THE CELEBRATION of CHRISTMAS at HOLY GHOST CHURCH

HOLY MASS FOR CHRISTMAS
Schedule:
CHRISTMAS EVE (Saturday, December 24) 4:30 PM
MIDNIGHT MASS - at Midnight, of course, with choral prelude at 11:45 PM
(Midnight Mass will be with choir and two trumpeters - Nick Fleming and Ariel Guertin)
CHRISTMAS DAY (Sunday, December 25) 8 and 10 AM (a little different from our regular Sunday schedule)


CHORAL PRELUDE (11:45 PM Christmas Eve)
1. Page - Rejoice in the Lord always
2. CAROL - It came upon the midnight clear
3. ST. LOUIS - O little town of Bethlehem
4. Beethoven - The Worship of God in Nature







MUSIC FOR ALL MASSES
(Note: parenthesized numbers refer to the Missalette. Also, selections are for all Masses, except where noted.)
Introit: ADESTE FIDELES - O come, all ye faithful (57)
Penitential Rite: parrot Father
Gloria: Peloquin - Mass of the Bells
Responsorial Psalm:
- (4:30) Page - For ever I will sing, the goodness of the Lord
- (Midnight) Grail/Proulx - Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord
- (Morning) Peloquin - All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God
Alleluia: Mode V - DIVINUM MYSTERIUM, adapted by Page
Offertory:
- (Midnight) Page/Gastoldi - Laetentur Caeli (antiphon is adapted from the hymntune IN DER IST FREUDE)
- (4:30 and Morning) ST. LOUIS - O little town of Bethlehem (75)
Sanctus: Peloquin - Mass of the Bells
Anamnesis: Jubilate Deo chant - Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine...
Amen: Peloquin - Mass of the Bells
Lord's Prayer: Sacramentary chant - in English
Agnus Dei: Peloquin - Mass of the Bells
Communion:
- (Midnight) Adam - O Holy Night (English/French)
- (4:30 and Morning) GLORIA - Angels we have heard on high (60)
Meditation: STILLE NACHT - Silent night, holy night (67)
Recessional: ANTIOCH - Joy to the world! the Lord is come (58)

and the FINAL PROGRAM FOR THE CONCERT
Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 7 PM

THE CHOIR OF HOLY GHOST CHURCH
Brian Michael Page, Conductor
Reuel E.M. Gifford, Guest Organist
Nick Fleming and Ariel Guertin, Trumpets

THE SELECT HONORS BRASS BAND OF TIVERTON HIGH SCHOOL
Featuring Holy Ghost's own Nick Fleming
Mike Alves, Conductor

SEGMENT 1 - Choral/Organ selections by the Choir
1. Page - Rejoice in the Lord Always
2. French/arr., Holst - Let all mortal flesh keep silence
3. Gastoldi/Page - Laetentur caeli
4. Adam - Cantique de Noel
5. Vaughan Williams - Prelude on "Rhosymedre" ("Lovely") (Brian Michael Page, Organist)
6. Beethoven - The Worship of God in Nature

SEGMENT 2 - Tiverton HS Select Honors Band
Selected carols

SEGMENT 3 - Carol Sing with Choir and Audience
1. ANTIOCH - Joy to the World
2. ST. LOUIS - O Little Town of Bethlehem
3. GREENSLEEVES - What Child is This
4. GLORIA - Angels We Have Heard on High
5. CAROL - It Came upon a Midnight Clear
6. MENDELSSOHN - Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
7. STILLE NACHT - Silent Night
8. ADESTE FIDELES, arr. Willcocks - O Come, All Ye Faithful

Coffee and pastry will follow in the hall! If you can get to Holy Ghost on this night, you won't go wrong!

+In Christ,
BMP