Monthly Archives: November 2009

Music for the First Sunday of Advent, 29 November 2009

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Missa Brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce virgo concipiet (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Hymn at the Communion: Conditor alme siderum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)

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

Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Processional Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)
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)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for Thanksgiving Day, 26 November 2009

Music for the Thursday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of the Year
(Thanksgiving Day)
Thursday, 26 November 2009
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 9:00 a.m.)

Prelude: Improvisation on St. George’s Windsor
Processional Hymn: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George’s Windsor)
Hymn at the Offertory: We Gather Together (Kremser)
Hymn at the Offertory: Este Pan y Vino (Carmelo Erdozáin, b.1939)
Communion: Jerusalem, quae aedificatur (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Racimo y Trigal (Erdozáin)
Recessional: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun danket)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Te Deum

St. Cecilia’s Day Concert, 20 November 2009

The St. Cecilia Society at St. Mary Church is pleased to present its annual benefit St. Cecilia's Day Concert on Friday, 20 November 2009 at 7:30 P.M. The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum, under the direction of David Hughes, will sing polyphony of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance:

anonymous (XIV C.): Messe de Tournai (excerpts)
Josquin: Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (excerpts)
Byrd: Factus est repente
Byrd: Miserere mihi Domine
Philips: Ave Maria
Victoria: Ave Maris Stella

First Vespers of the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lady will be sung by the St. Mary's Choir at 7:00 P.M., and a festive wine & cheese reception will follow the concert. Suggested donation is $25 general admission, $15 for students & seniors; all proceeds go to support the work of the St. Cecilia Society throughout the year. For more information, please visit stmarynorwalk.net/music, or call the music office at 203-866-5546 x115.

A PDF flier is available here.

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 22 November 2009

Music for the Twenty-Fifth & Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: A custodia matutina [Ps. 130, secunda pars] (Josquin)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Feast of Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 15 November 2009

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

Prelude: De profundis (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Mass in C (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Postlude: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain (Op. 7) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Choir.

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

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Amen dico vobis, quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: O Gladsome Light (Nunc dimittis)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, 8 November 2009

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

Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa carminum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Improvisation at the Offertory
Improvisation at the Communion
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

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

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: From All That Dwell Below the Skies (Duke Street)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be (O quanta qualia)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above