Monthly Archives: November 2010

St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas: Advent in New York

St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas: Advent in New York
Prelude to the Annual Advent Mass of the Sisters of Life
Sunday, 5 December 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Church of St. Michael, New York City
(34th Street between 9th & 10th Avenues)

The prayer and work of the Sisters of Life on behalf of the sacredness of human life is deservedly well-known in New York and, increasingly, around the world.  The St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas were honored to have received an invitation from the Sisters to sing a half-hour prelude for their annual Advent Mass.  (The students will also have sung that morning for the 9:30 Solemn Mass at St. Mary’s.)  On the program:

Veni, Redemptor gentium (plainsong, mode ii; Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Joys Seven (traditional English)
Riu riu chiu (Spanish carol)
Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)
The Truth From Above (arr. Vaughan Williams)
The Angel Gabriel (Basque carol)
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Ave Maria & Magnificat (plainsong, modes i & ii)

The Sisters will join the students for the last several carols, and for the chanting of the Magnificat.

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent, 5 December 2010

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

Hymn at the Procession: Veni, veni Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i) [Students’ Scholas] Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII) [Students’ Scholas] Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Redemptor gentium (plainsong, mode ii) [Students’ Scholas] Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Laudate Dominum de caelis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Motet at the Communion: Conditor alme siderum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Students’ Scholas]

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas
and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum.

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

Hymn at the Procession: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Geneva)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice is Sounding (Merton)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

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

Music for the First Sunday of Advent, 28 November 2010

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

Hymn at the Procession: Veni, veni Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Conditor alme siderum (Giovanni Animuccia, c.1520-1571)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ad te levavi animam meam (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Erunt signa in sole (Fransisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)

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

Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come, O Long Expected Jesus (Stuttgart)
Hymn at the Offertory: Creator of the Stars of Night (Creator alme siderum)
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 the Feast of St. Catharine of Alexandria, 25 November 2010

Music for the Feast of St. Catharine of Alexandria
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 9:30 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Prelude: Improvisation on Jesu corona Virginum (hymn from the Common of Virgins)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of a Virgin Martyr: Loquebar
Hymn at the Offertory: Adoro te devote (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: Panis Angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Motet at the Communion: Fulgebunt justi (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 21 November 2010

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

Prelude: Hosanna for organ and trombone (Franz Liszt, 1811-1886)
Missa Beata Mater (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis [Ps. 130, prima pars] (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: A custodia matutina [Ps. 130, secunda pars] (Lasso)
Postlude: Sonate für Posaune und Orgel: final movement (Harald Genzmer, 1909-2007)

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

Prelude: Improvisation on Christus vincit
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the King (Gelobt sei Gott)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Motet at the Offertory: God So Loved the World (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Præludium in D minor (BuxWV 140) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Annual St. Cecilia’s Day Concert, 19 November 2010

The St. Cecilia Society at St. Mary Church is pleased to present its annual benefit St. Cecilia's Day Concert on Friday, 19 November 2010 at 7:45 P.M. The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum, under the direction of David Hughes, will sing polyphony from the Códice del Convento del Carmen, Mexico City. The pieces sung from this notable manuscript, the original of which is now lost, will include works of Francisco López Capillas, Fernando Franco, Francisco Guerrero, and Juan de Lienas. It will be an exciting evening of some of the most beautiful sacred music of the Iberian and Latin-American Renaissance!

Vespers in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of St. Elisabeth of Hungary will be sung at 7:00 P.M., with the concert immediately to follow.  A festive wine & cheese reception will conclude the evening. 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 e-mail music@stmarynorwalk.net, or call the parish office at 203-866-5546.

A PDF flier is available here; click here for a printer-friendly version.

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 14 November 2010

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

(lections of the Resumed Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 686) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Simile est regnum caelorum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Estêvão Lopes Morago, c.1575-1630)
Motet at the Communion: Si iniquitates (Samuel Wesley, 1766-1837)
Postlude: Concerto in A minor (BWV 593) (Vivaldi/Bach)

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

Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: O For A Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Amen dico vobis, quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: O Gladsome Light (Nunc dimittis)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, 13 November 2010

Music for the Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Saturday, 13 November 2010, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Prelude: Ricercare (obligo di non uscir mai di grado) (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini: Tenuisti
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Beata caeli regia (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Ricercare (con obligo del basso come apare) (Frescobaldi)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Requiem Mass for Harrison Vicente, 8 November 2010

Requiem Mass for Harrison Vicente
Monday, 8 November 2010
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Missa pro defunctis (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (from the Missa pro defunctis) (Morales)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (anonymous)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 7 November 2010

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

(lections of the Resumed Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany)
Prelude: Prélude pour le XXIIIe. Dimanche après la Pentecôte (from L’Orgue mystique) Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Memento mei Deus (Fernando Franco, 1532-1585)
Motet at the Communion: Bone pastor (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Concerto del Sig.r Meck appropriato all’Organo [in B minor] (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)

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

Hymn at the Procession: Faith of Our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: All My Hope on God Is Founded (Michael) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be (O quanta qualia)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above