Midnight Mass (2025)

Greetings all—
Here commences the mega-list of resources and reference recordings for Christmas Eve, 2025.

A few notes first:

• Choir, please be in place and ready to sing by 11pm.

• While you have your ordos, I will be interspersing extra organ works to both give your voices a rest and fill additional time. Please don’t be surprised if I start something and it is obviously not the next thing in your books. We WILL go in order of the booklet; I will simply be adding extra things. If it’s extra, just sit tight and the next thing will be what you’re expecting.

• On the basic hymns, you can sing parts or simply sing the melody. Just enjoy yourself. I’m only concerned about parts on the special choir pieces.

• Sing your hearts out!

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(The following resources are not in particular order, and links have not been provided for literally every thing we will be singing, but rather those things with which you are likely to be less familiar.)

Resources:

• Away in A Manger (we will sing this ALTERNATE Melody)

• Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

• Of the Father’s Love Begotten

• Sussex Carol

• Christmas Lullaby – Rutter (see below for ATB dubs)
  *Currently we will repeat “A” once we get to “E”.

• Enixa est Puerpera
  *Men sing verses on top, women sing the verses on bottom. Everyone sings the special verse 3.

• Ding-Dong Merrily on High! (check the time-stamps for different parts, including a slowed down intro)
  *All Women sing the initial Soprano entrance, and all Men sing the Initial Tenor entrance, after which Altos & Basses split off to their respective lines.

• Angels from the Realms of Glory

• Ecce Virgo Concipiet

• The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came

• Gaudete, Christus est Natus (normal speed | “learning speed”)

• Puer Natus in Bethlehem (Scheidt)
  *Practice tracks are for the Easter text, but the notes are identical.

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  HOLY MASS:

1. Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful) arr. Willcocks

2. Introit: Puer Natus (medieval version, volunteer schola)

3. Kyrie de Angelis (or: Missa Tribus Vocibus if we can learn it in time)

4. Gloria de Angelis (Calm Monks or James’s Tempo)

5. Psalm 96 “Today is born our Savior…” (timestamped in the description)

6. Christmastide Alleluia (see below for old tracks)

7. Angels We Have Heard on High

8. Offertory Antiphon: Lætentur Cæli (volunteer schola)

9. Sanctus & Agnus Dei from Proulx’s Community Mass (both in this one video)

10. Communion Antiphon: In splendoribus sanctorum (whole choir)

11. Hark the Herald Angels Sing arr. Willcocks

12. Silent Night (last verse SATB a cappella)

13. Joy to the World (with Fanfare Introduction)

14. [Vierne Finale]

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In addition to linking to a wonderful recording of Rutter’s Christmas Lullaby, I am including below the video some shortened tracks where I’ve overdubbed the ATB parts for the “Ave Maria” refrains.

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(Full playlist of all voice parts available by clicking on the 1/6 icon in the upper right corner, or the link in the video description.)

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Introit, chanted by volunteer schola:

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Offertory Antiphon, time permitting, volunteer schola: