The choir sings regularly at the
11.00am Sunday solemn Eucharist unless otherwise indicated.
Click here for a downloadable version of the
program (you will need a .pdf document reader in order to view
it).
Occasionally, due to
unforeseen circumstances, this program may be subject to change.
July
6 Ordinary 14
R.
Heagney
R. Reboud
Eymard
Mass
I was overjoyed
July
13 Ordinary 15
C.
Willcock
L. King
Trocaire
Let us love in deed and truth
(Mass for the conclusion of NAIDOC Week)
July
20 Ordinary 16
R.
Proulx
C. Willcock
Mass
for the City
For Service
July
27 Ordinary 17
R. R. Terry
M. Durufle
Mass
in C (Mass of St Dominic)
Notre pere
August
3 St Peter Julian
W.
A. Mozart
G. Faure
Mass
in D, K. 194
Cantique de Jean Racine
(with the Symphonia of Melbourne)
August
10 Ordinary 19
H.
L. Hassler
J. Rutter
Missa
Dixit Maria
Thy perfect love
August
17 Ordinary 20
J.
Byrne
P. Stopford
Mass
in honour of St Mary MacKillop
Ave Maria
August
24 Ordinary 21
R.
Heagney
F. A. G. Ouseley
Missa
Castanea
From the rising of the sun
August
31 Ordinary 22
T.
L. da Victoria
T. L. da Victoria
Missa
O quam gloriosum
O quam gloriosum
September
7 Ordinary 23
C.
Willcock
R. Heagney
Missa
Magis
As truly as God is our Father
September
14 Exaltation of the Cross
A.
Dvorak
G. P. da Palestrina
Mass
in D
Sanctum crucem subiit
September
21 Ordinary 25
W.
Byrd
W. Byrd
Mass
for four voices
Ave verum corpus
September
28 Ordinary 26
R.
Proulx
E. Elgar
Mass
for the City
Ave verum corpus
October 5 St Francis
C.
Gounod
C. Willcock
J. Haydn
St Cecilia Mass
Prayer of St Francis
Te Deum (Hob. XXIIIc:2)
(180th
anniversary of the opening of St Francis' Church
and the founding of St Francis' Choir
with present and former choristers and the
Symphonia of Melbourne)
October
12 Ordinary 28
A. Gretchaninov
F. Mendelssohn
Missa
Festiva
Grant us thy peace
October
19 Ordinary 29
G. P. da Palestrina
P. Philips
Missa
brevis
Ave verum corpus
October
26 Ordinary 30
R.
Heagney
A. Scarlatti
Missa
Castanea
Exultate Deo
November
2 All Souls
G.
Faure
Requiem
(Annual Commemoration of the deceased members and benefactors of
St Francis’ Choir
with St Francis' Choir, the St Francis' Young Adult Choir and the
Symphonia of Melbourne)
November
9 Dedication of the
Lateran Basilica
A.
Gabrieli (arr. Heagney)
T. L. da Victoria
A. Bruckner
Missa
brevis
Vidi aquam
Locus iste
November
16 Ordinary 33
L.
Vierne
J. Haydn
Messe
solenelle
Insane et vanae curae
November
23 Christ the King
G.
O. Rutter
J. Haydn
Mass
in D
The heavens are telling
(with the Symphonia of Melbourne)
Advent
& Christmas
November
30 Advent 1
Chant
J. S. Bach
Missa
XVII 'Kyrie Salve'
Zion hears the watchmen's voices
December
7 Advent 2
H.
Schroeder
M. Praetorius
Missa
Gregoriana
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
December
14 Advent 3
H.
L. Hassler
R. Twynham
Missa
Dixit Maria
Rorate coeli (Drop down dew)
December
19
The
annual Carol Festival will take place at 7.00pm
December
21 Advent 4
A.
Halliday
A. Halliday
Missa
Camino de Santiago
Ave Maria
(Merlyn
Quaife AM, soloist)
December
24 Christmas Midnight
M-A.
Charpentier
A. Adam
Messe
de minuit
O holy night
(with the Symphonia of Melbourne)
December
25 Christmas Day
Organist
and cantor will lead the music at the 11.00am solemn Eucharist.
St Francis' Choir will resume its music ministry at the 11.00am
Eucharist on
Sunday, 8 February 2026. During the summer the music will be led by organist and
cantor.
St Francis' Choir welcomes new singers in all voice
parts.
The choir sings each
Sunday at the 11.00am Mass and at other special occasions throughout the year.
For more information, please contact Tony Way, Director of
Music.
Tel: (03) 9639 4560 Email: stfmusic@blessedsacrament.com.au
Previous music
programs (downloadable
.pdf format):
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