Midnight Mass at the Cathedral

Sorry for not posting sooner, it's been crazy around here. Merry Christmastide to all! ~nb


The Cathedral Parish of St. Patrick
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Preludes (beginning at 11pm--anthems, organ pieces, and congregational carols)

Noel Etranger -- Louis-Claude D'Aquin
CAROL: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Rosa Mystica -- Chrysogonus Waddell
CAROL: Lo, How a Rose
Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light -- JS Bach (organ & brass)
CAROL: O Little Town of Bethlehem
In dir ist Freude -- Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (organ & brass)
Angels Carol -- Rutter
Dance Prelude on "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" -- Christopher Uehlein
CAROL: The First Nowell (arr. Willcocks)
Psallite -- Michael Praetorius
CAROL: What Child is This
O Magnum Mysterium -- Morten Lauridsen (arr. as organ solo by yours truly)
Wonderful Peace (Jul, Jul) -- Gustaf Nordqvist
CAROL: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Carol of the Manger -- Dale Wood

ENTRANCE:
Dominus Dixit -- Chant, Mode II (Graduale Simplex)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -- MENDELSSOHN (arr. Willcocks, with brass fanfare)

Proclamation of the Birth of Christ

GLORIA: Gloria for Christmastime -- Richard Proulx

Psalm 96: Howard Hughes

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: John Schiavone in D

OFFERTORY:
Laetentur caeli -- Chant, Mode IV (Graduale Simplex)
O Holy Night -- arr. John Rutter

ORDINARY:
Community Mass (with the alternate "toccata" organ accompaniment on the Sanctus)

AGNUS DEI: Proulx in F

COMMUNION:
In splendoribus sanctorum -- Chant, Mode VI (Graduale Romanum)
O Come All Ye Faithful -- ADESTE FIDELIS (arr. Willcocks, with fanfare)
Away in a Manger -- MUELLER
Silent Night -- STILLE NACHT (after 3 verses in English, choir sang verse in German, a cappella, then a verse of "Oooos")

RECESSIONAL:
Hallelujah Chorus -- Handel
Joy to the World -- ANTIOCH (arr. by yours truly)

POSTLUDE: Fanfare and Toccata on "Joy to the World" -- Dennis Janzer


There were slight variations to the others Masses (different psalms, different Offertory Hymn for Masses sans choir).