Seasons & Liturgical Uses

Use the listings below to find music published by Encore Publications that is suitable for a particular season, Holy Day, or other occasion in the Church's year.

The Seasons
- Advent
  - Cleobury: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  - Cousins: Ave Maria (I) (ATB)
  - Cousins: Ave Maria (II) (sops)
  - Ferguson: The holly and the ivy
  - Gower: Adam and his helpmate
  - Grindle: Heaven song
  - Hemingway: Mary.s magnificat
  - Hemingway: People, look east
  - Hemingway: Rejoice and be merry
  - Hemingway: The truth from above
  - Higginbottom: Ave Maria
  - Hone: Gabriel.s message does away
  - Kelly: Cradle of carols
  - Kelly: The Linden tree
  - Ledger: Advent calendar
  - Ledger: Advent carol
  - Ledger: Advent responsories
  - Ledger: Jesus Christ the apple tree
  - Ledger: A spotless rose
  - Lloyd: The fairest flower
  - Lloyd: Kindle a light to lighten the darkness
  - Lloyd: The Linden tree
  - Lumsden: Come, thou redeemer of the earth
  - Mason: Ave Maria
  - Moore: Emmanuel
  - Moore: The Lord at first did Adam make
  - Moore: This is the truth sent from above
  - Moore: What is the crying at Jordan?
  - Morris: Ecce sacerdos magnus
  - Nicholas: Today maiden Mary
  - Nixon: Adam lay ybounden
  - Radcliffe: I sing of a maiden
  - Rogers: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
  - Ross: I sing of a maiden
  - Shephard: Holy thorn that blooms
  - Shephard: In darkness held
  - Shephard: Like all but like no other
  - Stokes: Angelus ad virginem
  - Trepte: Arise, shine
  - Trepte: Hosanna to the son of David
  - Turner: The rose
  - Whitbourn: Of one that is so fair and bright
- Christmas
  - Ashfield: Christmas
  - Aston: Tidings, tidings that be true (Whereas Adam caused by sin)
  - Bruce: Cradle song
  - Bryden: In the bleak mid-winter
  - Bryden: Seek him out
  - Cleobury: Descants for choirs, Book 2 Christmas
  - Cleobury: Sing, choirs of angels
  - Ferguson: Come, listen to my story
  - Ferguson: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
  - Ferguson: Two carols
  - Grindle: A baby is born
  - Grindle: Heaven song
  - Grindle: Love came down at Christmas
  - Higginbottom: Rocking
  - Higginbottom: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
  - Holst: Four old English carols
  - Kelly: Cradle of carols
  - Kelly: When Christ was born of mary free
  - Ledger: Bethlehem
  - Ledger: Good Christian men, rejoice
  - Ledger: In the bleak mid-winter
  - Ledger: Lie still and slumber (Two lullabiesfor Christmas)
  - Ledger: Lute-book lullaby
  - Ledger: The shepherds. homage
  - Lindley: The Bell-man.s song
  - Lindley: Here is joy for ev.ry age
  - Lloyd: Adam our father
  - Lloyd: The song of the angels
  - Lole: Love came down at Christmas
  - Lumsden: Silent night
  - Marlow: Peace on earth
  - Millington: A carol of hope
  - Moore: A babe is born
  - Moore: Baby born today
  - Moore: Love came down at Christmas
  - Moore: Noel nouvelet
  - Moore: Silent night
  - Neary: Christmas
  - Neary: Three carols
  - Nicholas: The holy Son of God
  - Nicholas: A little child on the earth hasbeen born
  - Nixon: A babe in Bethlem's manger laid
  - Nixon: Balulalow
  - Nixon: Dormi, Jesu
  - Nixon: Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
  - Noon: The Wexford carol
  - O'Donnell: I saw three ships
  - Parnell: Away in a manger
  - Parnell: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
  - Porter-Thaw: Alchemy
  - Porter-Thaw: Snow
  - Porter-Thaw: The way of paradox
  - Pugh: Silent night
  - Ridout: It was the winter wild
  - Rogers: Now sing glory to God
  - Rogers: On Christmas night (Gloucestershire carol)
  - Sackman: Sing my day
  - Scott: A god, and yet a man?
