On Christmas Eve we will be open to the general public from 7:15 a.m.-1 p.m., 3 p.m.-6 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. until the end of the 10:30 p.m. Procession and Solemn Eucharist of the Nativity (Midnight Mass).
Pledging parishioners have received an invitation to register for early entry to the Nave for the 4pm and 10:30pm Christmas Eve services. The Fifth Avenue doors will open to the general public one hour prior to each service.
This prelude to Midnight Mass is played by Associate Organist Nicolas Haigh, Associate for Musical Studies and Assistant Organist Maks Adach, trumpeters Charles Johnson and Robert Patrick, and timpanist Daniel Mallon. It will be video livestreamed.
Pledging parishioners have received an invitation to register for early entry to the Nave for the 4pm and 10:30pm Christmas Eve services. The Fifth Avenue doors will open to the general public one hour prior to each service.
Program | |
|---|---|
| Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 | Marcel Dupre (1886-1971) |
| Joseph, Lieber Joseph mein | Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629) |
| Quem vidistis pastores | Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) |
| In dulci Jubilo | Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) |
| Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217 | Dietrich Buxtehude (c. 1637-1707) |
Performers | |
|---|---|
| Charles Johnson, Trumpet | |
| Robert Patrick, Trumpet | |
| Daniel Mallon, Timpani | |
| Nicolas Maks Haigh Adach, Organists |
