Suggested Anthems for Advent-Epiphany December 1, 2024 - January 5, 2025
YEAR C | 2024-2025
First Sunday of Advent, December 1
Lead Me, Lord - Samuel Wesley
Locus Iste - Anton Bruckner
My Lord, What a Mornin’ – Spiritual
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings, Messiah - G. F. Handel
Sleepers Wake! WACHET AUF - Johann Sebastian Bach
Teach Me, O Lord - Thomas Attwood
Zion Hears the Watchman Singing, WACHET AUF - Johann Sebastian Bach
Second Sunday of Advent, December 8
If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis
O Comfort Now My People - Thomas Pavlechko
Third Sunday of Advent, December 15
God Be in My Head – Sydney Hugo Nicholson
Kyrie Eleison - Plainsong
O Comfort Now My People - Thomas Pavlechko
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings, Messiah - G. F. Handel
Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Short Edition) - Henry Purcell
Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 22
Ave Maria – Jacob Arcadelt
Ave Maria - Bach-Gounod
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings, Messiah - G. F. Handel
The Only Son from Heaven - Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Lessons & Carols
Adam Lay YBounden - Peter Warlock
All My Heart This Night Rejoices - Johann George Ebeling
Ave Maria – Jacob Arcadelt
Ave Maria - Bach-Gounod
Ding Dong! Merrily on High - harm. Charles Wood
Once As I Remember - arr. Charles Wood
Our Ancient Adam - Johann Sebastian Bach
Remember O Thou Man - Thomas Ravenscroft
The Only Son From Heaven - J. S. Bach
Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Christmas Eve & Day, December 24-25
All My Heart This Night Rejoices - Johann George Ebeling
Ave Maria – Jacob Arcadelt
Ave Maria - Bach-Gounod
Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light - Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
Creator of the Stars of Night - Plainsong
Ding Dong! Merrily on High - harm. Charles Wood
Hodie Christus natus est - Gregorian Chant
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings, Messiah - G. F. Handel
Of the Father’s Love Begotten, stanzas 1 & 2 - 12 th Century, Mode V
Once As I Remember - arr. Charles Wood
Panis Angelicus - Cesar Franck
The Only Son From Heaven – Johann Sebastian Bach
The Epiphany, January 5, 2025
Ave Maria – Jacob Arcadelt
Ave Maria - Bach-Gounod
Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light - Johann Sebastian Bach
Creator of the Stars of Night - Plainsong
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings, Messiah - G. F. Handel
Of the Father’s Love Begotten, stanzas 1 & 3 (Epiphany Edition) - 12 th Century, Mode V
Once As I Remember (Epiphany Edition) - arr. Charles Wood
The Only Son from Heaven - Johann Sebastian Bach