Monthly Archives: March 2011

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, 3 April 2011

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Partitas on Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen? (BWV 770) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Tertia (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Laetare
Motet at the Offertory: Miserere mihi (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Communion: Jerusalem, quae aedificatur (plainsong, mode iv) [Students’ Schola] Motet at the Communion: Jesu dulcis memoria (Palestrina) [Polyphonic Students’ Schola] Postlude: Partitas on Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen? (BWV 770) (Bach)

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

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down On Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Motet at the Offertory: Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake (John Hilton the Elder, d.1608)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Lutum fecit (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: O Jesu Christe (Jacquet van Berchem, c.1505-c.1580)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Recital by Terrence B. Fay, 1 April 2011

St. Mary's is pleased to present a recital by Terrence B. Fay, trombone and tenor,

on Friday, 1 April 2011, at 7:30 p.m.

"...Of Biblical Proportions"
Hector Berlioz: Recitative and Prayer
George Frederich Handel: "Comfort Ye" (from Messiah)
Jan Koetsier: Partita über "Wachet auf"
Giacomo Puccini: Gratias agimus tibi (from Messa di Gloria)
Giuseppe Verdi: Ingemisco (from Requiem)
Gioachino Rossini: Cujus animam (from Stabat Mater)
Franz Liszt: Hosannah

with David J. Hughes, organ

Suggested donation is $15. For further information, please e-mail music@stmarynorwalk.net.

Terrence B. Fay has been singing professionally throughout Connecticut and New York for over a decade. He has been a soloist most recently with the choirs of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Stamford, Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, and the Marquand Chapel Choir at the Yale Divinity School. He has been a member of the choir of Christ Church, New Haven, the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Stamford, and of the Grammy-award winning choir, Gaudeamus, while also performing frequently with MidAmerica Productions in New York City under the direction of John Rutter, among others. He is currently a member of the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk.

Terrence also makes much of his living as a trombonist. He is currently the assistant principal trombonist of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and principal trombonist of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Wallingford and Waterbury Symphonies, Orchestra New England, and the Wisconsin and Moscow State Chamber Orchestras, among others. Terrence is currently on the faculty of the Educational Center for the Arts, the Neighborhood Music School, Choate Rosemary Hall, and the Universities of Bridgeport and New Haven.

Music for the Third Sunday of Lent, 27 March 2011

Music for the Third Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa ‘El Ojo’ (Francisco de Peñalosa, c.1470-1528)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Lent: Oculi mei
Motet at the Offertory: Heu mihi Domine (prima pars) (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Anima mea turbata est (Heu mihi, secunda pars) (Palestrina)

Music for the Third Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O For a Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Qui biberit aquam (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainchant, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for the Saturday of the Second Week of Lent, 26 March 2011

Saturday, 26 March 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Nazareth Spiritual Life Center, Monroe, Connecticut
Music for the Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Saturday after the Second Sunday of Lent: Lex Domini
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)

This Mass is part of the retreat for students who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation.

Music for the Feast of the Annunciation, 25 March 2011

Friday, 25 March 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Annunciation
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa de Beata Maria (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Gregorian Mass of the Annunciation: Vultum tuum
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Hymn at the Communion: Missus est Gabriel (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Ave Maris Stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

Music for the Monday of the Second Week of Lent, 21 March 2011

Monday, 21 March 2011, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Monday of the Second Week of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Monday after the Second Sunday of Lent: Redime me Domine
Hymn at the Offertory: Attende Domine (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesu, quadragenariae (plainsong, mode iv)

This Mass will be followed by a presentation by Fr. Paul Check,
Director of the Courage apostolate.

Music for the Second Sunday of Lent, 20 March 2011

Music for the Second Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Lent: Reminiscere
Motet at the Offertory: Quanti mercenarii (prima pars) (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Pater, peccavi (Quanti mercenarii, secunda pars) (Morales)

Music for the Second Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Glory of These Forty Days (Erhalt uns Herr)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair! (Deus tuorum militum)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Visionem (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicumque certum quaeritis (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for St. Joseph’s Day, 19 March 2011

Saturday, 19 March 2011, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Joseph
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude pour le fête du Saint Joseph (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Alme Pater (Vatican Gradual, Mass X)
Gregorian Mass of St. Joseph: Justus ut palma
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Te Joseph celebrent (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the First Sunday of Lent, 13 March 2011

Music for the First Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Mi-Mi (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Lent: Invocabit me
Motet at the Offertory: Audi benigne Conditor (Guillaume Dufay, c.1400-1474)
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.)
Hymn at the Procession: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Offertory: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (St. Flavian)
Motet at the Offertory: Hide Not Thou Thy Face From Us (Richard Farrant)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Sacuplis suis (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for the Saturday after Ash Wednesday, 12 March 2011

Saturday, 12 March 2011, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Saturday after Ash Wednesday
(with commemoration of St. Gregory the Great)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Saturday after Ash Wednesday: Audivit Dominus
Hymn at the Communion: Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)

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