Midnight Mass from Buckfast Abbey

The traditional Christmas Eve celebration of Midnight Mass, live from Buckfast Abbey in Devon. The celebrant and preacher is the abbot of Buckfast, the Rev David Charlesworth OSB, and well-loved carols include Adeste Fideles, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. The Abbey Choir sing Charpentier's joyful Christmas mass, Messe de Minuit, under the direction of Philip Arkwright and the organist is Matthew Searles.