Sunday 1st December 2019 am Boys & Lay Clerks Tuesday 3rd December 2019 Saturday 7th December 2019 Dickens Weekend

THE FIRST SUNDAY , Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397 07.45 Morning Prayer 08.00 Holy Communion 08.45 Morning Prayer 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 09.00 Holy Communion 09.00 King’s Prep School Service 14.00 Medway Primary Schools Carols 09.45 Choral Mattins 12.30 Carol Service (for Dickens Weekend) Responses: Smith Hymn NEH 3 17.30 Choral Evensong (Boys)

Benedicite: Jackson Psalm 44.1-9 Responses: Hymn NEH 1i Benedictus: Chant Plainsong Tone I Psalm 18.40-51 15.00 Carol Service (for Dickens Weekend) Drop down, ye heavens: Plainsong Tone I Voluntary ~ Fantasy on Helmsley: Leighton Sunday 8th December 2019 Dickens Weekend th Wednesday 4 December 2019 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 10.30 The Cathedral Eucharist (King’s Sunday)

Darke in A minor 07.45 Morning Prayer O Radiant Dawn: MacMillan 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) Hymns: NEH 9, 14, 16, 5 08.00 Holy Communion Preacher: The Vice Dean 14.00 Medway Primary Schools Carols 09.45 The Cathedral Eucharist

17.30 Evening Prayer (said) Addington Service: Shephard Voluntary ~ Theme and Variations: Andriessen Hymns: AM 37, 569i, NEH 7, AM 44i th Thursday 5 December 2019 Preacher: The Reverend Joel Love, 15.15 Choral Evensong (Poscimur) Responses: Radcliffe Hymn NEH 8 t128ii, 369 Vicar of Rochester, Honorary Priest Vicar 07.45 Morning Prayer Purcell in G minor Psalm 9 Adam lay ybounden: Carson Cooman 08.00 Holy Communion 12.30 Carol Service (for Dickens Weekend) 08.35 King’s School Chapel Service 18.30 Advent Procession (Full Cathedral Choir) 14.00 Medway Primary Schools Carols 15.00 Carol Service (for Dickens Weekend) 13.00 Holy Communion (Lady Chapel) Monday 2nd December 2019 17.30 Choral Evensong (Lay Clerks) Responses: Tallis Hymn NEH 18 Tallis in the Dorian Mode Psalm 29 07.45 Morning Prayer Ecce, advenit Dominator Dominus: Byrd 08.00 Holy Communion 09.00 King’s School Service Friday 6th December 2019 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) Nicholas, Bishop of , c.326 19.30 Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School Carol Service 07.45 Morning Prayer 08.00 Holy Communion 08.35 King’s School Chapel Service 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) 19.30 Carol Concert (see website for tickets)

Please check our website http://www.rochestercathedral.org for any changes to the times of services that may have been made.

FRANCESCA MASSEY MATTHEW RUSHTON PHILIP HESKETH Director of Music & Organist Precentor Dean

Sunday 8th December 2019 Dickens Weekend Tuesday 10th December 2019 Saturday 14th December 2019 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591

Ember Day 07.45 Morning Prayer 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 08.00 Holy Communion 08.45 Morning Prayer 09.00 King’s Prep School Service 09.00 Holy Communion 09.45 The Cathedral Eucharist 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) 12.30 Service with Carols Addington Service: Shephard 19.00 BBC Radio Kent Carol Service (Full Cathedral Choir) 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) Hymns: AM 37, 569i, NEH 7, AM 44i 19.00 Britten’s Ceremony of Carols (Crypt) Preacher: The Reverend Joel Love, Wednesday 11th December 2019 Vicar of Rochester, Honorary Priest Vicar (see website for tickets) Ember Day