  - Shephard: The holy Son of God
  - Shephard: The shepherds heard the angels
  - Stokes: Coventry carol
  - Tanner: Away in a manger
  - Tanner: Ding dong! merrily on high
  - Tear: The best of news
  - Tear: Just hear the words
  - Tear: Welcome! you king
  - Turner: Nativity carol
  - Turner: A Song on the birth of Christ
  - Whitbourn: Hodie
- Epiphany
  - Halsey: Magi veniunt ab oriente
  - Hemingway: Rejoice and be merry
  - Ledger: O master, let me walk with thee
  - Ledger/Miller: Gift of love
  - Lloyd: Epiphany responsory
  - Lloyd: It was upon the twelfth day
  - Marlow: Epiphany responsory
  - Millington: Eastern monarchs
  - Moore: A babe is born
  - Moore: Behold, O God our defender
  - Moore: Lord, when the wise men
  - came from far
  - Moore: Love of love
  - Moore: Noel nouvelet
  - Moore: One thing have I desired of the Lord
  - Moore: We three kings
  - Neary: O worship the Lord
  - Neary: We three kings
  - Scott Whiteley: Reges tharsis
  - Trepte: Arise, shine
  - Turner: Nativity carol
- The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
  - Moore: Love of love
  - Shephard: Eternal light!
- Ordinary Time
  - Beaumont: Christ is all in all
  - Ferguson: Two anthems
  - Halls: View me, Lord, a work of thine
  - Ledger: O master, let me walk with thee
  - Lloyd: Kindle a light to lighten the darkness
  - Mold: In olden time and distant land
  - Moore: Love of love
  - Moore: Trust in the Lord
  - Whitbourn: Blessings on you from the Lord
  - Whitbourn: Crown my heart
- Lent & Passiontide
  - Creese: In manus tuas
  - Ferguson: On another.s sorrow / Jesu, by thy wounded feet
  - Goode: Like as the hart
  - Halsey: Two Passiontide anthems
  - Kelly: Like as the hart
  - Moore: Jesu, grant me this I pray
  - Nixon: There is a green hill
  - Parnell: Dear Lord and Father of mankind
  - Ridout: Prevent us, O Lord
  - Skellern: Trisagion
- Palm Sunday
  - Lloyd: St Matthew passion
  - Mawby: The donkey
  - Moore: St Mark passion
  - Price: St John passion
  - Scott: St Luke passion
  - Trepte: Hosanna to the son of David
- Maundy Thursday
  - Kelly: Ave verum corpus
  - Lloyd: Thee we adore
  - Lole: Ubi caritas et amor
- Good Friday
  - Cousins: Crux fidelis
  - Higginbottom: Crux fidelis
  - Lloyd: The reproaches
  - Lloyd: Were you there?
  - Millington: Tristis est anima mea
  - Nixon: Were you there?
  - Ridout: Christus factus est
  - Rogers: Good Friday
- Easter
  - Cleobury: Thine be the glory
  - Ferguson: Love is come again
  - Ferguson: Thus on Easter-morrow
  - Halsey: Spring bursts today
  - Halsey: The world itself keeps Easter Day
  - Hone: Gabriel.s message does away
  - Ledger: Christ's journey
  - Ledger: Easter song of praise
  - Ledger: This joyful Eastertide
  - Llewellyn: Most glorious Lord of life
  - Lloyd: Now glad of heart
  - Lole: I got me flowers
  - Lumsden: Now the green blade riseth
  - Mold: In olden time and distant land
  - Moore: Now the green blade riseth
  - Munch: Easter St John
  - Nixon: Love.s redeeming work is done
  - Noon: Walking in the garden
  - Rogers: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
  - Shephard: The angel rolled the stone away
  - Skellern: Easter song
  - Tanner: Christ the Lord is risen!
