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 24

    The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • J.S. Bach Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
    • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
    • J.S. Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
    • J.S. Bach Sinfonia to Cantata 29
  • October 1

    Foundation Day and 175th Anniversary

    (Men and Boys Choir)

    • Anton Bruckner Locus Iste
    • David Hurd I was Glad
    • Jonathan Dove Missa brevis
    • Charles Villiers Stanford Te Deum in Bb
    • Louis Vierne Finale from Symphony #1
  • October 8

    The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men and Teens Choir)

    • J.S. Bach All Glory be to God on High
    • Laurentius Perosi Mass for Men's Voices
    • Ludovico Viadana Exsultate Justi
    • J.S. Bach Prelude in C Major, BWV 547
  • October 15

    The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Felix Mendelssohn Sonata #1 Adagio
    • Herbert Howells Missa Collegium Regale
    • Benjamin Britten Jubilate Deo in C
    • J.S. Bach Sonata #1, Allegro Vivace
  • October 22

    The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Vivaldi / Bach Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593
    • Hans Leo Hassler Missa Secunda
    • Hans Leo Hassler Cantate Domine
    • Vivaldi / Bach Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593
  • October 29

    The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • J.S. Bach arr. Fox Bist du Bei Mir
    • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
    • Bob Chilcott Be Thou My Vision
    • J.S. Bach Prelude in C Minor, BWV 546
  • Thursday, November 2, 7 pm

    All Souls' Day

    (Gentlemen of the Choir)

    Missa Pro Defunctis
  • November 5

    All Saints' Sunday

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Johannes Brahms O Welt, Ich Muss Dich lassen
    • Hans Leo hassler Missa Secunda
    • Victoria O Quam Gloriusum
    • Howard Goodall Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep / Lacrimosa
    • Give Rest, O Christ Kontakion
    • Toccata on For All the Saints (organ duet) Charles Callahan
  • November 12

    The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

    (Seraphim and Cherubim Choir)

    • Jehan Alain Suspended Gardens
    • Jehan Alain Messe Modal
    • Hildegard von Bingen O Virtus Sapientie
    • Jehan Alain Litanies
  • November 12, 3 pm

    EAG Memorial Evensong (EAG 100th Anniversary, COT 175th Anniversary)

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Johannes Brahms O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
    • Ch. V. Stanford Te Deum in Bb
    • William Smith Responses
    • Charles Villiers Stanford Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G
    • Howard Goodall Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep / Lacrimosa
    • Lloyd Weber Pie Jesu
    • Toccata on For All the Saints (organ duet) Charles Callahan
  • November 19

    The Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • Robert Schumann Sketch in Db Major
    • Harold Darke Communion Service in F
    • Vaughan Williams O How Amiable
    • Vaughan Williams O taste and See
    • Robert Schumann Sketch in F Minor
  • November 26

    The Solemnity of Christ the King

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • William Mathias Chorale
    • Herbert Howells Missa Collegium Regale
    • Edward Bairstow Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
    • Mathias Toccata Giocosa
  • December 3

    The First Sunday of Advent

    (Men and Boys & Girls Choir)

    • J.S. Bach Wachet auf
    • G. Palestrina Matins Responsory
    • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
    • Andre Thomas Keep Your Lamps!
    • Emma Lou Diemer Fantasia on Wachet auf
  • Deember 10

    The Second Sunday of Advent

    (Men and Boys & Girl Choir)

    • Benjamin Britten Excerpts from Ceremony of Carols
    • Orlando Gibbons Mass in F
    • Orlando Gibbons This is the Record of John
    • J.S. Bach Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661
  • Friday, December 15, 7:30 pm

    Christmas Candlelight Concert

    Gian Carlos Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols performed by the Transfiguration Choirs of Men & Boys, Girls Choir, and Camerata with soloists and the Transfiguration Chamber Orchestra.
  • December 17

    The Third Sunday of Advent

    (The Men and Teen Choir)

    • Brian Schober Toccata on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
    • Laurentius Perosi Mass for Three Voices
    • John Stainer How Beautiful upon the Mountains
    • Brian Schober Toccata on Veni, Veni Emmanuel
  • December 24, 11 am

    The Fourth Sunday of Advent

    (soloist)

  • December 24, 4 pm

    Children's Creche Christmas Eve Service

    (The Cherub Choir)

  • December 24

    The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

    (Men and Boys Choir)

    • 10 pm - Carols for Choir and Congregation
    • Benjamin Britten Selections from Ceremony of Carols
    • Anonymous Two Spanish Carols
    • Harold Darke In the Bleak Midwinter
    • 10:30 pm - Procession and Solemn Mass
    • Marc-Antoine Charpentier Missa de Minuit pour Noel
    • French Carol arr. John Rutter Noel Noevelet
    • French Carol arr. John Rutter Il est n'est
    • Franz Biebl Ave Maria
    • Louis Vierne Carillon de Westminster
  • Monday, December 25

    Christmas Day

    (Gentlemen of the Choir)

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams Prelude on Greensleeves
    • Herbert Sumsion Mass for Mens Voices
    • Pietro Yon Gesu Bambino
    • J.S. Bach In dulci Jubilo
  • December 31

    The Second Sunday of Christmas

    (Congregational Mass Setting)

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