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Heartfelt congregational singing of the Mass setting, hymns and propers is a central part of our worship on Sundays and Holy Days. A professional cantor-soloist leads the responsorial singing and sings a post-communion solo once a month, and a member of the congregation cantors on other occasions. Organ voluntaries from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century are played before and after Mass except during Lent. The communion music is provided by piano and acoustic guitar. On five special occasions each year a professional trumpeter helps the congregation hit the high notes.
Music at St Silas' has been kindly and generously supported by the Ecclesiastical Music Trust and anonymous individual donations. The following were recorded for the congregation by cantor-soloist Emma Charles and organist Martin Black when public services were put on hold in March 2020: The Lord Is My Shepherd (responsorial) Schubert, Ave Maria Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus Now the Green Blade Riseth Bach-Gounod, Ave Maria Geoffrey Burgon, Nunc Dimittis César Franck, Panis Angelicus Rutter, The Lord Bless You and Keep You Fauré, Pie Jesu (Requiem) More were recorded when a cantor-soloist was allowed to sing in the gallery, before congregational singing was permitted: Ernest Sands, May the Choirs of Angels Caccini (Vavilov), Ave Maria Henry Purcell, Hark! Hark! the Echoing Air (The Fairy Queen) Handel, Messiah I Know That My Redeemer Liveth Handel, Messiah, How Beautiful Are the Feet Reynaldo Hahn, A Chloris |
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4.00pm Wednesday 24th December 2025, Crib Service
Before: a medley of Christmas Carols.
Carols to be confirmed: O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Infant Holy; While Shepherds Watched; Silent Night; Away in a Manger.
After: Peter Warlock 1894-1930 Capriol Suite 1926 Suite Pieds-en-l’air.
Keyboard Martin Black.
8.00pm Wednesday 24th December 2025, First Mass of Christmas
Voluntaries before Mass: Nicolas Lebègue 1631-1702 Premier Noël à la venue de Noël, Une Vierge Pucelle; Johannes Brahms 1833-1897 Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – Lourdes; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm 96 (95) Today a Saviour has been born to us; who is Christ the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, I bring you good news of great joy..
Hymns and Songs: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Once in Royal David’s City; Silent Night; O Come, All Ye Faithful.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: Adolphe Adam 1803-1856 O Holy Night 1847
Voluntary after Mass: Louis-Claude Daquin 1694-1772 Noël Suisse, Grand Jeu et Duo, Il est un petit l’ange (O Dieu de clemènce).
Cantor-Soloist Ee-Ping, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Thursday 25th December 2025, Christmas Morning Mass
Voluntaries before Mass: J S Bach 1685-1750 Pastorella BWV 590 I, II, III.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – Lourdes; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Gradual: Joy to the World.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, A hallowed day has shone upon us...
Hymns and Songs: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Infant Holy; Away in a Manger.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Voluntary after Mass: Jean Jacques Charpentier 1734-1794 Tambourin sur des Noëls.
Cantor Martin Black, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 28th December 2025, Parish Mass, Holy Family Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: Louis-Claude Daquin 1694-1772 Noël sur les Flutes Pour l'amour de Marie & Chantons je vous prie.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – George Salazar; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm: replaced by Joy to the World.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…”
Hymns and Songs: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Once in Royal David's City; Infant Holy; See, Amid the Winter's Snow.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 1562-1621 Puer nobis nascitur.
Cantor Pat Black, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 4th January 2026, Festival Mass, Epiphany Sunday
Voluntaries before Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Organ Book 1957 Prelude, Pastoral Song, Flutes, Prelude.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – George Salazar; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm: 72 (71) All the nations on earth shall fall prostrate before you, O Lord.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, We saw his star when it rose…
Hymns and Songs: We Three Kings; The First Noel; Meekness and Majesty; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Organ Book 1957 Pasticcio.
Cantor Pat Black, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 11th January 2026, Festival Mass, Baptism of the Lord, Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Huit Chants de Bretagne Pour Orgue 1975 Aux lys avec leurs feuilles argentées; Jésus nous dit de prier.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – George Salazar; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm: 29 (28) The LORD will bless his people with peace.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, The heavens were opened…
Hymns and Songs: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; On Jordan’s Bank; As the Deer Pants; Hail to the Lord’s Anointed.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation; Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (solo).
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Huit Chants de Bretagne Pour Orgue 1975 Dison le Chapelet.
