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.
June
25 Ordinary 12
G.
P. da Palestrina
J. Rutter
Missa
Aeterna Christi munera
Thy perfect love
July
2 Ordinary 13
R.
Proulx
W. A. Mozart
Mass
for the City
Ave verum corpus
July
9 Ordinary 14
C.
Willcock
C.
Willcock
Trocaire
Come to me
(Mass for the conclusion of NAIDOC Week)
July
16 Ordinary 15
W.
Byrd
W. Byrd
Mass
for four voices
Ave verum corpus
July
23 Ordinary 16
A.
Gretchaninov
F. Liszt
Missa
festiva
Qui seminant in lacrimis
July
30 St Peter Julian
C.
Bowman
C. Mawby
Missa
Bachiensis
Ave verum corpus
(With the Symphonia of Melbourne and the St Francis' Young Adult
Choir)
August
6 Transfiguration
A.
Gabrieli (arr. Heagney)
T. L. da Victoria
Missa
brevis
Resplenduit facies
August
13 Ordinary 19
C.
Willcock
P. Stopford
Missa
Magis
Ave Maria
August
20 Ordinary 20
R.
R. Terry
E. Elgar
Mass
in C (St Dominic)
Intende voci orationis meae
August
27 Ordinary 21
G.
P. da Palestrina
G.
P. da Palestrina
Missa
brevis
Tu es Petrus
September
3 Ordinary 22
A.
Dvorak
J. Ireland
Mass
in D
Greater love
September
10 Ordinary 23
W.
Byrd
W. Lloyd Webber
Mass
for four voices
Love divine
September
17 Ordinary 24
R.
Heagney
L. King
Eymard
Mass
Let us love in deed and truth
September
24 Ordinary 25
G.
P. da Palestrina
G.
P. da Palestrina
Missa
brevis
Sicut cervus
October
1 St Francis
H.
L. Hassler
C. Willcock
Missa
octo voci
Prayer of St Francis
(With Canzona Brass)
October
8 Ordinary 27
R.
Proulx
H. Howells
Mass
for the City
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
October
15 Ordinary 28
R. Heagney
R. Thompson
Missa
Castanea
The best of rooms
October
22 Ordinary 29
G.
P. da Palestrina
P. Phillips
Missa
brevis
Ave verum corpus
October
29 Ordinary 30
A.
Gabrieli
M. Durufle
Missa
brevis
Ubi caritas
November
5 Ordinary 31
W.
Byrd
W. Byrd
Missa
for four voices
Justorum animae
(Annual Commemoration of the Deceased Members and Benefactors of St Francis’
Choir)
November
12 Ordinary 32
C.
Willcock
J. S. Bach
Trocaire
Zion hears the watchmen's voices
November
19 Ordinary 33
L.
Vierne
M. Dupre
Messe
solenelle
Ave verum corpus
November
26 Christ the King
J.
Haydn
J. Haydn
Theresienmesse
The heavens are telling
(with
present and former members of St Francis’ Choir and the
Symphonia of Melbourne)
Advent
& Christmas
December
3 Advent 1
J.
Haydn
R. Twynham
Missa
Rorate coeli
Rorate coeli (Drop down, dew)
December
10 Advent 2
Chant
E. Bainton
Mass
XVII
And I saw a new heaven
December
15
The
annual Carol Festival will take place at 7.00pm
December
17 Advent 3
H.
Schroeder
E. Elgar
Missa
Gregoriana
The Spirit of the Lord
December
24 Advent 4
J.
Langlais
J. Langlais
Missa
in simplicitate
Ave maris stella
(Merlyn
Quaife AM, soloist)
December
24 Christmas Midnight
J.
Haydn
J. Schnabel
Jungendmesse
Transeamus usque ad Bethlehem
(With the Symphonia of Melbourne)
December
25 Christmas Day
The
music at the 11.00am solemn Eucharist will be led by organ and
cantor
St Francis' Choir will resume its ministry at the 11.00am
Eucharist on Sunday, 11 February 2024. During the summer, the music will be led by organist and
cantor.
Previous music
programs (downloadable
.pdf format):