Music

St. Alban's seeks to enrich its beautiful liturgy through the use of sacred music drawn from both the Roman and Anglican tradition. Typically heard on a Sunday are sung Gregorian chant, an Anglican chant psalm, a sung Creed, and four or five classical hymns from The Hymnal 1940. On special feasts, a choral or polyphonic Mass Ordinary is offered. Organ improvisation is frequently employed to accompany liturgical actions, from the solemnity of Communion to the ecstatic climax at the Offertory.

The choir of St. Alban's sings on major feast days and at Choral Evensong. Rehearsals are typically immediately after Mass on Sundays. For more information on participating musically at St. Alban's, contact Director of Music Aaron Tan, [email protected].

Sun Jan 8: Epiphany
Hymns 52, 51, 50a, 46a

Sun Feb 5, 7pm: Choral Evensong & Benediction
Ps 145: Anglican chant, J. Barnby
Magnificat: Anglican chant
Lead me, Lord, S.S. Wesley
Hymn 430a

Sun Feb 19: Chair of St. Peter
"Sparrow" Mass, K. 220, W.A. Mozart: Kyrie
Tu es Petrus, Michael Haller
Hymns 132b, LOVE UNKNOWN, 194, 343a

Wed Feb 22: Ash Wednesday, 7pm
Missa XI, "Orbis factor"
Lent Prose
Nolo mortem peccatoris, Morley
Hymns 415a, JESU MEINE FREUDE, 417, 61

Sun Mar 5: The Second Sunday in Lent
Lead me, Lord, S.S. Wesley
Hymns: DIX, 19, 346, 567

Sun Mar 5, 7pm: Choral Evensong and Benediction, 7pm
Psalms 8, 84; plainsong
Magnificat: plainsong
Hymn 467

Sun Mar 19: The Fourth Sunday in Lent
"Sparrow" Mass, K. 220, W.A. Mozart: Agnus Dei
Ps 23, Anglican chant

Sun Mar 26: The Fifth Sunday in Lent
When Jesus wept, William Billings
Hymns 376, 458b, 287

Sun Apr 2: Palm Sunday
Hymns 62, 64b, 331, 75

Sun Apr 2: Choral Evensong and Benediction, 7pm
Psalm 103, plainsong
Magnificat: plainsong
Hymn 63a

Good Friday, Apr 7
God so loved the world, Sir John Stainer
Hymn 75

Easter Vigil, Sat Apr 8
Vigil Psalms
"Sparrow" Mass, K. 220, W.A. Mozart: Sanctus
Missa I, "Lux et origo": Benedictus
Most glorious Lord of life, Sir William Harris
Hymns 87, 94a, 85

Easter Day, Sun Apr 9
"Sparrow" Mass, K. 220, W.A. Mozart: Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Gregorian propers
Haec dies a 3, William Byrd
Most glorious Lord of life, Sir William Harris
Hymns 97, 85, 96, 90

Sun May 7: Evensong and Benediction, 7pm
Magnificat quinti toni, Hans Leo Hassler
Hail, gladdening light, Charles Wood
Hymn 179b

Sun May 14: The Sixth Sunday of Easter
If ye love me, Thomas Tallis

Sun May 28: The Day of Pentecost
Psalm 104: Anglican chant, T. Norris
Litany to the Holy Spirit, Peter Hurford
Hymns 107, 109a, 376, 217, 370

Sun Jun 5: Trinity Sunday
Canticle: Benedictus, Anglican chant, J. Turle
Psalm 150, Sir Charles V. Stanford
Hymns 268, 266, 273, HALTON HOLGATE

Sun Jun 5: Evensong and Benediction, 7pm
Psalms 111, 112, 113, plainsong

Sun Jun 12: Corpus Christi
Todo quando pudo dar, Francisco Guerrero
Ave verum corpus, Sir Edward Elgar
Hymns 204, Lauda Sion, SWEET SACRAMENT DIVINE,
210, Pange lingua, Tantum ergo, 197, 273

Sun Jun [19 or 26?]: Patronal Festival
There is a land of pure delight, Grayston Ives
Solemn Te Deum, Anglican chant
Hymns: HYFRYDOL, 135, 780