Repertoire

ComposerTitle (*arrangement)
Allain, Richard (1965- )Coventry Carol*
  
Aston, Peter (1938-2013)So They Gave Their Bodies
  
Bach, J. S. (1685-1750)Ach Gott und Herr (Strengthen for Service, Lord)
(hymn tune)
 Alleluia! Alleluia! (from Cantata BWV 110)
 Christ Lag in Todes Banden (Cantata BWV 4)
 Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1-3)
 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
 St. John Passion
 Wachet Auf (Cantata BWV 140)
 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Cantata BWV 12)
  
Bairstow, Edward (Sir) (1874-1946)I Sat Down Under His Shadow
 Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray*
 The Lamentation
 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
  
Ballet, William (early 17th century)Lute-Book Lullaby
  
Bárdos Lajos (1899-1986)Karácsonyi bölcsődal
  
Barnard, John (1948- )Elek Mathe Memorial Mass
  
Bednall, David (1979- )Carlisle Benedictus (first Hungarian performance)
  
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)Choral Fantasy
  
Bennett, Richard Rodney (1936-2012)Out of Your Sleep
  
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)A Boy Was Born
 Hymn to the Virgin
  
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)Virga Jesse Floruit
  
Bullock, Ernest (Sir) (1890-1979)O Most Merciful!
  
Burgon, Geoffrey (1941-2010)Magnificat
 Nunc Dimittis
  
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)Ave Verum Corpus
 Sing Joyfully
  
Carter, Andrew (1939- )Mary’s Magnificat
 Preces and Responses
  
Clark, Harold (1944- )Preces and Responses (first Hungarian performance)
  
Clarke, Jeremiah (c.1673-1707)Bishopthorpe (This is the Day the Lord Hath Made) (hymn tune)
  
Cleobury, Stephen (1948- )Joys Seven *
  
Clucas, Humphrey (1941- )Preces and Responses
  
Crüger, Johann (1598-1662)Herzliebster Jesu (Ah, Holy Jesu) (hymn tune)
 Nun Danket alle Gott (Now Thank We All Our God) (hymn tune)
  
Darke, Harold (1888-1976)Communion Service in F major
 In the Bleak Mid-Winter
  
Davies, H. Walford (Sir) (1869-1941)O Little Town of Bethlehem
 The Holly and the Ivy *
  
Dove, Jonathan (1959- )Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
  
Dowland, John (1563-1626)Old Hundredth (All People That on Earth Do Dwell) (hymn tune) *
  
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens:
    Ubi Caritas
    Tota Pulchra es
    Tu es Petrus
    Tantum Ergo
 Requiem
  
Dykes, John B. (1823-1876)St. Andrew of Crete (Christian, Doest Thou See Them?) (hymn tune)
  
Elgar, Edward (Sir) (1857-1934)Light of the World
  
Elvey, George (Sir) (1816-1893)St. George’s Windsor (Come, Ye Thankful People) (hymn tune)
  
Erkel Ferenc (1810-1893)Himnusz
  
Fanshawe, David (1942-2010)The Lord’s Prayer (from African Sanctus)
  
Farrant, Richard (?-1580)Call to Remembrance
 Hide Not Thou Thy Face
  
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)Cantique de Jean Racine
 Requiem
  
Ferguson, William (1874-1950)Wolvercote (O Jesus, I Have Promised) (hymn tune)
  
Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956)In Terra Pax (first Hungarian performance)
 My Spirit Sang All Day
  
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1554-1612)Hodie Christus Natus Est
  
Gardiner, Balfour (1877-1950)Evening Hymn
  
Gardiner, William (1769-1853)Belmont (Shall We Not Love Thee, Mother Dear?) (hymn tune)
 Belmont (O Dearest Lord, Thy Sacred Head) (hymn tune)
  
Gauntlett, H. J. (1805-1876)Irby (Once in Royal David’s City)
  
Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625)Almighty and Everlasting God
 Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
 This is the Record of John
  
Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong (1889-1960)While Shepherds Were Watching
  
Goss, John (Sir) (1800-1880)If We Believe
 Praise, My Soul (Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven) (hymn tune)
 See Amid the Winter’s Snow
  
Gruber, Franz (1787-1863)Silent Night
  
Guerrero, Francisco (1528-1599)Alma Redemptoris Mater
 Ave Virgo Sanctissima
 Canite Tuba
  
Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)Gopsal (Rejoice! The Lord is King) (hymn tune)
 Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
 Lord, I Trust Thee (from Brockes Passion)
 See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes (from Judas Maccabaeus)
 Zadok the Priest
  
Harris, William (Sir) (1883-1973)Come Down, O Love Divine
 Most Glorious Lord of Life
 O Strength and Stay *
  
Harwood, Basil (1859-1949)Luckington (Let All the World in Every Corner Sing) (hymn tune)
 Thornbury (Thy Hand, O God, has Guided) (hymn tune)
  
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)Die Sieben Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze
  
