Monthly Archives: October 2012

Music for the Feast of Christ the King, 28 October 2012

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa O Rex gloriæ (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Motet at the Offertory: Omnes gentes plaudite (Giovanni Maria Casini, 1652-1719)
Hymn at the Communion: Te sæculorum Principem (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at Benediction: O salutaris hostia (Hereford)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Charles Weaver as the guest director &
Mr. William V. Riccio, Jr. as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: O Lord, grant me life (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old (Mozart)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O God of Earth and Altar (King’s Lynn)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

We welcome Mr. William V. Riccio, Jr., as the guest director & organist for this Mass.

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, 21 October 2012

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Au travail suis (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: In voluntate tua
Motet at the Offertory: Vir erat in terra Hus (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Fugue (pour le vingt-et-unième dimanche après la Pentecôte) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)

Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: I shall meditate (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Tallis)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, 14 October 2012

Music for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa D’ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Omnia quae fecisti
Motet at the Offertory: Super flumina Babylonis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
Postlude: Præludium in D minor (BuxWV 140) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui timent Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Remember me, O Lord (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Only-begotten, Word of God Eternal (Christe sanctorum)
Communion: Aufer a me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, 13 October 2012

Saturday, 13 October 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Os justi
Postlude: Improvisation

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

Recital by Terrence B. Fay and Alexis Zingale, 12 October 2012

St. Mary’s, Norwalk is pleased to present a recital by
Terrence B. Fay, trombone and tenor
&
Alexis Zingale, piano

on Friday, 12 October 2012, at 7:30 p.m.

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At the End of the Century

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Two Songs
1.The Vagabond
2. Silent Noon

Lars-Erik Larsson: Trombone Concertino (Op. 45/7)

Gerald Finzi: Oh Fair To See (Op. 13b)
1. I say, "I'll seek her"
2. Oh fair to see
3. As I lay in the early sun
4. Only the wanderer
5. To Joy
6. Harvest
7. Since we Loved

Juraj Filas: Sonata "At the end of the century"

Giacomo Puccini: Two arias from Turandot
1. Non piangere, Liu
2. Nessun Dorma

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General admission $15 / Students $10
For further information, please e-mail music@stmarynorwalk.net.

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

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Terrence B. Fay began studying trombone at the age of ten. He is an active soloist, performing as a soloist with the Wallingford Symphony, as well as in numerous recitals throughout the area. He is an active orchestral musician as a member of the New Haven Symphony and principal trombonist of the Eastern Connecticut and New Britain Symphony Orchestras, while also performing with such groups as the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Orchestra New England, Moscow State and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestras, and the Waterbury and New Britain Symphonies, among others.

A native of Long Island, NY, Mr. Fay received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School, spending one of his undergraduate years at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he received Commendation in the Drummond Sharpe Prize from Philip Jones CBE. He received his Master of Music degree with honors and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music, where he was the inaugural recipient of the John Swallow Prize.

Mr. Fay is also an accomplished vocalist, having sung professionally for well 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, Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, 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. In 2011, he performed as a member of the Collegiate Chorale at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland in performances with Bryn Terfel and Barbara Frittoli, and the Bard Festival with the American Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a member of the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk.

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.

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Alexis Zingale began her piano studies at the age of four and presented her first solo recital program at age nine. Ms. Zingale has performed throughout the U.S. and Canada as soloist and collaborator, and is now one of the most actively sought-after collaborators in New England. Her collaborative repertoire includes over 300 sonatas, concert pieces, art songs, arias and orchestral transcriptions. Ms. Zingale studied with Edward Auer, Russell Hirshfield and Patricia Lutnes, and she has had significant coaching with Vladimir Feltsman. Her collaborative studies have been with George Taylor, Wendy Sharp, Dan Stepner, Oleh Krysa, Jean Barr, and Jody Rowitsch. She has performed in masterclasses with such artists as Boris Berman, Peter Frankl, Claude Frank, Angela Cheng and John Perry, and in collaborative masterclasses with such artists as Graham Johnson, Melvin Chen, and the Lydian String Quartet.

Her recent performance experiences vary from finalist at the Hugo Kauder International Music Competition for Piano and the Sorel Medallion in Collaborative Piano, accompanying entrants to the Naumberg International and Young Concert Artists International competitions, to solo and collaborative performance on the University of Maryland New Music Maryland series, and numerous performances on Neighborhood Music Schools Bach's Lunch and Faculty Fridays series. Notable venues for her performances include the Miller Theatre in New York City, Ed Landreth Hall at Texas Christian University, Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music, and Sprague Hall, Woolsey Hall and Battell Chapel in New Haven.

Ms. Zingale has performed as soloist and collaborator with the Wallingford Symphony Orchestra, the Hamden Symphony Orchestra, and the Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra, and with the Brevard Music Center faculty chamber ensemble. Ms. Zingale has given international and local premieres of new works by young composers. She performed on harpsichord with acclaimed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, and reed organ with the New Haven Oratorio Choir. Ms. Zingale has recorded for Peer Music Classical and the Charles Ives Society, and her performances have been broadcast on Connecticut Public Radio.

She is currently a piano faculty member and staff accompanist at the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, CT.

Music for Votive Mass of Our Lady on Columbus Day, 8 October 2012

Monday, 8 October 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
and procession in honor of Christopher Columbus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Versets on Salve Regina (Miguel López, 1669-1723)
Missa de Beata Virgine (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553 )
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady: Salve Sancta Parens
Motet at the Offertory: O gloriosa Dei Genitrix (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (impares) (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymns & Antiphons at the Procession: Salve Regina; Ave Maria; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn); Oh María, Madre Mía; O Sanctissima

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, 7 October 2012

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa Ave maris stella (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Rosary: Gaudeamus
Introit: Gaudeamus (plainsong, mode i) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Hymn at the Offertory: Sub tuum praesidium (plainsong, mode vii, with Magnificat verses) [Schola S. Gregorii] Communion: Florete flores (plainsong, mode i, with verses) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Guillaume Dufay, c.1397-1474)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Postlude: Fantasie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Caeciliae
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Ioannis Baptistae

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Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Hyfrydol)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In exitu Israel (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: In salutari tuo (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

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Music for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 1:15 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Rosary: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Mater Patris et Filia (Antoine Brumel, c.1460-1512)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Postlude: Fantasie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Tournemire)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
Coro Hispano de Santa María

Music for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, 4 October 2012

Thursday, 4 October 2012, 8:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation on Iste Confessor
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Is the Feast Day of the Lord's True Witness (Iste Confessor)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

The St. Mary's Student Schola:
Scholae S. Scholasticae & S. Benedicti