Monthly Archives: April 2012

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, 6 May 2012

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons (Op. 12) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Missa Christus resurgens (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Gregorian Mass of the Fouth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Jean Richafort, c.1480-c.1547)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Shout joyfully to God, all the earth (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Motet at the Communion: I sat down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for First Holy Communions, 5 May 2012

Saturday, 5 May 2012, 1:00 p.m.
Music for First Holy Communions
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Caro mea vere est cibus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Qui manducat carnem meam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Verbum supernum: en taille à 4, Fugue, Récit en dialogue, Récit de Basse de Trompette (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter, 29 April 2012

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Saraband (For the morning of Easter) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Missa super Credidi propter (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: Lauda anima mea (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore: … modicum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 34:6 (Op. 32, No. 1) (Howells)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: O God, my God (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Joyful Eastertide (arr. Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven (Lux eoi) (Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter, 22 April 2012

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Hymn at the Offertory: Salve festa dies (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Exsultate justi (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi) [Student Schola] Postlude: Fugue in G Major "Gigue" (BWV 577) (Bach)

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

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Praise the Lord, o my soul (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Recital by Terrence B. Fay, 20 April 2012

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

on Friday, 20 April 2012, at 7:30 p.m.

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Songs and Romances of Western Europe

Carl Nielsen: Romance

Henri Duparc: Three Songs
- Le Manoir de Rosemonde
- Sérénade florentine
- La vie antérieure

Robert Schumann: Three Romances

Johannes Brahms: Fünf Lieder (Op. 49)
- Am Sonntag Morgen
- An ein Veilchen
- Sehnsucht
- Wiegenlied
- Abenddämmerung

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong

Giacomo Puccini: Two arias from Tosca
- Recondita armonia
- E lucevan le stelle

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with Alexis Zingale, piano

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 Octave Day of Easter, 15 April 2012

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden (BWV 627) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa ‘Be Not Afraid’ (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Kyrie Rector cosmi pie (ad libitum III)
Motet at the Offertory: Post dies octo (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Quia vidisti me, Thoma (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Llanfair)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Surgit in haec dies)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Nuptial Mass of Deborah Brent & William Giblin, 14 April 2012

Saturday, 14 April 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Deborah Brent & William Giblin
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Saturday: Eduxit Dominus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

Music for Easter Saturday, 14 April 2012

Saturday, 14 April 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for Easter Saturday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ (BWV 628) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Saturday: Eduxit Dominus
Postlude: Erschienen Ist der Herrliche Tag (BWV 629) (Bach)

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

Music for Easter Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Music for Easter Wednesday

(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Wednesday: Venite benedicti
Postlude: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 647) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

The 10:00 a.m. Missa cantata is offered for the greater glory of God
and the repose of the soul of Alexander Ardrey.

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Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Music for Easter Wednesday

(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Bach)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Wednesday: Venite benedicti
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (St. Anne) (BWV 552/2) (Bach)

The 7:00 p.m. Missa cantata is offered for the greater glory of God
and the repose of the soul of Robert Monahan on the first anniversary of his burial.