  - Trepte: Jesus Christ is risen
- Ascension
  - Radcliffe: The heavens declare
  - Radcliffe: The Lord is king
  - Sanders: King of glory
- Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
  - Aston: If ye love me
  - Aston: Listen, sweet Dove
  - Beaumont: Come, Holy Ghost
  - Ferguson: Two anthems
  - Lawson: Litany to the Holy Spirit
  - Lloyd: O God, who through the grace of thy Holy Spirit
  - Lole/Lloyd: The spirit of truth
  - Radcliffe: The heavens declare
  - Shephard: The burning bush
  - Whitbourn: Glory to thee, O Lord
- Trinity
  - Cleobury: Oculi omnium
  - Halsey: O Lux, beata Trinitas
  - Kelly: For adoration
  - Lloyd: Great Lord of Lords
  - Lole: A Sarum blessing
  - Price: Echo carol
  - Ridout: Cantique de Jean Racine
  - Sanders: Come, my way
  - Sanders: Oculi omnium
- Corpus Christi
  - Cleobury: Oculi omnium
  - Ives: O sacrum convivium
  - Kelly: Ave verum corpus
  - Lloyd: Thee we adore
  - Noon: O sacrum convivium
  - Sanders: Oculi omnium
- Dedication Festival
  - Elliott: So come to him
  - Gower: Blest are the pure in heart
  - Ledger: I will lift up mine eyes
  - Lewis: It came even to pass
  - Lole: A living stone
  - Sanders: I will lift up mine eyes
  - Scott: When, in our music, God is glorified
- All Saints'
  - Bryden: Rejoice in the Lord
  - Gower: The communion of saints
  - Halsey: O quam gloriosum
  - Kelly: Praise his name in the dance
  - Lole: For all thy saints, O Lord
  - Lole: How bright these glorious spirits shine
  - Rogers: How bright these glorious spirits shine
  - Shephard: Eternal light!
- Christ the King
  - Lloyd: Great Lord of Lords
  - Radcliffe: The Lord is king
  - Sanders: King of glory
Times
- Blessed Virgin Mary
  - Cousins: Ave Maria (I) (ATB)
  - Cousins: Ave Maria (II) (sops)
  - Halsey: Blessed be thou, O queen of heaven
  - Hemingway: Mary.s magnificat
  - Higginbottom: Ave Maria
  - Hone: Gabriel.s message does away
  - Kelly: Cradle of carols
  - Kelly: The Linden tree
  - Ledger: A spotless rose
  - Lloyd: The Linden tree
  - Mason: Ave Maria
  - Moore: Lo! That is a marvellous change
  - Noon: Salve Regina
  - Radcliffe: I sing of a maiden
  - Ross: I sing of a maiden
  - Stokes: Angelus ad virginem
  - Whitbourn: Of one that is so fair and bright
  - Whitbourn: The song of Hannah
- Feasts & Holy Days
  - Kelly: Prayer of St Francis
  - Ledger: Almighty God (St Luke's day)
  - Lole: Angels
  - Lole: A living stone
  - Millington: Christ the fair glory of the holy angels
  - Noon: A song for St Cecilia's day
  - Shephard: I saw in the night visions
- General
  - Beaumont: Jesu, the very thought of thee
  - Brown: Steal away
  - Cadden: Peace be to this congregation
  - Elliott: I am the good shepherd
  - Godfrey: Father, hear the prayer we offer
  - Godfrey: Take my life
  - Gower: Bring us, O Lord God