Cantor-Soloist Jocelyn Coates, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 18th January 2026, All Age Parish Mass, Ordinary 2, Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: William Boyce c1710-1779 Ten Voluntaries, Voluntary IX for Full Organ, Voluntary X for Full Organ, Voluntary V(a) for Diapasons.
Setting: Gloria - Dom Gregory Murray, A New People’s Mass; Sanctus and Benedictus – Victor Whitburn, St Luke’s Mass; Agnus Dei – Grayston Ives, Salisbury Service.
Responsorial Psalm: none – All Age Mass.
Gospel Acclamation: The Lord Is Alive, Alleluia.
Hymns and Songs: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven; At the Name of Jesus; Make Me a Channel of Your Peace; From Heaven You Came (Servant King) .
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Ordinary Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: William Boyce c1710-1779 Ten Voluntaries, V(b) Trumpet Voluntary.
Cantor Pat Black, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 25th January 2026, Parish Mass, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: Georg Böhm 1661-1733 Vater unser im Himmelreich” IGB 24, Dietrich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ BuxWV 224.
Setting: Gloria - Dom Gregory Murray, A New People’s Mass; Sanctus and Benedictus – Victor Whitburn, St Luke’s Mass; Agnus Dei – Grayston Ives, Salisbury Service.
Responsorial Psalm 27 (26) The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 13, Jesus proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom.
Hymns and Songs: Immortal, Invisible; O Worship the King; Will You Come and Follow Me; All My Hope on God Is Founded.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Ordinary Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Dietrich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Chaconne in C minor BuxWV 159.
Cantor Hazel Browne, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Hazel Browne.
Planned Cantor, Soloist and Trumpeter Dates (to the end of 2026)
Provisional Cantor Days, to be confirmed:
Every Sunday except when it is an All Age Mass in Ordinary Time
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Holy Week
All Souls
Christmas Eve and Morning
Provisional Soloist Days in 2026, to be confirmed:
Sunday 1st February – Candlemas
Sunday 22nd February – Lent 1
Sunday 15th March – Mothering Sunday
Sunday 5th April – Easter Day
Sunday 24th May – Pentecost
Sunday 7th June – Corpus Christi
Sunday 12th July – Feast of St Silas
Sunday 6th September – Ordinary 23
Sunday 4th October – Ordinary 27, Harvest
Saturday 7th November – All Souls + Annual Memorial
Sunday 22nd November – Christ the King
Thursday 24th December – 1st Mass of Christmas
Provisional Trumpeter Days in 2026, to be confirmed:
Sunday 5th April – Easter Day
Sunday 24th May – Pentecost
Sunday 12th July – Feast of St Silas’
Sunday 8th November – Ordinary 32, Remembrance
Thursday 24th December – 1st Mass of Christmas
Before: a medley of Christmas Carols.
Carols to be confirmed: O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Infant Holy; While Shepherds Watched; Silent Night; Away in a Manger.
After: Peter Warlock 1894-1930 Capriol Suite 1926 Suite Pieds-en-l’air.
Keyboard Martin Black.
8.00pm Wednesday 24th December 2025, First Mass of Christmas
Voluntaries before Mass: Nicolas Lebègue 1631-1702 Premier Noël à la venue de Noël, Une Vierge Pucelle; Johannes Brahms 1833-1897 Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – Lourdes; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm 96 (95) Today a Saviour has been born to us; who is Christ the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, I bring you good news of great joy..
Hymns and Songs: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Once in Royal David’s City; Silent Night; O Come, All Ye Faithful.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: Adolphe Adam 1803-1856 O Holy Night 1847
Voluntary after Mass: Louis-Claude Daquin 1694-1772 Noël Suisse, Grand Jeu et Duo, Il est un petit l’ange (O Dieu de clemènce).
Cantor-Soloist Ee-Ping, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Thursday 25th December 2025, Christmas Morning Mass
Voluntaries before Mass: J S Bach 1685-1750 Pastorella BWV 590 I, II, III.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – Lourdes; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Gradual: Joy to the World.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, A hallowed day has shone upon us...
Hymns and Songs: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Infant Holy; Away in a Manger.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Voluntary after Mass: Jean Jacques Charpentier 1734-1794 Tambourin sur des Noëls.
Cantor Martin Black, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 28th December 2025, Parish Mass, Holy Family Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: Louis-Claude Daquin 1694-1772 Noël sur les Flutes Pour l'amour de Marie & Chantons je vous prie.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – George Salazar; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm: replaced by Joy to the World.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…”
Hymns and Songs: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Once in Royal David's City; Infant Holy; See, Amid the Winter's Snow.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 1562-1621 Puer nobis nascitur.
