Monthly Archives: February 2009

Music for the First Sunday of Lent, 1 March 2009

Music for the First Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Lent: Invocabit me
Motet at the Offertory: Emendemus in melius (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Motet at the Communion: In jejunio et fletu (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)

Music for the First Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae
Hymn at the Offertory: Hide Not Thou Thy Face From Us (Richard Farrant, c.1530-1580)
Communion: Scapulis suis (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Attende Domine (plainsong, mode v)

Music for Ash Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Music for Ash Wednesday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Missa Malheur me bat (Jacob Obrecht, c.1457-1505)
Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i), etc.
Gregorian Mass of Ash Wednesday: Misereris omnium
Motet at the Offertory: Juxta vestibulum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Parce Domine (Obrecht)

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday, 22 February 2009

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (BWV 647) (Johan Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa d’ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of Quinquagesima: Esto mihi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce Ascendimus Jerosolymam (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in A Major (BWV 536) (Bach)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Verba mea (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ Is the World’s True Light (Walter Kendall Stanton, 1891-1978)
Communion: Narrabo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Organ music as above

Music for Sexagesima Sunday, 15 February 2009

Music for Sexagesima Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène (from Suite Brève) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa Brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: In illo tempore, cum turba plurima (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Grands Jeux (from Suite Brève) (Langlais)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Manducaverunt (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Organ music as above

Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 8 February 2009

Music for Septuagesima Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren (BuxWV 213) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI) [Children’s Scholas] Sanctus: Missa simplex (Vactican Gradual, Mass XVIII) [Children’s Scholas] Agnus Dei: Missa Brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (Palestrina) [Children’s Scholas] Motet at the Communion: Circumdederunt me (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Præludium in G Minor (BuxWV 148) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Multitudo languentium (plainsong, mode ii)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Children’s Schola and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum combine to sing for the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Solemn High Mass this Sunday. These young choristers have been rehearsing for several months, learning the basics of singing and reading Gregorian chant, the foundation of all sacred music. The scholae will next sing for Mass on March 8th, the Second Sunday in Lent. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.