12.30 Carol Service (for Dickens Weekend) 07.45 Morning Prayer Sunday 15th December 2019 Girls & Lay Clerks 08.00 Holy Communion THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 15.00 Carol Service (for Dickens Weekend) 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) Thursday 12th December 2019 09.45 Choral Mattins th Monday 9 December 2019 07.45 Morning Prayer Responses: Jackson Hymn NEH 14 Benedicite: Dyson in F Psalm 68.1-8 08.00 Holy Communion Benedictus: Stanford in C 07.45 Morning Prayer 08.35 King’s School Chapel Service Voluntary ~ Preambulum in C minor: L beck 08.00 Holy Communion 13.00 Holy Communion (Ithamar Chapel, Crypt) ü

09.00 King’s School Service 14.15 King’s Pre-Prep School Carol Service 10.30 The Cathedral Eucharist 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) 19.00 Gad’s Hill Carol Service Rheinberger: Mass in E flat 19.30 Rochester Grammar School Carol Service E’en so Lord , quickly come: Manz

Friday 13th December 2019 Hymns: NEH 12, 18, AM 43 t582, NEH 15 Preacher: The Canon Precentor Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Ember Day Voluntary ~ Toccata in D minor: Renaud

07.45 Morning Prayer 15.15 Choral Evensong 08.00 Holy Communion Advent Prose in procession 08.35 King’s School Chapel Service Responses: Gabriel Jackson Hymn NEH 248ii, 376 14.00 King’s Prep School Carol Service Tavener: Collegium Regale Psalm 12 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) Vigilate: Byrd

19.30 King’s Senior School Carol Service Voluntary ~ Fantasia and Fugue in C minor: C. P. E. Bach

Please check our website http://www.rochestercathedral.org for any changes to the times of services that may have been made.

FRANCESCA MASSEY MATTHEW RUSHTON PHILIP HESKETH Director of Music & Organist Precentor Dean

Sunday 15th December 2019 Girls & Lay Clerks Tuesday 17th December 2019 Saturday 21st December 2019 THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT O Sapientia

07.45 Morning Prayer 08.45 Morning Prayer 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 08.00 Holy Communion 09.00 Holy Communion 13.30 Pilgrim Multi Academy Trust Christmas Celebration 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) 09.45 Choral Mattins 17.30 Choral Evensong (Boys) Responses: Gabriel Jackson Hymn NEH 14 Responses: Prentice Hymn NEH 6 19.30 A Festival of (1) Benedicite: Dyson in F Psalm 68.1-8 Antiphon: O Sapientia (Full Cathedral Choir) Benedictus: Stanford in C Noon: Second Service Psalm 89.20-21,31-36

Voluntary ~ Preambulum in C minor: Lübeck There is no Rose: Britten nd Sunday 22 December 2019 am Lay Clerks 10.30 The Cathedral Eucharist Wednesday 18th December 2019 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Rheinberger: Mass in E flat 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come: Manz 07.45 Morning Prayer Hymns: NEH 12, 18, AM 43 t582, NEH 15 08.00 Holy Communion Preacher: The Canon Precentor 09.45 Choral Mattins 11.00 St George’s School Celebration of Achievement Voluntary ~ Toccata in D minor: Renaud Responses: Plainsong Hymn NEH 7 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) Benedicite: Vecchi à 6 Psalm 144.1-10

Benedictus: Palestrina à 4 th 15.15 Choral Evensong Thursday 19 December 2019 Advent Prose in procession Voluntary ~ : Praetorius Responses: Gabriel Jackson Hymn NEH 248ii, 376 Tavener: Collegium Regale Psalm 12 07.45 Morning Prayer 10.30 The Cathedral Eucharist Vigilate: Byrd 08.00 Holy Communion Duruflé: Messe cum jubilo

Voluntary ~ Fantasia and Fugue in C minor: C. P. E. Bach 13.00 Holy Communion (Lady Chapel) Domine praestolamur: Byrd 17.30 Choral Evensong (Boys & Lay Clerks) Hymns: NEH 10, AM 316, NEH 11, 3 Preacher: The Reverend Sue Brewer, Residentiary Canon th Responses: Gabriel Jackson Hymn NEH 5 Monday 16 December 2019 Antiphon: O Radix Jesse Voluntary ~ Fugue from Symphony No. 1: Vierne Daniel Purcell in E minor Psalm 101

