ORISON: "Creator of the stars of night" (plainsong])

PSALM: 122 (plainsong)

HYMN: "O heavenly Word, eternal Light" (plainsong)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx)

ANTHEM: "Audivi media nocte" (Matins respond with polyphony by Thomas Tallis, [ca. 1505 - 1585])

ORISON: "O heavenly Word, eternal Light" (plainsong)

PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: "Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding" (William Henry Monk [d. 1889])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes)

ANTHEM: Prophetiae Sibyllarum: Introduction, Europaea, Tiburtina (Orlando di Lasso [ca. 1530 - 1594])

ORISON: "Redeemer of the nations, come" (Veni Redemptor gentium, plainsong)

PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: "Comfort, comfort ye my people" (Louis Bourgeois, 1551)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting)

ANTHEM: "Lullay my liking" (Peter Hallock, 1984 [b. 1924])

No Compline service; the Cathedral’s Festival Eucharist for Christmas Eve was held.

ORISON: "Of the Father's love begotten" (plainsong)

PSALM: 148 (plainsong)

HYMN: "Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child" (Coventry Carol, 15^th c.)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting)

ANTHEMS: "Vox in Rama" (Peter Hallock, 1998 [b. 1924])