Monthly Archives: December 2010

Music for the Sunday before the Epiphany, 2 January 2011

Music for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Buxtehude)
Missa sine nomine (Palestrina)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Name of Jesus: In nomine Jesu
Motet at the Offertory: O Jesu, nomen dulce (Heinrich Schutz, 1585-1672)
Motet at the Communion: Magnum nomen Domini (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Postlude: Christum wir sollen loben schon (BWV 611) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

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

Hymn at the Procession: The First Noël
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star; James P. Harding, 1850-1911)
Communion: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: The Blessed Son of God (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Octave Day of Christmas, 1 January 2011

Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)

Prelude: Prélude pour la Circoncision (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: A solis ortu cardine (plainsong, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesu, Redemptor omnium (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Fantaisie et Choral pour la Circoncision (Tournemire)

Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)

Prelude: Dans une douce joie (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (Eisenach)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Virgin-born, We Bow Before You (Mon Dieu prête-moi l’oreille)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 609) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, 26 December 2010

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her (Johann Pachelbel, 1653-1706)
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gloria: Missa Argentum et aurum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Dum medium silentium
Motet at the Offertory: Resonet in laudibus (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

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

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Procession: Once in Royal David’s City (Irby)
Alleluia: Gaudete justi (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Communion: Tolle, puerum (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham; Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Johann Pachelbel, 1653-1706

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day, 25 December 2010

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus [The Christmas Sequence] (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Ad tantae nativitatis (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: Noël No. X (Louis-Claude Daquin, 1694-1772)

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Unto Us Is Born A Son (tune from Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Willcocks)
Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas, 24/25 December 2010

Carols & organ music begin at 11:30 p.m.
Prelude: Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Motet: Of One That Is So Fair and Bright (David J. Hughes, b.1980) [première] Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Motet: Ave Maria (Franz Biebl, 1906-2001)
Hymn: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)

Missa O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: Regem natum (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Dieu parmi nous (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Messiaen)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 19 December 2010

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

Hymn at the procession: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Missa Ave maris stella (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, Veni Emmanuel

Music for the Fourth 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: Veni, Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt, c.1505-1568)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the procession: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent, 12 December 2010

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

Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)
Missa Clemens et benigna (Firminus Caron, fl. 1460-1475)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete in Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Beatus Ioannes (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Vox clara ecce intonat (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

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

Hymn at the procession: O Come, Divine Messiah (Venez, Divin Messie)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 1:15 p.m.)

Propers of the Third Sunday of Advent
Hymn at the Procession: Desde el cielo (Las Apariciones Guadalupana)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymns at the Offertory: Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sanctissima
Procession through Norwalk to follow Mass.

Music for the Feast of St. Damasus, 11 December 2010

Music for the Feast of St. Damasus
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of a Sovereign Pontiff: Si diligis me
Hymn at the Communion: Iste Confessor (plainsong, mode viii)

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

Advent Lessons & Carols, 10 December 2010, 7:00 p.m.

St. Mary's warmly invites you & your family
to its annual service of
Advent Lessons & Carols
Friday, 10 December 2010, 7:00 p.m.

The St. Mary's Choir
El Coro Hispano de Santa Maria
The St. Mary's Students' Scholas
The Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum

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David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster
Welder Gornez, Spanish Choir Director
William V. Riccio, Jr., Assistant Organist
Robert Rudesill, Assistant Organist

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Traditional carols from England, Spain & Germany;
motets of Victoria, Vaughan Williams & Willcocks;
organ music of Walther, Widor & Messiaen (whose birthday it is!);
& Gregorian chants of Advent.

Seven readings from Sacred Scripture & the writings of the saints
on the Advent of Our Lord will be interspersed with
carols, chants, hymns & organ music of the season,
concluding with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
A festive reception will follow.

For further information:
203-866-5546 x115
music@stmarynorwalk.net

A PDF flier is available here.