07.45 Morning Prayer A tender shoot: Goldschmidt 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) 08.00 Holy Communion Friday 20th December 2019 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) 19.30 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (2) 19.30 Air Ambulance Carol Concert (Full Cathedral Choir) 07.45 Morning Prayer 08.00 Holy Communion 12.00 Wedding (Quire) 17.30 Evening Prayer (said)

Please check our website http://www.rochestercathedral.org for any changes to the times of services that may have been made.

FRANCESCA MASSEY MATTHEW RUSHTON PHILIP HESKETH Director of Music & Organist Precentor Dean

Sunday 22nd December 2019 am Lay Clerks Tuesday 24th December 2019 Saturday 28th December 2019 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT The Holy Innocents

08.45 Morning Prayer 08.45 Morning Prayer 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 09.00 Holy Communion 09.00 Holy Communion 15.00 Nativity Service (Nave) 15.15 Choral Evensong (Voluntary Choir) 09.45 Choral Mattins 16.15 Christmas Eve Carol Service (Quire) Responses: Sumsion Hymn NEH 39, 40 Responses: Plainsong Hymn NEH 7 (sung by the Choristers) Moeran in D Psalm 123 Benedicite: Vecchi à 6 Psalm 144.1-10 23.30 The Eucharist of Christmas Night Stopford: What sweeter music Benedictus: Palestrina à 4 (Full Cathedral Choir and Voluntary Choir) Voluntary ~ Veni redemptor gentium: Praetorius Widor: Messe à Deux Chœurs Sunday 29th December 2019 Voluntary Choir Hymns: NEH 25, 30, 33, 26 THE FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS 10.30 The Cathedral Eucharist Preacher: The Dean

Duruflé: Messe cum jubilo th Domine praestolamur: Byrd Wednesday 25 December 2019 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) Hymns: NEH 10, AM 316, NEH 11, 3 CHRISTMAS DAY 09.45 Choral Mattins Preacher: The Reverend Sue Brewer, Residentiary Canon 08.00 Holy Communion (BCP) Responses: Sumsion Hymn NEH 23 Voluntary ~ Fugue from Symphony No. 1: Vierne 10.30 The Eucharist of Christmas Morning (Boys & Lay Clerks) Te Deum: Ashfield in E-flat Psalm 105.1-11 Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai Jubilate: Darke in F 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) In Dulci Jubilo: Pearsall Hymns: NEH 30, 24 omit*, NEP 604, NEH 26 10.30 The Cathedral Eucharist 19.30 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (2) Preacher: The Bishop Rawsthorne: Festive Eucharist (Full Cathedral Choir) Thursday 26th December 2019 Rutter: Love came down at Christmas Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Hymns: NEH 36, 22, 27, AM 72 Monday 23rd December 2019 Preacher: TBC 08.45 Morning Prayer

09.00 Holy Communion 15.15 Choral Evensong with Carols 07.45 Morning Prayer 15.15 Evening Prayer (said) Christmas Processional: Ashfield 08.00 Holy Communion Responses: Sumsion Hymn NEH 21, 35, 28 Friday 27th December 2019 17.30 Evening Prayer (said) Sumsion in G Psalm 132 John, Apostle and Evangelist Sussex Carol: arr. Ledger

08.45 Morning Prayer 09.00 Holy Communion 15.15 Choral Evensong (Trajecti Voces Holland) Responses: Snoek Hymn NEH 202 Snoek: & Nunc Dimittis Psalm 97 In Dulci Jubilo: Bach

Please check our website http://www.rochestercathedral.org for any changes to the times of services that may have been made.

FRANCESCA MASSEY MATTHEW RUSHTON PHILIP HESKETH Director of Music & Organist Precentor Dean