Monthly Archives: November 2008

Advent Lessons & Carols

Please join us for a ceremony of Advent Lessons & Carols on Friday, December 12th, at 7:00 p.m. Anthems, chants, and carols of the season will be interspersed with nine readings from Holy Scripture prophesying the birth of Our Lord. The St. Mary’s Choir (11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass), the Coro Hispano de Santa María (1:15 p.m. Mass), St. Mary’s Children’s Schola, and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum will sing; Isabelle Demers (Trinity Church, Wall Street) is the guest organist. For further information, please contact the music office: music@stmarynorwalk.net or 203-866-5546 x115.

Music for the First Sunday of Advent, 30 November 2008

Music for the First Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Spem in alium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce Dominus veniet (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli desuper (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis Factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)

The St. Mary’s Children’s Schola and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum combine to make their respective debuts this Sunday by singing for the 11:30 Ordinary Form Mass. These young choristers have been rehearsing for several months, learning the basics of singing and reading Gregorian chant, the foundation of all sacred music. Henceforth they will sing approximately once a month, joining the professional Schola Cantorum at the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Mass. The scholae will sing for Advent Lessons & Carols on December 12th, and next sing for Mass on January 11th, the Feast of the Holy Family. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.

Music for Thanksgiving Day, 27 November 2008

Music for Thanksgiving Day (Missale Romanum of 1970, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun danket alle Gott (BWV 657) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: We Gather Together (Kremser)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Quiero estar, Senor, en tu presencia (Carmelo Erdozain)
Postlude: Te Deum in A minor (Op. 59, No. 12) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth & Last Sunday after Pentecost, 23 November 2008

Music for the Twenty-Eighth & Last Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: De profundis (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa Da pacem (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Antiphon at the Offertory: Da pacem Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Agincourt Hymn (John Dunstable, c.1390-1453)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas eius (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quod uni (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Vierne)

St. Cecilia’s Day Vespers, 21 November 2008

Please plan to join us on Friday, 21 November at 7:00 p.m. for a solemn Vespers to mark the vigil of the feast of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. The professional St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum (9:30 Sunday Extraordinary Form) will join with the volunteer St. Mary’s Choir (11:30 Sunday Ordinary Form) to sing First Vespers of St. Cecilia’s Day, including the Magnificat Secundi Toni of Tomás Luis de Victoria. Immediately following, the Schola Cantorum will sing a short concert of works by Josquin, Hassler, Crecquillon, and Byrd. A reception will follow. Please plan to join us for this festive occasion as we officially inaugurate the St. Cecilia Society, dedicated to the promotion of sacred music here at St. Mary’s for the greater glory of God and the aedification of the faithful.

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 16 November 2008

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Absterge Domine (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) (Bach)

Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) (Bach)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: A New Commandment (Tallis)
Communion: Domine, quinque talenta (plainsong, mode vii)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) (Bach)

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour, 9 November 2008

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa Dum esset Summus Pontifex (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Dedication of a Church: Terribilis est
Motet at the Offertory: Vidit Jacob scalam (Thomas Crecquillon, 1505-1557)
Hymn at the Communion: Alto ex Olympi (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle (Messiaen)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Bene fundata est (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Angularis fundamentum (Regent Square)
Communion: Jerusalem quae aedificatur (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Urbs beata) (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 2 November 2008

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Op. 135A, No. 4) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Praeludium in E minor (Op. 59, No. 1) (Reger)

Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Alleluia: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)

Music for All Saints’ Day, 1 November 2008

Music for All Saints' Day (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Gaudeamus
Missa de Angelis
(Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: By All Your Saints Still Striving (St. Theodulph)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Dialogue sur les grands jeux (from Suite Brève) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)