Herbst, Martin (1654-1681)Aus der Tiefe (Forty Days and Forty Nights) (hymn tune)
  
Hogan, Moses (1957-2003)Elijah Rock *
 Hear My Prayer
  
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)Cranham (In the Bleak Mid-Winter)
 Nunc Dimittis
  
Horsley, William (1774-1858)Horsley (There is a Green Hill Far Away) (hymn tune)
  
Howells, Herbert (1892-1983)By the Waters of Babylon
 Magnificat in B minor (C.M.S. Westminster Service)
 Magnificat in F shapr minor (Gloucester Service)
 Mass in the Dorian Mode
 Michael (All My Hope on God is Founded) (hymn tune)
 My Eyes for Thy Beauty Pine
 Nunc Dimittis in B minor (C.M.S. Westminster Service)
 Nunc Dimittis in F sharp minor (Gloucester Service)
 Preces and Responses
 Requiem
 A Spotless Rose
  
Ireland, John (1879-1962)Love Unknown (My Song is Love Unknown) (hymn tune)
  
Jackson, Gabriel (1962- )Song
  
John IV, King of Portugal (1604-1656)Crux Fidelis
  
Jones, Tamsin (1972- )Verbum Caro Factum Est (first performance)
  
Kersch Ferenc (1853-1910)Dextera Domini
  
Kirkpatrick. W. J. (1838-1921)Away in a Manger
  
Kocher, Conrad (1786-1872)Dix (As with Gladness Men of Old) (hymn tune)
  
Kocsár Miklós (1933- )Magnificat (first liturgical performance, revised version)
 Nunc Dimittis (Gabrieli Choir commission)
  
Kodály Zoltán (1882-1967)Missa Brevis
 Sík Sándor Te Deuma
 Szép könyörgés
  
Lajtha László (1892-1963)Missa pro Choro Mixto et Organo, Op. 54
  
Lassus, Orlande di (c.1532-1594)Super Flumina Babylonis
  
Ledger, Philip (Sir) (1937-2012)Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) *
  
Leighton, Kenneth (1929-1988)Solus ad Victimam
  
Leontovich, Mykola (1877-1921)Carol of the Bells
  
Lloyd Webber, William (1914-1982)Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
  
Lockhart, Charles (1745-1815)Carlisle (For All Thy Saints, O Lord) (hymn tune)
  
Loosemore, (c.1607-1670)Litany
  
Manz, Paul (1919-2009)E’en So, Lord Jesus
  
Mathias, William (1934-1992)A Babe is Born
 Make a Joyful Noise
 Salve Regina
  
MacMillan, James (1959- )A New Song
  
Mealor, Paul (1975- )A Spotless Rose (first Hungarian performance)
 Ubi Caritas (first Hungarian performance)
  
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)Mendelssohn (Hark! the Herald Angels Sing)
  
Millican, Jonathan (1981- )O Sacrum Convivium (first Hungarian performance)
  
Miškinis, Vytautas (1954- )Angelis Suis Deus (first Hungarian performance)
  
Monk, William H. (1823-1899)St. Ethelwald (Soldiers of Christ, Arise) (hymn tune)
  
Morales, Christóbal de (c.1500-1553)Peccantem me Quotidie
  
Morley, Thomas (1557-1602)Agnus Dei
  
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)Laudate Dominum (K339)
  
Mundy, William (c.1528-c.1591)O Lord, the Maker of All Things
  
Naylor, Kenneth (1931-1991)Coe Fen (How Shall I Sing That Majesty?) (hymn tune)
  
Orbán György (1947- )Cor Mundum
  
Palestrina, Giovanni (c.1525-1594)Alma Redemptoris Mater
  
Parry, Hubert (Sir) (1848-1918)Jerusalem
 My Soul, There is a Country
 Repton (Dear Lord and Father of Mankind) (hymn tune)
  
Pergolesi, Giovanni (1710-1736)Stabat Mater
  
Philips, Peter (c.1560-1628)Surgens Jesus
  
Pierpont, James (1822-1893)Jingle Bells
  
Poston, Elizabeth (1905-1987)Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree
  
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)Hodie Christus Natus Est
 Quatre Motets Pour un Temps de Pénitence:
    Timor et Tremor
    Vinea Mea Electa
    Tenebræ Factæ Sunt
    Tristis est Anima Mea
  
Powell, Rosephanye (1962- )The Word Was God
  
Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621)A Great and Mighty Wonder
  
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)Hear My Prayer, O Lord
 O God the King of Glory
 O Sing Unto the Lord
 Rejoice in the Lord Alway
 Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences
 Welcome to All the Pleasures
  
Ravenscroft, Thomas (c.1582-c.1635)Remember, O Thou Man
  
Rawsthorne, Noel (1929- )Like as the Hart
  
Reinagle, Alexander (1799-1877)St. Peter (My God, Accept My Heart This Day) (hymn tune)
  
Rose, Bernard (1916-1996)Preces and Responses
  
Rowlands, William (1860-1937)Blaenwern (Love Divine, All Loves Excelling) (hymn tune)
  