  - Gower: Jesu, the very thought of thee
  - Gower: Two prayers
  - Grindle: Jesu, the very thought of thee
  - Grindle: We believe in God the Father
  - Halsey: Prayer of St Richard
  - Hutto: The last word of St Alban
  - Ledger: The power and glory
  - Ledger: This train is bound for glory
  - Lloyd: A garland of praise
  - Lole: May the mystery of God enfold us
  - Mawby: A vision of heaven
  - Millington: Domine, exaudi nos
  - Moore: Caedmon of Whitby's first hymn
  - Moore: Christ be my beginning
  - Quinn: Adoremus in aeternum
  - Quinn: Jesu, dulcis memoria
  - Quinn: O esca viatorum
  - Shephard: Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house
  - Shephard: One thing have I desired of the Lord
  - Scott: When, in our music, God is glorified
  - Tavinor: Surely the Lord is in this place
  - Trepte: Teach us good Lord
- Harvest
  - Cousins: All creation bless the Lord
  - Ferguson: Sing to the Lord of harvest
  - Kelly: For adoration
  - Lole: For the beauty of the earth
  - Nixon: Harvest carol
- Invocations & Benedictions
  - Cadden: Peace be to this congregation
  - Godfrey: May the road rise with you
  - Gower: Two prayers
  - Lloyd: The gate of heaven
  - Lloyd: God be in my head
  - Lole: May the mystery of God enfold us
  - Lole: A Sarum blessing
  - Millington: Festal introits
  - Pugh: God be in my head
  - Quinn: Jesu, dulcis memoria
  - Shephard: May the power of your love
  - Skellern: A Celtic benediction
  - Whitbourn: Blessings on you from the Lord
  - Whitbourn: A Celtic prayer
  - Whitbourn: Glory to thee, O Lord
- Morning & Evening
  - Cousins: Be joyful!
  - Creese: In manus tuas
  - Higginbottom: Te lucis ante terminum
  - Grindle: Let my prayer come up
  - Ledger: Jubilate Deo
  - Lloyd: God be in my head
  - Lole: An evening prayer
  - Parnell: Dear Lord and Father of mankind
  - Price: Echo carol
  - Pugh: God be in my head
  - Ridout: Our Father
  - Sanders: O Lord, support us all the day long
  - Whitbourn: Venite
Initiation Services
- Holy Baptism
  - Kelly: For adoration
  - Lloyd: O God, who through the grace of thy Holy Spirit
- Confirmation
  - Aston: If ye love me
  - Kelly: For adoration
  - Lloyd: O God, who through the grace of thy Holy Spirit
  - Lole/Lloyd: The spirit of truth
Pastoral Services
- Wholeness & Healing
  - Godfrey: May the road rise with you
  - Lloyd: O God, who through the grace of thy Holy Spirit
  - Lole/Lloyd: The spirit of truth
  - Lole: A Sarum blessing
  - Shephard: May the power of your love
  - Skellern: A Celtic benediction
  - Whitbourn: Blessings on you from the Lord
  - Whitbourn: A Celtic prayer
- Marriage
  - Aston: If ye love me
  - Bolton: My beloved
  - Cleobury: Descants for Choirs,
  - Book 1 Praise & Worship
  - Cleobury: Love divine, all loves excelling
  - Cousins: Be joyful!
