Sunday, 22 December 2013
| Entrance | Come Saviour, Come/Rorate Caeli (Chant) |
| Kyrie | Missal Chant (Lord have mercy) |
| Psalm | Let the Lord enter in (Chris O’Hara) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Advent Gospel Acclamation (Philip Duffy) |
| Creed | Credo III |
| Preparation of the Gifts | On the lips of an angel (J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod/Scott Soper) |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Missal Chant |
| Agnus Dei | Missal Chant |
| Communion | (i) O Clavis David (chant) (ii) Bread of life (Bernadatte Farrell) |
| Postcommunion | (silence) |
| Recessional | O come, O come Emmanuel |
Our Advent music this year has included a large measure of plainchant, to my mind rightly so in a season of restrained anticipation. More than half today’s musical fare consisted of chant items, but they all sat well together with the contemporary items by Bernadette Farrell, Chris O’Hara and the like. This to my mind is a much healthier situation than keeping chant in a ghetto surrounded by Renaissance polyphony. Chant isn’t a museum piece; it’s part of our living musical language.
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