Rutter, John (1945- )All Bells in Paradise (first Hungarian performance)
 Child in a Manger *
 Christ the Lord is Risen Again!
 Dormi Jesu
 A Gaelic Blessing
 I Wonder as I Wander *
 Jesus Child
 Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
 Star Carol
 Wexford Carol *
  
Rütti, Carl (1949- )I Wonder as I Wander
  
Sanders, John (1933-2003)The Reproaches
  
Sandström, Jan (1954- )Det Är En Ros Utsprungen *
  
Saxon, Philip (1972- )Balulalow (first Hungarian performance)
  
Scholefield, Clement (1839-1904)St. Clement (The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended) (hymn tune)
  
Schulz, Johann (1747-1800)Wir Pflügen (We Plough the Fields and Scatter) (hymn tune)
  
Sévérac, Déodat de (1872-1921)Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
  
Shaw, Martin (1875-1958)Little Cornard (Hills of the North, Rejoice) (hymn tune)
  
Shephard, Richard (1949- )The Secret of Christ
  
Sisask, Urmas (1960- )Deo Gratias
 Kiitkem Südamest Mariat
  
Somervell, Arthur (Sir) (1863-1937)O Saviour of the World
  
Stainer, John (Sir) (1840-1901)Cross of Jesus (Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus) (hymn tune)
 God So Loved the World
  
Stanford, Charles (Sir) (1852-1924)Beati Quorum Via
 Cœlos Ascendit Hodie
 Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem
  
Stone, Robert (1516-1613)The Lord’s Prayer
  
Stopford, Philip (1977- )Magnificat (Truro Evening Canticles) (first Hungarian performance)
 Nunc Dimittis (Truro Evening Canticles) (first Hungarian performance)
  
Sutton, Alan (1962- )Jubilate Deo (first performance)
 Magnificat in A (The Esztergom Service) (first performance)
 Nunc Dimittis in A (The Esztergom Service) (first performance)
 Preces and Responses (first performance)
  
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585)Tallis’s Canon (Glory to Thee, My God, This Night) (hymn tune)
 When, Rising from the Bed of Death
  
Tavener, John (Sir) (1944-2013)The Lamb
  
Taylor, Cyril (1907-1991)Abbot’s Leigh (Hark! the Sound of Holy Voices) (hymn tune)
  
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr (1840-1893)Holy, Holy, Holy
  
Thorne, Edward H. (1834-1916)St. Andrew (Jesus Calls Us!) (hymn tune)
  
Tippett, Michael (Sir) (1905-1998)Spirituals from A Child of Our Time:
    Steal Away *
    Nobody Knows *
    Go Down, Moses *
    Deep River *
  
Todd, Will (1970- )Mass in Blue (first Hungarian performance)
  
Tóth József (1934- )Veni Sancte Spiritus (first British performance)
  
Tracey, Ian (1955- )Common Worship Responses
  
TraditionalCoventry Carol
 God Save the Queen
 Slane (Lord of All Power, I Give You My Will) (hymn tune)
 Winchester New (On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry) (hymn tune)
  
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)Antiphon (Let All the World in Every Corner Sing)
 Fantasia on Christmas Carols
 Lasst uns Erfreuen (Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones) (hymn tune)
 O Little Town of Bethlehem *
 Sine Nomine (For All the Saints) (hymn tune)
 Sussex (Rise and Hear! The Lord is Speaking) (hymn tune) *
 The Truth from Above *
  
Victoria, Tomás Luis de (1549-1611)O Magnum Mysterium
 Pueri Hebraeorum
  
Villette, Pierre (1926-1998)Hymne à la Vierge
 O Magnum Mysterium
  
Wade, J. F. (c.1711-1786)O Come, All Ye Faithful
  
Wadely, Frederick (1882-1970)Communion Service in F minor
  
Walton, William (Sir) (1902-1983)A Litany
  
Warlock, Peter (1894-1930)Adam Lay Ybounden
  
Warrell, Arthur (1883-1939)We Wish You a Merry Christmas *
  
Watson, Ronald (1936- )The Shepherd’s Carol (first Hungarian performance)
  
Wesley, S. S. (1810-1876)Wash Me Throughly
  
Whitacre, Eric (1970- )Lux Aurumque
  
Whitbourn, James (1963- )Son of God Mass (first Hungarian performance)
  
Whyte, Robert (c.1538-1574)Christe, Qui Lux es et Dies
 Five-Part Lamentations
  
Willcocks, David (Sir) (1919- )Deck the Hall *
 Ding Dong! Merrily On High *
 The First Nowell *
 Gabriel’s Message *
 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen *
 Good King Wenceslas *
 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly *
 Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending *
 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel *
 Quelle est cette Odeur Agréable? *
 Shepherds, in the Field Abiding *
 Sussex Carol *
 While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night *
 Unto Us Is Born A Son *
  
Wood, Charles (1866-1926)Ding Dong! Merrily on High *
 Oculi Omnium

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