  - Godfrey: Day by day
  - Godfrey: Just exchange
  - Gower: Blessed be the God and Father
  - Kelly: Caribbean psalm
  - Kelly: For adoration
  - Ledger: I will lift up mine eyes
  - Ledger: Jubilate Deo
  - Lloyd: God be in my head
  - Lloyd: To Christ, the prince of peace
  - Lole: Love from God
  - Lole: May the mystery of God enfold us
  - Lole: My beloved is mine
  - Lole: Ubi caritas et amor
  - Mold: O father by whose sovereign sway
  - Moore: Love of love
  - Pugh: God be in my head
  - Radcliffe: The Lord is my shepherd
  - Sanders: Come, my way
  - Sanders: I will lift up mine eyes
  - Shephard: May the power of your love
  - Thurlow: Delight thou in the Lord
  - Whitbourn: Come to the wedding
  - Whitbourn: Crown my heart
- Funeral & Remembrance
  - Elliott: Hear O Israel
  - Ferguson: Two anthems
  - Gower: Bring us, O Lord God
  - Kelly: Caribbean psalm
  - Kelly: For the fallen
  - Ledger: Do not stand at my grave and weep
  - Ledger: I will lift up mine eyes
  - Ledger: Pie Jesu
  - Ledger: Requiem (A thanksgiving for life)
  - Ledger: With grateful hearts
  - Lloyd: God be in my head
  - Lloyd: Kindle a light to lighten the darkness
  - Mawby: Do not stand at my grave and weep
  - Mawby: In everlasting memory
  - Moore: In paradisum
  - Pugh: God be in my head
  - Radcliffe: The Lord is my shepherd
  - Ridout: May the eternal God
  - Sanders: I will lift up mine eyes
  - Sanders: A prayer
  - Sanders: Requiem
  - Tadman-Robins: Loving shepherd
  - Whitbourn: This is my commandment
- Ordination
  - Ferguson: Two anthems
  - Lawson: The unity of the Spirit
  - Trepte: Teach us good Lord
Holy Communion
- Holy Communion
  - Barley: Author of life divine
  - Barley: Not everyone that saith unto me
  - Beaumont: Christ is all in all
  - Beaumont: With God before me
  - Bielby: The Millennium resolution
  - Cleobury: Oculi omnium
  - Ives: O sacrum convivium
  - Kelly: Ave verum corpus
  - Kelly: For adoration
  - Lloyd: God be in my head
  - Lloyd: Thee we adore
  - Lloyd: To Christ, the prince of peace
  - Lole: Ubi caritas et amor
  - Noon: O sacrum convivium
  - Pugh: God be in my head
  - Ridout: Our Father
  - Ridout: Prevent us, O Lord
  - Sanders: Oculi omnium
  - Skellern: A Celtic benediction
  - Tadman-Robins: Just as I am
  - Tadman-Robins: Loving shepherd
  - Whitbourn: A Celtic prayer
Music for the Liturgy
- Mass/Holy Communion
  - Gower: Missa festiva
  - Hand: Stamford Communion service
  - Kelly: Missa brevis (Peterborough)
  - Millington: Missa alme pater
  - Price: Portsmouth service
  - Shephard: Walsingham Mass
- Morning Prayer
  - Ashfield: Te Deum Laudamus
  - Ledger: Jubilate Deo
  - Lole: O be joyful in the Lord
  - Moore: Benedictus
  - Whitbourn: Venite, exultemus Domino
- Preces & Responses
  - Aston: Preces, Responses & Lord's Prayer
  - Beaumont: Preces & Responses
  - Ferguson: Preces, Responses & Lord's Prayer
  - Gower: Canterbury Responses
  - Grindle: Preces, Responses & Lord's Prayer
  - Halsey: Melbourne Responses
  - Kelly: Preces, Responses & Lord's Prayer
  - Lloyd: Preces, Responses & Lord's Prayer
  - MacDonald: Preces & Responses
  - Marlow: Preces & Responses
  - Millington: Preces & Responses
  - Moore: Preces, Responses & Lord's Prayer
  - Noon: Preces & Responses
  - Parnell: Preces & Responses
  - Stokes: Preces & Responses
- Evening Prayer
  - Aston: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in G
  - Aston: St Andrew's service
  - Hemingway: The King's service
  - Johnson: Service on plainsong tones
  - Kelly: Jamaican canticles
  - Kelly: Peterborough service
  - Ledger: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in E
  - Lloyd: Durham service
  - Lole: St David's service
  - Moore: Cantate Domino & Deus misereatur
  - Moore: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Plainsong)
  - Moore: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (St John's)
  - Moore: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (St Woolos)
  - Nixon: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Plainsong)
  - Radcliffe: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in C
  - Ridout: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in B flat
  - Ridout: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in F
  - Sanders: Gloucester service
  - Sanders: Hereford service
  - Sanders: Lichfield service
  - Tanner: Southwark centenary service