Monthly Archives: January 2013

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday, 10 February 2013

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kyrie eleison (from Cathedral Windows) Op. 106, No. 1) (Sigfrid Karg-Elert, 1877-1933)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558) [Schola S. Caeciliae & Schola S. Gregorii] Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Esto mihi
Tract: Jubilate Domino (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Motet at the Offertory: Ecce Ascendimus Jerosolymam (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Communion: Manducaverunt (plainsong, mode i) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Motet at the Communion: Manducaverunt (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Motet at the Communion: Quid vis ut faciam (Manuel Cardoso, 1566-1650)
Postlude: Prélude from the Suite pour Orgue (Op. 5, No. 1) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

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 Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Kyrie & Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria & Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: ’Twas in the Year that King Uzziah Died (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Communion: Introibo ad altare Dei (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for the Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria, 9 February 2013

Saturday, 9 February 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Duo et Récit (Cinquième Livre d’Orgue) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor: In medio Ecclesiae
Improvisation at the Offertory
Postlude: Plein-jeu et Fugue (Cinquième Livre d’Orgue) (Marchand)

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 Sexagesima Sunday, 3 February 2013

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt (BuxWV 183) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Kyrie Orbis factor (plainsong, mode i) (Mass XI) [Schola S. Benedicti & Schola S. Scholasticae] Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (plainsong, mode ii) (Mass XI)
Agnus Dei: Ancor che col partire (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Communion: Introibo ad altare Dei (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Benedicti] Motet at the Communion: Memento Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Præludium in E Major (BuxWV 141) (Buxtehude)

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

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Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Kyrie & Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria & Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: O For A Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Illumina (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: My Eyes for Beauty Pine (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611

Music for Candlemas at the Confirmation Retreat, 2 February 2013

Saturday, 2 February 2013, 3:00 p.m.
Nazareth Spiritual Life Center, Monroe, Connecticut
Music for the Feast of the Purification of the BMV (Candlemas)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut rosa inter spinas (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Battista Riccio, fl. XVI. C.)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

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

Music for Candlemas, 2 February 2013

Saturday, 2 February 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Purification of the BMV (Candlemas)
Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Mass
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour la Purification de la Vierge (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi), etc.
Missa de Beata Virgine (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Intemerata Dei mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Motet at the Communion: Beata es Virgo Maria (Philippe Verdelot, c.1480-c.1532)
Postlude: Diptyque pour la Purification de la Vierge (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)

Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 27 January 2013

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Verset de Procession (Léon Boëllmann, 1862-1897)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Kyrie Rector cosmi pie (plainsong, mode ii) [Schola S. Gregorii] Tract: De profundis (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Motet at the Offertory: Confitebor tibi Domine (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII) [Schola S. Gregorii] Communion: Illumina faciem tuam (plainsong, mode i) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domine ne in furore tua (Monteverdi)
Postlude: Introduction-Choral & Menuet Gothique (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)

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 Third 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)
Kyrie & Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria & Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: The Lord’s right hand (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Comedite pinguia (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies (Ratisbon)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, 20 January 2013

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Mein Jesu, der du mich (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnis terra
Motet at the Offertory: Nuptiae factae sunt / Dixit Mater (prima & secunda pars) (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Et dicit ei Jesu / Omnis homo (Nuptiae factae sunt, tertia & quarta pars) (Lasso)
Postlude: Praeludium in E minor (BWV 847) (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

Music for the Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Sanctus, & Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laudate Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Shout joyfully to God, all the earth (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O be joyful in the Lord (William Boyce, 1711-1779)
Communion: Dicit Dominus: Implete hydrias (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Sunday after the Epiphany, 13 January 2013

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Summo Parenti gloria (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Missa sine nomine à 4 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Fili, quid fecisti (Tielman Susato, c.1510-c.1570)
Postlude: Offertoire sur le Noël 'Nuit sombre, ton ombre vaut les plus beaux jours' (from Deuxième Livre des Noëls) (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)

Music for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Blessed is he who comes (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
Communion: Omnes qui in Christo (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: The Sinless One to Jordan Came (Solemnis haec festivitas)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady, 12 January 2013

Saturday, 12 January 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich (BWV 609) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Improvisation at the Offertory
Verses at the Communion: Magnificat primi toni (Heinrich Scheidemann, c.1595-1663)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) (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 Pontifical Vespers: The Feast of the Epiphany, Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, New York, 6 January 2013

Sunday, 6 January 2013, 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, New York
Music for Second Vespers of the Epiphany
celebrated by His Excellency Athanasius Schneider
Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan
At the procession: Videntes stellam Magi (plainsong, mode iv, in organum)
Ante luciferum genitus & Psalm 109 (mode ii)
Venit lumen tuum & Psalm 110 (mode i)
Apertis thesauris suis & Psalm 111 (mode i)
Maria et flumina & Psalm 112 (mode iv)
Stella ista & Psalm 113 (mode vii)
Hymn: Crudelis Herodes (plainsong, mode iii, in organum)
Magnificat antiphon: Tribus miraculis (mode i)
Magnificat primi toni (impares) (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)

The visit of Bishop Schneider to New York and Connecticut
is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.