Here is the schedule for the liturgies of the Christmas season which will be sung by the Palo Alto-based St Ann Choir: the Masses will be celebrated at St Thomas Aquinas Church, located at 751 Waverly St at Homer, the Vespers at St Ann Chapel, located at 541 Melville at Tasso. The Masses are in Latin in the Ordinary Form, with all the Propers sung in Gregorian Chant and with the polyphonic Masses listed below.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24: CHRISTMAS EVE
11:30 p.m. - Organ music and carols
12:00 - Midnight Mass (Dominus dixit ad me)
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa O Magnum Mysterium
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25: CHRISTMAS DAY
12:00 noon - Sung Mass for Christmas Day (Puer natus est)
William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices
TUESDAY DECEMBER 31: NEW YEAR’S EVE
8:00 p.m. First Vespers of the New Year (at St Ann Chapel)
Music by Josquin de Prez, Guillaume Du Fay, Jean Mouton, and more
NEW YEAR’S DAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1: SOLEMNITY OF MARY
12:00 noon - Cristóbal de Morales, Missa Caça
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5: EPIPHANY
12:00 noon - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa Quarti Toni
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12: THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
12:00 noon - Francisco Guerrero, Missa Iste Sanctus
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24: CHRISTMAS EVE
11:30 p.m. - Organ music and carols
12:00 - Midnight Mass (Dominus dixit ad me)
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa O Magnum Mysterium
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25: CHRISTMAS DAY
12:00 noon - Sung Mass for Christmas Day (Puer natus est)
William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices
TUESDAY DECEMBER 31: NEW YEAR’S EVE
8:00 p.m. First Vespers of the New Year (at St Ann Chapel)
Music by Josquin de Prez, Guillaume Du Fay, Jean Mouton, and more
NEW YEAR’S DAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1: SOLEMNITY OF MARY
12:00 noon - Cristóbal de Morales, Missa Caça
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5: EPIPHANY
12:00 noon - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa Quarti Toni
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12: THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
12:00 noon - Francisco Guerrero, Missa Iste Sanctus
