Calendar
October 2026
A recording for every day. The feasts are from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (P), the Roman calendar (R) and the Orthodox calendar (O); the great feasts are in red.
George Inness
Autumn Oaks, ca. 1878
- Thu
Remigius, bishop (Prayer Book)
Hildegard of Bingen.
- Fri
The Seasons, Op. 37a: October (Autumn Song)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- Sat
Traditional (Scottish), arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams.
- Sun
Gregorian chant.
- Mon
- Tue
Faith, virgin and martyr (Prayer Book)
Drei geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69: No. 3, Abendlied
Josef Rheinberger.
- Wed
Traditional (Auvergne), arr. Joseph Canteloube.
- Thu
Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104: No. 5, Im Herbst
Johannes Brahms.
- Fri
Denys, bishop and martyr (Prayer Book)
Missa in festo Assumptionis: Introit, Signum magnum
Gregorian chant.
- Sat
Orlando Gibbons.
- Sun
Awake, my soul, and with the sun
François-Hippolyte Barthélémon (MORNING HYMN).
- Mon
- Tue
The Translation of Edward the Confessor (Prayer Book)
Traditional (English), arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams.
- Wed
- Thu
Trad. Dutch melody (KREMSER), arr. Stephen Paulus.
- Fri
- Sat
Etheldreda, virgin (Prayer Book)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
- Sun
St Luke (Prayer Book)
Arvo Pärt.
- Mon
Olivier Messiaen.
- Tue
Mass in C minor, K. 427: Kyrie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Wed
Gregorian chant.
- Thu
Traditional (English), arr. Benjamin Britten.
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
Crispin, martyr (Prayer Book)
The Agincourt Carol (Deo gratias Anglia)
Anonymous (English).
- Mon
Benjamin Britten.
- Tue
Gregorian chant.
- Wed
St Simon and St Jude (Prayer Book, Roman)
Thomas Tallis.
- Thu
- Fri
Three Latin Motets, Op. 38: No. 1, Justorum animae
Charles Villiers Stanford.
- Sat
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.