Master of Flémalle, Nativity, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, 1420
And
she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth,
and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (NRSV, Luke 2:7).
Christmas Eve
4:00 pm Family Eucharist with Nativity Pageant
Prelude: On This Day Earth Shall Ring (Piae Cantiones, 1582), Improvisation by Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
Communion: Minuit, Chretiens [YouTube] Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-56) [performed by flutist Jonathan Bailey]
Postlude: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen [Soria: YouTube], William Lloyd Webber (1914-82)
Midnight Mass
11:00 pm Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: What child is this? [Kripfgans: YouTube], Richard Purvis (1913-94)
Mass Setting: Missa Brevis, Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
Introit: All my heart this night rejoices [text/Rutter: listen], Johann Ebeling(1620[37]- 1666[76])
Motet: The Blessed Son of God [text] [Beckert: YouTube], Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Postlude: From heaven high to earth I
come [Lucas: YouTube], Garth Edmundson (1900-71)
Feast of the Nativity of the Lord
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Noël en récit et en taille sur la tierce du positif [Bardon: musicMe], Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
Mass Setting: Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd (b. 1948)
Introit: Christ was born on Christmas Day [text] [Robert Shaw Singers: YouTube], Piae Cantiones (1582)
Motets: There is no rose [text] [Rhinegold: YouTube], Andrew Cusworth (b. 1984)
Hodie Christus natus est [text] [Hart House: YouTube], Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Postlude: Noël Suisse [Bardon: musicMe], Louis-Claude Daquin
