. Bach
CHRISTMAS DAY
December 25
There is no choir on this day
Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan
Hymns 83, 96, 79, 100
Voluntaries
The Holy Boy (Carol of the Nativity), John Ireland
An Improvisation on “Antioch”
CHRISTMAS 1
December 28
Christmas Lessons and Carols
Voluntaries
In dulci jubilo BuxWV 197, Dietrich Buxtehude
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, Johann Pachelbel
