Monthly Archives: November 2012

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 25 November 2012

Music for the Twenty-Sixth & Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1650) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Domine (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: De profundis (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
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 Feast of Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Ask of me (plainsong, mode iv)
Acclamation at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong, with organum)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
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 Feast of St. Cecilia, 22 November 2012

Thursday, 22 November 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Cecilia
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of St. Cecilia: Loquebar
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu corona Virginum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María
We welcome Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist & director for this Mass.

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 18 November 2012

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 686) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Kyrie & Gloria: Missa Octavi toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594) [Student Schola] Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Lasso)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV) [Student Schola] Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Christe Redemptor omnium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Student Schola] Postlude: Sortie (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Cæciliæ
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Ioannis Baptistæ

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Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 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)
Hymn at the Offertory: Out of the Depths, to You, O Lord, We Cry (Alberta)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Laudate nomen Domini (Tye)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 11 November 2012

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Missa Vulnerasti cor meum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI) [Student Schola] Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (attrib. Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Præludium in C Major (BuxWV 137) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Benedicti
Schola S. Scholasticæ

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Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond all Praising (Thaxted)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Guide my footsteps, O Lord (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Prevent Us, O Lord (C.H.H. Parry, 1848-1918)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (King’s Norton)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Andrew Avellino, 10 November 2012

Saturday, 10 November 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Andrew Avellino
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Os justi
Improvisation at the Offertory
Improvisation at the Communion
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.

Annual concert in honor of St. Cecilia, 9 November 2012

The St. Cecilia Society of St. Mary Church is pleased to present its annual benefit concert in honor of St. Cecilia on Friday, 9 November 2012 at 7:30 p.m. The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum, under the direction of David Hughes, will sing a program of sacred music centered around the theme of dedication: the dedication of a church (as for the day's feast, that of the Dedication of the Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano in Rome), and dedication in prayer.  The program:

Crecquillon: Vidit Jacob scalam
Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores
Victoria: Urbs beata Jerusalem
Ockeghem: Missa Au travail suis
Guerrero: O Gloriosa Dei Genitrix
Mouton: Ave Maria ... Virgo serena
Tye: Salve Regina

A festive reception will follow the concert. 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.

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, 4 November 2012

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Missa Una musque de Buscaya (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Offertory: Ave Maria ... Virgo serena (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Communion: Tu civitas (Ave Maria, secunda pars) (Mouton)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Thirty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (Mit freuden zart)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Verbo Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Bless the Lord, O my soul (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Verily, verily (Thomas Tallis)
Communion: Notas mihi fecisti (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: The Perfect Law of God (Leoni)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for All Souls’ Day, 2 November 2012

Friday, 2 November 2012, 8:00 a.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Offertory: Lord Jesus Christ (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)

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Friday, 2 November 2012, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)

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Friday, 2 November 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis à 4 (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Lasso)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Lasso)
Communion: Lux æterna (Lasso)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Music for All Saints’ Day, 1 November 2012

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1970)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: For All the Saints (Sine nomine)
Missa Jubilate Deo (plainsong composite)
Hymn at the Offertory: For All the Saints (Sine nomine) (continued)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: Improvisation

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of All Saints: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Christe Redemptor omnium (Victoria)
Postlude: Hymne d’action de grâces "Te Deum" (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)