Cantor Pat Black, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 4th January 2026, Festival Mass, Epiphany Sunday
Voluntaries before Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Organ Book 1957 Prelude, Pastoral Song, Flutes, Prelude.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – George Salazar; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm: 72 (71) All the nations on earth shall fall prostrate before you, O Lord.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, We saw his star when it rose…
Hymns and Songs: We Three Kings; The First Noel; Meekness and Majesty; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Organ Book 1957 Pasticcio.
Cantor Pat Black, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 11th January 2026, Festival Mass, Baptism of the Lord, Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Huit Chants de Bretagne Pour Orgue 1975 Aux lys avec leurs feuilles argentées; Jésus nous dit de prier.
Setting: Kyrie - Taizé; Gloria – George Salazar; Sanctus and Benedictus – Paul Inwood, Gathering Mass; Agnus Dei – Paul Inwood Communion Song 3.
Responsorial Psalm: 29 (28) The LORD will bless his people with peace.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 12, Celtic, The heavens were opened…
Hymns and Songs: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; On Jordan’s Bank; As the Deer Pants; Hail to the Lord’s Anointed.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Festal Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation; Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (solo).
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Jean Langlais 1907-1991 Huit Chants de Bretagne Pour Orgue 1975 Dison le Chapelet.
Cantor-Soloist Jocelyn Coates, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 18th January 2026, All Age Parish Mass, Ordinary 2, Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: William Boyce c1710-1779 Ten Voluntaries, Voluntary IX for Full Organ, Voluntary X for Full Organ, Voluntary V(a) for Diapasons.
Setting: Gloria - Dom Gregory Murray, A New People’s Mass; Sanctus and Benedictus – Victor Whitburn, St Luke’s Mass; Agnus Dei – Grayston Ives, Salisbury Service.
Responsorial Psalm: none – All Age Mass.
Gospel Acclamation: The Lord Is Alive, Alleluia.
Hymns and Songs: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven; At the Name of Jesus; Make Me a Channel of Your Peace; From Heaven You Came (Servant King) .
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Ordinary Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: William Boyce c1710-1779 Ten Voluntaries, V(b) Trumpet Voluntary.
Cantor Pat Black, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Martin Black.
11.00am Sunday 25th January 2026, Parish Mass, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Voluntaries before Mass: Georg Böhm 1661-1733 Vater unser im Himmelreich” IGB 24, Dietrich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ BuxWV 224.
Setting: Gloria - Dom Gregory Murray, A New People’s Mass; Sanctus and Benedictus – Victor Whitburn, St Luke’s Mass; Agnus Dei – Grayston Ives, Salisbury Service.
Responsorial Psalm 27 (26) The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia 13, Jesus proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom.
Hymns and Songs: Immortal, Invisible; O Worship the King; Will You Come and Follow Me; All My Hope on God Is Founded.
Elevation Fanfares: Martin Black Ordinary Fanfares 2006.
Music During Communion: improvisation.
Angelus.
Voluntary after Mass: Dietrich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Chaconne in C minor BuxWV 159.
Cantor Hazel Browne, Acoustic Guitar Nathan Lyons, Organ Hazel Browne.
Planned Cantor, Soloist and Trumpeter Dates (to the end of 2026)
Provisional Cantor Days, to be confirmed:
Every Sunday except when it is an All Age Mass in Ordinary Time
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Holy Week
All Souls
Christmas Eve and Morning
Provisional Soloist Days in 2026, to be confirmed:
Sunday 1st February – Candlemas
Sunday 22nd February – Lent 1
Sunday 15th March – Mothering Sunday
Sunday 5th April – Easter Day
Sunday 24th May – Pentecost
Sunday 7th June – Corpus Christi
Sunday 12th July – Feast of St Silas
Sunday 6th September – Ordinary 23
Sunday 4th October – Ordinary 27, Harvest
Saturday 7th November – All Souls + Annual Memorial
Sunday 22nd November – Christ the King
Thursday 24th December – 1st Mass of Christmas
Provisional Trumpeter Days in 2026, to be confirmed:
Sunday 5th April – Easter Day
Sunday 24th May – Pentecost
Sunday 12th July – Feast of St Silas’
Sunday 8th November – Ordinary 32, Remembrance
Thursday 24th December – 1st Mass of Christmas
