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 Second Sunday after the Epiphany † January 18, 2026

Mass ◊ Hurd New Plainsong

Psalm 40 ◊ Metrical setting: Forest Green

Anthem ◊ When I’m afflicted, poor, and low – W.B. Roberts

Hymns ◊ 542 ◊ 538 (Dix) ◊ 632 ◊ 371 ◊ LEVAS189

Organ ◊ Voluntary in E-flat – J.T. Horne ◊ Tu es Petrus – J. Demessieux

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord † January 11, 2026

Mass ◊ Hurd New Plainsong

Psalm 29 ◊ Anglican chant – G.A. 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

Feast of the Epiphany † January 6, 2026, 10:00 a.m.

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 72 ◊ Metrical setting – Richmond

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

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

The Second Sunday after Christmas Day † January 4, 2026

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 84 ◊ Anglican chant – G.A. Macfarren

Hymns ◊ 102 ◊ 117 ◊ 98 ◊ 679 ◊ 93

Organ ◊ Theme and Variations on Il est né, le divin Enfant – M. Dupré ◊ Interlude on The Coventry Carol – W.S. Lloyd Webber ◊ The Holy Boy – J. Ireland ◊ Carillon – H. Murrill

The First Sunday after Christmas Day † December 28, 2025

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 147 ◊ Anglican chant – G.A. Macfarren

Hymns ◊ 109 ◊ 82 ◊ 86 (Deus tuorum militum) ◊ 81 ◊ 104 ◊ 96

Organ ◊ Prelude on Divinum mysterium – T.F. Candlyn ◊ Paean on Divinum mysterium – J. Cook

The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Day † December 25, 2025 - 9:00 a.m.

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 98 ◊ Plainsong, tone VIII

Anthem ◊ Corde natus ex parentis – 11th c. Sanctus trope

Hymns ◊ 80 ◊ 107 ◊ 105 ◊ 99

Organ ◊ Vom Himmel hoch – J. Pachelbel ◊ Go, tell it – R. Elliott

The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Eve † December 24, 2025 - 11:00 p.m.

Carols (10:30) ◊ 89 ◊ 93 ◊ 95 ◊ 101 (Mueller) ◊ 102 ◊ 109

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 96 ◊ Plainsong, tone V

Anthem ◊ I wonder as I wander – Appalachian carol, collected by J.J. Niles

Hymns ◊ 83 ◊ 87 ◊ 79 ◊ 111 ◊ 100

Organ ◊ Pastorale on Puer natus est nobis – R. Laurin ◊ In dulci jubilo, BWV 608 – J.S. Bach ◊
Flourish on Adeste fideles – Z. Stewart Robles ◊ In dulci jubilo – M. Dupré ◊ Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella – K. Chapman

The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Eve † December 24, 2025 - 5:00 p.m.

Mass ◊ Mathias and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 96 ◊ Anglican chant – G.A. Macfarren

Anthem ◊ What sweeter music – R. Vaughan Williams, arr. Schweizer

Hymns ◊ 83 (vv. 1-5) ◊ 87 ◊ 79 ◊ 111 ◊ 100

Organ ◊ In dulci jubilo, BWV 608 – J.S. Bach ◊ In dulci jubilo – M. Dupré ◊ Prelude on Divinum mysterium – C. Phillips ◊ 
Noël (Grand Jeu et Duo), Op. 2, No. 10 – L. Daquin

The Fourth Sunday of Advent † December 21, 2025

Mass ◊ Robinson and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 80 ◊ Double Anglican chant – Gessner, after Veni Emmanuel

Anthems ◊ Rorate caeli – plainsong, tone I ◊ Joseph dearest, Joseph mine – arr. Kirkby

Hymns ◊ 497 ◊ 260 ◊ 262 (Christe sanctorum) ◊ 66 ◊ 56

Organ ◊ Pifa (Pastorale Symphony) from Messiah – G.F. Handel ◊ Fugue and Final on Veni Redemptor gentium – M. de Jong

The Third Sunday of Advent † December 14, 2025

Mass ◊ Robinson and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 146 ◊ Double Anglican chant – Gessner, after Veni Emmanuel

Anthems ◊ Rorate caeli – plainsong, tone I ◊ Magnificat – Plainsong, tone VIII (solemn tone)

Hymns ◊ 72 ◊ 65 ◊ 75 ◊ 462

Organ ◊ Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen – J. Brahms ◊ On Jordan’s bank – A. Rowley
◊ Prelude on Conditor alme siderum, Op. 75, No. 1 – F. Peeters

The Second Sunday of Advent † December 7, 2025

Mass ◊ Robinson and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 72 ◊ Double Anglican chant – Gessner, after Veni Emmanuel

Anthems ◊ Rorate caeli – plainsong, tone I ◊ O day of peace – C. Hubert H. Parry

Hymns ◊ 67 ◊ 70 (Laudator) ◊ 76 ◊ 54 ◊ 534

Organ ◊ Nun komm, der heiden Heiland, LV 50 – F.W. Zachow ◊ Carillon on Besançon – R. Groom te Velde

The First Sunday of Advent † November 30, 2025

Mass ◊ Robinson and Schubert Deutschemesse

Psalm 122 ◊ Double Anglican chant – Gessner, after Veni Emmanuel

Anthems ◊ Rorate caeli – plainsong, tone I ◊ Hark, a herald voice is calling – arr. Price

Hymns ◊ 59 ◊ 615 ◊ 61 ◊ 454 (Lauda anima) ◊ 57

Organ ◊ Rorate caeli – M. Dunphy ◊ Wachet auf, BWV 645 – J.S. Bach