Liturgical Music

During the fall through spring, we update this section with the schedule of our choirs, as well as liturgical pieces that will be sung at mass.

Upcoming Liturgical Music Schedule

  • September 11

    The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Summer Choir)

    • Jean Sibelius, arr. Fricker Finlandia
    • David Hurd St. Paul's Service
    • Rob Lehman I Will Arise and Go to Jesus
    • Ukrainian Orthodox Chant Kontakion
    • Barbara Harbach The Morning Trumpet
  • September 18

    The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

    (The Gentlemen of the Choir)

    • J.S. Bach All Glory be to God on High, BWV 664
    • L. Perosi Mass for Three Men's Voices
    • Ludovico Viadana Exsultate justi
    • J.S. Bach Prelude in C Major, BWV 547
  • September 25

    The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men, Boys & Girls Choir)

    • J.S. Bach Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
    • Richard Dering Duo Serephim
    • J. Dove Missa brevis
    • Rob Lehman Dives and Lazarus
    • J.S. Bach Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582
  • October 2

    Foundation Day (174th Anniversary of Church)

    (Men, Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Anton Bruckner Locus Iste
    • Jonathan Dove Missa brevis
    • David Hurd I Was Glad
    • Henri Mulet Carillon Sortie
  • October 9

    The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Seraphim Choir)

    • Camille Saint-Saens Prelude in A Minor
    • Leo Delibes Messe Breve
    • Felix Mendelssohn Laudate Pueri Dominum
    • Camille Saint-Saens Fugue in A minor
  • October 16

    The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men, Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Felix Mendelssohn Sonata #1, Adagio
    • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
    • Felix Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer
    • Felix Mendelssohn Sonata #1, Allegro Vivace
  • October 23

    The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men, Boys, & Girls Choir)

    • J.S. Bach All Glory be to God on High, BWV 664
    • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
    • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring J.S. Bach
    • Sinfonia to Cantata 29 J.S. Bach
  • October 30

    The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

    (The Gentlemen of the Choir)

    • Giralomo Frescobaldi Toccata
    • Laurentius Perosi Mass For Three Men’s Voices
    • Christopher Tye Give Almes of Thy Goods
    • J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
  • November 6

    All Saint's Sunday

    (Men, Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Georg Böhm Variations on Werde Munter
    • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
    • Tomas Luis de Victoria O Quam Gloriosum
    • Give Rest, O Christ Kontakion
    • Nico Muhly Prelude on Lasst uns Erfreuen
  • November 13

    The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

    (Seraphim Choir)

    • Henri Mulet Rosace
    • Leo Delibes Messe Breve
    • Spiritual arr. Powell Deep River
    • Henri Mulet Carillon Sortie
  • November 13, 3 pm

    Episcopal Actors' Guild Memorial Evensong

    (Men, Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Jehan Alain Suspended Gardens
    • Charles S. Brown Swing Low, Sweet Charitot
    • William Smith Responses
    • Orlando Gibbons Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
    • Lloyd Weber Pie Jesu
    • Jehan Alain Litanies
  • November 20

    The Solemnity of Christ the King

    (Men, Boys, & Girls Choir)

    • William Mathias Chorale
    • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
    • Edward Bairstow Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
    • William Mathias Toccata Giocosa
  • November 27

    The First Sunday of Advent

    (Gentlemen of the Choir)

    • Thomas Tallis Audivi media nocte
    • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
    • J.S. Bach Wachet auf
    • Max Reger Fantasia on Wachet auf
  • December 4

    The Second Sunday of Advent

    (Men, Boys & Girls Choir)

    • G.F. Handel Comfort Ye and Ev’ry Valley from Messiah
    • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
    • G.F. Handel And the Glory of the Lord
    • Alexandre Guilmant Fugue on a Theme by Handel
  • Friday, December 9

    Christmas Candlelight Concert

    Handel’s Messiah, (The Christmas Portion) and Organ Concerto plus favorite hymns and anthems performed by the Transfiguration Choirs of Men & Boys, Girls Choir, and Camerata with soloists and the Transfiguration Chamber Orchestra.
  • December 11

    The Third Sunday of Advent

    (Men, Boys & Girls Choir)

    • J.S. Bach Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
    • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
    • G.F. Handel O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
    • J.S. Bach Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661
  • December 18

    The Fourth Sunday of Advent

    (Women and Girls Choir)

    • Brian Schober Toccata on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
    • Bob Chilcott Peace Mass
    • David Willcocks, arr. The Cherry Tree Carol
    • Brian Schober Toccata on Veni, Veni Emmanuel
  • Saturday, December 24, 4 pm

    The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

    Children's Creche Service
  • Saturday, December 24, 10 pm

    Carols for Choir and Congregation

    (Men and Boys Choir with the Period Instrument Ensemble)

    • French Carol arr. John Rutter Noel Noevelet
    • Selections from Messiah G.F. Handel
    • Stephen Cleobury (arr.) Two Spanish Carols
    • Harold Darke In the Bleak Midwinter
  • Saturday, December 24, 10:30 pm

    Procession and Solemn Midnight Mass

    (Men and Boys Choir with the Period Instrument Ensemble)

    • Marc-Antoine Charpentier Missa de Minuit pour Noel
    • French Carol arr. John Rutter Il est n’est
    • Franz Biebl Ave Maria
    • Louis Vierne Carillon de Westminster
  • Sunday, December 25 at 11 am

    Christmas Day

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams Prelude on Greensleeves
    • Herbert Sumsion Mass for Mens Voices
    • Pietro Yon Gesu Bambino
    • J.S. Bach In dulci Jubilo

Share