Monthly Archives: November 2013

Music for a Votive Mass of the Most Holy Trinity (Thanksgiving Day), 28 November 2013

Thursday, 28 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Most Holy Trinity
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Trinity: Benedicta sit
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Jam sol recedit (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Te Deum

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 24 November 2013

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa sine nomine à 6 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Vincenti dabo edere (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domine ne in furore tua (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Introit: Dignus est Agnus (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Postula a 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 (Agincourt Hymn)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Acclamations Carolingiennes [Christus vincit] (from Suite médiévale) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Music for None of Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 2:30 p.m.
Music for None of Wednesday
Hymn: O God, creation’s secret force (Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor) (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: My God, His mercy shall prevent me (Deus meus, misericordia tua praeveniet me), with Psalms 58 and 59 (plainsong, mode iii)
Commemoration of St. Felix of Valois
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ

The students of the Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ sing the office of None on one Wendesday afternoon per month. This first month, the entire service will be in English. Over the course of the year, we will gradually introduce more Latin. By the spring, the students will, Deo volente, be singing the office entirely in Latin.

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 17 November 2013

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Sixth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Super muros tuos (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in November)
Missa Tertia (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517, from Choralis Constantinus)
Gradual: Liberasti nos (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: De profundis (Isaac, contrafacted)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Deus (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid orantes (Isaac)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

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)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
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)
Motet at the Communion: Verily, Verily, I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for Our Lady of Esperanza, Church of Our Lady of Esperanza, New York, 16 November 2013

Saturday, 16 November 2013, 11:00 a.m.
Church of Our Lady of Esperanza, New York, New York
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa Sancta et Immaculata Virginitas (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady: Salve sancta Parens
Motet at the Offertory: Sancta et Immaculata Virginitas (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina à 5 (1576) (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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This Mass is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 10 November 2013

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fifth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Super muros tuos (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in November)
Missa Clemens et benigna (Firminus Caron, fl. 1460-1475)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii, with verses)
Motet at the Communion: De profundis (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Gressus meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt, c.1505-1568)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O God of Earth and Altar (King’s Lynn)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Holy Savior, 9 November 2013

Saturday, 9 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Dedication a Church: Terribilis est
Hymn at the Communion: Caelestis urbs Jerusalem (plainsong, mode i)

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, 3 November 2013

Sunday, 3 November 2013, 4:00 P.M.

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
David J. Hughes, director

CANTANTIBUS ORGANIS CÆCILIA DOMINO
in honor of the patroness of music & musicians

The St. Cecilia Society of St. Mary Church is pleased to present its annual benefit concert in honor of St. Cecilia on Sunday, 3 November 2013 at 4:00 p.m. The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum, under the direction of David Hughes, will sing a program of sacred music written specifically in honor of St. Cecilia.

A festive reception will follow the concert. General admission is $25, and $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-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 3 November 2013

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fourth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Super muros tuos (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in November)
Missa Rex Genitor (Vatican Gradual, Mass VI)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Et non intres in judicium (Domine exaudi, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Thirty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: O quam bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedic anima mea Domino (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Communion: Notas mihi fecisti (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The 11:30 Mass is offered to the greater glory of God
and for the eternal repose of Vincent Alcaide, a longtime chorister.
Requiescat in pace.

Music for All Souls’ Day, 2 November 2013

Saturday, 2 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (Juan Vasquez, c.1500-c.1560)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Vasquez)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (Vasquez)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Vasquez)
Communion: Lux æterna (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Vasquez)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)