Monthly Archives: June 2009

Music for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, 29 June 2009

Music for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul
Monday, 29 June 2009, 7:30 p.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Prelude: Tu es Petrus (Jeanne Demessieux, 1921-1968)
Missa super Quand'io penso al martire (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul: Nunc scio vere
Motet at the Offertory: Tu es Petrus (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Sancte Paule Apostole (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Maestoso in C-sharp minor (Op. 16, No. 1) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 28 June 2009

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Jubilate Deo (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Communion: Inclina aurem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Mass of St. Josemaria Escriva, 26 June 2009

Mass of St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, Priest
Mass of a Confessor Not a Bishop
Friday, 26 June 2009, 7:00 p.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1970)

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Os justi (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Beatus vir qui timet Dominum (plainsong, mode v)
Offertory: In virtute tua, Domine (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Jubilate Deo (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Exultate justi (Ludovica da Viadana, 1564-1627)

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for Solemn Pontifical Vespers, 21 June 2009, 5:00 P.M.

Music for Solemn Pontifical Vespers & Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Vespers of the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, 21 June 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan, celebrant

Prelude: Variations sur Lucis Creator (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Lucis Creator optime (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Magnificat sexti toni (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Salve Regina (Martin de Rivaflecha, 1470-1528)
O Salutaris Hostia (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Prière d’action de grâces (Gaston Litaize, 1909-1991)

Bishop Rifan is the Apostolic Administrator
of the Personal Apostolic Administration of St. John Mary Vianney
in Campos, Brazil.

This Vespers mark the conclusion of a novena of Masses in New York City
sponsored by the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart.

Music for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, 21 June 2009

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus [external solemnity] (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa Æterna Christi munera (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for the Twelfth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Missa de Angelis
Alleluia: In te Domine speravi (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Circuibo (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 19 June 2009

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Friday, 19 June 2009, 7:30 p.m.
(Solemn High Mass, Missale Romanum of 1962)

Prelude: Præludium in C Major (BuxWV 137) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Secunda (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Hymn at the Offertory: Cor arca legem continens (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
Postlude: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux (Troisième Livre) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732)

Music for Corpus Christi, 14 June 2009

Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity) (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Cibavit eos and Lauda Sion
Missa Octavi Toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Corpus Christi: Cibavit eos
Motet at the Offertory: Caro mea (Matthias Gascogne, d. 16th C.)
Motet at the Communion: Panis Angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Hymns at the Procession: Pange lingua, Sacris solemniis, Æterne Rex altissime, etc.
Postlude: Rhapsodie Grégorienne [Lauda Sion, Sacris solemniis, Verbum supernum] (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Mass will be followed immediately by a Eucharistic procession through downtown Norwalk,
with solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at the conclusion.
The Schola Cantorum is joined this day by the volunteer St. Mary’s Choir.
The 11:30 a.m. Ordinary Form Mass this day will be a Low Mass in St. Patrick’s Chapel.

Music for Trinity Sunday, 7 June 2009

Music for Trinity Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude in E-flat Major (‘St. Anne’) (BWV 552) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Messa a tre voce (Antonio Lotti, 1667-1740)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Honor, virtus, et potestas (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Motet at the Communion: Duo seraphim clamabant (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (‘St. Anne’) (BWV 552) (Bach)

Music for Trinity Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Father of Heaven, Whose Love Profound (Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625)
Organ music as above