Service Music

Listed below is the upcoming service music.  If you have any music questions, please contact Ben Gessner, Organist/Choirmaster:  music@churchholycross.org.

During our services, you will hear many instruments throughout the year, with performances by many of the area’s finest musicians. On a weekly basis, you will hear our Skinner Opus 306 pipe organ, our 19th-century parlor organ, and/or our harpsichord.

And last but not least, our choir sings every Sunday at 11:00 am, with a rehearsal at 9:45 am. We would heartily welcome you with a folder of music. Please join us.

Watch Services

The Third Sunday in Lent † March 23, 2025

Mass ◊ Russian Orthodox chant and Merbecke

Psalm 63 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant – R.K. Kennedy

Anthems ◊ Attende, Domine – Plainsong, mode V ◊ Never weather-beaten sail – C. Wood

Hymns ◊ 143 ◊ 148 ◊ 574 ◊ 685 ◊ 149

Organ ◊ Prelude on Old 124th – H. Willan

The Second Sunday in Lent † March 16, 2025

Mass ◊ Russian Orthodox chant and Merbecke

Psalm 27 ◊ Simplified Anglican chant: R.K. Kennedy

Anthems ◊ Attende, Domine – Plainsong, mode V ◊ Come, ye sinners, poor and needy – arr. Turner

Hymns ◊ 401 ◊ 456 ◊ 337 ◊ LEVAS89 ◊ 571

Organ ◊ Wer nur den lieben Gott – M. Fax

The First Sunday in Lent † March 9, 2025

Mass ◊ The Great Litany and Merbecke

Psalm 91 ◊ Hymn setting – Michael Joncas

Anthems ◊ Attende, Domine – Plainsong, mode V ◊ Bread of the world – R. Shepherd

Hymns ◊ VF98 ◊ 150 ◊ 147 ◊ 142

Organ ◊ Trio on Attende, Domine – S. MacDonald

Ash Wednesday † March 5, 2025, Noon and 6:00 p.m.

Psalm 51 ◊ Plainsong, tone IV

Hymn ◊ 143

Organ ◊ O Lamb of God, most stainless – J.S. Bach

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany † March 2, 2025

Mass ◊ Powell and Near

Psalm 99 ◊ Metrical setting: Duke Street

Anthem ◊ Christ upon the mountain stands – R. Lehman

Hymns ◊ 427 ◊ 129 ◊ 314 ◊ 137 ◊ 135

Organ ◊ Le jardin suspendu – J. Alain ◊ Paean – H. Howells

The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany † February 23, 2025

Mass ◊ Powell and Near

Psalm 37 ◊ Metrical setting: Hymn 669 (Nyland)

Hymns ◊ 391 ◊ 674 ◊ 568 ◊ VF94 ◊ 304 ◊ 610

Organ ◊ Introductory Voluntary No. 5 in E minor – Jock Horne ◊ Sortie No. 6 in F – C. Loret

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany † February 16, 2025

Mass ◊ Powell and Near

Psalm 1 ◊ Metrical setting: Maryton

Anthem ◊ Day by Day – M. Schweizer

Hymns ◊ 423 ◊ 656 ◊ WLP782 ◊ 493 ◊ 544

Organ ◊ Introductory Voluntary No. 4 in F – Jock Horne ◊ Sortie No. 4 in D – C. Loret

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany † February 9, 2025

Mass ◊ Powell and Near

Psalm 138 ◊ Metrical setting: Gardiner

Anthems ◊ I will worship – G. Dyson ◊ Come, thou fount of ev’ry blessing – arr. J.W. Burnam

Hymns ◊ 381 ◊ 706 ◊ WLP812 ◊ 535

Organ ◊ Introductory Voluntary No. 3 in D – Jock Horne ◊ Sortie No. 3 in G – C. Loret

Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) † February 2, 2025

Mass ◊ Powell and Near

Psalm 84 ◊ Metrical setting: Hymn 517

Anthem ◊ Nunc dimittis in A-flat – C. Wood

Hymns ◊ 257 ◊ 489 ◊ 324 ◊ 499 ◊ 657

Candlemas Procession ◊ Nunc dimittis: plainsong, tone VIII ◊ Psalm 48: plainsong, tone I

Organ ◊ Light, revealing (Lumen ad revelationem) – Grace-Evangeline Mason ◊ Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 – J.S. Bach

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany † January 26, 2025

Mass ◊ Powell and Near

Psalm 19 ◊ Metrical setting: Hymn #409

Anthem ◊ Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him – C. Beaudrot

Hymns ◊ 616 ◊ 628 ◊ 431 ◊ 632 ◊ 530

Organ ◊ Introductory Voluntary No. 2 in E-flat – Jock Horne ◊ Sortie No. 2 in A minor – C. Loret

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany † January 19, 2025

Mass ◊ Powell and Near

Psalm 36 ◊ Metrical setting: Dickinson College

Anthem ◊ Christ is the world’s true Light – W.K. Stanton

Hymns ◊ 7 ◊ 440 ◊ 132 ◊ 138 ◊ WLP778

Organ ◊ Introductory Voluntary No. 1 in E – Jock Horne ◊ Sortie No. 1 in C – C. Loret

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ † January 12, 2025

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutsche Messe

Psalm 29 ◊ Anglican Chant – G. Macfarren

Anthem ◊ Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – J. Gardner

Hymns ◊ 121 ◊ 116 ◊ 139 ◊ 295 ◊ 120

Organ ◊ Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam – J. Pachelbel ◊ Wade in duh wadduh! – W.F. Smith

Eve of the Epiphany † January 5, 2025, 4:00 p.m.

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutsche Messe

Psalm 72 ◊ Metrical setting: Richmond

Hymns ◊ 119 ◊ 117 ◊ 128 ◊ 115 ◊ 112 ◊ 124

Organ ◊ Greensleeves – R. Purvis ◊ Star Fantasy (Alleluia: Vidimus stellam) – K. Arakelyan